Methods of Receiving Ones Healing, and Co-operating With Life for all Realms of Maturity.

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Methods of Healing
Chapter one

The subject of healing, health and strength is of major interest to every man and
woman, on planet earth. Most importantly, we have discovered that the healing of the mind is of the utmost importance (it is the realization of us knowing and accepting the fact that we have the mind of Christ); when that takes place, the much needed healing in mans body will take place. We need to be well versed, concerning the healing Word in our Bibles, because our health is important, and there are thousands of people who need to hear the truth concerning healing, health and strength. By spending time meditating on the healing Word, one will experience increase in faith for his or her physical body and health; they will have invested time well spent. Responding to the truth taught in this book that come from Fathers Word, will save time and money, in the long run. Receiving these lessons consistently, believing them and applying what is learned, will add length of days and long life to those who heed Fathers instructions. Whether young or elderly, the revelation of this can add length of days to a persons life. Jesus was humanities great burden bearer, He bore much for and as all in the physical realm, as well as the spiritual realm. In this chapter, we will explore methods through which Father God restores mans health. There are some things we can involve ourselves in, to restore health and healing unto us. Psalms 103:1 A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Mans soul needs to get involved in blessing Father God; the soul is made up of the will, emotion, personality, intellect and thoughts. These are some of the aspects that serve as the expression of whom man is, however, you cannot know man, until you start understanding that we are spirit. The mind has an amazing ability. Although we have our own perception of what Father God designed the mind of man for, which falls short of our true purpose. Father God gave us the ability to remember, so we could remember all that He has done in the work of the cross. We remember both good and bad. Unfortunately most people spend their time remembering the bad, rather than the good. With 2

Father, there is no bad nor good, it is simply man feeding from the wrong tree. When a person chooses to travel back through their past, they mostly meditate on the wrong they have suffered, the hurt, pain, and the wounding; the things that have been taken from them; that is not what Father God designed mans memory for. Father designed mans memory, so that at any time we can go back and remember; if it had not been for the Lord being on our side, we would not have made it. There have been three or four times in my life where I would have to stop and say, it was all God, it was not by my faith; it was grace and mercy in operation. God knew my heart. Father God created mans mind, so they could think and have consciousness. Through this man can reason and function in the present. Our mind, in the Greek rendering includes our kardia, which is our thoughts or feelings soul, and it also includes our psuche, which is the rational mortal soul mental disposition. Our mind also consists of our dianoia, which is our deep thought, and faculty, including the imagination and understanding. We need to learn to function out of the mind of Christ that is ours today. 1 Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. The third portion of our mind was to pre-play mans future. The imagination is a wonderful thing, which is where Father God plants the seed of His dream for mans life. Father God wants us to imagine what He imagines. He wants us to see what He sees, and for us to see our future as He sees it. Father says, I know what I think about you saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil; to give you an expected end. [Jeremiah 29:11] Father is looking at the end result, He is looking at the last or the end of the final portion, and He is saying, Ive got an expectation of your end. Your end is the Christ life in power, in the throne room that we are, because He said I am the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning, and the End. Within your imagination is Father pre-playing your future, and it has no limitations. That is why the imagination of man has been so polluted because we have no limits in our imagination. We can go anywhere, do anything, be anybody, be with anybody; man can commit unbelievable acts of missing the mark (sin) with the supernatural imagination we have been gifted with. When the imagination comes under the power of a quickened (made alive) spirit, which is us knowing and believing, the result will be 3

a wonderful thing this planet and the inhabitants thereof will be brought back into Divine order. Father Gods dream seeds would and will not work in a carnally minded man, because it takes purity for Gods dream seeds to work, thus the reason His Holy Spirit wants to operate on and renew our mind. When David talked to his soul he said, My soul, I want you to remember, to think about and stir yourself to remember some benefits of what God has done. Oh, how badly we need to do just that. We need to remember what is in us: We have, because of our faith in the operation of God,1 righteousness, peace and joy in our spirit. We are to recall and stir up the things that are within us, and out of the Resource (inChristed spirit) of what Father has placed within us. We remember that Father God has forgiven all iniquity. That is the greatest news one can ever hear, our Father is not holding any act of missing the mark against anyone. Father God has already punished humanity, in the person of Jesus, for what Adam had released in disobedience all died in Him and all were judged in Jesus, as the entire human race. That is a staggering thought, Father God has already punished all who needed to be punished, and has forgiven all, including any act of mark missing people do from the power of carnal thoughts. I know it is true, because before I was born, Jesus died as all. After my natural birth, I have missed the mark many times and have had and at times still do have wrong thoughts, even after I have accepted His Lordship. However, Jesus bore all of that, and He is not imputing my or your trespasses against us. He has forgiven us once and for all. I live in a state of unbroken communion with the Lord, because Jesus has dealt with all manner of sin. In First John, we are told to confess that we do miss the mark from time to time, and if we do then He is faithful to put those things away from our lives; guiding us away from all acts of unrighteousness. If we say we do not miss the mark, and are pious in our defending what we do in missing the mark, then we hinder his ability to work in our lives, to bring us to perfection [1 John 1:9 RMHPV] John did not instruct us to go around and confess everything we do wrong to others, but we should admit to our Father who knows everything already, where we are weak, and allow Him to move us away from that weakness. He will not take your friends from you, and often, what is an enemy in a persons life, is held onto like a dear friend. Father wants us to agree with Him, so that we can walk together with Him, as one.
The Redemptive work of Jesus Christ Crucified, Died, Buried (the doing away with spiritual death in humanity) Quickened, Raised and Seated (The present position of mankind today).
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He has already confessed that all manner of sin has been paid for and forgiven with Him it is non-existent. When you confess missing that mark, you stop and say Father I just want to thank you that Jesus bore that. I agree with you, that is not who I am and not what I am; I agree with You that Jesus bore that. I thank you that I live in unbroken fellowship, and I trust You. That is the faith He desires of man. It is interesting to me, there is only one verse in the New Testament where we are told to confess our sins to Father God, so Father can help move us away from whatever it is. The way most preachers talk about sin, the New Testament is full of exhortations to confess sins and ask to be forgiven; it is not! There is one other verse that exhorts us to confess faults (sins), but this one is to confess them one to another: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be (healed) made whole. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (Italics mine) [James 5:16 KJV] Sadly though, there are very few people who would qualify as one of the one to another; because of that, people are not able to confess their faults for fear of being talked about and looked down upon. We must become ones who can be trusted then and only then, will true wholeness come to the body of Christ. Confessing acts of missing the mark without faith is nothing more than an exercise of a guilty conscience. There is no blessing for exercising a guilty conscience; you would not find it in Scripture anywhere. I have missed it before; I have gotten angry with people, I have had other things happen, and did not feel like I could get up and minister to them. Every time Father reminds me that He is not imputing my trespasses against me, that He has already borne anger, or anything else I might have done. He loves me and those who I may have gotten angry with, and if I will agree with Father, He will move me away from all of that and then I can move in a greater anointing. This has happened many times to me. If you tell yourself you are unworthy and stupid, you are not moving in agreement with your Father. You must agree with what Father says about you by saying, Father I believe Your Word and I agree with you that sin was already dealt with on the cross. I thank you Father that there is an un-broken state of mercy and forgiveness. Your mercy cannot fail, your mercy does not fail, your blood cannot fail, I am redeemed. I thank you that I am not an angry person, I am peaceful, pleasant, and the fruit in my spirit (love) is governing me. That is what I believe and that is exercising faith. Just feeling bad about what you have done is an exercise of a guilty conscience and there is no blessing for doing that.

If we do not deal with the acts of mark-missing in faith, we really are not dealing with it. It takes faith to deal with sin because any other effort is a self effort of righteousness, which is as a filthy minstrel cloth; it is proof that we have not received the seed of Fathers Holy Spirit, into our fertile spirit. The more you miss the mark, the more you need to believe in what Jesus has done, not what He might do for you. Father God does not require you to make atonement for sin, He requires you to believe that He made atonement for sin. Psalms 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; There are some Ways that God brings Healing to Manifestation that We Need to Understand Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; He did that when Jesus stripes were healed in His resurrection from death, hell and the grave of being one with the falleness of humanity. Humanity needed much more than just to have their individual diseases healed. They needed to be freed from the source of all disease and mental illness; that was to be healed of being human returned to the state of being Adam (before the fall, man with Father Gods life in their whole being). We are now new creation beings, we are all of the last Adam (Jesus Christ), and now are Sons of God with all of Father Gods life in our spirit. Now, we need to be healed of religiously infected carnal minds, by allowing Fathers Renewing Mind (mind of Christ) to cleanse our soul of all that does not represent who we are, in and of Him. We can receive that promise of healing spoken through Jeremiah, today, because it is no longer a promise but a possession of all who have been inChristed, and all have (there are just some who need to experience being quickened in spirit). He healed all in His perfect work of redemption. So, here are some methods: Number one, the natural systems of healing that Father put in our body. Why does man have an immune system; because Father God put it there? The immune system has been weakened because its healing source (spirit life) has been cut off from doing its perfect work, because of the death that illegally floods from the carnal thinking of man. However, it still is very effective. You get an infection in your body; your body will begin to fight that infection. If you get a germ in your 6

body, your body will begin to fight that germ. There are natural things that Father God put in our body to bring about healing, health and strength. We thank God for them. If your immune system is not working properly you experience much sickness. We should be thanking God every day that our immune system is being empowered by the Life in our spirit, that it is being restored back to its intended operating purpose. It swallows up all germs, disease and anything that can produce an adverse reaction in our body. More vital to us is our knowing Fathers life released from His Spirit within us, will keep away any form of anti-life from coming nigh our dwelling place. To compliment your natural body, there is diet, exercise, and there is nutriention and things that you can do to facilitate your immune system. There are nine foods that fight disease. Nearly twenty five hundred years ago Hippocrates is supposed to have said, "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." Science has since proven that Hippocrates was indeed onto somethingnamely, that the food we eat can prevent and in some cases fight disease. There are a tremendous variety of foods and components in foods, that our bodies are programmed to use, to keep us healthy, and if we are sick, to make us well again. If we want to stay healthy, we need to co-operate with what Father has given us to eat, and we have to eat these whole, nutritious foods. Nutritionlist have identified nine of the most powerful disease-fighting foods; adding these foods to your diet might just mean you spend less time in the doctor's office reading about these super foods and more time at home enjoying them. Whole grains: The new broccoli We have heard for years that eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can protect against heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. But, did you know that whole grains are now believed to provide just as many benefits? Whole grains have this whole army of different phytonutrients that are doing just as much as fruits and veggies. (A phytonutrient is the name given to the parts of plants that have health benefits.) According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, eating three daily servings of whole grains can reduce the risk of heart disease by twenty-five to thirty-six percent, stroke by thirty-seven percent and type two diabetic, by twenty-one to twenty-seven percent. Whole grains include oats, whole wheat, 7

brown rice, bulgur, and bran, among others. Pick foods whose first ingredient contains the word whole instead of enriched. Cherries: All-natural pain reliever Scientists studying the link between diet and disease often look for a marker in the blood called C-reactive protein (CRP). CRP is produced by the body in response to acute inflammation, like that experienced by arthritis sufferers. Researchers at the Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California, asked volunteers to eat a bowl of forty-five fresh Bing cherries and then measured their levels of CRP. After three hours the level of CRP in the volunteers' blood decreased. One of the old-time therapies for gout [a very painful form of arthritis] was black cherries. Until recently, nobody really knew why it worked; they just knew that it did. Of course, nobody's going to eat forty-five cherries in one sitting, but if you suffer from arthritis, you should incorporate this antioxidant-rich fruit into your diet a couple of times a week. Yogurt: Immunity booster For several years now, nutritionists have touted the benefits of probiotics, the "friendly" bacteria, when eaten, helps fight illness or disease. Yogurt is the most popular food containing probiotics and may, in fact, be the most beneficial as well. Two recent studies found that eating yogurt significantly improved a person's ability to fight off pneumonia. Your first communication with the outside world is through your GI tract. That is where you absorb all the nutrients you need to keep your body healthy in the first place. It is also the bodies biggest immune system fighter. It is recommended that we eat yogurt every dayjust make sure the brand you buy contains "live," or "active," cultures, as the bacteria (or, rather, the probiotics) cannot do any good if they are dead before you ingest them. Salmon: Bone, Heart and Artery strengthener Any list of healing foods would be remiss not to include salmon, with its hearthealthy dose of omega-3 fatty acids. Study after study has shown that incorporating salmon into your diet reduces blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, and helps prevent heart disease. Now researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have reported that a higher intake of omega-3 additionally appears to preserve bone density, keeping your bones stronger and protecting them against falls and fractures. Not crazy about salmon (or just sick of it by now)? Try upping your

intake of other cold-water fish, such as sardines, tuna, and mackerel. All of these fish are high in omega-3, and people who consume them regularly have a lower risk of heart attack, hypertension, and stroke. I take one (1) tablet of Omega-3 Krill Oil every morning it is marketed under the name MegaRed and can be purchased at any CVS Pharmacy. It is three times better than any fish oil, and only needs to be taken once a day. Cabbage: Breast-cancer defense You have likely heard about the anticancer properties of cruciferous vegetables like Broccoli and Brussels sprouts, but several recent studies suggest that Cabbage may be in a class by itself. A study presented at the November 2005 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research found that Polish women who ate cabbage and sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) four or more times a week were seventy-four percent less likely to develop breast cancer. Other studies have found that cabbage may also protect against lung, stomach, and colon cancers. The super ingredient seems to be sulforaphane, a phytochemical in cabbage that works by stimulating cells to eliminate cancerous substances. Granted, eating cabbage four times a week might be a little much, but adding it to soups and salads once or twice a week is a great idea. Walnuts: Good for the Heart For many years, nutritionists warned their clients away from nuts, fearing that a carte blanche prescription to indulge in this fatty food might lead to excessive weight gain. Recently though, as scientists have learned more about the various types of fats and their impact on health, nuts have come back into favor. Walnuts, in particular, are unique among nuts because they are full of omega-3 fatty acids, the same substance that has been shown in salmon to reduce the risk of heart disease and hypertension. Japanese men and women who ate one-fourth to onethird cup of walnuts each day lowered their "bad" LDL cholesterol levels by up to ten percent. Walnuts (as well as almonds and pistachios) are high in arginine, an amino acid that increases blood flow to the heart. Blueberries: Keeps the mind sharp When researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, analyzed forty fruits and vegetables for their disease-fighting antioxidant activity, blueberries came out on top. And not just by a littlethe study showed that the benefits of eating one serving of wild blueberries are 9

