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Power Gifts: Gifts of Healing
...to another the gifts of
healing by the same Spirit - 1
Corinthians 12:9b KJV
This gift of the Spirit is
restorative. It supernaturally restores people’s health without the aid of
medical science. The Gifts of
Healing supernaturally
correct malfunctioning or non-functioning components of a person's body and soul, restoring them
to “The Manufacturer’s” original specifications, as it were.
As we examine this gift of the
Spirit, one thing we notice from the onset is the fact that it is described in
plural terms, unlike all the other gifts. Obviously, the logical question that
follows is – why the plurality?
I've heard many explanations and
one common one goes along these lines:
The Gifts
of Healing is plural because
there is a different gift for each physical ailment that’s out there, in other
words there’s as many different gifts of healing as there are diseases.
However, I don’t think that
explanation, as plausible as it may sound at face value, cuts it. You see, why
only limit that explanation to the Gifts
of Healing? Why not go ahead and call the Gift
of Prophecy - "Gifts
of Prophecy" – I mean
there are many diverse situations that require different prophetic utterances,
right?! After all each of all the other gifts do cater to a myriad of diverse
situations. So you see beloved, that explanation is woefully inadequate at
best.
Well, let me fill you in on what I
think:
The Gifts
of Healing is plural because
it deals with both the physical and soulish part of man. Our spirits do not need healing,
they are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We become Born Again, sealed and joined to
the Lord – we actually become one spirit with God! So as you can tell, the
recreated spirit part of us does not need healing – it is forever joined to God
Himself!
17 But the person who is united to the
Lord becomes one spirit with Him. – 1
Corinthians 6:17 AMP
However, our souls and our bodies
need to be healed, renewed and restored. Doesn't the Word tell us
that the Holy Spirit quickens our mortal bodies? That quickening, may I humbly
submit to you includes and involves healing and restoration. Notice what the
Word says:
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11 And if the Spirit of him who raised
Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead
will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives
in you. – Romans8:11 NIV
As for our souls, David had a
revelation of the Spirit’s restoration work on our souls, and he testifies to
it saying:
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. – Psalm 23:3 NKJV
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. – Psalm 23:3 NKJV
TO BE CONTINUED>>>
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