Healing School #25 | The Healing of a Multitude | Part One

this program has been made possible by the friends and partners of defrayne ministries [Music] welcome we're so glad you've joined us today for jesus the healer we've been having a wonderful time studying the different healings that happened under jesus's earthly ministry we're calling it healing school so we invite you get your bible get a notepad and pen or pencil and follow along with a study these episodes we want to turn you skillful skillful at receiving healing but also skillful at ministering healing and so we're we're going to start today by looking at mark chapter 6 and we're going to start reading in verse 53 chap mark chapter 6 verse 53 and it reads in when they had passed over they came into the land of jenasserat and they drew to the shore and when they were come out of the ship straightway they knew him and ran through that whole region roundabout and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was and whither so ever he entered into villages or cities or country they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment and as many as touched him were made whole what a healing crusade this was i mean can you imagine being just a pedestrian that day and you didn't know maybe who had arrived and all of a sudden you come up on a crowd of people really a multitude and they've put people in the streets that's going to stop the progress of traffic but i tell you what when you need healing you don't mind stopping traffic so it's quite an unusual scene that we have that's set before us and although this passage doesn't spotlight any one individual healing it talks about a multitude of healing but there are beneficial things that we want to look at in this passage because there's something we can learn about it so backing up again to mark 6 verse 53 and let's just take it verse by verse and study what we see in this passage it reads in verse 53 and when they had passed over they came into the land of jenesseret and drew to the shore now when we go back through different passages in luke chapter 5 verse 1 we can see something else that happened in junassara and so luke chapter 5 verse 1 says this and it came to pass that as the people pressed upon jesus to hear the word of god he stood by the lake of jenessera now this is where he got in peter's boat and he preached to them from the boat but i want you to see this um community was so hungry to receive what jesus had for them that it says that they pressed upon him to hear the word of god notice in this passage in luke chapter five but this other time that he was in jenesseret it doesn't talk about healing it talks about hearing hearing in this passage they came to hear the word they pressed upon him to hear the word now is it any wonder that when jesus comes this day in jenessera that now they start bringing the sick out into the streets why because they had heard something they had heard the word the word put something in them the word put faith in them the word put an expectancy the word put action in them you know when you hear the word preach it should move you to action not in action it should move you to act on what you're hearing and so we so appreciate that it wasn't just about healing with this with these with this community it was about hearing they were interested in hearing what jesus taught so this shows us the spiritual hunger of the the spiritual climate so to speak of this community and it shows this also they had a regard for the word they had a regard for what jesus taught i tell you when you have an honor and respect for the word i tell you what manifestation is not far from you it will manifest when you have a hunger an honor and a regard for the things of god you know we were uh we had uh kenneth hagin he of course those of you who were are here in the studio with me now you would remember when he was with us um dad hagan was our spiritual father he went home to be with the lord in 2003 but prior to that in 2003 he was with us at our church he sat with us in the hospitality room and he made this statement because that night he had been ministering healing and he said to us miracles and healings and the gifts of the spirit don't operate because we pray for them they operate because we're hungry for them spiritual hunger is key to receiving what you need from god that it's not just something you don't have you don't have a casual approach your approach is hungry when you come to when you come to services when you sit under the teaching of your pastor when you're feeding on the word of god there is a regard for it there's a spiritual hunger there uh have you ever noticed people who come to the dinner table and some come and they're not very hungry then others are starving the way they treat the table is different and when you come to the table and you're not very hungry or you don't really care for the dishes that are on the table and you're not hungry you will let things pass you by they may pass a bowl of a vegetable or fruit or a meat dish and if you're not very hungry you can just let that pass you by hungry people don't let things pass them by they are reaching they are taking whatever is available to them and it matters how we approach the word because when we approach the word with a spiritual hunger we won't let what's in that word pass us by we don't just read it like a book we see that there's a wealth to lay hold of in it and so i so appreciate this community you don't read this about many communities in the word but this community had a regard for jesus it had a regard for what he taught and they pressed upon him just to hear they didn't just say we want to see miracles yes they did see miracles they didn't just say