equivalent to those of eating two to three servings of some other fruits and vegetables, including apples, broccoli, and even spinach. Studies published in the past year, also show that eating plenty of blueberries may help lessen brain damage from strokes and may reduce the effects of Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Blueberries really show promise in helping us with our mental acuitykeeping our brain sharp. The antioxidants in blueberries protect cells from damage, but now are finding that other components in blueberries might restore cells to be more healthy; the recommendation is to eat blueberries a couple of times a week. Beans: Ward off colon cancer One of the most underrated nutritional powerhouses on the market today is beans. Not only are beans a great source of protein and antioxidants but they are full of fiber, which has been shown in some studies to help prevent colon cancer. To stay healthy you really need to keep your GI tract moving, and eating beans is a good way to do that. A healthy diet rich in lean proteinabout half from plant sources such as beanswas found to lower blood pressure and "bad" LDL cholesterol, and to cut the risk of heart disease by twenty-one percent. It does not matter which bean you choose pick a bean, any bean, but aim for two to four servings a week. Tomatoes: Protect the prostate Scientists have known for years that regularly eating tomato-based foods can reduce a man's risk of prostate cancer by up to thirty-five percent. More recently, studies have shown that men who already have prostate cancer may benefit as well. When researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, fed one serving of pasta with tomato sauce every day for three weeks, to thirty-two men who were scheduled for prostate surgery, the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the patients' blood dropped by nearly twenty percent. (PSA is a measure of prostatecancer-cell activity, so the lower the level, the less active the cancer cells.) The likely active ingredient in tomatoes is lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that is thought to also be protective against lung and stomach cancers. In an interesting twist, fresh tomatoes do not appear to be as protective as cooked tomatoes. Men with prostate cancer should try to eat cooked tomatoes daily, in soups, chilies, marinara and spaghetti sauces, or other dishes. Those trying to prevent the disease should indulge twice a week. In the study of health, there are natural things you can do. By increasing the aforementioned types of food into your diet and by decreasing things out of your body, one can greatly enhance your chances of being well. I am not interested in 10

living by chance; I choose to live by choice and by faith. Thank God we can do things naturally to enhance our health. Get enough rest in your body, take vitamins, drink enough water; there are many simple things you can do to help your body to be well and strong. You cannot keep abusing your body and expect it to be healthy and strong. You need to take care of your body, because it is the temple of Father God and He wants you to live long. Number two is modern medicine. Thank God, for all the discoveries we are seeing to date. The two negatives about modern science and medicine are; they have a long list of incurable diseases they have no cure for them. They say if you have an incurable disease, you will have it all the days of your life until it brings death to your body. Many incurable diseases will take away the ability to enjoy life, and ability to live a full life span. The next problem is they have disease they call terminal, which will help you die quickly. So, modern science and modern medicine has limitations. Father God in His system says in Deut. 28:61, Every sickness and disease not written in the book of Law, is under the curse of the Law. Then in Galatians 3:13 it says, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law. Father Gods system has no limitations in it; there is no such thing as incurable with Him. Neither is there any such thing as terminal with Father God. Remarkably, our Fathers system is neither incurable, nor terminal; it does not have a flaw in it. Gods system was to lay disease (death and all that entailed in the soul and body of humanity) in Jesus, as all humanity; we should let that stand and work, and by faith let all sickness and disease pass from you to Calvary. There is nothing incurable in Christ. We have modern science and modern technology; thank God for them, but their system is limited. Number three, the gifts of the Spirit are in the Church, and we are the Church. 1 Corinthians 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; Those are both vocal gifts that have to do with understanding; they have to do with insight and are spoken through the mouth. 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing (plural) by the same Spirit;

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We should expect the gifts of the Spirit to operate when we come together as the body, and they bring about healing. You can go to a miracle service, and I cannot tell you for sure you will get a miracle, unless God speaks to me or you and tells you that you are going to get a miracle, because the gifts of the Spirit operates as the Spirit wills. We make a mistake if we only depend on the gifts of the Spirit. All the gifts operate as Fathers Holy Spirit wills. What is a Miracle? A miracle is an active power; a supernatural intervention into the ordinary course of nature; that which suspends time to release Gods ability in the earth; a divine interruption into the circumstances of life. Seven things about miracles: 2 1. Take your hands off. What this means, get out of Gods way. Do not try to manipulate people or the situation to make a miracle happen; just let it happen. 2. Put your hands on the miracle is going to require an action on our part; faith without works is dead, none works without faith. 3. Do something you have never done before we must step out of the boat. We must fill the vessels before they ever become wine. Do something with no blueprint, in order to break free from the old kinds of doubt and fear. 4. Expect the unexpected expect Father God to show up in a way you have never seen before. He likes surprising us, and He is so great and so big, we cannot contain the complete understanding of Him in our intellect or our own thoughts. 5. Place yourself in an atmosphere of miracles by being around those who expect and believe them. This brings about impartation and a transferring of an anointing with faith. 6. Just walk and give thanks as though it is already done. Learn to live from our place in Christ, where all is fulfilled. What we are waiting for has already happened in spirit and is manifesting in the earth. 7. Live in reality and do not be foolish about life. No one lives to themselves and no one dies to themselves. Everything is according to purpose, and every miracle affects someone else. Next, God gave elders in the Church, to pray over you in the nature of the Lord. The Bible says if you are sick, for you to call for the elders of the Church, and let them pray over you in the nature (name) of the Lord; not for you. You make a mistake when you start praying for people, as an elder. You must pray over them.
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There is something there working in the dynamic of relationship. In order for me to pray over you, you have to be under me. I cannot pray over you until you are under me in spiritual authority in the office of Pastor or an Elder. You need to believe in the operation of Father through Jesus Christ in order to receive. What good does it do to pray for you or anyone else if they do not believe? The book of James was written around the theme of people fussing, fighting and arguing. The book of James, chapter four, stated there are wars and rumors of wars among you. What the book of James is telling us, when you come to the leadership of the Church and submit yourself to that authority, let them pray over you, let them cover you and be a protection to you, then you can expect answers to their prayers over you. There are too many of Gods children out there today with no protection, as far as elders in the Church, because they refuse to have anything to do with any assembly. Father God does have structure, yet they reject it. The leadership of this house is meant to protect the members and to serve them. I am an elder Pastor in the body of Christ, and an elder over this house (Tree of Life Ministries International and Destiny Life Center), under Christ. Being an elder is not just a title, it is what one does. It is much more than a title; it is a nature in the person we recognize as an elder in the house. Too many Churches have elders who just wear a badge saying they are an elder, and yet they do not yield or do anything else in the body. So, that deals with authority and submission. If I cannot pray over you, then I cannot really pray in the light of James 5:14-16. James 5:14 Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The prayer of faith has to do with submission. A key element in your ability to submit is to believe what Father has accomplished through the work of the cross. Are your pastors or elders leading you to greater understanding of whom you are and your relationship with God and the unity of the body (church)? You cannot really exercise faith without submission to what Father has done, and to the office of those who are praying over you they have the authority of Father God and the Church to do just that minister healing to you. Next, you can have hands laid on you. The great commission is They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Hebrews 6:1-5 you can read that laying 13

on the hands is part of the foundation or doctrine of Christ and the Church; so the laying on of hands is very important and necessary. This is all to facilitate healing. After the laying on of hands, is the prayer of agreement. If you can find a prayer partner, it would be a great thing. Everyone needs to find somebody they can trust, that they can share their heart with and they will pray with them, and not tell anyone else, but they will be of those who will keep the need or problem to themselves. Jesus said, If two of you agree as touching anything on earth, they shall ask, and it shall be done of my Father in heaven. Where two or three are gathered in the midst, there am I, in the midst of you. Agreeing with someone means that you come in the same heart and mind; so we need a prayer partner. In a Church fellowship, everyone needs to find someone they have commonality with, and we need to pray with those people as well. Everyone should find at least one person in their local body that they can pray with, look to if they are discouraged or struggling and they can share with them and they would not condemn you, but pray with you, agree with you and not give up. We all need a prayer partner. If you could have relationship with one or two people like that, you would be blessed. Far too often we tell someone we will pray, and we pray one time and forget it. That is not standing in prayer with a person. Agreement and partnership is someone who will stay with you until it is through. That is the prayer of agreement. Those methods are valuable and valid, and we thank God for them, but these last four, I want to give you are really where you begin to mature in healing and health. The first methods we have written about, are primarily for the beginner, and the intermediate stages of Christianity, although the prayer partner is something we need all of our Christian life. What will happen when one first comes to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, is they can have just about anybody lay hands on them for what ever they need, but after a while it stops. Why, because Father God wants them to learn to believe His Word for themselves. To depend on the intimate union He has with them. Those methods would be for the beginning and the intermediate stages of walking with God in the realm of healing and health. These last four are for the more advanced or what we call people who have awakened to the Most Holy Place understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe that we can come into these things, and these things are very powerful.

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In this Most Holy Place realm, first of all there is a need for fasting. Isaiah fiftyeight speaks of Gods chosen fast. Father God said, Now I have chosen a fast; you are fasting, but I Am is not going to hear you. You are fasting, but you are fasting for the wrong reason. Here is the deal, if you are fasting and Father does not honor it, all you are going to get, is hungry. You will also get a headache. At the end of that fast, you will not have anything to show for it, if it is not the fast of God. Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isaiah 58, deals with Father Gods chosen fast; He said, I have chosen this fast and this fast is where you honor, serve, bless others, and you do not hide from your own flesh. Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy re-reward. In Isaiah 58, the word fast means to shut your mouth, cover your mouth, or to stop speaking; when we come to the cross and shut our mouth. Isaiah 52, The kings of the earth shut their mouth. That is Gods chosen fast; to see the finished work of Christ, stop the carnal speech, and let the truth of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ speak for you. There is still fasting for your body, but you have to learn to do that by faith. Most people when they try to fast, they first of all, are not led by the Spirit, and secondly, they do not operate in any faith what so ever. They are trying to get God to do something, because of their fasting. Fasting is valid when you are led by the Spirit of God to do so. Fasting is valid when you operate in faith. Just doing without food, thinking you are going to move God will fail; you are only going on a hunger strike. No one has ever moved God by not eating. A Spirit led fast is good; it is shutting down the systems of the body, so you can believe God for the systems of the spirit to operate more fully. Your body is a drain on the generator of your spirit. It takes energy out of your spirit to keep your body alive. When you put your self in that position of fasting, with faith, you are asking God to take the generator and to build the power of the spirit with the renewing mind, and you are asking and believing Father God that there will be no drain on your spirit, and that you minimize fleshly activity. If you fast, then you are not

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going to be able to watch T.V. and fast, because every other minute they are showing you a food commercial, many illicit pictures, and you would not make it. Thy health will spring forth speedily. If I needed healing, I might take a look at Isaiah fifty eight and say, God I have some things that are not working right in my body, is Isaiah fifty eight the method you want to use in my life? Then pray about that and listen to Fathers Holy Spirits voice in you. God said if you do this the way I tell you, then your health will spring forth speedily. But we can also look at Isaiah fifty eight and glean some vital instruction that will enable us to begin to live the divine (no need realm) life. Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy re-reward (recovery back from that state of a selfish life you have gone into)). 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Father is telling the children of Israel, and all ages to come, if they will turn back to Him, and be a blessing to others, rather than consuming all they have for themselves. Then He will recover them, from the results of living a selfish life, and 16

bring them back to the state of living, moving and having their being in Him, which includes spiritual, physical, mental, social and financial health. The next method God uses is for you to open your Bible, pray and believe Gods Word for yourself. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. KJV It is a wonderful thing for a person to be able to open the Bible and take a Scripture like Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Father I desire to be healed, and well in my body. Father, I believe I receive my healing from the top of my head to the sole of my feet and to the end of my fingers. I just thank you; you said I shall receive them, so I receive my desire. Thank you Father your Word is true and does not lie. We need to learn to be able to pray for our self. At some point in your Christian experience, Father wants you to be the one laying hands on people, not having hands laid on you. Father wants you, to be part of that eldership that can pray over people, instead of you being under them, being prayed for. At some point He wants you to learn to be the strong one. It does not mean we will never agree with you in prayer for your life; but if you will be the one who prays for others and blesses others with all you have, then most likely the prayer we will be praying for you is for the ability to minister in all boldness that you may speak Fathers Word with authority and knowledge, and the stretch forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the nature of the inChristed life within you. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the

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apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. [Acts 4:29-35] Why have we moved so far from that which the original Church functioned out of? RE (Bind) LIGION (Hold Back) has damaged the Church severally; but it is not too late. Most of the Church world is in Critical Condition in their mind and body; but with Father God, there is nothing terminal, and He wants to be our reward to bring us back to His intended purpose for mankind. Father wants you to come around to the other side of the altar and start seeing yourself on that side, doing the ministry, instead of getting ministered to. That is what God is saying in Isaiah fifty eight. Most Christians never get past seeing themselves on the side of the altar where they need to be prayed for. He wants you to see yourself as being able to minister to others, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to be able to minister healing, health and strength, and also give of your time, talent and your finances liberally. Thank God I can pray and believe God for myself. You can do that. You can open your Bible, and Father God loves you just as much as He does any preacher or teacher. Father Gods Word is the same to you as it is anybody else. It is of grace that it might be of faith. He spoke to His seed, to Christ, and He spoke to you. When He made promises like, John 15:4 If you abide in me, and my Words abide in you, ask what you will, it shall be done unto you, you can take that Word, believe it and pray for yourself. Some of the greatest joy you will ever know is when you believe God for yourself and then becoming the true priest that you have been called to be. There will be meat in your house, and you will live out of the meat (life) that most people have no idea of. Meat (the result of feeding of Jesus Crucified and Resurrected) in your house is your true source when your house becomes full of that, you would not think about money for yourself; healing for yourself, and the social realm will come into divine order because people will want to be around you. There will be a great demand on the seed within you. Another method Father God has is when He begins to show you the needs of others, to pray for their healing, health and strength. God will always cause you to move away from being self centered. Whatever you start seeking in the Kingdom, usually starts moving away from you. He never told you to seek things in the Kingdom, but to seek the Kingdom (righteousness, peace and joy) itself. If you start seeking a miracle, usually that miracle starts fleeing from you. The way to draw things that you need to you is to release for others. It is Gods way. If you 18

have a problem, sickness, disease, or whatever, seek out others with the same problem and start ministering to them and standing on their behalf. I will put it in a simple term. What God uses you to make happen for others, then God will use others to make happen for you, and what a friend of mine named Vicki Rust told our Church is true too; What Father God can get through you, He can bring to you. So, if you need healing, it might be wise to find others who need healing and pray over them. What happens so often is when we seek Father for our need, we get so need minded, that we forget to be seed minded. In a need mindset, what we are seeking, starts moving away. You can be so self-centered and so selfconscience about your need, you will say, Pray for that person? Who is going to pray for me? Then it starts moving away from you. If you have a condition in your body that is out of order, find some other people who have that condition, and make it your focus to pray, believe and thank God for healing to manifest in them. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Pray NT:4336 proseuchomai (pros-yoo'-khom-ahee); from NT:4314 and NT:2172; to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship: KJV - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer. NT:4314 pros (pros); a strengthened form of NT:4253; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated): KJV - about, according to against, among, at, because of, before, between, ([where-]) by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to ([you]) -ward, unto, with (-in). In comparison it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at. NT:4253 pro (pro); a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:

