In Exodus chapter 23, FATHER spoke:
25 “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.”
FATHER established the order of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ and it remains the same to this very day. In order for us to be blessed and receive healing, we must first turn from our wicked ways and serve Our Heavenly Father. Otherwise, we remain subject to the wiles of the devil. In Luke chapter 5, Jesus was teaching The Word:
17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.
19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.
20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’?
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
25 Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”
This particular passage encapsulates the two-fold redemptive work of Christ. First, we find Jesus is preaching The Word and because of that, the power of THE LORD was present to heal. We must understand that faith for salvation and healing comes by hearing The Word. This is why we must saturate our souls with The Word. It must be planted in our hearts and minds so that our faith will grow strong. As we dwell on The Word day and night, It produces fruit to heal our bodies and minister two-fold redemption to others. As our bodies are made whole, we then have a testimony to share with those in need. We must keep FATHER’S Word before us so that our harvest of The Word is continuous. We may know verses in our head but the heart is where the life of the Word flows. We can be void of FATHER’S Word even though we can quote healing Scriptures. I am painfully aware of this reality in my life but have repented as FATHER made me aware of this Truth.
As Jesus taught The Word, people’s faith increased to the point where the four men brought the paralyzed man to hear The Word. Jesus responded first by forgiving the man’s sins. Only then did Jesus heal the man and instruct him to “arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” FATHER has given us the template for ministering to those in need. Jesus manifested FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love and illustrated the proper order of His redemptive work. As we become fully mature in Christ, we should expect to spread the Good News in the same fashion to a hurting world.