HE PROMISES SERIES: “DOES GOD STILL HEAL?” with Rabbi Brian Bileci

THEME VERSE:
3 We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learned He had invited us to share in His wonderful goodness. 4 God made great and marvelous PROMISES, so His nature would become part of us. - 2 Peter 1:3-4 (CEV)
SUPPORTING VERSE:
For all the PROMISES of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. - 2 Corinthians 1:20 (NKJV)
HOW TO APPLY GOD’S PROMISE OF HEALING TODAY:
1. KNOW THAT GOD PROMISED ISRAEL A COVENANT OF HEALING
5 “And I have also heard the GROANING of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in BONDAGE, and I have remembered My COVENANT. 6 “Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 ‘I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the BURDENS of the Egyptians. - Exodus 6:5-7 (NKJV)
…“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the DISEASES on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who HEALS you.” - Exodus 15:26 (NKJV)
2. REALIZE THAT GOD’S COVENANTS HAVE CONDITIONS
15 Now you repented, you did what is right from my viewpoint when each of you proclaimed freedom to his fellow; and you made a COVENANT before me in the house bearing my name. 16 But then you changed your minds...18 As for the men who violated my COVENANT by not living up to the CONDITIONS of the COVENANT which they made in my presence when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts…20 I will hand them over to their enemies… - Jeremiah 34:15-16,18a,20a (CJB)
“God holds us accountable only to act according to His revelation (Deut. 29:29). This revelation includes covenant conditionality. All God's COVENANTS have CONDITIONS we must fulfill to receive COVENANT BLESSINGS-even the ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, which is often considered to be wholly unconditional.” ~ Ligonier.org
14 Is anyone among you sick? 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 will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And IF he has COMMITTED SINS, he will be forgiven. 16 CONFESS your TRESPASSES [FAULTS, FALLS, or SLIDE-SLIPS] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. - James 5:14-16 (NKJV)
THINGS THAT HINDER HEALING AND KEEP YOU SICK:
• Worry
• Unforgiveness
• Rebellion
• Disobedience
• Fear
• Lack of faith
• Lack of Confession
• Gossip
• Drunkenness / Addictions
• Gluttony
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: 3 Who FORGIVES all your INIQUITIES, Who HEALS all your DISEASES, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who SATISFIES YOUR MOUTH with GOOD THINGS, so that your youth [“health”] is RENEWED like the eagle’s. - Psalm 103:1-5 (NKJV)
3 The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. 4 I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; HEAL MY SOUL, for I have sinned against You.” - Psalm 41:3-4 (NKJV)
The spirit of a man will sustain him in SICKNESS [“ILLNESS”], but who can bear a BROKEN SPIRIT [“WOUNDED SPIRIT”]? - Proverbs 18:14 (NKJV)
A joyful heart helps HEALING [“is GOOD MEDICINE”], but a broken spirit dries up the bones. - Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV)
Is there no [“healing”] balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no HEALING for the WOUND of my people? - Jeremiah 8:22 (NIV)
2 The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel. 3 He HEALS the BROKENHEARTED and bandages their WOUNDS. - Psalm 147:2-3 (NLT)
3. MEDITATE ON GOD’S PROMISES AND KNOW HIM AS A HEALER
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has ANOINTED Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to HEAL the BROKENHEARTED, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. - Isaiah 61:1 (NKJV)
4 Surely He has borne our GRIEFS and carried our SORROWS; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and AFFLICTED. 5 But He was WOUNDED for our transgressions, He was BRUISED for our INIQUITIES; The chastisement for our peace [“shalom”] was upon Him, and by His stripes we are HEALED. - Isaiah 53:4-5 (NKJV)
- 1 Peter 2:24 (NMB)
- Psalm 107:20 (AMPC)
- Exodus 15:26 (ISV)