we want to see healings although they saw healings they wanted to hear your healing is connected to your hearing your miracle is connected to your hearing hearing the word positions you to receive what the word has so many times people they want what the word has but they don't take time to hear and so then they get disappointed if they don't end up receiving what the word has and the reason is they didn't position themselves by taking time to hear hearing the word puts us in a receiving position amen why does hearing the word put us in a receiving position why is that because faith comes when you hear the word faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god and so because faith comes at the hearing of the word faith goes in us when we hear the word preached and that positions us to receive amen so i'm so impressed and blessed by this community it was not just it doesn't just speak of one person that had a regard it doesn't just speak of one person that had a hunger the whole community the whole region was open and receptive it's important and they didn't just press upon him to receive healing they pressed upon him to hear what's god saying to us when you know what god is saying to you you don't struggle with needs when you know what the word says on something it's going to help you be a better recipient of the things that god has already made yours so if this shows us in luke chapter 5 verse 1 their attitude their spiritual attitude their approach and it's so important to living the best life to hear the word of god not just to get my healing yes but to hear the word of god because healing is important and let me tell you god longs to heal every sick person it's his longing it is his desire he doesn't withhold healing from anyone what happens though is that we have to learn how he operates we have to learn how he operates so that we can cooperate he does not rewrite things to suit us we come into line with what his word says and so as we hear the word it positions us to better cooperate with god because then we learn how he how he functions we learn how he thinks we learn what he expects of us we learn we learn what he's made available to us so hearing the word gives us the best life when we hear it but not only that when we live it it's not enough to hear it we have to put it in place in our daily life not just in our church life but in our daily life but hearing the word taught and living that word it will we will arrive at the best life that means every single arena will be helped not just the physical arena of needing healing every single arena amen because why is that romans 10 17 faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god faith does not come by prayer faith does not come by fasting faith does not come by works faith comes by hearing the word of god and taking that word into your spirit into your heart when we hear the word taught and accept that word faith always comes now if we're going to be critical of the word if we hear the word taught we're skeptic about it we're critical of it then that word can't find an entrance [Music] but if we're accepting of that word hungry for that word we honor that word then that word finds an entrance and faith will automatically be there because with the word comes faith amen you know if you said to if you said your spouse honey would you go to the grocery store and get me a can of beans they pick up a can they can't see the beans but it's in the can they don't pick up a can of beans and then go say well where do i feel the can of beans the beans are in the can the the word the word is the container that contains the faith and when you partake of the word what the word holds which is faith goes into you amen so when you get the word you get the faith that's what i'm trying to say when the word comes the faith comes and that's what it says faith comes by hearing it's not earned but it does come when we hear the word of god [Music] so it's not only healing we need it's faith that we need and this is what the community in geneser in that region this is what they reached for when they were pressing upon jesus to hear the word of god they weren't just wanting one need met they were wanting a life met they were wanting every single arena of their life dealt with and they realized the help is in the word amen you know over the years my husband and i have conducted miracle crusades he's in heaven now but for almost 30 years we traveled and uh did healing crusades in different different church meetings and we would have services in mourning and we would have services in the evening so it was very common for us to have easily 10 services in a week you know 10 12 14 services in a week and my husband would always announce on the last night of the crusade we're going to lay hands on the sick so make sure you bring the sick well what would happen that we would find is that would be the night that had the greatest attendance well why is that well people need healing well we advertised but the thing is is that what would happen is that people wanted to come only for the healing but the people in jenesserat didn't just come for healing they had they had originally come to hear the words so when you have the opportunity to be in a healing service always take advantage to be in previous services to hear the word and we found this out that it was not always easy to get the people healed who only came to that one service why because they hadn't heard enough they did not even know how to release their faith they hadn't heard enough the more you hear the easier it is to receive and so i encourage you when your church or when a minister comes to your region and you want to be part of that endeavor to be in every service you