Sword of the Spirit

Divine Healing 5 of 13 By Andrew Murray  Not by Our Own Power “And when Peter saw it he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?” (Acts 3:12). As soon as the impotent man had been healed at the gate of the temple through Peter and John, the people ran together unto them. Peter, seeing this miracle was attributed to their power and holiness, loses no time in setting them right by telling them that all the glory of this miracle belongs to Jesus, and that it is He in whom we must believe. Peter and John were undoubtedly full of faith and of holiness; perhaps even they may have been the most holy and zealous servants of God in their time, otherwise God might not have chosen them as instruments in this case of healing. But they knew that their holiness of life was not of themselves, that it was of God through the Holy Spirit. They think so little of themselves t

Divine Healing 4 of 13 By Andrew Murray  Health and Salvation by the Name of Jesus Acts 3:16; 4:10, 12 When after Pentecost, the paralytic was healed through Peter and John at the gate of the temple,  it was “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” that they said to him, “Rise up and walk,”  and as soon as the people in their amazement ran together to them,  Peter declared that it was the name of Jesus which had so completely healed the man. As the result of this miracle and of Peter’s discourse, many people who had heard the Word believed (Acts 4: 4).  On the morrow Peter repeated these words before the Sanhedrin,  “By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth... doth this man stand here before you whole”;  and then he added,  “There is none other name under heaven.., whereby we must be saved.”  This statement of Peter’s declares to us that the name of Jesus both heals and saves.  We have here a teaching of the highest import for divine healing. We see that healing and health form part o

A word of Wisdom: Pledge Sunday  Mark 7:14 KJV Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There are many churches that have this worldly practice or tradition of urging its members to pledge an amount of tithes and offerings to God, even making the congregation to write down their pledges in a card to be kept by the church administratord. Matthew 5:33-37 KJV Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,  Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:  [34] But I say unto you,  Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:  [35] Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.  [36] Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.  [37] But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. James 5:12 KJV But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nei

Divine Healing 3 of 13 By Andrew Murray  Jesus and the Doctors Mark 5:25-34 We may be thankful to God for having given us doctors.  Their vocation is one of the most noble, for a large number of them seek truly to do, with love and compassion, all they are able to alleviate the evils and sufferings which burden humanity as a result of sin.  There are even some who are zealous servants of Jesus Christ, and who seek also the good of their patients’ souls.  Nevertheless it is Jesus Himself who is always the first, the best, the greatest Physician. Jesus heals diseases in which earthly physicians can do nothing, for the Father gave Him this power when He charged Him with the work of our redemption.  Jesus, in taking upon Him our human body, delivered it from the dominion of sin and Satan;  He has made our bodies temples of the Holy Ghost and members of His own body (I Cor. 6:15, 19),  and even in our day how many have been given up by the doctors as incurable,  how many cases of tuberculo