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(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Worship (meaning seek to know and perceive) God and be in agreement with Him. If Father said with His stripes we are healed, then believe. There is enormous power in the Church, when the Church moves away from being self-centered, into being servant minded. Therefore, if you have a need in your body, you start praying over others. If your need is hindering you, pray over others. Help lead others to an infinite awareness of what is true of them because of the operation of Father through the cross. There is great power in this. Seed the life of others, with what you need yourself. If you believe God for your child that has drifted away, find someone else who has the same problem and begin to pray over their child. Spend more time in prayer for their child then you do your own, and trust Father God. Many times when you start seeking things, it is easy to become self-centered and selfish; when you do that in the Kingdom, things start moving away from you. Father Gods way is to give! He had a need and that was fellowship with fallen humanity, so He gave His Son to redeem His children. We His church (body) are in union with Him, we are the Sons of God. Until we know, understand and accept that fact, we will be of little use to ourselves or others. Gods method of healing is that we pray one for another that we might know when our healing took place. We want all this to work in the body, because we need to image Father God in this temple that we are and on planet earth; to do that, we need a body that is whole spirit, soul and body. The last one is found in Isaiah 57; this method is praise and thanksgiving. Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. There are two applications here. First of all, that Father God creates the fruit. God is the creator of all blessing that you are praising Him for. Also the inChristed, powerful life in you, takes what comes out of your mouth, and uses that substance called faith, to release, create and to manifest things in your life. Now faith is the substances of things hoped for; evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1] In this verses Paul was talking about having faith for now, not something in the future or a pie in the sky faith. I am tired of hearing people say, Gods going to heal me someday; that is not NOW FAITH.

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What is the fruit of the lips? Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Father God uses our praise and thanksgiving, the substance of our praise and thanksgiving, to bring about manifestation and His release of creative power. Colossians 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Praise and thanksgiving, genders and creates an atmosphere for release and manifestation. I create the fruit of the lips. I have learned this and tested it time and time again. What ever you are willing to thank and praise God for, will gender faith in you, and it will also create an atmosphere that genders manifestation. I have learned this through finances, healing and through problems I have had in my own life, and many other areas. I had two moles on my left forearm that were growing and had flakey skin around them. They bothered me and kept getting bigger. Fathers Holy Spirit prompted me to start cursing the root of them, and thanking God that they were leaving my body. They went away shortly, and ten years later they are still gone. Healing belongs to Gods children, and there has been tremendous teaching on this subject available to the body of Christ. E. W. Kenyon wrote, Jesus the healer, and He recommend F. S. Bosworth who wrote, Christ the healer, and they are both classics on healing. Many great writers have written on and have experienced healing. We have plenty to go on today, and we have the written Word, as well as Fathers Holy Ghost to lead us, guide us and teach us. We just need to learn to give thanks for our healing that is already ours. How long do we do that? We give thanks until we are healed, and then learn to give thanks for our health we have. Do not wait to give thanks until you need something. Live a life of thanksgiving. If you are not experiencing something that is yours in Christ, then begin to thank God for it. Thank you Father my needs are meet. God never changes His mind and His Word said, My God shall meet all your need according to His riches in glory. He does not ever change His mind, so there is not any need for us to change our mind. We will just live a life of thanksgiving, and I thank God that all of our needs are meet. 21

I thank God that there are people coming to this place of fellowship, to feed on the Gospel. I thank you God that fellowships preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, are being filled with hungry people. I thank you that the lost and hungry are coming in. I thank you that you are renewing our minds and causing us to see Jesus Christ. I thank you Father that healing, health and strength is manifesting in fullness to my Church family here, our sister Churches and our new fellowship Church, Tree of Life Ministries in New Paltz, NY, and those we fellowship with on the internet. Thank you that the world is turning to you for their life, and accepting your gift of Zoe life (Salvation). Father Gods greatest desire is for you to trust Him. The greatest trust is when you can praise and thank Him; in spite of whatever the traducing action is in your life sickness, poverty or anything else that is a hindrance of Fathers intended purpose for you. Let us start thanking Father God that we are the healed of the Lord. The Word of God is stronger than any physical evidence, or any report of man. God will take what comes out of your mouth and make realty out of what you are saying. He is creating, through your lips. Thank you Father for salvation, for your nature and your image; thank you for circumstances that change and situations that turn around. Thank you for victory and that the gifts of the Spirit are operating in your Church in a new way. Thank you there is a restoration of the elders, praying over the sick. There are going to be prayer partners coming forth and you are giving revelation to us of Isaiah fifty eight, which will cause us to start moving toward the needs of others; thank you Father that you are showing us how to praise and bless you, thus being able to stand in the face of opposition.

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Mistakes Made Concerning Healing

Chapter Two

We want to make sure we are always moving in the Spirit. We do not want to be
careless or religious. We are not an organized religion in this house; we are open to Father God in His Spirit, His Word, His truth and His will. We are no denomination and yet, we are all denominations (inter-denominational). Father has never, nor will He ever, divide His children, all are one in and of Him. No matter what one thinks they are; they are united because the world and its inhabitance are of one body, His. There are some things that Father is saying to the Church, that we all need to hear and heed to. We are in a very unique time at our ministry; it is a different time. We are in our sixteenth year now and I can look over these past sixteen years and say that it has been in most parts, very good. My wife and I desire this to be a place we can plant for the rest of our life. I believe God has given us this fellowship for this purpose. I have begun to see in this Church, the heart, the desire, and the direction that I feel Father has given us. However, there are still some who have not come onboard with the vision yet, on the other hand, I think that will always be; because it takes time for the soul of man, to relinquish its will to Fathers Holy Spirit. I feel like we have come together around the same goal and that Father is building the house and we want to be part of His building process. Many of you are going to have an active role in this house in months and years to come. I am thankful for what God is doing in this local body. We are not divided, angry, or fighting and I can see a real desire and hunger for more, in many of you. In this chapter, we are going to look at mistakes people make, concerning healing, health, and strength. As a Pastor, I have seen a lot of people make mistakes, and some mistakes are more costly than others. There are some mistakes you can make, that are injurious to your life, even in some cases, will ruin your life; it will take Father God to put it back together again. Paul wrote to the Church of Corinth, concerning the partaking of the communion elements, which pictured feeding on the bread and wine of the Gospel. Let us read what he wrote in 1 Corinthians 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. KJV Lords was added by the interpreter, to verse twenty-nine, and should not be there. 23

He stated that eating and drinking the elements, or actually dissecting the revelation of Jesus Christ and discerning the individual members of the body of Christ, in an unworthily (an adverb "that" modifies the action, not the actor) manner will cause a person to be weak, sick and die needlessly. The only way one can partake of Christ the head and Christ the body unworthily is by not believing. If you come to the table without faith, you are partaking of the Lords Table unworthily. If you refuse to gather together with inChristed Sons of God, refuse to enter into relationship with them, and you are not receiving from either Father God or His Sons, you will suffer. The only thing God demands when you come to the table, gathering together and feeding on His Word is to believe in Fathers operation at the cross. He that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 KJV Preachers have demanded that people clean up their life. If a person could clean up their life, they would not have needed a savior. Mankind is powerless to clean up their life apart from the help of Fathers Holy Spirit teaching them, and a Most Holy Place Priest ministering the bread and wine of the Gospel to them. The preaching of the Gospel is the power to make man whole change them into the image of Father God. He did not empower man to clean up their life; He came into mans life, to do what they could not do for themselves. He saved us from sin in the new birth; now He is saving us from sin (mark missing) today. There is and was only one sin, that of unbelief. So, apart from faith, we partake unworthily. We must put faith in what Father God has done, and one cannot do that, until they know what He has done, and then we must connect with the many-membered inChristed Sons of God, minister to and draw from them. The key is to do more ministering to, rather than drawing from others. Once a person grows up, they learn they are to be a giver not a taker. Jesus said, It is better to give than to receive, and He pictured that in His entire earth walk, and in His redemptive work. Then he says, you eat and drink judgment to yourself, and the judgment is that the table has no affect. The most powerful thing that Father God has ever done is then rendered inoperative and powerless for the person who does not take it for the full weight. The communion of God (death, burial, and resurrection) only works by what you believe. It cannot work apart from faith, because Father God designed it that way. Father God did this awesome thing, an incredible work that will take eons and ages to expound the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If I come to the table without faith, I am in a position, where Father Gods greatest work will not benefit me. We are not required to stay away from the table because we have missed the mark; the blood is on the table for everyone, anytime. I have heard preachers say, 24

If you have sinned, you better not take communion. I tell people, "If you have sinned, come on, you better take communion." God is not afraid of our missing the mark (that is what sin is) because He has already dealt with all manner of what the Church calls sin. The one thing that you need to be fearful of is unbelief; come believing. We have all missed the mark, but we at Tree of Life Ministries International and Destiny Life Center are going to keep on believing to the making whole, our souls and our body. Hebrews 10:38 Now the just (righteous) shall live by the truthfulness of Father God and by living and moving and having their being from the life of God that resides within their spirit: but if any man draw back and refuse to live out of their reborn spirit, My spirit shall not be able to work in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back and waste their life and die; but of them that believe to saving of the mind, will, intellect and the emotions. RMHPV If we have to come to the table based upon our worthiness, we better sit down and shut up. It is not because of us; we need to learn what grace and mercy is all about. There is one Righteous man, and He is Jesus Christ/Holy Spirit/Father, and the Real Good News is that all were drawn into Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, and all were made righteous in Him, in His resurrection. That is grace and mercy! However, the Apostle Paul wrote, For this cause, many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep. The Amplified translation of that states, The careless and unworthy participation is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and many of you have fallen into the sleep of death." Here is the mistake the Corinthian Church was making. They were coming to the table in a manner without faith. They were coming for many different reasons. We want the student to see that there are mistakes anyone can make. Here, it was costing them their health, and even some of them, their life. He said "You are dying prematurely," so there are some mistakes you can make that can cause you to become sick, keep you sick, and eventually your life to be shorted. I want to help you, to not make those mistakes by dealing with three of those mistakes. Number one: The first mistake is, most Christians never sit down with their Bible, open it for themselves, and ask Father God to teach them how to be well, spirit, soul, and body. I am talking about just you and Father alone; just you allowing Him to teach you. The Scripture we read, in the beginning of this chapter, said they were discerning what Jesus had done by receiving the revelation of His all inclusive work. You also need to discern what is in your spirit, your soul, and discern the many- membered inChristed body; all three needs to be discerned, not just one dimension. The Lord 25

was made sin, with humanities transgressions. We all need to discern that by the Spirit. That is done by you allowing Father God, to give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ; that your eyes would be flooded with understanding (light). The Lords soul was made sorrowful and painfully aware of the curse through the transgression or the fall of mankind. If you need help in the mental realm, with your emotions or your conscience, you have to discern the Lords soul and see that he bore what you might be struggling with. You need to go back and find out what happened to His soul on the cross. Jesus said, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death. Something happened in His soul that will affect you. Jesus identified with the curse in His soul, so that you can identify with His peace in your soul. Most Christians never sit down and ask Father to teach them to be well. Let us look at some verses that reveal the need for this. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. KJV Fathers Holy Spirit is with us and in us, to show us the things (CDBQRS) of Jesus redemptive work. He uses the five-fold ministry to do that, nevertheless He will also teach you, if you will give Him your time in study, meditation and worship. He will teach you all things; nothing held back. It is all revealed from glory to glory we must allow Him to teach us where we are at, in our spiritual maturity level do not expect to understand it all, now. The truth is most could not bare it all; in the mental state they are currently in. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. KJV Who is truth? John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. KJV It should be needless to point out, many, particularly in the Charismatic realm, do not understand that the Holy Spirits primary purpose is to teach us of Jesus Christ and His redemptive work, and who we are in Him. (See my book on the Primary Purpose of the Holy Spirit, at treeoflifeok.com) 2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. I know I often have pointed this out in my writings, but most of the time when you 26

see the word things in Pauls writings, he is writing about the six aspects of Jesus redemptive work, which are crucified, died, buried and quickened, raised and seated. Fathers Holy Spirit gives us understanding in all of those vital steps. They all work together as a system in our understanding and not one can be left out. Crucifixion was the method of punishment that would result in the death appointed unto man, buried was the way of doing away with the condition of the old man (spiritual death) (Hebrew 9:27), and the quickened (made alive) is what Father did to the brand new man He recreated in the tomb, raised is man being raised out of the pit that Adams disobedience dragged all mankind into (death, hell and the grave of spiritual death), then seated is the position of rest we all have with Father God presently (Hebrews 9:28). Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. KJV I am so thankful that Father God loved His sons so much that He became one of them (Jesus the Son), emptied Himself out of all that He was, and bore the spiritual, mental, physical, social and financial death of all, as all and for all. Then He made all things new in the person of Jesus Christ, and we were all in Jesus when the operation of God took place, and was SUCCESFUL! That is our central reason to worship Him, and only Him. People have been looking for a second coming, if they have not seen what Paul is talking about in Hebrew nine, they have already missed it. I would say they have been left behind, but they have not, because ALL were in Him in His death, burial and resurrection; however, they are not experiencing the reality of His perfect masterpiece of redemption. 1 John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. John is talking in this section of his writing that we call chapter two, to Christians, but from him calling them little children they are not living up to what they have been taught. If you were to read the whole chapter, you would see John talks to fathers and little children; writes to them according to their maturity level. In verse twenty-seven, he tells the children (immature Christians/maturity level), that the Christ life abides in them and that they can hear from Fathers Holy Spirit. Paul

