Gods love in relation to… The Doctrine of Christ…
(3) Laying on of hands…
We are now half way through our transition from mammon into Christ…
We have come from a lifetime lived in personal gain… to be shown repentance… to an alternative life to be lived for eternity in Gods love…in Christ.
Our confident expectation (faith) in Gods love has grown… and lastly we have committed to full obedience (Baptism) flowing from Gods love just like Jesus…
For the next stage it is imperative you complete the first three principles because without the right WHY…. the WHAT is pointless.
Jesus said…
Mat 7:21-23: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”(wicked lawlessness)
Without Gods love being the centre of everything we do, all we will do will be mammon…personal gain…this includes physical healing….
Again Jesus said…
Mat 5:29: “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”
So much better to repent…turning to Gods love than to lose a body part.
Healing is only half the message… everyone Jesus healed eventually died… but their spirit continues…
If you are feeling anxious that you have to be doing something… you are in a works mentality that has more to do with mammon than Gods love.
If you want to do what Jesus did then do……NOTHING…that’s right. NOTHING!
Jesus said…
John 5:30: “I can of my own self do NOTHING…
as I HEAR , I judge: and my judgment is true because I seek NOT MY OWN WILL… (happiness peace and joy)
but the will (happiness peace and joy) of the Father which hath sent me.”
Is important to understand that your perspective is limited.
Only God the Father can see the BIGGER PICTURE.
How would you feel if your children said to you… “I’m going to do more for you so that you will love me…” your answer would probably be… “Don’t you know I already do”
Eph 2:8-9: “For by GRACE are you saved (finding your happiness peace and joy) through faith…
and it is not of yourselves…it is the gift of God.
You are NOT saved by (trying to impress by) WORKS, so that any man should boast.”
The meaning of the Greek word Grace is…
“The DIVINE influence on the HEART and the reflection in the LIFE…” a great definition of what it means to be in Christ
Also…If your children said “ I did this for you and now you owe me…”
What would your first thought be…?
“Do you know what I have done for you…?”
God the Father is not as considerate of WHAT you do…
as He is of WHY you do it…
The key to knowing what exactly is Gods will… is to start with Gods love… just like Jesus…
The practice of Laying on of hands is to begin building the Family of Christ through group impartation…of Gods love.
Before ascending to heaven Jesus spoke these words to the disciples…
Mar 16:15-20: “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and PREACH the gospel (the good news of Gods love) to every creature.
He that believeth (REPENTANCE to FAITH ) and is BAPTISED (full immersion public commitment)
shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe…
In my name (Gods happiness peace and joy) shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues…
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall LAY HANDS on the sick, and they shall recover. “
And again Jesus said in
Mat 18:19-20: If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
(Gods happiness peace and joy)
there am I in the midst of them.”
When it comes to putting priorities in your life Jesus taught…
Mat 22:37-40: ” You shall LOVE (find your happiness peace and joy in)
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all your mind….
(A kingdom within)
This is the FIRST and GREAT COMMANDMENT.
And the second is like unto it,
You shall LOVE (be considerate of the happiness peace and joy of) your neighbour just as you are considerate of your own happiness peace and joy.
(A kingdom that in flows out of you)
On these two commandments hang ALL the law and the prophets.”
Laying on of hands is…
building the Family of Christ…
The first VALUE of God when it comes to people is… Family.
Jesus said…
Mat 12:48-50: “Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will (Gods love) of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Laying on of hands is…
personally connecting.
It is not a “cookie cutter” process…
Gods acts of love are UNIQUE to the values and context… at the time.
That’s what makes living in Christ so interesting…
We are all looking for certainty and there is no greater certainty than Gods love.
The principals of love have never changed… only the context.
There is no “You must do it this way”…
or “If you do what they did you can have what they have”…
This has been the message of religion for years and it doesn’t work. There are far more failures than success…
Jesus healed ALL that came to him…
Luk 6:19: “And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went miraculous power out of him, and healed them ALL.”
Only a life lived In Christ… “the daily anointing flow of Gods love” is true lasting happiness peace and joy. Everything else is a distraction.
Jesus said we would do greater works than he did because he understood the infinite ways Gods love can be expressed.
Laying on of hands takes a step of Faith it’s then up to God to take it from there…
Only one thing is certain… and that’s Gods love…
It’s the one absolute truth that all truth flows from…
Remember what Jesus said…
“I HEAR , I judge: and my judgment is true because I seek NOT MY OWN WILL…”
The key is to HEAR FIRST.
There are two main things that block HEARING from God…
The first is Un-forgiveness…
The other is a suppressed Conscience…ignoring something you are doing that you know is wrong.
When someone breaks Gods laws of love it is called “iniquity”
(wicked lawlessness)
Jesus taught us to pray…
“ FORGIVE us our wicked lawlessness… as we FORGIVE the wicked lawlessness of those around us”
Jesus also said to pray…
“Deliver us from evil…”
Evil is… Physical sickness
Mental sickness
Spiritual sickness
When you lay hands on someone it pays to have your hands spiritually clean…
The healing that is required may not be the obvious… only those in Christ will go in the rapture.
If Gods love is not taught…the healing is only temporary…
Summary
- Repentance from dead works…from personal gain into Gods loving Family…
- Faith towards God… A confident expectation in Gods love…
- Baptism… full emersion into Gods love…
- Laying on of hands… impartation of Gods love through contact…
- Next we will look at what happens when your body dies… in “Resurrection from the dead”