1. Doubt – Mark 11:23 – Doubt is not the thought to doubt, but the thought
to doubt is only the temptation to doubt, not the action of doubting. For
instance, if I see a person limping and I think, “I should go pray for that
person.” But the thought pops into my mind, “Prayer doesn’t really work.” That
thought is the temptation to doubt. If I still go and pray for the person, I
did not doubt, but if the thought stops me from praying, then I doubted.
2. One Person’s faith (Responsibility of the person praying) – James 5:14 –
The only person responsible for healing is the one praying, not the one being
prayed for. Jesus told His disciples that they could not cast out the demon
because of their lack of faith, and He told the Pharisees that they nullify the
commands of God by traditions of man.
3. Romans 10:17 – Faith comes by hearing – In order to believe and have
faith, one must first hear the good news.
4. Great faith/little faith – Matt. 8:10 & 15:28 – The only 2 people
Jesus told they had great faith were non-Jewish people who no covenant with God
nor promise of healing from God. Yet they received from Jesus what they asked
for.
5. Leading of the Spirit – Romans 8:14 – The Greek word for led is
“agontai” which means “to more, impel, of forces and influences affecting the
mind.” What affects the mind? Thoughts. You meditate on the Word and do what
your Father does by knowing His character which is written in the New Testament
(Jesus was the express image of the Father).
6. Rhema vs. logos – logos becomes rhema when you do it (man does not live
by bread alone but by every word that proceeds… You LIVE by the rhema).
7. Freely you’ve received, freely give – not talking about money – For God
has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise
discretion. The things Jesus says to give are healing, raising the dead,
cleansing the lepers, and casting out of demons.
8. Anointing that abides –– We are first anointed (set apart) for God, then
the Spirit comes upon us. One comes before the other, that is why it is “the Spirit
is upon me because I am anointed.” The Holy Spirit is a person, He does not
come and go, He is either all here or not at all here. Also, we are temples of
the Holy Spirit, He lives in us.
9. Truth About the Holy Spirit Baptism – The Holy Spirit abides in us, He
does not come and go. We are filled once and never need to be filled again. The
Holy Spirit is described as rivers of living water that flow from us. He is a
person, He either lives completely in us or not at all. He is the One who
teaches and that is why the Bible says we need no man to teach us. He does not
automatically fill us as soon as we believe (Acts 19:2) but all we have to do
is ask and believe in order to receive the filling of the Holy Spirit.
10. Paraclete – the helper – sent alongside to help – Again, he never
leaves us or forsakes us, and He is OUR helper, we are not His. We go and He
follows, that is why it says that signs will follow all who believe. He
provides the signs AFTER we go. And the Greek word paraclete also means “someone
giving evidence that stands up in court.”
11. Jesus only healed those who came to him. Aggressive healing. – Jesus
healed many who did not ask Him, some examples are the paraplegic at the pool
of Bethesda (John 5:6), the man with dropsy (Luke 14:1-4), the widow’s dead son
(Luke 7:1-15), just to name a few.
12. He could do no mighty works - Matt 13:54-58 – In His hometown, the
people in the synagogue were first amazed at His teaching then they realized
who He was and they were offended. Naturally, they would turn their backs on
Him and avoid Him like the plague. But some sick people came to Him and He
healed them. It’s not that He lost His power or anything like that.
13. Can sin stop a person from being healed? – No. Jesus only gave two
reasons for not being able to heal or cast out a demon: Traditions of man and unbelief. James 5 says
to bring the sick person to the elders and the prayer made in faith will heal
the sick, and if he has sinned he will be forgiven.
14. Paul’s thorn in the flesh - 2 Co. 12:7 -
Paul’s thorn, in his own words, was a messenger of Satan. He knew the Old
Covenant inside and out, and he knew the stories. When he used the phrase, “A
thorn in my side,” He obviously knew that it was used in the Old Testament to
refer to God’s enemies.
15. Job - Job, as far as we are aware, did
not have a covenant with God. The book of Job is one of the oldest books in the
Bible. In fact, Job misspoke when he talked about God because he said, “The
Lord gives and the Lord takes away.” He did not know that God was not the One
Who was taking away, it was the devil.
16. Timothy’s stomach - Paul told Timothy to
drink some wine with his water. Since wine is alcoholic, it has the ability to
kill bacteria.
17. 2 Timothy 4:20 - Erastus abode at
Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. KJV Later in the story, Trophimus joins up with
Paul, so we know he recovers. But if you look at the Greek word for “sick” in this
verse, it is the word “asthenounta” which actually means “physically weak,
feeble, or exhausted.”
18. Inherited authority vs. delegated
authority - Delegated authority is authority that has been borrowed from
someone. Inherited authority is authority that is given by inheritance.
19. Rebuke – Mark 4:39 - The word rebuke
simply means “to scold.” So if you say, “Devil, I rebuke you.” You did
absolutely nothing. The actual rebuke is telling him what to do. For example,
the correct way to rebuke the devil would be to say, “Devil, I rebuke you, GO!”
The “go” part is the actual rebuke.
