Hurts and Healings: The Church as a Hospital Jon Wright 3 rd Apr 2005

A Short Season Of Back To Basics. Celebration of the Jewish feasts (last week was Purim) A grounding in the basic principles of Christianity (the Christian ABCs) 3-4 weeks on God A few weeks on teaching on Man Finishing on Jesus and salvation Some family services

God is called by many names. Jehovah-Jireh: 'the Lord will provide' – Gen 22:14 Jehovah-Nissi: 'the Lord our banner' – Ex 17:15 Jehovah-Shalom: 'the Lord our peace' – Judges 6:24 Jehovah-Rohi: 'the Lord our shepherd' Ps 23 And many more names (over 70)

Jehovah-Rophe 'the Lord who heals'. Spiritual healing: Mark 2:5, forgiveness of sins Physical healing: Jer 30:17, restore to health and heal wounds Emotional healing: Isa 61:1, binding up the broken hearted God heals the whole person; body, soul and spirit

Spiritual Hurts & Healing. Spiritually we are all dead when not in relationship with God - this started in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3) Spiritual healing is restoration of our relationship with God Sin separates us from God, sin can create legal ground for spirits to reside (anger, frustration) After restoration of relationship with God the legal ground can be removed and the spirits evicted!

Physical Hurts & Healing. OT Ex 23:25 ‘Worship the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you’ NT: Acts 20: 7-12, a man falls from a window but after Paul declares him to be alive he is. Physical healing after prayer, Oasis often has a time of healing during the service, don’t be afraid to come forward for prayers of healing Not all are healed, it is according to Gods Will

Receiving physical healing is not just for Christians. Did you know 70% of NT physical healings happened in evangelistic meetings? Often healings first then proclaiming the Gospel Mark 16: 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes (…) they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. John 5, An invalid man healed without knowing who Jesus was at that time

Emotional Hurts & Healing. Peter after disowning Jesus 3 times to the guards broke down and wept (Mark 14:66-72), but Jesus restores him (John 21:15-22) Today its often related to criticism, loss, rejection Emotion hurts held in will devour / poison a person from the inside out. The hurts will destroy relationships and lead to major resentments Recognition is required, prayer is needed, friends are often needed to lead a person to a position where they can forgive those that hurt them

Rejection is often a major root of hurts. Rejection: Self-rejection, rejection from others, rejection of others. Man is supposed to spend time with each other (e.g. the Church body, some are feet, some hands) Self-rejection is often caused by abuse from others Abusers are often rejected themselves Rejection often follows the family tree (Holy Spirit can revealed knowledge of family tree even if you do not know your own parents)

God sent His son Jesus for our salvation. Jesus Christ's name is important in itself –Jesus: derived from Hebrew Joshua means “Jehovah is salvation” –Christ: equivalent to the Hebrew Messiah means “The anointed one” Jesus – the ultimate rejected man

Jesus - the sacrifice for our sins. Jesus – died on the cross to be a sacrifice for all our sin, for everyone allowing us to have relationship with God again ‘This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.’ John 3:16 - The Message 神 愛 世 人 、 甚 至 將 他 的 獨 生 子 賜 給 他 們 、 叫 一 切 信 他 的 、 不 至 滅 亡 、 反 得 永 生

God is the God of 2 nd Chances. We can take our hurts to the cross where Jesus died for our sins and forgive those that hurt us (The Lord’s prayer, Matt 6:9-15, 14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.) 14 你們饒恕人的過犯、 你們 的天父也必饒恕你們的過犯。 15 你們不饒恕人的 過犯 、你們的天父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。 We can ask God to heal us emotionally, spiritually and physically according to His will

Summary: God is the God of Many Names – including Healer. We are often wounded rejected people Need to be reconciled with God (thro the cross) We must forgive those that hurt us (may be hard!) We should give our hurts/rejection over to Jesus on the cross The Church can help in the healing process by loving and accepting rejected people We can ask God for healing because He heals today, physically, emotionally and spiritually