can it shows an honor for the word and when a person knows that their service is going on but they only choose the night that someone's going to be praying for the sick or laying hands on the sick what they're showing is they're saying to god well i'm i'll hook up with the healing part but i'm not interested in the teaching part we're interested in everything the preaching the teaching and the healing and this is the mentality and the mindset of a receiver when you are want to be someone who receives it's i want all that god has not just one flow that he has i want the preaching flow i want the teaching flow as well as the healing flow and so it was not always so easy to get the people healed who just came one night just because they didn't know enough to cooperate with god they didn't know enough to cooperate with that healing power and so it takes time it takes faith to receive healing and so people who neglected coming to hear the word taught many times didn't have the faith to receive the power that was present the night of the healing that night of the healing service well praise the lord so the people in jenessera they didn't just value jesus as a healer they valued him as someone who gave them god's word amen amen you know uh you want to be you don't want to just select certain parts of a church service that you'll hook in with you know because sometimes people are only interested in the in the praise and worship they'll get real involved and then when the teaching of the word of the preaching of the word happens they're distracted they're going through stuff they're writing notes they're going through their purse they're distracted and then if they have a healing line then they'll pa they'll pick back up you know they'll get re re-hooked in they'll get hooked in again but uh we need to learn to draw on every flow every flow every flow why because we need every flow amen and then it it says in verse 54 now we're going back to our main passage of mark chapter six and uh verse 53 as we said it says and when he passed over they came into the land of judas jenesser and they drew to the shore but verse 54 says and when they were come out of the ship straightway they knew him and ran through that whole region roundabout and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was i want to look at this phrase in verse 54 straightway they knew him what did they know about him evidently when it says they knew him they must have known him as healer because they ran and got the sick you have to know him as healer it needs to be known in our church services that a healer is operating in our church service that jesus is going to meet the needs of the sick see they knew him so what they knew of him they responded to that the people pastors that may be listening you need to make place for healing to happen in your services when people hear about that they'll know that about your church and they'll run and they'll bring the sick when they knew jesus they knew him as a healer they ran and got the sick amen these people brought the sick to jesus because they knew they could find help with him people need to be able to bring their loved ones and those they know to our church service they know and go find help there amen and i will say this it's not just up to a pastor to let the community know about what god's doing in a church the church members yes that's right they need to be out telling you know what goes on in our church people get saved people get free set free marriages get put back together homes get pulled back together bodies get healed it is up to the people to make known what's going on in their church amen you know we tell our congregation at the end of every service we remind them uh you're while you're out this week among people you're going to come across the path of someone who needs what you have they need what you know tell them what you know tell them what god's done for you bring them invite them to church this is what the people did the ones who knew who jesus was they ran and got other people they ran and got their loved ones they ran and got the sick isn't that right they didn't just say well i know about it they went told and they filled up the streets because the people who heard about jesus and knew what he would do told others and brought others amen that's the best way for a church to grow not just it's fine to put out advertisement but the best advertisement is the lives of your congregation and so we could say this uh healing is the dinner bell that will call people to your church call people to come and receive from god so tell others about the people being healed in your church and you may say well pastor you know we we haven't really been emphasizing healing in our church well if you will god will reach a community through it god will visit your community when people know that their needs can be met in your church they'll show up amen hallelujah and verse 54 and it says and when they were come out of the ship straightway they knew him and look at this word i like it in verse 55 and they ran they ran the word is not exaggerating god does not exaggerate the record of the word is not an exaggeration this is a record of what happened the people ran through the whole region round about and began to carry about in beds those that were sick where they heard he was listen when they knew he was there they responded in a way that showed they expected something if you if you don't expect anything to happen you're not going to take off running to go get the sick ones in your home to go tell the sick neighbors they expected something so we can see this this was an action of their faith wasn't it when you run you can't wait to get to church amen you i tell you