Take Him at His WORD
by Kenneth Copeland
Jesus doesn’t heal on a case-by-case basis.
Did you know that?
He doesn’t have to decide every time someone comes to Him whether it’s His will to heal them or not.
No, as far as He’s concerned, healing is a done deal. It’s His will for everyone, all the time, because it’s one of the things the Father expressly sent Him to the earth to do.
You can see this by how He responded to people in the Gospels.
In Matthew 8, when the leper came to Him and said, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean,” Jesus didn’t say, “I’ll have to think about it and get back to you later.” He didn’t have to have a conversation with the man to find out about his situation. He just put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, “I will; be thou clean” (verses 2-3).
He responded the same way to the Roman centurion. When he came to Jesus and said, “Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented,” Jesus answered immediately, without hesitation: “I will come and heal him” (verses 6-7).
Even when He was ministering to great multitudes of sick people, Jesus expressed that kind of willingness. He didn’t say no to any of them. In Matthew 12:15, He healed the whole multitude. He hasn’t changed since then either. He’s “the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). He’s still saying to everyone who comes to Him what He said in the Gospels.
“I will heal you. I will!”
“But Brother Copeland, I don’t feel very deserving. I’ve messed up pretty badly in my life.”
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