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The Pioneer School - Lesson 5 "Preach and Heal"

Below is a synopsis of a lesson by Torben Søndergaard, from his "Pioneer School" video series available on YouTube.

I highly recommend the Pioneer School video lessons, as they have blessed me and others who have watched them the past few weeks.

The lessons are:
1. Come out of the the box
2. Religion or Jesus
3. The book of Acts
4. Knowledge or obedience
5. Preach and heal
6. Kick-start your Christian life
7. Repent, and be baptised
8. The gospel - How to share it
9. Saints or Sinners
10. Be BAPTIZED for the remission of your sins
11. Baptism with the Holy Spirit - The promise in the New Covenant
12. Led by the Holy Spirit
13. When you fast
14. Is God holy or loving, or both?
15. New and old covenant Incredible and shocking!
16. The New Covenant - Amazing and liberating
17. Reformation of the church system
18. Jesus' vision for the church
19. Now is the time to do it
20. The Reformation has begun

Here is the link to the series on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...dro0Kt_6wM0kv_

I'm currently on Lesson 11, and all the lessons thus far have been really good. Lesson 5 has impacted me the most. Here are some notes I wrote about Lesson 5, "Preach and Heal." I highly recommend people watch it. Some of the notes here are things I've added while studying the lesson.

Here is the video link:
https://youtu.be/FJRxzlDgcHk

Preach and Heal

Matthew 4:23 "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Matthew 9:35 "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."

We see that Jesus went throughout many cities and villages doing two things:
1. Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom
2. Healing every sickness and every disease

The Greek word for "Sickness" is "Nosos," which means: A chronic or Incurable ailment. The Greek word for "Disease" is "Malakia," which means: A condition which weakens or disables. (My note)

Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 8:16 "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick"

Matthew 12: 15 "But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;"

Matthew 14:14 "And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick."

Matthew 15:30 "And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:"

Matthew 21:14 "And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them."

Not one of these verses show that Jesus missed healing someone; He healed every sickness and every disease.

Jesus died for our sins, but also for our healing.

1 Peter 2:24 "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Matthew 8:17 "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

We believe and preach that Jesus died for our sins, but little is preached about Jesus also dying for our healing.

Jesus' commandment to the Disciples, the Seventy and all nations:

To the Disciples, Jesus said:
Matthew 10:1 "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease."
Verse 5 "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,.."
Verses 7-8 "preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."

To the Seventy, Jesus said:
Luke 10:1 "After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come."
Verse 9 "And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you."

All of us are included:
Matthew 28:19-20 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen"

What did Jesus command His Disciples? To preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and to heal the sick. We are included in Jesus' commandment to His disciples to "teach all nations...to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you."

Jesus has commanded that we, too, preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and heal the sick.

1 Peter 2:21 "For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"

We are to follow in His steps.

Our traditions have held us back from obedience to Jesus' commandment.

Jesus warned against rejecting His commandment to continue following our traditions:

Mark 7:9 "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition."
Mark 7:13 "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered:"

The reason we do not see more healings and miracles in our churches is because most churches are more interested in keeping tradition than obeying God's commandment.