I'm Pastor Donnie Jester, Grace Rediff from Church. I'm so glad that you could tune in today and give you time to get your Bible. We're gonna be turning to the book of Romans today, chapter four. And we want you to know that we've been doing a series on healing and God wants you well.
Some of you have been carrying sickness for a long time and you've been looking to your symptoms. God wants you to look to the Word. So we're gonna get right in this before we do and while you're getting your Bible or turning on your iPhone or your iPad or whatever. We want you to know that we'd like for you to become a partner with this ministry.
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God bless you and let's look at the Word together. Let's go to Romans chapter four, verse 17. As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before Him who believed, even God who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations.
According to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be. Verse 19. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body, now dead when he was about 100 years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. Verse 20.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God. Verse 21. And being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Glory to God.
And you know the Bible goes on and said because of that, it was imputed or put to his credit for righteousness sake. What I talk to you about divine healing and understanding is we look at the father of faith today as we understand that it takes faith to please God. God is pleased when faith is appropriated over your symptoms, over your surroundings, over what's going on in your life and you're looking not to, your symptoms are not giving attention to all the evidence that's there but rather giving attention to the word of God. So you see, it's very important to know that faith comes by hearing Romans 10 verse 17 and hearing and hearing and hearing.
It's a more hearing continually. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So the more that you download the software in between these two years and you renew your mind in Romans 12 and two to the word of God and then you get the word into your spirit to know that it is God's will to heal. It is God's will to deliver.
We see here Abraham who was nearly 100 years old. God appeared to him and told him and Sarah, you know, you two old birds, now he didn't say two old birds, I'm just gonna put that in here in the country, lingo. He said you two people are going to have a son. Well, you know, I mean, he's 99.
She's old too. She laughed about it. But it is amazing that God can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask a thing according to the power or according to the comprehension of what we comprehend that's in us. See, the thing of it is that Jesus is the same Romans, Hebrews 13 and 8.
He's the same yesterday, today and forever. If he ever healed one person, he healed you. You see Acts chapter 10 verse 34, that God is no respecter of persons. If he ever healed one person, he will heal you.
You just gotta believe that faith moves God. As I said last week, you know, people that have cancer and they feel the gralling pain in their body. You see, and they know that cancer's there. They're not denying that cancer's in their body.
But then when you start looking at the Word and you're declaring what the Word says that by his stripes you were healed. All of a sudden, as you look to the Word rather than the cancer and giving heed to these symptoms and you're denying your own body, but looking at the Word. See, that's what Abraham did. He denied his own body of him being old and the deadness of Sarah's wounds, she denied that as well.
Faith became alive. You've gotta see faith in the Word of God drying up the cancer in your body and bringing total healing to your body. Oh, hallelujah. You see, when we understand that God is a God that so desires to bring healing to you, he so wants you well.
You have to know that you can't do much for the kingdom of God if you're sick all the time. Now it's up to you to receive what the Word says. Can I give you some scripture today? Just to feed your faith.
Exodus chapter 15 verse 26, you know, the Bible says that if you will harken to his statues, keep his commandments. Do the things as written in the Word. God said, I will not permit or allow the diseases that's come upon the world or the Egyptians, which is top of the world to come upon you, find the Lord that healeth thee. And then you look at Exodus chapter 23 verse 25, God said, I will even bless your bread and your water and take sickness away from the mist of you.
Glory to God. See, that's what you gotta understand. The Bible said against hope Abraham believed in hope. And then he said this, that he called those things at B non his old word.
You've gotta call healing to you. You know you're sick right now. You know that you're experiencing symptoms in your body, but you can't look into the symptoms anymore. You gotta start looking to the Word of God.
In first Kings chapter eight verse 56, there's not one word of his good promise has ever failed, glory to God. You know, in the book of John chapter one verse 14 in the beginning was the Word. In verse one, the Bible said in the beginning was the Word. In the Word was God and the Word was with God.
The Word was God. And then verse 14 said the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld it glory as the only begotten son of the Father. Jesus was the incarnate Word of God made in the flesh. That's why the sin you see in the Pharisees could trip him up because he's the walking word.
See God wants you to be Word people, Word man. Get you a capon, blessed be God, baby doll. Get you a little, get you a little, you know, w put on your shirt like a Superman. I'm Word man, I'm Word woman.
Get in that word. Speak the word regardless of what you see around you. And the Bible says in Jeremiah chapter one verse 12, God said he hastens over his word. He watches over his word.
He stands behind his word to protect it. Proverbs chapter 30 verse five. Every word of God is pure and is a shield to them that put their trust in it. Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 17, God said, I'll restore health unto you and heal you of your wounds.
Isn't that wonderful? He's in Hebrew chapter 12 verse 25. God said the word that I speak shall come to pass. Glory to God.
You have to know that God's word will come to pass. And see Abraham, I'm so stirred up this morning because I know what I'm telling you is truth. That's why the Bible said in John chapter eight verse 31, if you can, you know, in 10 you in my word, you'll be my disciple in verse 32. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free, make you free.
You've got to know that the truth that you know, you've got to know truth about healing. So Abraham staggered not at the promises of God, but waxed strong in faith. Glory to God. Waxed strong in faith.
Believe in what God said, he would fully bring it to pass. Now, I want to take this time just a moment because I hit you with a bunch of words today and go back and watch this again. All I'm trying to tell you is this, that if you want to be well, God wants you well. He wants you well more than you want to be well.
If you're just right now, say Father, in the name of Jesus, I accept you as my Lord, I accept Jesus as my Savior, and I receive the benefit package. I receive the healing power of God right now. I accept all that you have for me. Now, believe God saved you, believe God healed you, and tell somebody about it.
Act on your faith regardless of what's your symptoms. Rebut the symptoms right now of the devil and embrace what the word says, regardless of what you sense and how long it lingers around. You believe God, amen. We'll see you next week.
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