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had taught them, and they have the Spirit of Truth in them, so it is time to grow up and live out of what they have learned and out of Father Gods life. Father God gave us His Holy Spirit as our Teacher, and He has given us gifts (the Five-Fold Ministry). His great desire is to teach and show us what He has already provided and what He has already purposed that He might bring that to pass in your life, through the working of faith in you. What He has done in Christ is a present possession of us all, now. Father wants us well in spirit, soul and body, so we need to allow Him to teach us personally. He can teach you anything you need to know, if you will just sit down with your Bible and ask Him to show you. He can, and is willing to teach you to do well and be profitable to all things, and be valuable in every area of your life. We can look at Isaiah 48:17 and find this; Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. KJV (Emphasis mine) The word profit in this verse is the OT: 3276 Hebrew word, ya` al (yaw-al'); a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively: benefited): KJV - X at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).3 If we will search His Word and spend time with Him, we will find out that Father is a willing teacher. He will not withhold from anyone who willingly seeks Him. He will assist us in the ascension life process. The more we learn of Him and Jesus work, and the more we learn of who we are in Him, the higher we will rise up into living out of the spiritual realm we already reside in. The result will be, we have ascended into our position of a priesthood who are valuable, useful, and profitable and do well (Cheribum); be a blessing to the whole creation. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. KJV The phrase upbraideth not means He is not stingy with His wisdom. I have practiced Isaiah 48:17, for quite a while and He has shown me how to become useful to mankind. When I study, I depend on Him to lead and guide me, give me
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There is nothing that we need or seek to know, that Father God is willing to withhold from us. If you have a wayward child, you can sit down and ask Father to teach you how to pray for that child; when you are willing to lay aside everything you think you know about praying for your child and listen to what He says. In the area of healing, health, and strength, God can teach you to be well. He will teach and give you wisdom on how to eat right and what you need to do to have a healthy body. The television stations are already announcing that the flu season is coming. The prognosticators are already predicting that this is going to be an unusually difficult season for certain strains of viruses and colds. We need to say, Lord, will you teach me how to be well during the time the world calls the flu season? I can promise you, having symptoms of the flu in your body is not a blessing; it is a curse. To be hot and cold at the same time and to have a temperature of 103 degrees, to sweat and feel like you are burning up, is not a blessing. You would not feel like going out and doing ministry, when you feel like that. We need to stop and request of Father God, "Teach me to be well." That is the first mistake most Christian make. They do not ask Him. Consequently, in not asking Him, most Christians cannot tell you what they believe concerning healing, health, and strength. They could not tell you anymore than, Well, we believe in healing. What does that mean? My Pastor teaches on healing at our Church. I know your Pastor does, but what do you believe? If you cannot go to the Word and speak out what you believe, then you will never have any foundation to put your faith in. You will never have a foundation of faith beyond what you find from the Word for yourself. That is mistake number one and it is a large scale mistake. You can go to Churches all over America, who in their articles of faith make the statement, We believe that divine healing is provided for all in the Atonement, and yet you will find some of the sickest people you will ever find in all of your life. Yet their declaration and tenant of faith says we believe healing is provided for all, but they cannot give you much Scripture concerning why they believe it. You can go to the government, doctors, welfare, social security, and every other organization the world has to offer; but if you will go to your Father, He will show you the way out of your problem. There is nothing that will help you like fasting, praying and studying Gods Word for healing, health, strength and anything else you are lacking. If we will just take the time to open the book and say, "Teach me", we would experience life and life more abundantly in all realms.

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Consequently, mistake number two is that they have let others decide for them what to believe, also allowing what happens to others, affect their beliefs. I have had people call me and say, Pastor, what do we believe about this or that? Because people do this, well-intended preachers got up and taught us things that were not scriptural, concerning divine healing, health, and strength. An example would be Job and Paul. We let good intentioned preachers with good hearts, form and build our foundation, for what we believe. Most of them did not really know what they believed; therefore, we ended up with doctrines in the Church that they make up falsely from what tradition has taught concerning Job and Paul. People have studied the book of Job and have heard that everything God did to Job, He did so that God could at times do that to you. They think that God is always interested in testing and trying you, to find out what you are made of, yet Psalms 139:1-4 states, O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Why would He have to test us, if He knows our thoughts before we think them, our steps before we take them and our words before we speak them? We have listened to the wrong teachings, sometimes feeling they were wrong, yet we could not respond because we had no Word to stand on. We had not opened our Bible, to study the Word for ourselves. If you want to talk about the book of Job today, I would tell you, Job's name means man of sorrows'. The man of sorrows is not you, Jesus came; He was a man of sorrows (Isaiah fifty-three). I would tell you that the book of Job is about a righteous man. By Gods own confession, Job was a perfect and an upright man. There is only one Man who could ever fulfill that and He is Jesus. Jesus is the perfect and upright man. What happened to Job? He received a punishment he did not deserve. He had things taken, stripped and removed from his life that he did not deserve; He pictures what happened to Jesus. The book of Job is not about you; it is about Jesus. Jesus really is the one who fulfills the book of Job. I do believe there was a man named Job; I believe he suffered great heartache and sorrow. I would not want to go anywhere near the suffering Job went through. He had ten caskets come before him in one day, and they were all filled with his children. It was horrible beyond imagination. Job foreshadowed the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the man of sorrows. 31

When you study the book of Job, you ought to be looking for Jesus and not trying to find out a reason that you might be suffering or might have to suffer. Job was smitten from the top of his head to the tip of his toes and to the end of his fingers, just like Jesus was smitten in the Garden of Gethsemane to the cross. The curse brings a man to where his body cannot function and that is what happened to Jesus on the cross. Jesus suffered, spirit, soul and body and that is the message of Job. It is not about you; it is about Jesus. Well, what about Pauls thorn in the flesh? Paul did not have a demon that came along side him and put a thorn in his flesh. Pauls thorn in flesh was the constant bombardment and constant tribulation that always tempted him to go back and trust his first birth. Read Philippians three and you will see that; If you have reason to boast in your flesh, we glorify God in Spirit, Paul said to the Church at Corinth, We have got nothing to boast of in flesh, no flesh shall glory in His presence. Paul said in Philippians three, "If you have got a reason to brag in your flesh, I have got more." There was this constant temptation and buffeting, Paul was affected spiritually, mentally, and physically. He was not affected with sickness and disease. He was bitten by a snake and shipwrecked, and even stoned to death, but yet He kept on going like Timex Watches he took many lickings and kept on ticking. The root of that buffeting was, he was tempted to trust his flesh (His religious upbringing or lineage). In order for Paul to turn to Jesus, he had to disdain and cut off his first birth. He said, "I am a Pharisee. I am a Hebrew of Hebrews. I am of the tribe of Benjamin. I was circumcised the eighth day, and I have kept the Law." In their eyes and standards, "I kept the Law" is what he was saying. He always had the temptation to trust his first birth, and he said that everything that comes of my first birth, I count it dung. What is dung? It is what is purged out of a man that is not useful or edifying to the body. I count it purged that I may win Christ. The Jews are taught that they are the seed of Abraham by their first birth and Paul said, "That would not work." This offended the Jewish religious people. Paul said, There is one Savior and you can only trust Him; He is the Seed of Abraham, and we are of Him and in Him. There is only one way to be made whole in spirit, soul and body, and that is through Christ. Pauls constant temptation was to turn back to Judaism. To add to that, it was the Jewish people who stoned him. All he had to do to stop the stoning was to renounce Christ, but he would not do it. They just wanted him to mix the two beliefs. Paul had received revelation beyond measure, which gave him the ability to stand in the face of all they did to him. He knew it was only by Jesus Christ, that life was restored to man, and that through faith in 32

His work, man would be made whole. In Christ, the veil is taken away, but many men (no gender implied) today still have the veil over their faith. It was not an eye disease that was Pauls thorn in the flesh. In Acts 9:1-14 Pauls eyes were blinded by the glory of God. He was not blinded by sickness or disease, but by the glory of God, for three days. Hands were laid on him and God restored his sight. Do you think that if Paul had an eye problem after that, he would now have a basis, to believe God, for healing in his eyes? I would think so. I believe his infirmity was his first birth and he said, "Everything I count lost, to trusting Christ." We have been taught some things along the way, which were not true. I have taught some things in the past that were not correct. I did not purposefully set out to misguide; what I taught was what I understood to be true, at that time. As we grow, we learn and understand, therefore now I understand much more. What I teach now comes through the redemptive thread of the cross. If it does not fit the revelation of Jesus Christ and His body, then I do not teach it or eat it. People say, "Amen" to almost anything that comes out of the mouth of a preacher; it is time we ask God, to show us the truth and have understanding of the Word ourselves. We should pray, God show us and teach us so that we can teach properly ourselves. If we do not study the Bible for ourselves and get a foundation for what we believe, then we will not have a leg to stand on when problems come. It takes foundation. We have been taught by well meaning men and women, yet, what they taught was not truth; as they had not followed 2 Timothy 2:15. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. KJV If you can rightly divide the Word of God, then you can wrongly divide and teach it. Apollos in Acts 18, was a good man. He knew the Scripture but when Pricilla and Aquilla heard him, they pulled him aside and showed him Jesus from the Scriptures, and what he learned, changed his message because he was not a man of pride.

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Mistake number three is found in Proverbs chapter 4. Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. KJV The Hebrew word for health is "marpe". It means "soundness, pure, remedy and medicine". What is an inclined ear? It is an ear that listens upward. God's medicine will not fail. The third mistake is mankind fails to take Gods medicine for them selves. No amount of prayer or lying on of hands will make up for taking Gods medicine for your self. It is only through meditation on the Word, and putting faith in Him, that it will work in your life. Medicine must be taken according to the direction, in order for it to work. You can believe in healing all you want, but you must take the medicine. Believing in healing and taking the medicine are two different things. If you will take God's medicine, the faith will be there. You will know what to believe in. Do not just casually read your Bible; pay attention to it and listen to the Holy Spirit as you read. Do not read your Bible to make you fall asleep at night. Give attention. Incline your ear to the Word and to Gods prompting in your heart. Medicine takes time to work. You will give doctors all kinds of time to work on you, but how many will give Father God, through His Word, time to work in their life. Do not give up after reading one verse; receive with meekness the engrafted Word of God it has to get into your very being, and then be digested, to the point that it gets to your soul and body. Here is another mistake Christians make. I do not need to be concerned about healing, unless I need it. Take your medicine while you are well; do not wait until you get sick. Proactive faith puts the shield between you, sickness and disease. Proactive faith says, "I believe God now for divine health." Reactive faith is to have a diagnoses and then trying to believe for healing. The shield of faith is a proactive faith. It puts faith before the enemy. Start believing God to be well now. It does not matter if you are sick or healthy. God said in Proverbs 4:20-22, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 34

There was a woman named Sister Ann, who had been told she had six months to live because she had cancer. She took the healing Scriptures and put them on tape with her voice. She played that tape six times a day, after seven years, she was still alive and the doctors pronounced her well and strong. She would wake up in the middle of the night to take it just like you would medicine. There are people who will set their alarms and wake up at night to take physical medicine, yet will not take Gods Word internally on a regular basis. Her doctors had her start a Bible study in the hospital and people began to do what she did. Many were healed and gave testimony of their healing. This lady found the answer to get her healing to manifest. The Word of God will work if we will take it in us as the engrafted Word. Do not just try it; take it daily. We have failed to take it and failed to apply it. Every man, woman, boy and girl should take some portion of Gods Word every day concerning healing, health, and strength. Start taking one a day, meditate on it and incline your ear to God. He wants you whole so you can be a minister unto Him in this earth. Hear the Lord your God say, "Im the Lord that healeth thee, and I will bless your bread and water (enlarge His work of redemption in you), and I will take sickness from the midst of thee." (Italics mine) Deuteronomy 7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, Matthew 8:17.Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Selah!

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Developing the Victory of Jesus, in our Lives

Chapter Three

Jesus, in His earth walk and ministry, was the seed of Abraham, and now that we
are inChristed and of Him, we are the seed of Abraham or actually the seed of Father God. Jesus is typed and shadowed throughout the Old Testament, as we see pictures of Him being the one who overcame everything that the fall of man released; specifically the root cause, which was Adams unbelief and the resulting spiritual death lodged in all of humanity. Jesus believed in His Father explicitly, and He overcame the death, hell and grave of being human, destroying that power and resurrecting completely free from its works praise God, we are all in His victory; so much so that we are more than conquerors. We now overcome every aspect of a carnal mind, by drawing from what He overcame. Jesus, as humanity, was overcome in the Garden of Gethsemane. Then the fruition of Him being overcome was on the cross; but only because He submitted to death, not because death had a right to Him. Colossians two tells us that the principalities and powers (spiritual death in mans soul and body), which were overcome, first overcame Jesus in the Garden and the work of the cross. He was overcome when he was made to be sin, by taking upon himself, the sins of all mankind. Jesus was made a curse with the fallen mans curse. Jesus was overcome for three days and three nights by everything that had plagued mankind since the fall; the lack of Fathers life, in all five realms of life. I do not think very many people have an understanding of the statement that Jesus was overcome. We are going to meditate on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At the last, He shall overcome. I am glad Jesus was and is victorious. We believe in a risen Saviour and an exalted Lord. We believe in an ascended and at rest Lord, who is Father God. Jesus is not just raised, He is ascended, seated and reigning as Lord forever and forever The Lord our God is one. The Bible says, For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and forever, AMEN. He was Father God in a body, and He is forever Father God - King of Kings and Lord of Lords. There are three main thoughts we want to point out in this study concerning healing. We want to look at the dominion of Jesus in his earth walk, the exchange and the

