Why Agreeing With God and Speaking His Word Brings Healing.

One of the greatest temptations any believer is going to face in life is the temptation to talk about the problems they're facing. And that includes the temptation to talk about sickness and disease in your body. Now some of you may have your jaw hanging down at this point because you've never realized that talking about your sicknesses and your diseases is actually a temptation. But I want you to know that anytime we talk contrary to what God has said about us, it's a And so when you do something that's called a sin, the devil is going to come along and tempt you because he wants everybody to sin against God. Listen, the reason why it's a sin to talk against God is because you can't receive anything from God unless you're agreeing with God. And God doesn't want us to not receive what He's provided. And He's commanded us in His Word to believe in Him. You know, the Bible tells us in Hebrews 11 verse 6, Well, part of the formula for faith is what we believe in our hearts and what we say with our mouths. And so God is always wanting us to say what He says about our situation. And so today, we want to talk about this thing called the mouth and watching what we say. Do you know, faith will actually call for healing. Now I'm going to read to you from 1 Peter 2 24. It says who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we having died to sins might live for righteousness. That's the first half, which talks about the forgiveness of sins. And then he goes on to say, by whose stripes you were healed. Now, just from this verse alone, if you were healed, we can see that constantly talking the sickness or the pain is contradicting what God said. And so that's why we call it a temptation. The devil is actually always coming to put pressure on us to say things that contradict what God says. And the reason is number one, he doesn't want you to receive anything from God. And number two, he loves when people sin against God. He's a cruel devil, and he's always looking for ways to destroy humans and try to get at God. So what we don't want to be guilty of in life is siding with the devil. You know, if we're going to receive our healing and we're going to live healed on earth, we really do have to understand something about how faith works. And so we're going to look at Hebrews chapter 11 and verse one to start with. And this says, now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. Now I want you to notice that faith, your faith, just raw faith, which is of the spirit, is all the evidence that you need that you're healed, but your faith will be the evidence of things that are not yet seen with the natural eye. This is why so many Christians live conflicted lives because they're trying to understand how they can believe something that they don't yet see or feel. But faith is for things you don't see and faith is for things you don't yet feel. Faith will actually change those unseen things and bring it into the natural realm. Now let's look at the Amplified Classic version of Hebrews 11.1, because it brings out a little bit more detail. It says, now faith is the assurance, the confirmation, the title deed of the things we hope for. And it's being the proof of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality. And I love this last part. It says, faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses. Now that's a great definition of what faith is. Faith is perceiving as real fact that you're healed, even though it may not yet be revealed to your natural senses. So when we say what God says, even if it's not yet evident, you know, to our eyes or our feelings, what the Bible calls faith is an operation. Now many people think this. They think that if they're healed when their body, if they say, let's put it this way, people think that if I say I'm healed when my body's telling me I'm not, that I'm actually lying about it. Well, I want you to know God is not a liar. And if God says you're healed and you're just repeating what he says, then it's impossible that you could be a liar. Actually, I want you to think about it this way. The devil is the one that the Bible calls a liar, and he will come to put lying symptoms on your body. You know, so often believers, they look at sickness and disease from the wrong perspective. They look at themselves as I'm sick, I'm in pain, and I'm trying to get healed. Really, it's the exact opposite. You are the healed, and the devil's trying to put sickness, disease, and pain on you. He's the liar. God is the one who tells the truth. And so we cannot be lying when we're simply repeating what God says about us. You know, real faith in God's Word simply says what God's Word says about us. So if God says, by whose stripes you were healed, then we say, I'm healed. We are healed. We believe what God says, and we repeat what God says. Now, let's look at the story of Abraham here for a few moments as an example of how this faith works. We know from the book of Genesis that Sarah was actually barren into her old age, and the natural facts were telling her in Abraham, you're too old. You're past the age of childbearing. You're not going to be able to have any children. Plus, when she was younger, she wasn't able to have children. So that made this even more impossible in their imaginations. But God told them something different. God said they would have a child. Now, I want you to see how this works, so I'm going to break this down a little bit. Listen, if you think your situation is impossible, try being a 90-year-old woman and having to believe that you're going to have a baby. You know, I don't know of any 90-year-olds who've ever had children, aside from what we've read in the Bible. So this was a very difficult thing in the natural to believe, but because God said she would, they had the Word of the Lord for it. Now, we're going to look at Romans 4, verses 17 through 21, and we see more detail about how this happened. It says, "...as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, in the presence of whom he believed God," in other words, Abraham believed God, "...who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did." That's a great characteristic of faith. "...who, contrary to hope, and hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations. According to what was spoken, so shall your descendants be. And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to perform." Now, there are so many good points in this passage that I want to bring out regarding how faith works. So, we're going to look at some points here. The first thing I want to bring out is that the starting point of receiving from God is knowing what He says. You've either got to have a good scripture in the Bible, or you have to hear clearly instructions from the Holy Spirit. In other words, you're not going to find a scripture in the Bible about what house to buy, what car to buy, you know, what career path you should follow. Those are instructions we have to hear from the Holy Spirit during our time in prayer. And in this case, Abraham and Sarah couldn't have found a scripture that would have told them, you're going to have a child in your old age. But they heard from God. So, the starting point is always knowing