Memory Verse:
“Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” Acts 4:30
“Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him” Acts 28:8b
Reading Acts 28:1 to 6
What do you observe?
What does the passage mean?
How do we apply this to us today?
Reading Acts 28:7 to 10
What do you observe?
What does the passage mean?
How do we apply this to us today?
As we learnt in our last lesson “The greatest need we have is not for gifts of healings. The greatest need is to care that people are sick and that people encounter Jesus as their saviour, sanctifier, healer and coming king.” But yet in saying this, we continuously see in scripture “healing” as a primary means of Christian witness.
Reading 1 Corinthians 2:4-8
What do you observe?
What does the passage mean?
How do we apply this to us today?
It is the sovereign will of God that each believer should:
-be filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:18)
-seeks God for healing (2 Chronicles 16:12)
-have eternal victory over sin and sickness (Rev 21:4)
-have a heart of repentance (James 5:16)
-receive the joy of the Lord (John15:11)
-receive the fullness of life (John10:10)
-receive power to be His witness (Acts 1:8)
Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures as privileges for the Church in this present age and a primary activity of Christian witness. This healing is appropriated through: 1. Seeking God. 2 Repentance from sin. 3. Prayers of deliverance including anointing with oil. 4. Approaching physicians. 5.Waiting on the Lord in faith including declaration of scripture and the laying on of hands. Transformation occurs as we rejoice, declare and act in the Holy Spirit.