Sermon Tone Analysis

For the last couple of weeks we've been looking at our *faith and healing work together to heal the sick* and to keep us in divine health.

*I) **Mark 11:23-24*.

*A) *In *(verse 23)* *Mark* tells us *in order to receive* *we need to believe with the heart* and *not doubt* in our heart.

*1) **Many times Christians* *believed* *in their head* but *not* *in the heart*.

And *what I mean by that* *is* *that* *they forced themselves to say* that *they believe it* *but really*, *they still doubt if God will heal them.*

*(a) * *Yet*, *they still walk around* *and* *say they believe that, but really*, *they're hoping* that *they will be healed*.

*(b) **I'm not trying to condemn anyone* *because I've done the same thing,* *but in order for us to be healed*, *we have to believe what God says* *with all of our heart*.

*B) *Then *he goes on to say* in *(verse 24)*, *"Believe that you receive them, and ye shall have them."*

*1) **Now what is the* *"THEM"* that *he's talking about?* *The things you pray for.*

*"Believe that you receive them,* *and ye shall have them."*

*2) **Now if we look up the word* *"RECEIVE"* *in the Greek,* *it tells us that the word* *"RECEIVE"* is in the *present tense*.

*3) **And the words* *"SHALL HAVE"* is in the *future tense.*

*(a) **In other words*, *this verse means*, *"When you pray*, *believed that you receive it now* *and you will have to in the future."*

*C) *(*Mark 11:24*) from the *Amplified translation* says, *"For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it]."*

*1) **Notice* the *past tense*.

(*That it is granted*).

*2) *It has *already* been *granted* *to you when you pray* *and* *stand in faith*.

As you *continue to stand in faith* you will get it, you'll receive.

*(a) *That's why (*1st Peter 2:24*) says, *"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye WERE healed."*

*II) **Mark 5:22-34.*

*A) *The *NIV translation* says, *"Daughter, your faith has healed you."*

*1) *According to *(Romans 10:17)* which says, *"Faith, by hearing and hearing by the Word of God."*

*(a) **In order for this woman to have faith* *she must have heard about Jesus* *and the miracles that he was doing*.

*(b) **Maybe it was one of her friends* th*at came to her and told her about the miracles Jesus was doing*, *how he was healing people who were oppressed by the Devil*.

(*Acts 10:38*)

*(i) **The Amplified translation says*, *"When she heard the reports concerning Jesus."*

*Someone* *maybe many people* *told her what Jesus was doing*.

*And this caused faith to well up in her heart.*

*B) **Even though this woman had faith*, *there were some* *obstacles* *in her way* to stop her from being healed.

*1) **This issue of blood* was some kind of *menstruation problem*, *possibly a uterine hemorrhage*.

*(a) **According to the Levitical L*aw, (*of Leviticus 15:25*) *a woman in this condition must separate herself from public.*

*(i) **She could have been stoned* for breaking this Law.

*2) **And not only was that against her*, *but she had been bleeding for 12 years.*

*(a) *I'm sure by this time *she was getting weak*.

The Bible says that *she was even getting worse*.

*(b) *You have to remember that *there was a crowd around Jesus;* it would *not even be an easy task* *for a healthy man* to push to the crowd *let alone a woman that was sick*.

*(c) **She pushed through the crowd* *and pushed through the crowd*, *probably been knocked down to the ground she saw Jesus walking by* *and lunged* *to touch the hem of his garment*.

*(i) **When she did*, she *knew* in herself that *she was healed*.

*(d) **Immediately Jesus knew that power went out of him* *and* *turned around* *and said*, *"Who touched me."*

*(i) **This seem to be a ridiculous question* *because* *multitudes were touching him*, *but Jesus wanted to know who touched Him with the touch of faith*.

*(ii) **Faith is what got the power of God to begin to move* *and brought the healing*.

¨ *She didn't have to beg Jesus to heal her.* *All she had to do was to touch Jesus with faith.*

¨ *Jesus said* in (*verse 34*), *"Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole."*

*3) **But we forgot about Jairus* back in (*verse 22*).

*(a) *Look at *Mark 5:35-36**.*

*(i) *The *Amplified translation* says, *"Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing."*

*(b) *Let's keep on reading* Mark 5:37-43*.

*(i) **Why did Jesus only allow a select few to go in with Jairus’ daughter?*

*(ii) **Because faith is what would get the job done,* *and* *doubt and unbelief* *could stop the miracle*.

*(c) **To paraphrase* *(Mark 11:23)* *a little bit* *it says,* *"Do not doubt in your heart* *but believe and then you'll receive."*

*(i) **James said* in *(James 1:6-7)*, *"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.

For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord."*

*(ii) **Faith will get the job done* *but doubt and unbelief* *will hinder the miracle from coming.*

*III) **Matthew 8:5-13*.

*A) **Notice what Jesus said in (verse 13),* *"As you believe* *or* *according to your faith* *so be it."*

*B) **When God shows you something in his Word* *you need to receive it and continue to stand on it until you see it manifest* *and then* *keep on standing on those promises to keep it*.

*1) **God wants you to be blessed* *and he wants you to be healed and have health* *but the way we receive it* *the vast majority of times* *is by faith*, *simply trusting Him with all our hearts* *and* *knowing that he will bring it to pass.*

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W. O. L. C. C. Sunday, March 18, 2001