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The Beloved Disciple wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 John chapter 2:

1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate (paraklētos) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

An advocate (paraklētos) is one who pleads another’s cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate.

Several years ago, a business I was involved in, was a defendant in a frivolous lawsuit.  Our contract which explicitly described our relationship in great detail was challenged.  Clearly, I was not happy about having to defend my interests after spending much time and money on the contract.  My law firm appointed one of their attorneys who is an expert on contract law to defend our business.  I was ready to vigorously defend myself and present my case.  Instead, she took the documentation from me and told me to keep silent for she would provide the necessary defense and be my advocate.  In the end, the lawsuit was dropped and I never entered the courtroom or even saw the judge.  She handled it all.  Emotionally, I wanted to take charge but instead I deferred to the expert working on my behalf.

Who better to go before FATHER on my behalf than My Lord Jesus Christ!  He is my Advocate and has presented His Blood before the Judge of Heaven and earth.  Do I need to go before FATHER and plead my own case?  Do I need to go before FATHER and plead your case?  When I was a child and declared Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, did I know how to plead any case?

Is it recorded where Jesus had to plead the case for every deliverance He performed in healing the sick or delivering the oppressed from demons?  Or did He simply do what He was instructed by FATHER?

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (paraklētos) will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

And:

13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Is it better to defend yourself or to have an Advocate who has perfect wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill to be your advocate?

PS:  Paul who was an expert in The Law did not see fit to promote “self-defense” but instead deferred to the true Expert, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The word appetite means the desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food: craving, longing, passion, lust.  By THE SPIRIT, it is written in Genesis chapter 3:

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

The adversary appealed to the appetite of the woman in order to convince her to eat of the forbidden fruit.  The five physical senses are tied to our stomach and impacts our decisions to succumb to the flesh.  Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 23:

1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,

Consider carefully what is before you;

2 And put a knife to your throat

If you are a man given to appetite.

3 Do not desire his delicacies,

For they are deceptive food.

Wisdom warns us of being moved by our fleshly appetites, no matter what form they take.  Isn’t this the source of drug addiction by the masses today?  Isn’t this the method used by drug dealers to further their nefarious intent?  Consider the pharmaceutical companies who promote pain killers.

Matthew wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 4:

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

Notice that the devil appealed to the appetite just as he did in Genesis chapter 3.  Just as mankind became separated from FATHER in the beginning by succumbing to the appetite, Jesus began the restoration process by overcoming the appetite.  It is imperative that we do the same in order to allow FATHER’S power and authority to flow through us in an unhindered manner.

Jesus took full command over His appetite by fasting.  He overcame His body’s cravings to be satisfied for He knew FATHER’S Word was to be preeminent in His life in order to fulfill His calling on behalf of mankind.

In 2 Corinthians chapter 6, Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT:

4 But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,

5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;

6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed;

10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Paul understood the need to fast in order to walk in the power of GOD, not just once but as he was led by THE SPIRIT.  Luke wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 2:

36 Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

37 and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Anna was given the privilege to bear witness of Jesus being the redeemer for FATHER knew of her commitment and purity before HIM.  What a blessing!  Let us take command of our appetite and fast as we are led by THE SPIRIT for there will be great reward.

The following passage expresses the intent of our writings to you who are Sons and Daughters of Our Heavenly Father.  If you will dwell and meditate on this passage daily, you will gain an increasing appreciation for the Love of FATHER working in your life.  My gratitude for HIS Love increases daily as HE gives me direction for each of the daily writing presented to you.

It is important to read each verse and take in the Agape Love contained in every word.  So often we tend to quickly read without fully absorbing the content.  Let every word soak in before you continue.

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Colossians chapter 1:

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Let Our Lord Jesus Christ be preeminent in your walk today!

When an expert asks me if I have any more questions after having a discussion on a subject related to his or her expertise, I have come to respond with “I don’t know what questions I should ask because I don’t know what I don’t know,”  How can I ask an intelligent question when I am not knowledgeable in the topic being discussed?

