DO WE KNOW THE LAWS OF DIVINE HEALTH ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THEM AND DO THEM...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I. DIAGNOSIS: WE MUST IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
A. We develop strategies that tend to BYPASS God’s plan...
CM Ward once said: THE DAY IS COMING WHEN THE CHURCH WILL HAVE TO DIVERT
TO THE TEACHINGS OF DIVINE HEALING...
B. Physical, mental, emotional, SPIRITUAL HEALTH...
C. WE CAN NOT DIAGNOSE OUR PROBLEM --- WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD TO ALIGN WITH GOD’S PLAN...
II. WE BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING AND THAT HEALING IS PART OF OUR ATONEMENT...
A. Just as SALVATION is purchased in our atonement so is DIVINE HEALING...
It is God’s nature and love to heal! HEALING WAS NOT A ONE TIME SHOT IN JESUS’ DAY.
HEALING IS AVAILABLE TODAY.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
B. THE BEATING HAD A PURPOSE --- BY HIS STRIPES
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.
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.
C. Yes, we have the atonement rule of healing, but we should desire to walk above sickness...
Psalm 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Psalm 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
III. THERE IS SOMETHING MUCH BETTER THAN DIVINE HEALING!!! YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN DIVINE HEALTH...
THAT IS CLEARLY DIVINE HEALTH --- DIVINE HEALTH BEATS DIVINE HEALING...
Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians:
for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Deut. 7:15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
A. Ever heard someone say: IF I KNEW I WAS GOING TO LIVE THIS LONG, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF MYSELF?
B. In my humble opinion, I thank God for DIVINE HEALING but our God has a PLAN MUCH BETTER THAN HEALING US WHEN WE ARE SICK... GOD’S PLAN IS DIVINE HEALTH.
C. We need to recognize this and find the RULES or LAWS that PROMOTE DIVINE HEALTH...
D. If we don’t know the rules? If we don’t heed the rules ---
IF WE BREAK THE DIVINE RULES AND LAWS WE WILL PAY THE PRICE...
E. PRAY ALL YOU WANT --- YOU ESTABLISH MENTAL AND ACTION ATTITUDES TOWARD
YOUR PHSYICAL HEALTH...
F. Pray for God to TURN THE WINE INTO WATER??? BUT YOU MUST QUIT DRINKING!
G. WHY CAN NOT CHRISTIANS ARISE AND SEE THEIR ATTITUDES AND HABITS CAN
AFFECT THEIR HEALTH?
H. The land of Goshen was EXEMPT from the diseases of Egypt.
1. THE DIVINE LAW OF SANITATION... CLEANLINESS...
Leviticus 13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean:
it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
A. To be clean is more than just washing, have a clean heart!
Isaiah 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;
B. Wash and clean
C. Wash clothes
D. Clean house
E. Clean water, clean food...
2. THERE IS A DIVINE LAW OF STERILIZATION WHEN EXPOSED...
Numbers 19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
[23] Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall
make go through the water.
Leviticus 11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any
work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
Leviticus 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. [40] And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
3. THE DIVINE LAW OF ISOLATION... QUARRATINE
A. HAD TO LEAVE CAMP...
B. Established a process to check, accountable...
Numbers 5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
C. Also see Lev. chapters 13 and 14...
4. WE FIND A DIVINE LAW THAT AFFETS HEALTH TO BE YOUR DIET...
Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Eccles. 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
A. Appetite is good... DO YOU DRIVE YOUR APPETITES OR DO THEY DRIVE YOU...
B. My hot dog theory, I would eat a hot dog and get so sick...
My conscience told me: QUIT EATING HOT DOGS...
C. We eat high sugar, caffeine, SALT, FAT, CHOLESTEROL?
5. THERE IS A DIVINE LAW OF WORK...
Lazy, idle bring trouble...
1 Tim. 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
1 Tim. 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
1 Thes. 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
2 Thes. 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
6. THERE IS A DIVINE LAW OF GOOD EXERCISE PROGRAMS...
1 Tim. 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
A. Walk, use arms, stir around...
B. Heart rate, blood flow...
C. EXCUSES? OUT OF PEANUT BUTTER IS AS GOOD AS ANY?
7. THE DIVINE LAW OF PROPER REST...
THE SABBOTH IS ABOUT WORSHIP AND REST...
A. WE ARE SOOOOOOO BUSY?
B. Every bedroom with a TV in it has 55 minutes less sleep?
Psalm 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Isaiah 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
8. THERE IS A DIVINE LAW OF LEARNING TO CONTROL YOUR ANGER AND TEMPERS...
NOT SOON ANGRY... WRATH LONG TERM ANGER...
Ephes. 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Col. 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9. THE DIVINE LAWS CAN NEVER BE OF REAL EFFECT UNTIL WE SEE OUR BODY
AS A TEMPLE OF GOD...
1 Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
[17] If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Cor. 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
10. WE MUST FIND THE DIVINE LAW OF MODERATION, BALANCE AND TEMPERANCE...
Philip. 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
A. ARISTOTTLE’S GOLDEN MEAN...
B. SATAN’S WORK SHOP IS FOUND IN THE EXTREMES...
1 Cor. 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
11. THERE MUST BE A RENEWING OF THE MIND TO STAY IN DIVINE HEALTH...
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
A. ESTABLISH THINKING PATTERNS...
B. DWELL IN THE POSITIVE...
Philip. 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
12. YOUR TONGUE AND YOUR WORDS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH DIVINE
HEALTH...
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
13. LAUGHTER AND JOY IS MEDICINE...
Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart
the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
Pass it on...
