Essential Guide to Healing, The by Johnson Bill & Clark Randy

Author:Johnson, Bill & Clark, Randy [Johnson, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: REL079000, Spiritual healing—Christianity
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2011-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Healing and the Authority of the Believer

Bill

Jesus said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me” (John 4:34). The will of God nourished and strengthened Jesus. It should be no different for us. Any time we emphasize the difficulty of obeying God’s will above the rewards and fruits of carrying it out, we take a victim’s approach to obedience. God’s will is glorious. Jesus experienced great joy because of His love for all that was right. Speaking of Jesus, the Bible said, “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions” (Hebrews 1:9, nkjv). Jesus illustrated the pleasure and benefit of doing the Father’s will.

Jesus’ love of righteousness was matched by His hatred of lawlessness. Even though it cost Him His life, God’s only Son did the will of the Father and sacrificed Himself to destroy the powers of darkness over all of mankind. Sometimes what we love is measured by what we hate. In hating what God hates and loving what God loves, we are positioned to discover the pleasure of His will, for God only hates whatever interferes with love.

We were born into a spiritual war against the powers of darkness Jesus gave His life to conquer. The war is not against our doctrines or our Christian organizations, as much as it is against our ability to demonstrate the reality of the resurrection through miracles, signs and wonders. There is no question that anyone who ministers in the anointing will face opposition and conflict. The antichrist spirit is at work in the world. Christ means anointed one. That antichrist spirit always works against the anointing. That is the target: the anointing that enables every believer to demonstrate the works of Jesus in our day. The conflict we all face should not be a surprise. But to emphasize the price we pay above the rewards is to bring attention to ourselves more than to the One who gives us the grace to pay the price—who also rewards those who seek Him. “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). Believing in God’s nature as a rewarder is a mandated expression of our faith. To revel in the pain of obedience instead of its reward is a perversion.

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