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Corinthians chapter 1:

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written:

​​​“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, ​​And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

​20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;

23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

The world is filled with foolishness because man has failed to seek THE ONE WHO provides us with true Wisdom.  Instead, man continues on the path to sickness, disease, destruction, and death which perpetuates greater darkness.  A multitude of children are being diagnosed with disease and disorders that were virtually nonexistent in past decades, or at least very rare.  Perversion has become “politically correct” in many circles today whereas perverted behavior was not tolerated in times past.  An unbiased person would come to the realization that society is missing “something”.  Society today does not “know what it doesn’t know”.  Only FATHER has the answers!

The power of GOD is only accessible to those who seek HIS FACE and commune with HIM.  I have come to realize that when FATHER tells me something, even though it goes against my logic and common sense, I must embrace HIS WORD over my current understanding.  When I have failed to do so, the results were dismal.  By having faith in HIS WORD, the situations ended in fruitfulness on my behalf.  This has been consistently true throughout my adult life.

The cross and its associated power make no sense to the person who trusts in the world’s wisdom.  Why?  The world has no comprehension of the spiritual because it is not observable and measurable by the world’s means and methods.  Their assumption is that if they can’t see it, it doesn’t exist thus they remain in their folly.

Let us hold fast to our faith in Christ and embrace all that He spoke and did on our behalf for Jesus Christ is the door to accessing the fullness of FATHER’S Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.  Let us not resist HIS Wisdom but instead fully embrace it and we will increase in fruitfulness and be a blessing to mankind.

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 2:

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

FATHER has expressed HIMSELF fully and completely concerning HIS Divine Intent toward us.  HE has given us HIS Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into all Truth.  HE sent HIS Word to fully restore us to unhindered communion with HIM.  What hinders us from accepting this reality?  It has to do with unbelief that originates with our own carnal man who relies solely on man’s logic of natural observation and opinion of others who do not understand the higher spiritual Truths.

FATHER has all the answers to any questions we might ask and so when we fail to seek HIS Face, we are at a disadvantage to move up higher in our understanding of life.  The amount of light we possess is directly correlated to the level of our relationship with THE CREATOR WHO formed us in the womb.  What better use of time and resources than to develop a direct relationship with HIM?

We were created for good works through our relationship with Christ Jesus.  If we discount this relationship, then the level of good works will suffer.  You can spend your life studying other topics in Scripture but if you don’t give Jesus Christ the preeminence in your thought life, you will be limited in your maturity.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 10:

7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved (sozo), and will go in and out and find pasture.

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

If you want to enjoy an abundant life, Jesus Christ must be at the center of your existence.  Each one’s abundance is according to FATHER’S Divine plan and HE will meet our needs accordingly.  Jesus emphatically states that we will be saved (sozo).  This word sozo means:  o save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction; to make well, heal, restore to health.  If we are not embracing the fullness of His abundance in all areas, we must change.  As we cleanse ourselves with The Word on a daily basis, we will accomplish the change required to remove any hindrance from receiving the fullness expressed by the word sozo.   Let us accept beyond any doubt that we are FATHER’S workmanship and accept this reality in all aspects of our being.  Beloved brother and sister, we are intended for good works!

Mark wrote by THE SPIRIT, in chapter 11:

12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.

13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

14 In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.”  And His disciples heard it.

And:

20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”

22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

There has been much teaching on the prophetic aspect of the fig tree representing Israel.  However, let’s consider other facets of this encounter.  Could this tree represent men who are unfruitful?  In Mark 8:24, men are referred to as trees.  Jesus expected fruit since the tree had leaves but found no fruitfulness at all.  The Law of the fruit trees demanded that unfruitful trees be removed so they no longer took up resources meant for fruitfulness.

