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This podcast episode discusses the Battle for the Body and the different definitions of healing according to the world and the Bible. It emphasizes the need to choose a side in the ongoing war between good and evil. The episode also explores the various terms used for healing, such as psychic healing, supernatural healing, medical healing, natural healing, faith healing, and divine healing. It explains that divine healing is when God reveals His nature and fulfills His promises to cure and make a person whole in body, soul, and spirit. The episode also highlights the connection between healing and deliverance, as well as the importance of spreading the gospel and ministering in the demonstration of God's power. The call to arms is extended to all believers to join in the battle for physical and spiritual freedom. Hello, and welcome back to the Living Truth Ministries Podcast. I am so glad that you are joining me as we continue this series, Battle for the Body. I am your host, Stacey Patriarchial, and today's lesson is entitled, A Call to Arms. Today we will learn different definitions of what the world calls healing, compared to what the Bible says about healing. We will also learn what our role is in intelligent combat against spiritual wickedness in high places. Last week, we learned how the Invisible Battle started when Lucifer rebelled against God. We also learned that the first conflict started against humans when Adam and Eve first sinned. Most importantly, we learned that we cannot remain neutral in this war. We must choose a side. I pray you have chosen God's side because you are guaranteed victory in God's Kingdom. Now let's prepare our hearts as I declare this proclamation from Isaiah 55, 10 and 11. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it, without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. In Old Testament times, a trumpet was used to summon God's people to battle. Today, a spiritual summons is sounding throughout the nations of the world. It is a summons to the Invisible War. It is the call to arms. This lesson issues a call for you to move from a life of defeat and bondage to a life of victory and freedom in Jesus Christ. There are many different terms used for the word healing, but here are a few definitions of those terms. Psychic Healing This is a term used to describe mind over matter, spiritistic, witchcraft, shamanism and occult healing. Supernatural Healing There are sources of supernatural healing which are not of God, so we will not use this term in our study. Satan can perform supernatural work, too. See Exodus 7, 8-13, as it shows how Aaron threw his rod in front of Pharaoh, and it became a serpent. But so did Pharaoh's magician's rod. Verse 12 says, For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rod. Medical Healing This type of healing is aided by doctors, nurses, hospitals and medicine. As we will learn, legitimate medical healing does not conflict with God's word or divine healing, but is an extension of His goodness. Natural Healing The healing that occurs through the natural body processes is actually God in action. Natural body processes display God's nature and His great handiwork in the human body. Natural healing also includes the use of natural methods such as proper diet, natural vitamins and minerals, and adequate rest. Faith Healing This term is often used to mean healing by God, but we will not use it, because it tends to focus attention on the faith of the one ministering, or the recipient of the ministry. Divine Healing The word divine focuses attention on God, not the responses of faith by man. It also distinguishes it from occult practices of psychic and supernatural healing. Divine pertains to the one true God and His nature, as revealed in His word, the Holy Bible. Healing means to cure or make whole. Healing can include relief from spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and demonic conditions. It is not immunity from sickness. Our bodies are in the process of decay, and open to satanic attacks as long as we are in this world. In this study, we will use the term divine healing. Divine healing is when the one true God reveals His nature, fulfills His promises, and acts upon His provision in the atonement of Christ, by curing a person and making him whole in body, soul, and spirit. Divine healing can be both instantaneous, miraculous, or gradual process. Although instantaneous healings more fully demonstrate the divine presence and power of God, divine healing, which occurs as a process, is no less a miraculous healing. See Mark 8, 22-25. Medical and natural healings are, in a sense, divine also, because, in reality, it is God that causes the healing. Now let's talk a little bit about healing and deliverance. We will use the term healing and deliverance interchangeably in this series. Healing ministers to physical, emotional, and mental sickness, while deliverance deals with demonically caused mental and physical conditions. As you will learn later in this series, because man is body, soul, and spirit, a demonically caused mental condition may result in a physical sickness. A physical sickness may lead to demonic mental oppression. So, although healing and deliverance are somewhat different, they are also related because of the triune nature of man. Now, here is the call to arms. The early church viewed their spiritual experience in terms of warfare. Military