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Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 John 5: 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. . causeth Roy E. Richmond (put your name there) to triumph in Christ, We make this personal at Tree of Life Ministries International and Destiny Life Center. This is not up for a vote or going to any committee to be decided. God Almighty has said, God always causeth us to triumph in Christ Accordingly, we are now being convicted and convinced that it cannot be any other way. We have to align our thinking according to what he said. Through our lives, manifesting His life, Father and the work of Jesus is revealed to a lost, dying, and hurting creation. We need a foundation for victory, and what Father said, is that foundation. There are five realms of life. There is the spiritual, mental, physical, social, and financial realm. The very essence of what Father has done for us in mind, will, emotions, intellect and consciousness (soul) is peace; if a person will learn to live out of His peace, then it will release Fathers life to the body. Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. This verse tells us that Jesus, after becoming human (man separate from Father God in their thinking) was punished, judged, and endured everything, in order that all might walk in peace. Chastisement passed from humanity, to Jesus. The Mercy Seat of our Father is forever and to all. We cannot tell you the depth of the Mercy 38

seat in the Tabernacle, because it has no measurements. So, we like the Psalmist can say, Oh give thanks to Father God for His mercy is forever and forever. His mercy is for all, and will be experienced in mans earth walk as they come to know Him and believe. Father wants us to have peace, which passes all understanding in the mental realm. He does not want us to worry, fear or struggle. Father wants your mind at ease and at rest. He wants your mind to stay upon Him. The Lord that is in you, has a mind (the mind of Christ) that stays upon the Father. Before I write more on this topic, I would like to lay the foundation of what this chapter is about, from the Word. Psalms 67:1 To the chief Musician on Neg'-i-noth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. This is an awesome prayer that the Psalmist prayed, Lord have mercy on us, raise us up out of the despair of not knowing who we are in You, and cause us to image (favor) you, is what this Psalm is praying. The Good News is Father did that for all, in the work of Jesus Christ. I find myself thanking Father for His mercy and grace in my life. I want people to see Him, when they see me. Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love (you see His redemptive work there) wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when humanity were dead in their sins (before the Cross), hath given LIFE back to us together with Christ, (by grace ye are rescued) 6 And hath raised us up to the spirit realm together, and made us rest together as the abode or temple of Father God in union with Christ Jesus, as Fathers Sons. RMHPV In this verse, we read of the richness of Gods mercy. God is willing to be merciful and He was in Christ Jesus. He always held His mercy out to people. Where did He raise mankind from? They were in and of the earth realm; He raised all up into the heavenly. Now all can, if they come to Him, walk with Him in the cool of the day, again. Genesis 3:8 And they (Adam) heard the voice of the LORD God walking in them (spirit) perpetually4: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. RMHPV
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Psalms 145:8 The LORD - gracious, and full of compassion; patient and long suffer; not angry and not easily displeased, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD good to all: and his love, and compassion over all mankind, and his works in man. RMHPV Father God has already blessed you; you do not need to be blessed, you are blessed. When Jesus rose from the dead, God blessed you. God blessed the atheist, the agnostic, and the man who does not believe. God blessed all people, in all religions and in every realm of confusion. This was accomplished when God raised Jesus from the dead; there is a blessing on mankind. The hindrance from not being one with Father God has been removed the only hindrance and traducer in ones life is their religious belief systems, what they have willing submitted themselves to, which is anything other than Father God or shall I say anti the Christ life in them. Father God has blessed our spirit (heavenly), and as we allow Him to renew and change our minds, that blessing will make whole our soul and body. Being blessed is not about what you do, it has everything to do with Jesus and what He did. You are to be a vessel to release and express Father Gods blessing to others. I am just now learning that my blessing rests in what I give out, not in what I get. Others in the world are blessed in Christ because Jesus Christ is working through the Holy Spirit and the believer, to bring them to complete salvation of their soul and body. This is the total operation of Father God. Jesus became our blessing and our portion. It is then that the expression of Christ working through us will affect others around us. My family, my Church, and those I encounter, are blessed through an expression of the Christ-life in me. Fathers Holy Spirit being able to teach mankind, is the key to receiving and giving. I receive my inheritance through allowing, being willing and obedient to the instructions of Father; my inheritance is released, and others are blessed as He works in me. Father has blessed us, causing His nature to function in our lives. That is a revelation of His favor or image. His image in and upon His Sons is an awesome thing. Favor has several expressions. Favor means to be like and have an image. For example, many people tell me that my son and I look alike. My son has the image of his dad, and he is an expression of me. He is my boy -- my son. God favors us through the expression of Christ in us. In addition, favor means to exalt. When you vote for one candidate over another, you do that because you favor one candidate above the other. Father favors and lifts Jesus up and of course you are in Him. He favors us that way. Father favors us 40

through the exaltation of the Son life in us. My favorite definition of favor is to embrace the weakest part. When you are favoring the right leg, you are leaning more heavily on the left leg. More than likely the right leg is in a weakened condition, therefore your left leg is carrying all the weight. You are favoring the weakest part. In the Psalm of David, he was saying God be merciful to us, God bless us and let your favor be upon us. David was saying, God be an expression in us, God be exalted in us and embrace us in our weakness. Where we are weak, Father strengthens us. What a message for us to see and hear. In our weakness His strength is perfected because he bore our weakness on the cross. Let the weak say, I AM strong. Always remember the I AM in you is strong. Favor is a wonderful thing and I thank our Father for His favor daily. Favor is an expression and you need to be an expression of our Father. You experience much more life by expressing the Father. One might ask how we express Him. We do that by faith and by letting the Father live in us and through us. We do that by allowing His Holy Spirit within us, to lead and guide us. Father listened to the Old Testament prophets and he liked what he heard. They sounded like Him. He is always looking for himself in His Sons. He is not satisfied until He finds himself in each of us. When He said to Adam, Adam where you are? He did not lose Adam, nor was He playing hide and seek. He said, Adam where are you, He no longer could find himself in Adam. Adam lost Fathers life because he chose to live independently from Father. He looked at Adam and could not see Himself anymore. Adam had lost the image he had been created in. The only thing that will ever satisfy Father God is to see His image in man. I look for my image in all of my kids and grandkids. Psalms 67:1 To the chief Musician on Neg'-i-noth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. The mercy and favor of our Father comes to us, so Jesus may be known upon the earth. His nature is to have us live as Him, on the earth. Father wants the revelation (unveiling) of Jesus Christ to be known upon the earth. Now that we have an understanding that, Father wants His life to be known in the earth. I want us to draw on the last part of this verse; Thy saving health among all nations. 41

Fathers saving power (The Gospel Preached) and health goes together. Let us read from Psalms 67:2 in the Amplified Bible. That your way may be known upon the earth, your saving power, your deliverance, and your salvation among all the nations. Father wants to reveal the work of Jesus and His life in man on the earth, so that his saving, delivering, healing power can go out to all the nations. His power is not just for a few; it is for every nation, kindred, tongue and tribe. If they are in the earth, it is for them. Our prayer is this; Lord thank you for your mercy, blessing and favor. Now, let your inChristed sons be known in all nations, so that your saving health will be made known to all. His will is to reveal and unveil His saving health among all nations. The most important nation in the earth is not the United States of America. The most important nation in the earth is the Holy Nation called the Church. In First Peter 2:9 we are called a holy nation. We are a royal priesthood and a holy nation. We are the most powerful nation because we can bring things from the heavenlies into the earth. What the believer can bring from the heavens through prayer and praise, can manifest in the earth, and is greater than anything in the earth. We have access to a higher dimension, called the above realm. Every good and perfect gift cometh from above and it does come. We do not have to think it might come. Christ is to be an expression through us. Let us look at the Old Testament people. You will find these people in the story of the Exodus, Chapter twelve. We can also read what was said to these people in Psalms 105:37. I use this verse for the people of our Church concerning healing, health and strength. If you attend our Fellowship regularly, you know that as one of the Pastor, I stand for your healing, health and strength. I am in a constant conflict for your healing, health and strength in your natural body. I stand for you spirit, soul and body. Psalms 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Silver is the biblical metal for redemption, and gold is the biblical metal for a revelation of the divine nature of Father God and that nature within you. 42

Another translation says, not a weakling among them. These people were slaves, and were viewed as nothing more than property. Everyone that came out of Egypt was not nineteen years old and strong. There were the elderly that had been in slavery all of their life. They had been under the whip, been mistreated, malnourished, used, abused and beaten. They were slaves. When Father brought them out of slavery, He had already healed them. Those that were brought out of Egypt were between two to five million in number. If you were to go to a city the size of Saint Louis, MO. and knock on doors, imagine what it would be like to find there were no sick people among them. St. Louis is a city of about two million people. To search all the homes, hospitals, and nursing homes in a city of that size and find not one person who is ill, that would be awesome. On the night of Passover, the people sat around the table. The blood had been placed on their doorpost. As the death angel passed over, they ate the whole lamb. When they were eating the lamb, elderly received healing. If their limbs were withered, they straightened out. If their back was bowed, it straightened up. If they were sick, the sickness left their body. Because they feed on the sacrificial lamb, which was a type of the real Lamb of God; being saved (set free) and complete health came to these natural people. I want you to understand, when God brought them out, not one sick person was among their tribe. Oh, how we need to understand, it is the feeding on the revelation of the Lamb of God, and drawing from His being in our spirit that will bring healing to our minds and our bodies. What I believe for the readers of this book, is there will not be one sick. I expect you to have better health than you do now. I expect you to have more strength in your body then you do now. I expect your back to straighten out. Your part is to believe, that feeding on the bread and wine of the Word today, is more powerful than the picture of bread and wine those people of old ate. The blood of a natural lamb in the Old Testament was able to get death out of the bodies of the Old Testament people. The people of the Old Testament ate the natural lamb and sickness was removed from their bodies. How much more powerful is the Spiritual Lamb of God? Feeding on the Spiritual Lamb, the Word made flesh has the power to remove disease from the bodies of believers today. When we confess we believe the power of the life of the Lamb in our spirit, is removing diseases, people look at us like we are crazy.

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Some believe that the Church is simply a place to get your self spiritually straight. Some believe we have to go to a doctor for our physical problems. No, we are made whole in our spirit, and are being made whole in our soul and body by feeding on the revelation of Jesus Christ. This is why we teach wholeness in Jesus Christ. We teach that Father did a perfect work and has a perfect plan for man, the body of Christ. There was not one feeble one among them as they left Egypt. I invite you to join with me as I pray; believing that from the youngest to the eldest there will not be one feeble one among our tribes. We have a better covenant established on better promises. Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. The Old Testament people had a covenant of healing and health. They had a covenant, but we have a better covenant. In Leviticus chapter fourteen, Father tells us how to deal with cancer, which was their leprosy in the Old Testament. A person with leprosy had to go and present himself to the priest. He had to get two turtledoves and offer a sacrifice of death. One turtledove was loosed and one turtledove was killed over running water and under a piece of wood. This symbolizes the cross of Calvary, which is ours today. Under the old Covenant, the blood was sprinkled upon the person who had leprosy, and they were healed after seven days. We have a better Covenant established on better promises. It is better because we have a better sacrifice. Jesus was the perfect Sacrifice. The sacrifices of the Old Testament could not make them perfect, but Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice, makes us perfect. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the sacrifices in the Old Testament could not give them peace of mind. On the other hand, The New Covenant given in the New Testament gives us peace of mind. I believe we have a better Covenant established on better promises, and we are joint heir with Christ. Isaiah foretold of the operation of Father through Jesus. Isa. 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. We are New Testament people with a spiritual Lamb and a better Covenant that we can believe in. We want to help people reach the place, Calvary, where they can see the difference and believe. We can believe that the radiating healing life and power 44

of Father God, is in us. This power is manifesting in us, so that as we gather together, there is life, healing, and strength. The anointing presence of Father is a tangible thing. There is tangibility to the Spirit of God. Sometimes, I get in the pulpit with pain or sickness in my body, when I preach, the pain or sickness leaves. Pain and Sickness leaves because of the anointing. The anointing has tangibility and it is anti-disease. Anointing is always working against disease. The anointing that manifested through Jesus was always removing disease. That same anointing is in you it is called Christ life or the anointed life. The anointing is working in your body as you believe and cooperate with Father/Holy Spirit/Christ. 1 Peter 5: 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time Psalms 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions Father wants to teach us how to be healthy, and teach us how to flow out of His Word and life. Father God, Help us to hear your Word.

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Jehovah Rapha our Healer

Chapter Four

I am going to sound the trumpet of Jehovah Rapha, the Lord our healer. I expect
Fathers Holy Spirit will refresh the oil of anointing in you, which is upon your life and allow you to hear and receive what Father has said about your healing and health. Faith comes by hearing and we need to hear, receive, and believe. The Church has never taught us to live because she has always been teaching us to be ready to go up. We need to learn how to grow up. If we spend all of our time, expecting to go up and it does not happen, people get disillusioned. We need to grow up in Him in all things. We need to live the life and purpose Father has for us. I am going to proclaim Jehovah Rapha. Rapha is our healing, health and strength. The Bible starts with Father God and ends up with a glorified body. In Exodus 15:22 you find Moses bringing Israel from the Red Sea. They then went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water. The water was bitter; therefore, the name of it was called Marah. The people murmured against Moses saying, what shall we drink? Moses cried unto the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. This tree is a picture of the cross. Whenever you come to a bitter place in your life, Father will show you a tree. The tree does not have to be grown anew, it is already there. It is not something Father has to do, it is something already done. When He showed Moses the tree, He told him that he was to cast the tree into the bitter waters. It is your responsibility to cast the tree into the bitter waters of life. You do that by faith. It is your responsibility to cast the tree into the bitter places of life. Sickness can be a very bitter thing. I know people who are chronically sick, and who are very embittered because of their ill health. It is our responsibility to take what God shows us and cast it into the waters of life. Exodus 15:25 he cast it into the waters and the waters were made sweet and he made for them a statue and ordinance and there he proved them.