Another aspect of this passage is that there is a “life” associated with unfruitfulness.  Sickness and disease has a life of its own and the adversary can oppress people with this unfruitful life.  It is written by THE SPIRIT in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Jesus rebuked and removed the life of sickness and disease in a similar fashion to removing the life of the fig tree by its roots.  When the source of the problem was addressed, the sickness withered away for the source of its life was removed.  The result… healing occurred.

Another aspect of the fig tree is found in Genesis chapter 3 after Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil:

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Immediately after eating the fruit, fig leaves were used to make coverings.  The fruit brought the curse and later Jesus approached the fig tree which had no life-giving fruit thus He cursed the tree that potentially brought the initial curse to mankind which includes sickness and disease.

There is life from FATHER which brings for health and healing from the moment we are formed in the womb.  There is also a different life from the adversary which oppresses and brings forth sickness, disease, destruction, and death.  We have the authority as Sons and Daughters to rebuke and remove that life from our midst.

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Corinthians chapter 2:

1    And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming to you the testimony of God [concerning salvation through Christ], I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom [no lofty words of eloquence or of philosophy as a Greek orator might do];

2   for I made the decision to know nothing [that is, to forego philosophical or theological discussions regarding inconsequential things and opinions while] among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection].  AMPL

In the last four decades, I have been exposed to a tremendous amount of teaching from various sources concerning the Word of GOD.  After inspecting the fruit or lack thereof, I have come to the realization that unless the teaching focuses on Jesus Christ and Him crucified, man’s philosophical or theological discussions enter in and dilute the Word in some form.  The power and authority of Our Heavenly Father culminated at the cross and resurrection of Christ.  All our legal issues concerning redemption and our spiritual walk were satisfied by Jesus being the perfect sacrifice.

The importance of preaching the Words of Jesus Christ cannot be overemphasized!  Spending an excessive amount of time elsewhere will be of limited benefit without keeping Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection] at the forefront of our consciousness.

The ego wants to search out the Scripture for some mystery unknown to the masses in order to exalt oneself above others.  When a perceived mystery is uncovered, a doctrine begins to materialize around it and men look to justify this new doctrine by signs.  Those who are looking for signs will then become followers of this group and their doctrine as though they have been singled out to carry this mystery until its ultimate manifestation.  If FATHER intended us to search out such a “hidden treasure” wouldn’t Jesus be promoting such a venture, especially to the disciples?

In Mark chapter 10, Jesus spoke:

13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.

Being led by THE SPIRIT does requires a Doctorate in Theology.  Smith Wigglesworth was an unlearned plumber yet FATHER used him mightily to preach the Gospel and heal the sick.  Smith’s granddaughter reported the Smith read Scripture and took communion daily.  He kept himself focused on the power of the cross.  Don’t get me wrong, studying other topics in Scripture is not a waste of time, just don’t lose the focus on Jesus Christ, and Him crucified .  We must not forget the simplicity of FATHER’S message to mankind.

Luke recorded by THE SPIRIT in chapter 1:

26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”

29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.

30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.

32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”

Our unbelief is the hindrance to miracles operating in our life and all the writings we present are intended to eliminate unbelief at a personal level.  There is no reason to defer to the faith of others when FATHER gave each of us the ability to walk in HIS Power and Authority.  Mary was not in any ministry nor is there any evidence of her being an expert in the Law.  She simply had found favor with Our Heavenly Father and HE blessed her.  FATHER is no respecter of persons so we can expect to be highly favored as well.

Each of us has the capacity to believe else FATHER would not have sent HIS Word to all of mankind.  When Jesus ministered on the earth, all who believed were healed.  When the disciples ministered healing, the only issue confronting their success was that of unbelief.  Jesus confirmed this in Matthew chapter 17:

14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,

15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”

17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”

18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

The world system understands the nature of man and uses it to manipulate mankind.  They will repeatedly feed you a lie until you finally believe the lie to be the truth.  This has been successfully used by the “media” for years.  They have been able to sway public opinion to support their nefarious activities for decades.  Everybody believes “something” and if it conflicts with FATHER’S Word, then you are walking in unbelief of THE TRUTH.  We are being bombarded with commercials depicting pharmaceuticals as being the answer to our ailments yet they only treat symptoms.  This alternative to FATHER’S Word concerning healing promotes unbelief.

