The fourth focus is the Great Commission as recorded in Mark chapter 16 by THE SPIRIT:
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.”
First of all, Jesus rebuked the disciples’ unbelief and hardness of heart. Would He respond in the same manner toward us? When Love is absent or cold, there is a hardness of heart. Unbelief arises when we do not really believe FATHER’S Prophetic Word with expectation and anticipation in our hearts.
Jesus said “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all.” This does not mean to sit in seclusion as a “secret agent”. When we go to pray for someone, they are included in “all the world” and one of the “creatures”. We are doing FATHER’S Will. We should be telling those who we pray for FATHER’S Word concerning HIS Divine Intent to heal for this will increase their faith. FATHER’S Word by Its very nature is miraculous, transcends time, and is applicable to all generations. None are left out of salvation or the healing mandate. It is their choice to accept both for it takes no greater faith to receive salvation as it does to receive healing. The Word contains the power.
The fifth focus is the Early Church’s example. In Acts chapter 4 it is written by THE SPIRIT:
29 “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
And in Acts chapter 5 we see the results:
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.
And in Acts chapter 28 Paul prays with results:
8 And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him.
9 So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.
By THE SPIRIT James wrote in chapter 5:
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 to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
By THE SPIRIT John wrote in his first epistle chapter 5:
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
And in his third epistle:
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
Let our first Love shine forth in its purity and embrace these five aspects of the Prophetic Word in the area of healing for a hurting world. Let us no longer be passive with respect to the Great Commission but prepare ourselves with these Scriptures listed in these writings. Let us dwell on HIS Word day and night which will cause HIS Word to become integral in our lives. This will prepare us so that we may preach the Good News with signs following, confirming HIS Prophetic Word. Now is the time!