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God's Will to Heal God’s Will to Heal 30 reasons we are sure it’s God’s will for ALL to be healed BY KEITH MOORE GOD’S WILL TO HEAL © 2013 Keith Moore Faith Life Publishing ISBN: 978-1-940403-00-7 BK2002 Moore Life Ministries 3701 State Highway 76 Branson, Missouri 417-334-9233 www.moorelife.org Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations in this book are from the King James Version of the Bible. Table of Contents CHAPTER TITLE PAGE Introduction How to Find the Will of God 1 1 God’s Word Is Medicine 15 2 A Strong Spirit Will Sustain You 19 3 In His Original Creation, There Was No Sickness 35 4 His Will for Heaven and the World to Come 39 5 The Origin of Sickness 43 6 Sickness Is of the Devil 47 7 The Covenant of Healing 51 8 The Eternal Names of God (Jehovah) 61 9 Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has 63 Redeemed Us 10 The Types of Redemption 79 11 Healing Is a Part of Redemption 101 12 The Firstfruits of Redemption 115 13 The Eternal Fatherhood of God 129 14 Healing Is the Children’s Bread 137 15 The Mercy of God 141 16 Authority Over Demons and Disease 153 17 The Ministry of Jesus 171 18 The Laying On of Hands 185 19 He Is Our Good Shepherd 193 20 Healing in the Acts 207 21 The Gifts of Healings 213 22 Scripture Prayers for Healing 223 23 The All-Inclusive Promises of God 235 24 He Has Promised Us Long Life 249 25 He Is the Vine, and We Are the Branches 265 26 Our Bodies Are the Members of Christ 267 27 Your Body Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit 271 28 We Are God’s Priests 275 29 Our Bodies Are Living Sacrifices 277 30 We Are the Bride of Christ 281 101 Things God Said 283 Works Cited 289 Introduction: How to Find the Will of God In Luke 5:12, it says, “And it came to pass, when he [Jesus] was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” Here is a man who Doctor Luke said was full of leprosy. Others just say he had leprosy, but remember, Luke was a physician, so he gives you more detail. Even today, there are situations that men say are incurable. Not only could man not help him—so it was considered a death sentence—but it was also a sentence of being ostracized, being cast out and not able to have any fellowship with his family or friends. It was a living death in many ways, and his case was far advanced. He was full of the devilish leprosy, and it was awful. However, the Word tells us that he found Jesus. Don’t you know he was already heading in the right direction, if he found Jesus? He said something to the Master. What did he say? He said, “If you will, you can make me clean.” There are millions of people who believe in God and are right there, with some form of physical problem in their body. I could name denomination after denomination, without exaggerating. There are millions of people who believe in the Lord and have physical problems and would like to be healed. If you heard them praying, they might sound identical to this man right here. “Oh God, I know You can heal me...,” but then what do they add? “…if You will.” Or you can use the King James Version and say, “If it be Thy will.” But it’s the same thing. “…if You will.” Now what did Jesus say? What did He do when this man, full of incurable leprosy, said, “Lord, I know You can heal me if You would. If it was Your will”? It says in verse 13, “He put forth his hand, and touched him.” Now that says volumes. The man does not look like anything you want to touch. His skin is broken and oozing; he looks awful. He probably smells bad. Jesus reaches out His hand in response to this man coming and saying, “Lord, I know You can make me clean of this terrible stuff, if You would.” Jesus reaches out His hand, puts it on his oozing flesh, and says, “I will: you be clean.” Oh, glory to God. What did Jesus say? He said, “I will: be thou clean,” which means, “You, be clean.” What happened? It says, “And immediately,” immediately this leprosy, this living death, this incurable stuff, “the leprosy departed from him,” and he was healed. Glory to God. Do you believe this really happened just like it says? This is no fairy tale. This man lived. He met Jesus and talked to Him. He saw Him. This is a historically-accurate account. What is the good news though? Jesus is the same yesterday and right now. What if someone came and fell before the Master today? If they could see Him, and said, “Lord, I know You can heal me, if You would,” what would He tell them? If He wouldn’t tell them the same thing He told this man, then He has changed, or He’s a respecter of persons. Neither of these can be so because the Bible says He does not change, (Malachi 3:6) and He is no respecter of persons. (Acts 10:34) If you believe the Bible, then you have to believe that anyone who asks this question, anywhere in the earth, will get the same answer. “Lord I know You can heal me if 1 Introduction You would. Lord, please, if it be Your will.” We have to believe that anyone who is asking that question, if they are listening, has the answer: “I will. Be thou clean.” What did the Lord say? Did He ever say, “I won’t”? You cannot find even one response of “I won’t” when anyone asked Him to be healed. In order for something to be “scriptural,” what must you have to support it? Scripture. There are people who find fault with us and don’t like what we teach about this. They teach that it’s not always God’s will to heal, but where is their scripture? We have a scripture when people say, “I know You can, if You will,” and He tells them, “I will.” Where is their scripture when Jesus tells people, “I won’t”? You cannot find it, because it does not exist. Yet, that is more commonly held and believed than what you and I believe. There are many, many millions more Christians who believe, “Sometimes He will, and sometimes He won’t,” than who believe this. I never read anywhere that He said, “I won’t.” Have you? Can you show me? Can you tell me? I’ve read it several times, and I have never seen where He said, “I won’t.” I do see very clearly—and this is not the only place—where He tells a man, “I will.” So, that’s my answer. I’m satisfied. If He said, “I will” then, He’s saying, “I will” now, and He’ll say, “I will” tomorrow. If He said, “I will” to the man with leprosy, He’ll say, “I will” to you, and “I will” to me. That’s my answer. Still, there are so many hundreds of thousands and millions of people in sick beds and hospital rooms begging God, “Lord, I know You can, if You would. If it’s Your will.” They don’t know whether it’s God’s will or not. There was a time when I was in that same place. There was a time when I went around with other ministers and prayed for people, and this is how we prayed: “Oh, Lord, heal them if it be Thy will, and if not, Thy will be done.” We thought we were being submissive to the will of God. We thought we were doing what we should be doing, but I don’t pray that way anymore. I don’t pray that way any more than I would ever pray for someone to get born again by saying, “Lord, save them if it be Thy will.” I don’t pray that way because I have discovered His will. I have found His will. And it is not His will that any should perish. It is His will that all should come to repentance and to the saving knowledge of the Master. How do I know that? I have verses of Scripture for it. So, I never pray for anyone “if it be Thy will” to be saved. Do you? Nor do I ever pray for anyone to be healed with an “if it be Thy will.” I have found it in the same Bible, and not just in this one verse. I’m going to emphasize this until any remote thought of doubt about God’s will for your healing is like a long-distant dream. It’s going to be gone so far that it will be hard for you to ever remember that you questioned the will of God about healing. Now, if you think you don’t agree with this so far, that’s fine, but stay with me and prepare your case. Put your scriptures together. Do you know what I mean by that? People require me to prove what I believe.
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