The sermon “๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ” is an exposition of James 5:14-16, emphasising that ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ).
This message primarily focuses on the ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ . The message examines ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ “๐๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ,” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
Ultimately, the message stresses that the “๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
1. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐
The acronym H-E-A-L-I-N-G serves to illustrate historical examples that lay the foundation for faith in healing.
๐-๐๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ก
The King prayed for himself, demonstrating that when sick, the first thing to do is to pray for oneself and remember the promises.
๐-๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก
Though barren and old, her testimony proves that serving God faithfully does not exclude one from health conditions, but nothing shall be impossible with God.
๐-๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก
God first required restitution from Abimelech before Abraham prayed for his healing, teaching that sin must be addressed first.
๐-๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
They came to Jesus for healing based on mercy, not merit, illustrating that healing is an act of divine compassion.
๐-๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ
The Israelites emerged from Egypt with not one feeble person among their tribes, proving God’s desire and power to keep His people whole.
๐-๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง
He received healing at the instruction of Prophet Elisha, demonstrating the power of obedience to God’s word.
๐-๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐
The healing of the Greek woman’s daughter shows that divine healing is universal for all who believe.
2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐
Divine healing is often denied due to sinfulness and lack of obedience, encapsulated in the acronym H-E-A-L-I-N-G-S.
๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ
Those who commit “one sin too many” and exceed boundaries in sinfulness are denied healing as God tries to call them to repentance.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ
The evil and wicked person will be denied divine healing.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Those who remain adamant, stubbornly holding onto their sins, find it difficult to receive and retain healing.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ
Those who lust after inordinate desires may find leanness in their souls and lack the healing they seek.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐
Those who remain incorrigible despite repeated warnings incur God’s wrath and bring disease upon themselves.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ
Those who transgress against the Lord after gaining strength or position (like Uzziah) are prone to sickness and disaster.
๐-๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ณ๐ข’๐ฌ
Sickness and death sometimes come as a consequence of sins such as lying, greed, and idolatry.
3. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐
The condition for divine healing is concisely summarised by the word HOLINESS, requiring compliance with God’s Word and a righteous lifestyle.
๐-๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
Healing comes to those who are of a contrite and humble spirit.
๐-๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐
God expects us to diligently hearken to and obey His voice and will.
๐-๐๐จ๐ฏ๐
If we love the Lord, we will obey Him, and our hearts will be circumcised to love Him with all our hearts and souls.
๐-๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Job received his healing and blessings only when he prayed for his friends, teaching that bitterness and anger against others hinder prayer for healing.
๐-๐๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
This requires being renewed in the spirit of your mind. Believers must put away all bitterness, wrath, and anger and be angry against sin and self-pity.
๐-๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
Earnestness is part of holiness and must be maintained, especially when sick, by resisting self-pity and holding fast to one’s convictions.
๐-๐๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐-๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Submission to the word of God causes Satan to flee. Sanctification, which requires abstaining from all fornication and uncleanness, is the unfading condition for divine healing.