[gloryseeker]

Originally Posted by shawndell

Jesus was whipped for our healing and we have faith that he is our salvation but what about our healing of the body mind and soul? Is there a such thing as the gift of healing or do we all through Jesus have the ability to heal others? What about bondages like alcahol or drugs and ciggeretes? If the gift of healing is given to certain brothers and sisters then who on this forum has that gift? If we all have the ability to heal through Jeus then how do we unlock that gift? Ive read that God is doing a wonderful work in other countries what about the good ole U.S.A.? Is it because we go to docters and depend on the health care sciences and we put God second on our list after we exaust all other fleshly help and find out that we can not put are trust in the arm of flesh? After our lord Jesus Christ was beaten with out mercy are we insulting him? please dont take this wrong I love evry one. I just want to know about healing. Love you all!!!

Because Jesus bore stripes for our healing our healing has been purchased. This means that we healed. The gap between this being done and our receiving it is similar to a person being saved. It is through faith that we receive our salvation. Our salvation was paid in full there is nothing anyone can do except "receive" it by faith. If you don't use your faith you won't receive your salvation.

Many say that they "believe" but their belief is more of a belief that God can instead of their belief being the tool that reaches into the spiritual realm to receive what has been provided.

A sick individual plays a part in receiving their healing. However, just as one can put a thousand to flight and two can put 10K to flight when we come into agreement with anothers faith our faith increase exponentially.

If I have faith that you can be healed, but you don't have faith it is impossible for my faith to override where you are. This is where the "gift" of healing comes in. A person operating in this gift does not need the other persons faith to receive, they only need "access" or "permission" such for this person to operate in their gift. This would be very similar to a Prophetic word. Someone who has the gift of prophecy may have a true word, but the person must "receive" the word.

Many have received a Word that their ministries would grow, people would come in, or resources were going to come available. Then they never see the manifestation of the Word and think that it must have been wrong when in fact they needed to receive the Word using their faith for it to come to pass.

So the "gift" can operate more on it's own although there is still faith involved and not everyone has this "gift." However, we can all develop our faith where we can overcome any sickness, disease, or disability whether it is spirit, soul, or body.