terminology is used throughout the New Testament. Protection is the armor of God. The word of God is compared to a sword. Satan's attacks are called fiery darts. Faith is a good fight, and believers are told to war a good warfare. The Christian life is still war. Satan continues to battle for the soul and spirit of man. He still attacks the physical body with sickness, disease, and bondage. God is calling His people to intelligent combat. The call is going out for believers to arm themselves with the word of God and take healing and deliverance to this generation. In the New Testament Gospels, Jesus never commissioned anyone to preach the Gospels without also commanding them to minister healing and deliverance. He told them, As you go, heal the sick, cast out demons. Matthew 10, 1, 7-8 As the multitudes came for healing and deliverance, the spiritual harvest began to multiply so rapidly that new laborers were required. It was not long until 70 more disciples were needed and were also sent to preach, teach, heal, and deliver. There are many new methods that can assist in spreading the Gospels. They include things such as printing presses, computers, radios, television, audio and videotape, and satellites. New methods of transportation also help people travel rapidly to spread the Gospels. These new technologies are all useful, but the real power of the Gospels is still internal. By this, we mean the power is in the Gospels itself. This is what the parable of the leaven illustrates. To understand this parable, you must understand what leaven is. Leaven is used in bread to expand the bread, making it rise and grow. And again, he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole loaf was leavened. 13, 20-21 This passage reveals that God's work does not proceed with a lot of glamour and publicity. You might expect the kingdom of God to spread by external means like subduing armies and conquering continents. The expansion of the kingdom of God is as a leaven in a lump of bread dough. The leaven may be small and hidden, but it has ultimate potential. Like leaven, the power of God's kingdom is not external, but rather internal. The gospel of the kingdom of God will multiply to spread throughout the whole world, because of the internal power of the kingdom, which is like leaven in bread dough. Jesus also illustrated the internal power of the gospel by the growth of a mustard seed. Unto what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. Luke 13, 18-19 Similar to the way leaven spreads, a tiny mustard seed develops into a giant tree. This example illustrates the silent, yet powerfully effective way that the kingdom of God advances. In another parable, Jesus said nothing was impossible with even a small amount of faith the size of a mustard seed. This means that the extension of the gospel is not limited, for people do not have advanced technology. With even a small amount of faith, the kingdom of God will advance. The greatest spiritual harvest in the history of the Church remains to be gathered. As of the New Testament times, it will be reaped through the demonstration of God's power in healing and deliverance. This is why the Apostle Paul said, And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2, 4-5 When he returned to heaven, Jesus gave believers a great responsibility to spread the gospel to the nations of the world. Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16, 15 You cannot fulfill responsibility without authority. Jesus also gave His followers authority to fulfill the responsibility. This authority includes power over all the power of the enemy, and these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name shall they cast out devils, they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mark 16, 17-18 Are you ready to answer the spiritual call to arms, and move from a life of sickness and disease, and from bondage, to a life of victory in Jesus Christ? Are you ready to minister in the demonstration of God's power? Are you ready to do battle for your physical body? Do you want to see the sick made well, and those bound with demons liberated? This is the ministry of healing and deliverance. It is not just for denominational leaders. It is not just for the pastors and evangelists. These signs shall follow them that believe. Are you a believer? If so, you too must answer this spiritual call to arms. I hope you will join me next week as we continue Battle for the Body. We will learn about the need for proper teaching, and why it is important to approach healing and deliverance with the proper attitude. And as always, May the Lord bless you, and may the Lord keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you, and may He be gracious unto you. And may you have a great rest of your day. We hope you enjoyed studying Battle for the Body with us today. Join Stacey next time as she continues her series, Battle for the Body. Harvest Time International Institute and Living Truth Bible College furnish all materials. You can find helpful materials like this and more by going to www.myltbc.org. Again that's www.myltbc.org. Stacey wants to hear from you if you're enjoying her teaching. You can email her at stacey at myltbc.org. Again that's stacey at myltbc.org. If you want to learn more about LTM or LTBC or the courses we offer, you can email us at info at myltbc.org. Again that's info at myltbc.org. This broadcast is brought to you by Living Truth Ministries. Living Truth Ministries.
