Jesus Didn't Pray for the Sick (Part 2)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

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Revelation Knowledge
Ephesians 1:17
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

Lord show us who you are and then show us who we are in you. Help us to believe what you say about us in your word and by revelation.
Revelation Knowledge is foundational
Matthew 16:17-18 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

If Jesus didn’t pray for the sick, What did he do?
He took authority over disease.

Authority
One thing that increases our authority in the Earth is when we love enough to take personal responsibility. This love and personal responsibility brings with it authority that is received.

Exousia
The Greek word for authority is exousia (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful").

1. the ability or strength with which one is endued,
2. the right to exercise power;
3. the power of rule or government,
4. the power of one whose will and commands must be obeyed by others.

Satan’s Position before the cross
Luke 10:17-20
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." 18He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Jesus talks about the position of Satan then he starts to talk about the deputized authority he’s given to his disciples.
Mark 3:27
27In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house.

Satanic authority’s current Position
Colossians 2:13b-15
He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

The Man with the Shriveled Hand

Luke 6:6-11
6On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand in front of everyone." So he got up and stood there. 9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" 10He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

1. Jesus was not afraid of men
2. Even though he knew what they were going to do he had the man stand up in front of everyone.
3. Jesus Uses the healing as a doctrinal teaching point with the stubborn Pharisees.
4. The Pharisees stubbornness is illustrated by them responding to this wonderful miracle by being furious.
5. Jesus doesn’t pray for the man with the Shriveled Hand.

Crowds Follow Jesus and try to touch Him

Mark 3:7-12
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.

1. Jesus want’s a small boat ready so the crowd’s can’t crowd him.
2. Ironically people were healed when they touched Jesus
3. The Demons were also manifesting/exposing themselves because of the authority on Jesus life.
4. Jesus didn’t want or need the demons to reveal who he was.
5. Jesus didn’t pray for the sick people

The Faith of the Centurion

Luke 7:1-10
1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

1. When you’re highly valued by your boss your life just might be saved.
2. Self Righteousness may demand Jesus to show up in person but when revelation comes a person can repent and say, “merely say the word, I’m not worthy to have you come under my roof.”
3. Sometimes God may speak to us using illustrations from our daily life and interpersonal relationships.
4. Jesus is amazed by the man’s revelation of authority. It’s interesting that Jesus equates this revelation of authority with faith.
5. The servant was healed and Jesus didn’t pray for him.

In conclusion let’s take authority over disease and sickness in people we know and love.

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Jesus Didn't Pray for the Sick (Part 1)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

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Prayer – having a conversation with God.

Jesus took authority over sickness and demons but for the purposes of this message we’re going to focus in on disease and sickness.

Exousia

The Greek word for authority is exousia (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful").
1. "the ability or strength with which one is endued,"
2. "power of authority," the right to exercise power;
3. "the power of rule or government," the power of one whose will and commands must be obeyed by others; more specifically of apostolic "authority," the "power" of judicial decision, it stands for "that which is subject to authority or rule,"

I will contend that the Church of Jesus Christ lacks revelation knowledge in the areas of understanding their authority.

Where we walk in the revelation of our authority in Christ things become subject to the rule and reign of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Heals the Official's Son
John 4:43-54
43After the two days he left for Galilee. 44(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) 45When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there. 46Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. 48"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." 49The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies." 50Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour." 53Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed. 54This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus Heals Many
Matthew 8:14-17
14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities
and carried our diseases."

The Man With Leprosy
Matthew 8:1-4
1When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. 4Then Jesus said to him, "See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Matthew 9:1-8
1Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven." 3At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!" 4Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 5Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home." 7And the man got up and went home. 8When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men.

The Healing at the Pool
John 5:1-8
1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."
8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, …

Prayer associated with healing.
Here in Acts 28:8 we see the Apostle Paul praying before he ministeres healing through the laying on of hands. It could be understood that the healing came from the prayer but it's more likely that the healing virtue of Christ flowed through Paul into the man. It's probably that Paul was praying about this situation and the Lord may have spoken to him to lay his hands on him to cause the healing to take place.

Acts 28:8
His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.

This instance of prayer being associated with healing is in regard to church elders who also anoint with oil in the name of the Lord. This is a prayer of faith that will make the sick person well.

James 5:14-15
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

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