you you realize it's the highlight of your week to get to be where god's people are gathered together and receive where power is flowing it's a highlight well this is what the people did they took off running if they didn't believe something wouldn't happen they would not have gone to the trouble to bring the sick to the streets so what's this mean every time we come to church we need to be expecting we need to come expecting something for if we'll expect something we'll receive something if we come even if we attend but expect nothing we'll receive nothing even though we're present it's not just being present it's what are you expecting to happen when you go to church on sunday expect something have a goal god's going to give me answers for my life he's going to give me clarity you may not even be facing a big need or a problem or crisis but you always need clarity you always need revelation light of the word amen always come expecting when faith goes to market she doesn't go empty-handed she takes a basket with her why she's expecting to take something out of that store when i go to a grocery store if they supply a cart i walk up i get the cart why because i'm going to put something in there even though i haven't gotten to that portion of the store where i need to be i'm ready to put something in there that's expectancy amen be that way toward god be that way toward god hallelujah now listen mark 11 and verse 24. now we're getting down here to something else that's going to help us in this mark 11 verse 24 reads therefore i say unto you what things soever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them and you shall have them this verse does not begin by talking about faith this verse does not begin by talking about prayer this verse begins by talking about desire the divine order listed in this verse is the words desire pray believe and receive some people think that who haven't received an answer to their need some may think well i have a faith problem when really they may have a desire problem they may not want it much they may think well if god if god uh you know if god gives me that help that's fine but then there they'll be fine if nothing shows up or nothing changes people that are expecting aren't fine if nothing shows up that's what i'm saying when you go to church expecting you're you're saying i'm not okay for something not to show up for me whether it's revelation whether it's clarity whatever it is i'm going to walk away with something so sometimes people need to not only increase their faith they need to increase their desire what are you desiring that means this we can't be passive we cannot receive from god with a passive attitude or a passive approach amen when we have a need we have to be earnest we have to be interested in making sure that that need gets met we must desire to have the answer and if we have a desire we'll we'll do something we don't just sit and say well if god wants me to have it he'll give it to me that's not ever going to work why because faith is not passive that's passive that's just sitting back and waiting for god to do something but the word says jesus made the statement he said the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it the violent take it by force what force the force of faith amen faith is not passive faith is bold and faith is aggressive and that's what we see with these people in genesera they take off running and they boldly start jesus didn't advertise it doesn't say anywhere that he said go bring the sick they saw him they knew what he did and they ran and they got the sick and they brought they took initiative they didn't say hey jesus just arrived stay home pray that jesus will walk into your house no they got them out of the house they initiated the help and the healing of these people by bringing them out into the streets where jesus was amen so what's this show us don't be passive don't be half-hearted don't have a a just a minimal desire stoke your desire stir up the desire why do you have to be wholehearted and not passive because the enemy is wholehearted again in his attack against you he wants to rob from you to make sure you never receive your healing and it's going to take more than a passive attitude to get past the opposition god doesn't withhold but there is an enemy that wants to bring doubt fear he wants to get you in the mental arena talk you out of your healing and you have to desire your answer more than the enemy desires your defeat amen so we have no record that jesus just showed up to these people's home these people had to get up and get out of their homes to receive what god had for them so faith doesn't just sit back and wait for god to move faith is an act faith acts amen well you say this then how do i go after my healing jesus isn't walking up and down the streets anymore study the word get to church be taught the word speak the word over your body make it a lifestyle worship god daily for your healing amen you do what you can do everything you can to receive the healing do your part amen these people did their part they heard jesus came they showed up and they showed up with their sick they did their part they got them to where jesus was get yourself to where jesus is where is he he's in his word where is he he's in his church amen get to these places be interested be hungry for him amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah the word will set you free i said the word will set you free hallelujah hallelujah we trust you've enjoyed today's program visit us at defranedministries.org to learn of our upcoming meetings 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Length: 28min 15sec (1695 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 26 2021