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FAITH IN CHRIST: SAVING FAITH, HEALING FAITH by Pastor W. F. KUMUYI

Ephesians 2:8-10; Acts 14:8-10

 

 

FAITH IN CHRIST
FAITH IN CHRIST

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We are considering two branches of faith in Christ: saving faith and healing faith. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:8-10). As you manifest faith in Christ who died for you, you will be saved. “And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.” (Acts 14:810). The man was born lame and paralyzed, but he was healed by faith.

 

  1. SAVING FAITH IN CHRIST, THE SAVIOUR OF ALL SINNERS

 Acts 5:30-31; 13:23,38-39; Titus 2:13-14; 1 John 4:13-14

 

God has appointed and exalted Jesus Christ as our Saviour, and He has done all that needs to be done for every sinner to be saved. He wants us to repent and believe to receive His salvation. “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.” (Acts 5:30-31). There are times when people ought to repent but they just cannot be sorrowful for sin and do not know how to repent because of the hardness and toughness of their hearts but God in His goodness gives repentance and forgiveness to them, and they have no further excuse of remaining in their sins. “Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.” (Acts 13:23,38). There is no other name, person or human that can give salvation but Christ, and Christ alone. He calls you to decide to follow Him and have faith in His sacrifice on Calvary and you will be saved. You cannot be justified by the law of Moses because you constantly contradict the laws of Moses in your choices. The law of Moses can only condemn you. The law is to show you your weakness and point you to Jesus Christ who can save you from the consequences of breaking the law. Moses carried a rod, and whatever he had to do, whether to bring plagues on Egypt, part the Red Sea, or get water out of the rock, he used the rod. This is symbolic; for the law of Moses to get anything out of you, you had to be smitten – it was the dispensation of the rod but Jesus never carried a rod about, all He carried was love, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). Jesus did not get people to walk in the right way by the rod, rather He makes us to walk in the path of righteousness by His love, grace and forgiveness because He is our Saviour. The rod of judgment will not be applied to you when you come to Christ and accept Him as your Saviour.

 

  1. SURE FAITH IN CHRIST THE HEALER OF ALL SICKNESSES

Acts 3:16,6; 14:7-10; Mark 10:50-52; 1 Corinthians 12:9

 

Christ is our Healer. All you need to do is to present yourself to the Lord and the power of the Lord will save and heal you. “And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.” (Acts 3:16,6-8). Faith in Christ brings healing and deliverance. The faith we manifest in

Christ that gets us healed is Full Assurance In Trusting Him; Forgetting All, I Trust Him. As you come to Christ for healing, you lay your sickness at the feet of Jesus, leave it there and forget it there, and you will be healed. Preachers may not have silver, gold, or any medical help for the sick and oppressed but they have the name of Jesus, and as they mention the name of Jesus, you will be totally healed. The name of Jesus has not lost its power. When a tree is cut down, the leaves may still look as fresh as ever, but the tree is dead already, and as you see the felled tree later, you will realize all the leaves are withered. The same thing happens when Christ heals, there may initially be signs of sickness, but the root has been destroyed at the mention of the name of Jesus and very soon, you see that the signs and manifestation of the sickness are taken away. There is no way the sickness can remain on you when we mention the name of Jesus. Peter knew what the man did not know that when the name of Jesus is mentioned, sickness has to go, and to help the man know what he didn’t know, Peter lent him a hand to give assurance of the healing that has already taken place.

“And there they preached the gospel. And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.” (Acts 14:7-10). Paul, looking at the impotent man knew that he had faith to be healed. Paul did not waver or vacillate, he knew that the name of Jesus will never fail and that anytime, anywhere, any day you bring the name of Jesus to confront any sickness, that sickness will vanish away. Paul didn’t use any mediums like handkerchiefs, water or oil here, he only spoke the word, and a creative miracle was done in the impotent man. The name of Jesus has never failed, and it will never fail in your life. Amen – so let it be, and so it is.

3.     STEADFAST FAITH IN CHRIST THE CONQUEROR IN ALL HIS SUBJECTS

        Hebrews 3:6,12-14; 10:22-23; Galatians 2:20; 1 Peter 5:8-9

 

All who believe in Christ and submit to His lordship are His subjects and as He lives in us, He conquers for us. Faith conquers your weakness, infirmity, sinfulness, sicknesses, demonic powers and spirits. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20). Your doubt and unbelief are crucified with Christ. Doubt and unbelief will not control your life anymore because Christ the Saviour and Healer lives in you. Anywhere ‘Doctor’ Jesus lives, all sicknesses are taken away, anywhere the Saviour Jesus lives, all sins are taken away, anywhere the Conqueror Jesus lives, all the things that had control previously will have to go away. Christ and sin cannot live together in the same heart, Christ and sickness cannot live together in the same room, and Christ and evil spirit cannot live together in the same person. The faith in Jesus confirms that anyone who comes in contact with Jesus will be transformed and changed spiritually and physically. Believe what He believes and have the faith of Christ, and as you come to Him today you are saved, and as you call on His name today, you are healed. “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37). We can now stand as conquerors and match on sin, sickness and evil spirits.

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