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Exodus 15:26 And said, if you will diligently hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God, do that which is right in His sight and give ear to His commandments, keep all His statutes, I will put none of these disease upon thee Do you understand that humanity did not do that? Humanity did not obey what God spoke there. Many have taught that if you obey, you will be well, and if you disobey, sickness will come upon you. This teaching was in error and it caused condemnation to fall upon those who did not obey, and led people to believe that God was the one bringing the sickness. Humanity did not keep the Law and the commandments. God is just and true to His Word; He took disease and put them all, in the person of Jesus, on the cross. God kept His Word by permitting Jesus to bear humanities infirmities. We read in Matthew chapter eight that Jesus bore our infirmities and sickness. Since man broke Gods Word, sickness and disease were inevitable because what God said is a done deal. Gods Word cannot lie and cannot fail. So Gods Word then said, if you keep my commandments, which they did not, and you listen to My voice, which they did not, and you obey my voice, which they did not, then He said these diseases would not come on you. So, they did come on all humanity in the person of Jesus. God put those things on Jesus and reckoned them to our account. It is just as if I bore all sickness and disease, but I did not bear them; Jesus did. That is called substitution. Then God said this, I am the Lord that health thee, I am Jehovah Rapha your healing, health and your strength. Father God is Jehovah Rapha. Father, has always been God, and He always will be God. He is Jehovah-Jireh, our provider. He is Nissi, our banner. He is Tsidkenu, our righteousness. He is Shammah, God with us. He is Raha, the Shepherd of the sheep. He is Shalom, God our peace. He is Rapha, our healer. He is El Shaddai, the Almighty all sufficient God. He is El Elion, the God of the High and the Holy Place. 47

Those are not all of Father Gods redemptive names but in those nine names are the descriptions and the understanding of what we need to know about our Father. If you get to know Him in all of the expressions of his nature, you are going to know a lot about the true nature of Father God. I thank God that He never changes. People can be in a good mood one moment and in a bad mood the next. People can speak love in one breath and the next breath, tear you apart. Man can change from day to day, God never changes. Malachi 3:6 Im God and I do not change. John 8:58 Before Abraham was, I am. The Bible states in Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. We also read in James 1:17 With God there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Our Father never changes. There is no shadow because God remains the same and does not turn. God is what He always has been and will always be. You and I can depend on our heavenly Daddy because He never changes. You cannot preach a God that does one thing now and then changes His mind the next. I do not know where we got the idea, God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. There is nothing mysterious about somebody that does not change. The reason God seems mysterious to some is that He does not operate as we do. If you start hanging around Father God, perhaps you will appear mysterious to people. Perhaps you will hear things like, That boy works in mysterious ways, and you cannot tell what he is going to do. He gets in a jam financially, he just gives. He does not feel well in his body, and he goes and finds someone sick and ministers to them. The boy is strange! Father is not the one who is strange. Man is strange. Father does not change. Father is forever God and forever Almighty. The difference between Him and man, when man is not living out of His spirit, man has limitations. Father has no limitations. Whatever He conceives; He can do. When Father thought of the sun to light our universe, he told the sun to be and it was there. In like manner, man filled with His life (Spirit), was in the heart of Father God. He envisioned us, and He created us. He had no limitations. Father made a man in His own image (Spirit) because that is what He wanted. There was no prototype. This man Father created was a new creation man, who had never digested food or ever breathed. 48

When Father released himself into man and said, Man be, a living soul was released. At that moment, as Father released breath into man, everything began to function correctly. Instantly, the eyes opened and they saw perfectly. When Father spoke man be, instantly, the ears opened, and they began to hear perfectly. The heart began to function and beat perfectly. Everything about the man functioned in perfect order. When Father created man, He made male/female to function in every area without disease, sickness or any curse in any form. Knowing this, should build your faith. Man did not have a spine out of order, arthritis crippling their hands, no blood disorder or any sickness that needed a cure. Why? Father made man in His own image? Father never changes. Can you understand how important it is that Father never changes? When Father breathed into and spoke to man, everything functioned the way it was supposed to. I guarantee mans blood pressure was 120/75. Mans eyes were 20-20. Mans insulin level and hormones were in correct balance, perfect. You have got to know why Father did that. He wanted a man in His image, on this earth in spirit, soul and body. However, man fell in disobedience, and then unbelief; dysfunction and disruption came into mans soul and body. Adam chose to disobey Father, thus Father said, Curse shalt thou be. The curse was the consequences of unbelief. In the curse was all manner of sickness and disease came. It took over nine hundred and thirty years for the physical, natural death to work its way into Adam. Father told Adam to subdue the earth, but, nine hundred and thirty years into the fall the earth subdued Adam, which was still in the first day with Father. Until this day, Adam is subdued in the earth. The remains of Adams body remain in the earth today. The dust and the ashes, which Adams body returned to, are in this earth somewhere today. When Adam transgressed, sin was passed to all of humanity. Everything that Father had created began to malfunction at the moment of sin (disobedience and mark missing). There was a curse, which was released into the earth. His soul became corrupt, because of his own thoughts and separation from Father, sickness and disease flowed out of Adams sin. In the third chapter of Joshua we read of the city of Adam. The city of Adam released a flow, and in

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the Bible it is called the Jordan River. Jordan means the descender, decline, death or descent. There was a release of decline and descent from Adams transgression. Deuteronomy 28:15-66 gives us a detail report and account of what those sicknesses are. There are eleven types of diseases mentioned in those verses. Every sickness and disease not written in the book of the Law was also under the curse of the Law. Sickness was not under the blessing of the Law! You are not redeemed from the blessing of the Law. The blessing of the Law belongs to you. It does not belong to you because you kept the Law. It is yours because you are in the Lawgiver and fulfiller. Jesus Christ kept the Law completely. The blessings of the Law belong to the man who heard and obeyed. The man that heard and obeyed was Jesus Christ. Father said to Jesus, I will make you the head, and I will make you above only and you shall not be beneath. Jesus is the head of all things. Jesus is the head of the new creation. Jesus is above only and will never be beneath again. There is nowhere in the Bible that man can show us that we are redeemed from the blessing of the Law. I received the blessings of the law not because of what I have done, but what Jesus Christ did. Therefore, based on His obedience, I am redeemed from the curse of the Law, and I am redeemed into the blessings of the Law. Under the curse of the Law, every sickness and disease even those not named was under the curse of the Law. No preacher or teacher can ever convince me, that sickness is a blessing. I have heard people say that Father puts sickness on people to cause them to learn something or to chasten them. That is not true. The Bible tells us that He chastens us with His Word. Father does not lay you up in a hospital or a sick bed to slow you down. You get laid up because you get too busy and wear yourself out. He does not make you sick so that you can go to a hospital and witness to other patients. You can do that as a well person. He can speak to you to go to the hospital to minister. We need to listen to what He says. The teacher of the Church is not sickness or disease. Fathers Holy Spirit is the teacher of the Church. Preachers that tell you sickness is a blessing will be the first ones to go to the doctors office to get well. I am glad the doctors are there for us, but sickness is not a blessing, Sickness is a curse, and going to doctors is a carnal way of dealing with sickness and disease. As long as we function out of the carnal thoughts, we need to thank God for doctors.

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Sickness is expensive and robs us of our finances. Sickness also robs our joy and drains our strength. Your health is important. Father had an Old Testament Church. They were a people that Father made a covenant with. Father said, I will be your healing, health and your strength. All through the Old Testament, the natural Jews had a Father who was a healer. 1. Jeremiah 30:17 I will restore health unto thee and heal thee of thy wounds. 2. Jeremiah 17:14 Jeremiah said, Heal me and I will be healed. 3. David said in Psalms 30:2 Heal me O Lord, Ive cried unto Thee and Thou hast healed me. 4. Psalms 42:11; 43:5 Thou art health of my countenance. 5. Psalms 68:19 He daily loads me with His benefits. 6. Psalms 103:3 He heals me of all my diseases. 7. Psalms 107:20 He sent His Word and healed them and delivered them from all their destruction. 8. Malachi 4:2 The Son of righteousness will rise unto you with healing in His wings. Through out the Old Testament, Father was a healer of the Old Testament people. Then, Father brought Jesus into the earth. When Jesus began his ministry in the earth, Jesus spent three and a half years manifesting the Father, and brought great healings to the people, and then ultimately healed all, of the separation from Father in their thought realm that was lodged within them. If you really want to see the heart of the Father, you need to look at Jesus. Jesus is the Fathers will and heart in action. Jesus is the will of Father demonstrated. We read in Matthew four, Jesus always went about their cities, preaching, teaching and healing. What He did never changed. The miracles, signs and wonders recorded in the Gospels, were hand picked by the Holy Spirit. John testified that a book could not contain all the things that Jesus really did. The world would not be large enough to hold the books. I assure you the amount of space on the largest computer hard drive could not hold the contents of all that Jesus did in his earth walk. Acts 10:38 He went about doing good and healing all. If healing were an evil thing, Jesus would not have done it. Jesus did good, healing all.

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On the cross, Jesus was healing every person born, past, present and future. Now, that is a healer! You were healed before you ever got sick. One preacher said that anyone who can plan supper, for six thousand years into the future is definitely a planner. Father had a plan, and He knew what was going on. When Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane, He had walked in perfect healing, health and strength. Jesus never had a sick day or a sign of disease for thirty-three and a half years. You will not find in scripture anywhere that says Jesus had sickness. Jesus had life in his spirit, soul and body. Jesus was above Adams transgression and sickness could not touch Him. Jesus could lay His hand on a leper and leprosy could not touch Him, because He was in another dimension. What was working in Him was bigger than what was working in the earth. What was working in Him was more powerful. Jesus said, The Father that is in me does these works. Jesus said that if you cannot believe what I am telling you, look and see what I have done. The Father does this through me. Father was working in Christ as something bigger than all of the things He did. Consider a garden; a garden is for sowing seed. Everything in the Word centers in a garden. Father put man in a garden because He wanted Him there. He wanted Him to grow, multiply and be fruitful with good fruit. So, where did mans sickness start? Sickness started in a garden. Where does sickness have to end? Sickness ends in a garden. Sin started in a garden and it ended in a garden. Jesus goes to the place called the Garden of Gethsemane. Gethsemane means the place of the crushing or the place of olives being crushed making oil. Jesus had all the life of God in Him; it was all embodied in Him. What happened when Jesus was crushed? The anointing flowed out. The anointing was in Him and flowed out of Him into the garden. All the anointing that there is was crushed out of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He went into the garden and He sowed. He laid down His perfect obedience, to take up fallen mans disobedience. He laid down peace, to take up fear. He laid down His perfect life, to take up mans perfect death. He laid down His health and strength, to take up sickness and disease.

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on the cross. What Adam did, was so big, it took Father to deal with it. In that process of the cross, Father dealt with everything humanity was heir to because of Adams transgression. Sickness and death were included in the cross. This is why we can teach Jesus bore, took and carried sickness and disease. Everything that humanity became an heir to in Adam, Jesus dealt with it on the cross. If Jesus bore it and he did, then thank God there is no need for man to bear sickness and disease in their body. Then Father raised Jesus from the dead. When Father did that, do not be deceived, Gods not mocked, what a man sows he will reap. Who is the man that sowed? It is Jesus. Where did He sow? He sowed in a garden called Gethsemane. What did He reap? He reaped what He had sown and what He had sown was His life, which He laid down. He reaped righteousness, health, and peace. He reaped everything that He had sown. He does not just get it back for one. When a farmer sows one seed, he gets back a multiple harvest. Jesus is the man that sowed, and God is not mocked. When Jesus Christ rose from the dead, Father began to multiply that sown seed and everything they sowed in a Garden multiplied. They planted Him in a garden tomb. Jesus Christ was raised from the dead in a garden. Jesus Christ took a graveyard and made it a garden. Adam took a garden and made it a graveyard. The seventh day is the day that Father reopened all that he wanted mankind to be. When Jesus Christ was raised up from the dead, He received back His life in spirit, soul and body. He received back His nature. Now, every time someone accepts the gift of salvation, Jesus is reaping back His life. When you get peace of mind, Jesus is reaping back what He sowed. Every time someone receives their healing in their soul and body, Jesus is reaping back what He sowed. Every time you receive anything from Father, Jesus is reaping back what He sowed. Every time someone is healed, their body quickened and the life of God works in their body, Jesus is getting back His harvest! What Father sows, He reaps. When Father raised Jesus from the dead, He conquered all that Adam did. Jesus then took His disciples out. Jesus took them to the hill, blessed them, and established a healing ministry in the earth. He told them to go in His name and tell everybody the good news. You tell them I rose from the dead, and if they believe and receive, they will be made whole. If they would not, they will experience the consequences of not believing, but they will come to know Him because every one will come to know the love of God either in this life or in 55

the after life. He said in my name you will speak with new tongues, and you will take your hand and lay them on the sick, and they shall recover. When Jesus ascended back into the Godhead, healing did not go with Him! Jesus entered back into His Father, but Christ is still in the earth. Healing did not go with Him, as no one in heaven needs healing. There are no sick bodies in the heavenly. Fathers Holy Spirit is in man now, and His life radiating with healing power. Everyone who died has left his or her body in the earth. Jesus told his disciples to heal the sick, and they will recover. When Jesus ascended He planted His Church in the healing ministry. In the book of Acts, the strangest thing started happening. Healing started to flow again, just as it did when Jesus was walking on the earth. Acts 3 a cripple was healed Acts 4 they prayed, God give us boldness to stretch forth our hand to heal by the name of Thy Holy child Jesus. Acts 5 A man called Peter comes and Father over shadowed him; the over shadowing of Father on Peter, was what healed people setting on the porches. Acts 6 Stephen was waiting on tables and as he served the food, people were healed because of the power of God in his life. Acts 8 Phillip went down to Samaria and started preaching Christ and they were healed in their bodies. Acts 9 cripples were healed. Acts 14 cripples were healed. Acts 19 Father did special miracles by the hands of Paul. Acts 28 Paul was on an Island. He did signs and wonders, and the Bible says that they came around about to be healed of their diseases. This healing stream flowed through the book of Acts. Jesus returned back into Father, but healing did not go with Him. Healing stayed in the earth because you and I are in the earth, and healing is needed until the Sons of God learn to live out of the divine life that they possess. If you die and lay your body down, you will no longer need healing. When you receive a glorified body, you will no longer need healing. You need healing now! Healing is for now! Healing flowed through the book of Acts. We can see a marvelous journey of the disciples flowing in anointing. In the nature of Jesus, they believed and they 56

watched Father confirm with signs and wonders, which followed the mighty name of Jesus. As we move through the New Testament, every place you find Jesus, you will find healing, health and strength. In every verse, you find His name and what He has done, and all is accompanied by healing. People may argue that healing is not in the New Testament. They are blind. Healing is there. Healing is in the name and nature of Jesus Christ. He is the container, and healing is in there. Where we are, in the modern Church, one could stack up books of testimonies of healings and miracles. I have experienced them myself, and I have seen many. There are people who should be dead today, yet they are not. There are people who should be in wheel chairs, yet they are not. There is a present testimony and a present reality of healing today. Still that is not Father Gods best for mankind. He does not want us to have any sickness and disease in our bodies. We are soon coming to the day when that will become a reality. Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. He gives life to your mortal body, and He gives life to you. You have life in you today. Father wants to quicken, flow out, flow over, and manifest in your mortal body. He wants to come out and live, healing, health, life and strength through you. The way that will happen is if we will seek Him more then we do healing, finances and miracles. Because we are not yet manifesting a glorified body, there is a Word for that. Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, (THE SOUL) and this mortal shall 57

have put on immortality, (THE BODY) then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The inheritance of Father belongs to the spirit, soul and body of man because Father is a spirit and His life in our spirit will flow to our soul and body. Corruption is part of a carnal mindset, and immortality belongs to the physical man. The body will be changed, and we will live forever spirit, soul and body. If we believe the Bible, we believe we are going to be alive in our spirit, soul and body a million years now. Why, because Jesus conquered death? Jesus is bigger than death. Jesus conquered death; spirit, soul and body. At some point, there is a translation of the body coming. At some point as Paul revealed we shall all be changed! Jesus said that He would change your vial body. I believe Fathers life is changing my body. Why do I believe this? I believe this because I want to live and declare the Gospel to my childrens, childrens children and to generation after generation. As the life of Father God comes upon mankind, I believe our loved ones who have lain down their bodies, will be seen with us. This is life everlasting. At some point, there will be no further need for healing, health and strength to be sought after; it will just be. Life will have swallowed up death. At that point, we will know nothing but His life in spirit, soul and body. Then, we can truly sing, oh, happy day. This is the point at which your faith has become reality. 2 Corinthians 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed (ILLUMNATED) upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life (ZOE). We can walk in everlasting resurrection life with the understanding of our being clothed with the illumination of this life of Jesus, now. The gifts of the Spirit are in the Church (1 Corinthians 12) Praying for the sick and eldership is in the Church (James 5) Laying hands on the sick are in the Church (Mark 16) The Spirit of God is in the Church (1 John 4)