what God says about it. Now, we see that God called Abraham the father of many nations long before he had any children, because it says, it is written, I have made you a father of many nations. So, that's important for us. Another point is just regarding our own lives. God has already said by whose stripes you were healed before you actually experience any healing in your body. So, we have to understand God always calls things in advance before you see it. Now, here's a second point that we glean from this passage. Faith calls those things which do not exist as though they did. You know, many people will agree that God can do this and that God did do this throughout the Bible. But they will not believe that men or mankind or women can do this. But that's not the truth. You know, some people actually, if they hear you calling things that don't exist as though they did, they might write you off as crazy. But that's because the whole world thinks crazy and twisted and lopsided compared to how God thinks. No, this is the way that faith actually works. You have to put God's word in your heart and in your mouth before you see it come to pass, according to Mark 11, 23. So, we see this, there is never any healing apart from calling for it. There's never any healing apart from calling things that do not exist as though they did. And really, this is one of the most difficult things to get Christians to do, is to call things that be not, the King James says, as though they were. I don't know why that is, but it's just a difficult task to get people to see this. And this is also, therefore, why many do not receive healing like they should, because they keep talking about the sickness, talking about the pain, talking about the doctor's report, instead of talking about what God says. But I want you to know that faith will grow in the atmosphere of God's word. And so, it's necessary for us to say what God says if we want our faith to fully grow and produce for us. You know, like I've said so many times, you're not going to receive anything disagreeing with God. Now, we see this, Abraham actually, because some people said only God can do this, well, Abraham actually called things that did not exist as though they did. And we see this, that initially his name was Abram and his wife's name was Sarai. And they had difficulty believing God's word in the beginning, because if you read the scriptures and study them out, you'll find that it took almost 25 years before they actually had this son of promise. And that's because they were wavering in their faith. But one day in Genesis 17, we see that God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah, which actually means the father and mother of many nations. So now, every time they were introducing themselves to somebody, they were forced to call things that did not exist as though they did. So, can you imagine not even having one child together, and every time you say your name, you're saying, hey, I'm the father of many nations. Well, I'm sure there were a few people that thought he lost his marbles. But we see the end of the story that he did have a child with Sarah, and God's word did come to pass. They did believe it because they were calling for it. Now, let's look at a third point from this passage. Strong faith does not consider the condition of one's body. Now, this could be a tough one for some people, because oftentimes if you get pains or diagnoses, you're tempted to get into fear about the problem. But faith will not pay attention to the diagnosis. Now, we see here from this passage that Abraham did not consider his or Sarah's bodies, and he would have had to put that aside in order for them to conceive. He didn't consider their ages. He didn't consider the fact that Sarah was barren from a young age, let alone at the age of 90. And, you know, if you want to receive healing, you're going to have to refuse to consider what you're feeling in your body. Now, I'm not suggesting you be irresponsible. I'm not suggesting you don't see a doctor. I'm just saying it's okay to get a diagnosis, but then, and you know, be reasonably compliant with your physician. But then, from then on, you're going to have to spend more time focusing on what God says about it and talking what God says than you are on the actual problem. We see this, that strong faith will not waver regarding the promises of God, because wavering is called unbelief. And if you get into unbelief, you're going to forfeit your healing from heaven. So we are instructed to hold ourselves in a position of faith. We hold our attention on what God says day and night. We hold our attention on what He says by not only reading it, but by saying it out of our mouths. And we have to do this, especially in cases where we're having pain or alarming symptoms. Now, let's look at a fourth point. Faith will be strengthened as you continue to give glory to God. So we see this, that praise and worship, giving glory, is crucial to receiving healing. You know, when you magnify God and praise Him, you're making Him bigger than the problem you're facing. That's what magnify means. You know, if you look at something under a magnifying glass, it becomes larger. When we magnify God, we make Him bigger than the problem. We acknowledge that He's greater than sickness or disease in our bodies. We acknowledge what His Word says and that He's performing it in our behalf. And so praise will actually strengthen your faith. And no matter what disease or pain you're facing in your life, if you continue to praise God in the face of it, it will begin to turn and change. So what we see here is that we need to start calling for healing instead of disease and pain. We need to start calling victory in our lives instead of defeat and failure. And if we'll line up with the Word of God, if we'll start saying what He says, if we'll start calling those things that do not exist as though they did, then we'll begin to see and feel the healing in our bodies that we're all longing for. I want to pray for you right now. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for those who are watching. I believe faith is rising in their hearts right now. Some are receiving this instruction for the first time and seeing that the Word of God is telling them to say what you say, Father. I thank you for strengthening them, Lord, to speak the Word only and not talk about the disease process and not talk about the suffering that they're facing on a continual basis. And Lord, not only that, but I pray for healing power right now to flow from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, be healed in the name of Jesus. Now, Father, I thank you. I thank you that that power is working in the mighty name of Jesus. Listen, we want to hear your testimonies, so please write and let us know what God is doing in your life. Also, please like and share this video with others if it's a blessing for you. And if you've not been a subscriber up until now, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. Also, we want to invite you to become a partner with Miller Ministries because every seed that's sown into this ministry is helping us to take the message of faith and healing to the world. 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