What are we consistently dwelling on?  FATHER’S Word or the world’s alternative solutions?  Jesus told us the answer in dealing with unbelief- prayer and fasting.  By focusing on communing with FATHER and denying our flesh of external input, we will remove unbelief from our midst.  If we fully trust and rely on FATHER’s Word, nothing will be impossible.  If one spends all day exposed to the world’s opinions and just a few minutes dwelling on FATHER’S Word, what will be the result?  I find that the more time I dwell on FATHER’S Word, the less I am interested in the world’s various forms of media and their solutions to problems.  I am only interested in walking according FATHER’S miracle-working power rather than the world’s empty promises of success.  As I draw closer to FATHER, any unbelief is removed for there is no unbelief in the Throne Room.  As Jesus said “Blessed are the pure in heart, ​​For they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8)

Our LORD GOD ALMIGHTY is a Healer.  In Exodus chapter 15, HE spoke:

There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 26 and said, “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.”

HE also spoke in Malachi chapter 3:

6 ​​“For I am the LORD, I do not change; ​​Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

Jesus Christ healed the sick.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Hebrews chapter 13:

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Matthew recorded by THE SPIRIT in chapter 12:

15  And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.

Jesus commanded His disciples to heal the sick.  Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 10:

5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”

And Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

The early church ministered healing to the sick.  In Acts chapter 5, it is recorded by THE SPIRIT:

12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.

13 Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.

14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.

16 Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Jesus commissioned all believers to heal the sick.  In Mark chapter 16, Jesus spoke:

14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

We must keep these five points before us at all times and expect to walk in the same manner as Jesus commanded: these signs will follow those who believe and they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.   As this Truth becomes fully resident in us, we will walk according to Jesus’ commandment to heal the sick.  In turn, our lights will shine in the world full of darkness for they will see the LIVING GOD endorse and validate the message of Love we possess and speak forth.  FATHER need not change, we must continue to mature and change so that indeed we are truly abiding in HIS Word at all times.  The result will be:  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free!  It is that simple.

FATHER spoke in Exodus 15:

26 and said, “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.”

FATHER made a covenant with the children of Israel in the wilderness and it was based on them doing what is right in HIS sight.  However, the Israelites would fail to continue according to HIS Word and fall into sin and sickness.  They would then cry out to FATHER and through HIS mercy, HE would deliver them from their judgment.   By THE SPIRIT, it is written in Numbers chapter 21:

4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.

5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

6 So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

FATHER healed those who looked upon a brazen serpent on a pole, a type of Calvary.  Likewise, Jesus spoke in John 3:

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

If everyone who looked at the brazen serpent was healed at that time, then everyone who looks at Jesus can be healed today.  People had sinned in the wilderness and similarly, people have sinned today.  The poison serpent bite resulted in death then and the wages of sin is death today as Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Romans chapter 6:

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The people cried to Our Heavenly Father then and HE provided a remedy, the serpent lifted up.  Those who cry out to FATHER today have discovered that HE has provided a remedy, Christ lifted up.  The remedy was for everyone who was bitten then, and the remedy today is for whosoever believes as Jesus spoke in John chapter 3:

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved (and be made whole).

Jesus specifically tied the two events together to show us that there are no exceptions to “whoever” believes.  We have been conditioned to focus on the cross for healing of the soul without consideration of healing for the body yet Jesus Himself tied the two together before He expressed the most famous verse Christians proclaim- John 3:16.  FATHER has not changed from the time HE healed the people from the serpent’s poison to the time Jesus was lifted up.  Let us embrace the fullness of the Cross today… no exceptions!