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Jesus is the seed of Abraham. A person, who is inChristed, becomes that seed and
is the beneficiary of all that the seed will produce. I am interested in seeds because seeds produce something, and I am interested in what the Seed (Christ) of Abraham will produce in me. The Bible records in 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 that we are Gods garden. Do you know what seed God sowed in His garden? He sowed Jesus in His garden. I am very anxious to see what this seed of Christ is producing in the Trees of that garden (us). Many people have no idea as to the life that Father God has for each of us. They look at what Isaiah said in chapter sixty four, that Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things that God has prepared for them that love Him, just think that still applies to people in the New Covenant. We are different than the people of that age. We know we have the Teacher of the Church living in us. The people of that age had the life of the Teacher in them; however, they did not know it. He is showing us the things of God, and revealing to all who will listen to Him, the abundant Life that Jesus secured for all. Father God reveals the things5 to us by His Spirit. So we are coming to understand and learn the things that God has prepared. We are allowing Fathers Holy Spirit to show us what the disciples could not bear to hear or understand, while Jesus was teaching them. Everything God has prepared for all is in the Seed. You are Gods garden. God planted the seed of promise, of life, and of deliverance inside you. This seed is an incorruptible seed. Because you are born of His Spirit, your spirit is in incorruptible ground. I believe there is not one person who cannot understand the truth of the Gospel, if they really want to know the truth. The reason I believe that is because everyone has access to Fathers Holy Spirit as their teacher, and they can bear (understand) the truth now. If you put an incorruptible seed together with another incorruptible seed, you will get an incorruptible harvest. You and I are headed for incorruption because this
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corruption must put on incorruption, and this mortality must put on immortality. There is no doubt that it will come to pass because the seed will produce it. I cannot produce it. You cannot produce it. Nevertheless, thank God, the Seed already contains it all, and the Seed has been planted. There is a divine nature activity- DNA- already programmed, and we are receiving with meekness the engrafted Word (Seed) of God, and it is saving (making whole) our mind, will and emotions (our thoughts). We are looking at what this seed will produce. We know that it has produced healing, health and strength. Jesus is the overcomer. He has risen from the dead. He is alive forever more, and He is Lord of all He has returned into the Godhead. My victory is directly proportioned to Him because I am a joint heir with Christ. It is not my overcoming; it is His, and what is His is mine. I am an overcomer by new birth, by blood and by blessing. There is nothing that can stop the One in me. He is above all, higher than all and greater than all. The good news is I was not depending on me anyway. It took some time to come to that revelation. I spent much time in the church laboring to produce what they told me I had to produce. However, I didnt produce much. Frustration will be produced until it is revealed that His Life works in you. When I stopped trying to produce and started believing, things started changing in my life. Even thou circumstances can be contrary, and adversity and affliction can come, I am not looking at me, I am looking at the One in me. All those things are temporal powers, and in fact no power at all. Jesus cannot fail. I might fail at an event but He cannot. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and dont lean to your own understanding, but in every way acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. [Proverbs 3:5-6] We are talking about healing. In this lesson, we are going to talk about the suffering of the Lord and salvation. This is the most awesome teaching in the Bible. We are going to study Isaiah fifty-two and fifty-three. I want you, with reverence and fear, to hear what Fathers Holy Spirit has to say. You should always read Isaiah fifty-three with a heart of trembling because it will show you so clearly the price that God paid to redeem us. Sin cost Jesus everything; Jesus gave everything He had. He gave his blood, his righteousness, and all that He was. He withheld nothing. That is salvation. Jesus brought salvation, and He withheld nothing. As we study the person and work of Christ, there are several things we must always remember. Each one is a lesson in and of itself. 61

Number One, whenever you reach for your Bible, you should reverence the wisdom of God. I believe no one could ever write a book like the Bible, except God. There is no way that any one man or group of men wrote that book, what it really said. The Bible only had one author. Paul did not write two-thirds of the New Testament. Fathers Holy Spirit wrote all of the New Testament. Men argue about who wrote the book of Hebrews, the Holy Spirit wrote it. Number Two, we need to rely on Father God to teach us the Bible. He will teach you what you need to know. Since no man could write a book like the Bible, you have to seek the Lord and ask Him to help you understand his Word. There has been no shortage of religious organizations, translate the Bible, to fit their beliefs, but we have Fathers Holy Spirit to shine the light of revelation on each word, to show us the truth. We need Father to teach us. Father is the kind of teacher that does not withhold from you. He is willing to teach you what He knows. He just needs you to have a willing heart. Therefore I say, God I am going to rely on Your Spirit. In John 14:26; John 16:13-15; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27 and 2 Timothy 2:7, we read that God will be our teacher. He is willing to teach you. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 1 John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. There is no one who cannot understand. Unction NT:5545 chrisma (khris'mah); from NT:5548; an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit: KJV - anointing, unction. NT:5548 chrio (khree'-o); probably akin to NT:5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service: KJV anoint. NT:5530 chraomai (khrah'-om-ahee); middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from NT:5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" [touch slightly], light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner: KJV - entreat, use. NT:5495 62

cheir (khire); perhaps from the base of NT:5494 in the sense of its congener the base of NT:5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively [power]; especially [by Hebraism] a means or instrument): KJV hand. 1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. This does not mean, you can just read your Bible and understand it all. We still need Apostles, Pastors, Prophets, Evangelist, Scribes/Teachers. Until someone brings us the truth of the operation of God through Jesus Christ, we will not know what to look for. 2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. KJV Number Three, we need to rightly divide the Word. To rightly divide the Word means, to open the Bible and compare Scripture with Scripture. It is possible to take the Bible, pull out one passage of scripture and make that scripture say anything that you want it to say, and that is very dangerous because as a teacher, people believe what I say. Scripture will always confirm itself in other sections of our Bible. Father God intended for the Bible to come together as a whole writing because as a whole it paints a picture and a message of Jesus, and His body, and nothing else. It is like putting together a puzzle. You will never get the puzzle together if the puzzle has the wrong box top. You cannot make the pieces of the puzzle fit if you have the wrong picture. You can push some pieces together, but they will give you a distorted view of what it is supposed to be. What we need to realize is that God gave us a mystery or a puzzle. The box top is Jesus. When the whole message comes together, you do not get religious doctrines. You do not get a devil. You do not get an antichrist. You do not get a hell. You do not get a planet called heaven. You do get Jesus, and His body. Finding Jesus, you find you. Finding Jesus, you find where the force of sin (spiritual death) was defeated and made void. Finding Jesus, removes the antichrist actions and thoughts. The natural thinking is removed from your mind. You find out how and why you are now seated in heavenly. When you rightly divide the Word, you get the revelation of Jesus redemptive work. My desire is to know of Jesus and my relationship with Father God. People will talk to you about everything in the world but Jesus. They will discuss doctrines, beliefs, or events, yet they know very little about Jesus. When we rightly 63

divide the Word, we will not find doctrines of men, wrong beliefs or events. Rightly dividing the word, shows you Jesus Christ and what He has done. You will discover that there is only one Power, and that power is Father God. There is only one life, and He is the law of our being. If you can rightly divide the Word, you can wrongly divide the Word. Because we reverence and respect ministers, we have taken their words as the Law and the Gospel truth. I have sat under good men that taught me wrong things. I have heard teachings that were not true at all. We need to be careful and sure that we rightly divide the Word. The Word is Christ, and when you open the Word, you are looking into the heart and the essence of Jesus. It is good to research the elder Greek and Hebrew scholars, but when the Holy Ghost shows you what the original text means, the text will verify and glorify Jesus. I suggest tools such as the Strongs Concordance, but allow Fathers Holy Spirit to show you Jesus in the Greek and Hebrew words; because even Mr. Strongs added words to the meanings of the Greek and Hebrew words that reflected his religious beliefs. After we have studied to show ourselves approved, we need to receive by faith, what Fathers Holy Spirit reveals to us. Father is asking us to believe His Word and receive it by faith. If we do not know what work to put our faith in, then how can we agree with Father God? The Bible states without faith, it is impossible to agree with Father God. We put our faith in what He has done, and has said about mankind. In the process of this study, I have had times in the past that I needed to be rejecting my doubts. Doubts come when we learn new things concerning Jesus redemptive work that we did not know before. I have opportunities to doubt what I am preaching, but I know that I know now. So I resisted those times of doubt by listening to Fathers voice in my spirit. We need to rejoice in the truth, I want the truth. As I am studying, I want God to show me the truth. I do not want the traditions and ideas of men. I want God to show me the truth so I can rejoice in the truth. I want to remember to feed from the five-fold ministry. We do not need to feed from just one or two people; this is out of order. I strongly suggest that you listen to others, one man or women cannot preach all that Father God is. I know people who will not come to Church if anyone other than their pastor is preaching. We need to know that is wrong and dangerous. We must receive from more than one ministry, while making sure they are offering bread and wine. I strongly recommend feeding from Dr. Kay Fairchild www.drkayfairchild.com and Destiny Lift Center, Pastor Butch Hodge in Norman, Oklahoma. There are many 64

other ministers who are worthy of you feeding from them. Do not just feed from me alone. I am never offended when my congregation listens to other ministers. I expect them to discern with the wisdom of the Word, which is flowing through them. I trust that there is enough of the Word in them, that when they hear the truth, they will know it. When you hear Truth, the One in you will stand up. Jesus is the Amen, in your spirit. When Jesus says Amen, you say Amen. When He stands up in you, then you can stand up and say Amen. That is truth. He will always witness of Himself. You need to remember to feed from the five-fold ministry and not just one person or from yourself. If you are all by yourself, you are an island unto yourself written about in Isaiah 11. I expect our fellowship to measure what they hear by the Lord Jesus Christ. Those are some simple ideas and exhortations about studying the person and work of Christ. The Bible is about Jesus and His redemptive work and this is why we spend our time studying these things. This builds faith and is the Gospel. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Let us look at Isaiah 52:13-15. 13. Behold, my servant (JESUS) shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. That is His earth walk. 14 As many were astounded at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. I would like to focus the remainder of this chapter on the following five topics: 1. The servant. 2. His sufferings. 3. His Stripes. 4. Salvation of the spirit, soul and body. 5. Satisfaction (God is satisfied). The word servant spoken of in Isaiah 52:13 is Jesus. The scripture is speaking of His earth walk. We study the earth walk of Jesus to see what God intend for man. 65

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Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. You will notice in the King James Version there are two dots after the word ground called a colon. They signify a stop and a start. After those two dots, Jesus is moving to the cross. Also notice this is before His earth walk. Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men (THE CROSS); a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. It pleased the Lord to bruise Him. The Amplified translation says, It was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He put Him to grief and made Him sick. I was taught in my understanding that it pleased God to bruise me. No, The Bible does not teach that. The Bible teaches us it pleased God to bruise Him, as humanity. Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge (becoming all humanity) shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. In the above Scripture, we see that it is by His knowledge and His righteousness; it 67

is not by what we think we know. Jesus intimately knew all humanity by becoming the totality of being human. I have confidence in what He knows because He has been where you and I have not been. He has been into the hell of being human, and then back in union with Father God. He has a story to tell, and He knows some things. He already conquered what the Church has been trying to conquer for a long time. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. The I will divide Himin this scripture is your inheritance. Father is saying, I will give everyone of you a piece of His flesh in communion. He is going to be so torn apart with His sufferings; I will divide Him with all of you. David also pictures this. When David came to reign, he gave everybody a good piece of flesh, a flagon of wine and sent them home. Bread and wine is a picture of communion. Communion is the death and burial of Jesus Christ. All that Jesus got from the transgressions of Adam, He divided with the strong. What a Word! It would do us good to read that every day of our life until we understand it. We should be able to quote it. I love to read it because that is what God Almighty said. The servant is Jesus, and the servant came to suffer the death of humanity. He came to suffer the fall. He took the fall and thought of us all and became man. Jesus suffered in five realms, not just one. He suffered spiritually because He was cut off from God. He suffered spiritually because He was made sin (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus suffered because He was cut off from the Father. Jesus said, My God, My God why hast Thou forsaken me? We used to say I have never seen the righteous forsaken. I cannot say that any more. David said that, but that does not mean the righteous was not forsaken. David said that he had never seen it. Our need is to see the Righteous forsaken. I have seen that Righteous Man hanging on that tree, and He was forsaken. I have seen it, and it has changed my life. Father God turned His back on Jesus as humanity and He was forsaken. Part of the Churches problem is they have not seen the Righteous forsaken. If you will let God open your eyes, you will start seeing something. You will see that He was forsaken so all could be accepted. He was rejected, so all could be forgiven. He was wounded, so all could be healed and He was cursed, so all could be blessed, He was torn apart, so all could be put back together. God 68

Almighty has done something in Jesus. He suffered spiritually and you and I do not have to because all did in Him. Just because you have not seen it does not mean it did not happen. David did not see the righteous forsaken, but I have looked at the cross and I have seen the Righteous forsaken. I see Jesus hanging on that tree, and He did no sin. He had no violence in His life. He did no wickedness. God Almighty turned His back on Jesus. When God did that, He was turning His back on the sins of humanity and all that humankind was before Christ. The greatest suffering Jesus experienced was not physical. It was spiritual, and you cannot see spiritual things with your natural eyes. He suffered more in His spirit, than He did in His body. He suffered in His soul also. He took the conscience of the murderer. He took the child molesters conscience. He took all the evil of the world. He took the unholy. He took sickness and disease. He took the fear of humanity. He took all of these things into his own soul. We have all been afraid and Jesus took all that into Himself. No one has ever felt the fear that Jesus felt. When Jesus said If there be any other way, let this cup pass, He was not dreading the physical death of the cross. His fear was of becoming the very worst of humanity. When you read Psalms twenty-two, you will see He suffered in the mental realm. He said, My God, My God why have you forsaken me? He said, I trusted you, I was brought out of my mothers womb and they taught me to trust You, but You heard the fathers, but now You wont hear me. He said why am I so far from the voice of my Lord. Why wont you hear me, why wont you come to me? He bore humanities confusion, humanities darkness and humanities deception. He suffered in His soul. He suffered mental anguish. He suffered mental disease and torment. He suffered madness on the cross. Because of his sufferings, His body began to shut down. He experienced every disease known to mankind; past, present and future. When that body gave up the ghost (Spirit) and stopped functioning, any coroner could have pronounce his cause of death as being any and all disease that has death in it. He died of cancer, aids, heart attack, plagues, and any disease known or unknown to man. He died of them all physically. Everything malfunctioned because that is what Adams curse did. Jesus had to bear it all. Do not let some preacher talk you out of this. Jesus did it all. You do not have to bear sickness or disease because Jesus did not leave anything out. Any sickness or disease you are bearing in your body is in direct violation to the Kingdom of God. When you look at what Jesus did spirit, soul and body, you will see He bore it all.

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Jesus suffered the rejection of men. Jesus suffered the beatings. Jesus was wrongfully treated and accused. Jesus was misquoted. Jesus hung on the cross completely naked before man and God. All the pictures you see of Jesus having a drape, is there for modesty, but his body hung naked and ashamed. Jesus was thirsty, hungry and in want of all things. He suffered spiritual, physical, mental, social, and financial poverty. He bore the curse of the Law. Consider something you may have never thought about. The worst and poorest man on the earth was Jesus hanging on that tree. There has never been a man as bad as Jesus became, when he was hanging on that tree. Nobody has ever experienced what Jesus did. He was made a curse.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Jesus was in the worst condition that any human being has ever experienced. Go to one of our mental institutions and find the worst of the mentally infirmed. They are not even close to being as mentally ill as Jesus was on the cross. He suffered! 1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; Why do you think Jesus suffered? He suffered because He wanted to deliver mankind from the force of sin. The force of sin produced sickness, disease and lack of strength, and Jesus became all of that as man. Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Peter echoes this same word in 1 Peter 2:24. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. There is a book called Bodily healing and the Atonement, which was written by Dr. T. J. McCrossland. He is quoting from Gikes Life of Christ. He describes Christ 70

scourging: Victims condemned to the cross first underwent the hideous torture of the scourge. This was immediately inflicted on Jesus. He was now striped by some of the soldiers standing near, and after being striped to the waist, He was bound in a stooping posture, His hands being bound to the back of a post or a block near the tribunal. He was then beaten at the pleasure of the soldiers with knots of rope or plated leather thongs armed at the end with acorn shapes drops of lead or small sharp pointed bones. In many cases, not only was the back of the person scourged, cut open in all directions, but even their eyes, their face, their breast were torn and their teeth were often knocked out. Under the fury of countless stripes the victim sometimes sank amidst screams, convulsions, distorting into a senseless heap and sometimes died on the spot. (These Roman whip masters were trying to kill people so they would not be detained at the cross; they were professional whip masters who tried to beat people to death) Some were taken away in unrecognizable masses of bleeding flesh, defying deliverance and flesh from fever, inflammation, sickness and shame. The scourging of Jesus was the severest; for the soldiers were only too glad to vent on any Jews the grudge they bore that nation. (So this being a Jew, and being called king of the Jews by some, would be all the more reason to take the King and humiliate that whole nation and beat Him all the more.) Yea and they would doubtless if they could try and beat a confession out of Him, because He embarrassed those in ruler ship, by not talking to them, He would not open His mouth. It was out of order when they asked a question and He would not talk. He would not answer their foolish questions and statements. An early Church historian writes and describes the early Roman scourging, of many martyrs of all around them were horrified to see them so torn with scourges that the veins were laid bare, the inner muscles and sinews, even their bowels were exposed often through this scourging. They did not just put a few little red marks on Jesus back. They beat Him bloody. He could have very easily bleed to death from the beatings were it not for the plan of God. He could not die there because He had to die on the cross. They could have beaten Him for days and He would not have died that way. 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye 71

were healed. In the Greek language 1 Peter 2:24 would be read as, By the blow, the mark or the stripe, in the singular, not stripes, nor blows or marks. That signifies that from the top of the back of Jesus to the bottom of the back of Jesus there was not one mark or blow that could be distinguished from the other. There was only one stripe. They had beaten His back so badly and bloody you could not discern one mark from another. Because he was scourged by Romans and not by Jews, Jesus received more than thirty-nine stripes. The Jews had a law, which allowed only thirty-nine stripes. However, the Romans had no such law, and they did the scourging. From the base of His neck to the base of His spine, there was but one large mark. His back became an absolute bloody mess. When that stripe was healed is when you were healed! When Jesus died, we can all understand that Jesus would be in enormous pain. A lot more happened to Him than that. That stripe was not healed while He hung on the cross. When He said Father into Your hands I commit my spirit, he gave up the ghost and died. At that moment, that stripe was not vanished. When we die, we no longer have the disease, accident, suicide or anything else that caused our death, however our physical body still bears witness to it. You have to go to the resurrection to find the healing of the stripe. When Jesus body lay cold on resurrection morning, the Spirit of God quickened Him. It was at that moment God raised Jesus up spirit, soul and body. It was at that moment, the glory of God filled that natural body and He was healed. When God raised Him up, Jesus lay there with no blood in his body. The blood had been poured out. Now that blood is in the Mercy Seat of the heavenlies. He does not live by blood. He lives by the power of an endless life. In His veins today flows the glory of God. Jesus said to Thomas, You handle me because a spirit does not have flesh and bone. Jesus did not say flesh and blood. He had no blood because His blood was on the Mercy Seat. He is living by a higher order than what you and I call life. Because you and I cannot live without out blood, you and I cannot live abundant life without His blood being shed. Jesus has the glory of God flowing in His veins. He is raised from the dead, so today Jesus is healed. You need to know when He was healed. When Jesus stood up in that tomb on resurrection morning, He did not stand up with pain in his back. 72

He had no pain. The glory of God healed Him totally. God is saying to us, when I did that to Jesus, you were an heir with Him. That is the place of your healing, with His stripe being healed. With that stripe! You do not go back to the death side to get healing you come to the life side. What He did in the death side on the cross, bore sickness and carried disease. What God did when he raised Jesus from the dead, is the life side. Thank God my healing is when He was raised from the dead. By his stripes I am healed and made whole right there. Jesus suffered one very large stripe and He is healed. If Jesus is in Father God with a backache, you and I have no right to claim health. But, He is not with pain. Since His back is not hurting, I have faith to say that the lack of pain in Jesus is what heals my body. What you are Lord, I am. I put my faith in the healing of that stripe. Jesus, you were raised from the dead, and therefore I look to that as my healing, health and strength. The Next topic is salvation. He provided salvation for our spirit, soul and body. We are born again now. I am a born again man by what Jesus did. I am not what humanity used to be. I have been recreated, reborn, regenerated, redeemed, blood washed, and made to be a new creation in Christ, and I have been made righteous by what He did. I am alive. Thank God I am blessed and born again. I am not what I was. Do not tell me I am like someone else; I am not. I am in Christ, and He is in me. It is no longer I but Christ. People tell me they just want me to be Roy to them, but you cannot separate the New Creation Priest that I am from Roy, no more than you can take a cup of water from the ocean and say it is not the ocean. I am one with the Father, and I am no longer Roy the son, Roy the brother, Roy the old bud I used to be. I have become a new person in Christ. If you do not want the Priestly Minister that I am, then there is nothing else to receive from me. I will never be the same again because I have been quickened and made alive in spirit, and am being made alive in soul and body. Fathers Holy Spirit is guiding me to live out of the inChristed mine that I have. I have been delivered. Thank God my spirit is saved, and I have the mind of Christ, and who I am is completely whole. I am learning to live with the life of Father God as my life, and the law of my life. Because Jesus wore a crown of thorns, you and I can go back to that crown of thorns, and see that blood is shed now. We can be at peace because He becomes our peace. We do not have to be riddled with fear, guilt, shame, condemnation and those things that plagued humanity. We have been delivered. Also, there is a salvation for the body as well! Until the time we receive the glorified body, you have a right to 73

have faith in his healing power that bring divine life from our spirit filled life. We do that by living out of our spiritual resources. We have a right to have faith in His back being healed of that stripe. Faith will produce divine health in your body because with His stripes you are healed and whole. So salvation is not just being born again; salvation means being made whole spirit, soul and body. Salvation means Father doing a total work. God did everything that needed to be done. You now can be delivered from everything you needed to be delivered from. Family, God did it all in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus did enough in this realm, called the physical to bring about a healing to the nations. Not just one or two people, but to the nations. Isaiah fifty-two it says that He sprinkled nations when that blood went on that Mercy Seat. God was cleansing whole nations (all people). If you will go to the book of Revelation, you will find that it is every tongue, kindred, tribe, and nation that was washed that day. Father God is now inviting men to come and find out what is already true of them. The Spirit and the Bride are inviting all mankind, including people sitting in Church buildings, to come see that they have already been forgiven and made new. Father God is inviting all people to come and see. He has already dealt with their sin, and He has already paid the price. He is inviting the sick and suffering to come and see there is a cure and deliverance, which is available today. A total work has been enacted on our behalf. With His stripes we are healed. We have no reason to doubt the stripes that were laid on Jesus back. His back is healed, we can stop and Praise Him saying, Thank you Master your back is healed, and I believe you sit upon the throne room that I am, in a glorified way of life, which is well and whole. Your back does not hurt and that stripe has been healed. You said Father with that stripe I am healed. When Father God healed that stripe, in the tomb, that is when I received my healing. When were you healed, over two thousand years ago, God did not wait for you to have a need for healing. The fact is, who you are has never been sick a day in your life. You have never lacked in any realm of life. He healed you before you were ever born. Why? God is a planter and a provider. God does not wait until there is a need to meet it. How do we know that, because there was a Lamb slain, before the foundation of the world? Before there ever was a man to sin, there was a Savior to bleed, die and rise again in the eternal. Jesus did not just come to heal people of their immediate problems. He came to heal them of spiritual death, which was the cause of all poverty in all five realms of life. He did a perfect work; we need to know that so we can put our faith in His perfect work. The last topic is a satisfied God. 74

Isaiah 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. This passage of scripture would and could change most people who attend Church on a regular basis. Deep down inside, I always thought God wanted something from me that I could not give Him. Even with everything I did, it seemed something was missing. I would give myself, but that was not what He was really after. Yes, He wants me. He wants me to understand and have total confidence in the death of His Son. That is the sacrifice and the tithe that satisfies Him. That is the offering He wants from you. The best news I could ever preach to you is this -- God is not angry anymore. He is satisfied. He is not looking to pour out wrath anymore. God was satisfied when Jesus ascended and took His own blood into the heavens and sprinkled the blood on the Mercy Seat. He had the host of captivity with Him. He set captivity free. All the heavens and all the captives witnessed Jesus sprinkling the Mercy Seat. Then He entered back into the Godhead in perfect rest. God Almighty was satisfied. The sacrifice was done once and for all. It was finished. God is satisfied. No one needs to stay away, any one can come. The only thing that could keep you away from God is what you believe. God demands, He that cometh must believe that He is. In this way God is satisfied today. Father is not teaching, training, or punishing man with sickness and disease. He is not waiting for you to do something wrong so He can punish you. Jesus paid for all you have done that does not represent the true inner you. There are consequences and corruption that you can reap for living in unbelief, but it is not from Him. He is satisfied that the debt has been paid in full. The best news you can receive is the bill is paid in full! You do not have to pay the bill yourself. People believe that God is punishing them, however, He is not. If you sow to the flesh, then of the flesh you will reap corruption. Corruption is not a work of God but of the flesh. Nevertheless, we do not sow to the flesh, because we are not flesh, we are spirit and we sow to the spirit and we reap spiritual fruit. People believe God makes them sick, to show, or teach them to grow up, NOT SO! There is a salvation ready to be revealed in the end time, and we are in that day today. A part of that salvation is the life of God manifested, and the healing power of God manifesting in a people. You and I are that people. We are living, believing, hearing and coming to an understanding that God Almighty wants to express Him 75

in our whole being. He wants to express Himself in us with His life. Divine life will be the results of His life being expressed in and through us. There will be no need for healing, miracles, financial miracles and the like we will just live as the presence of Father God, and never take thought again, for anything. I call it the no need realm. I am confident that people are going to witness signs, wonders and the supernatural things of God in a first-fruits company of believes and then the nations will flow to the Christ in that people. I believe people are going to come with diseases in their bodies and they are going to leave in perfect health because they have seen an expression of Jesus within the body of Christ, and they have learned of Him. I believe that is Gods plan. We are living in the day that we have become the trumpet sound, declaring with such a clear sounding expression of the Gospel that the presence of God will manifest health, life and strength to all who hear. There will not be one feeble one among our tribe in Jesus Name. I want to read to you from a book called Hebrew Honey. These are some thoughts that one Bible scholar had on the word healed. With His stripes we are healed. Rapha is the Hebrew root word for healed. Rapha is omni poetic in its nature. Rapha has a very melodic rhythmic function. When Rapha is spoken in Hebrew, it is melodic and signifies a sewing together. It suggest a sewing machine, which signifies a sewing together. All of heaven is set to mend the hearts, the homes, the nations and Churches of all who have been rent by not sharing in the prize. Rapha signifies the curing of a wounded person. This is often done by sewing up the wound. Rapha signifies mercy, forgiveness and healing, which the Lord has done for all. Rapha signifies comforting the wounded. Rapha signifies and describes the contrast of the Lords ability and the physicians inability to heal the broken in heart and bind up their wounds. Rapha signifies the rendering wholesomeness. Rapha signifies medicine. Rapha also means medicine. There is one medicine for all mankind. Rapha signifies health. Rapha belongs to all mankind. This is an exciting derivative of the root word for Rapha; men who carried spears. 76

(2 Samuel 21:19; Deuteronomy 3:11) They were men who carried spears with staff like weavers beams and they grew so tall they slept in beds of over thirteen feet of length. Men grew to that stature because, of good health, good water and effective physicians. They were men with wholesome spirits and few if any breaches in their relationships with each other. The giants in Gods kingdom, the church, become giants in circumstance, which are similar to the giants I just spoke of. These spiritual giants of Gods kingdom on the earth today, become so through Bible reading, meditation, prayer and other Spiritual exercises, which brings them to the fullness of their understanding in Christ. I am looking for the fullness of Him that filleth all and all. Do not let anyone take away from you what Jesus did for you. He did enough to supply your every need for every day. Jesus has already moved to meet your need. Jesus has met all your needs because He loves you with an everlasting love. We need to allow healing to come forth in our bodies right now. We need to allow healing, health and strength to manifest in our spirit, soul and body to the point that we walk completely whole. Then we will truly live and move and have our being in Him and Him in us.

To be updated as we lean more and more to the spirit in our understanding. For more books, contact Pastor Roy E. Richmond Rrichmond11@cox.net

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