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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Pastor Matt McFarland
Please open your Bible and follow along.
Verses referenced in this teaching:
Mark 11:23-24 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Romans 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Luke 5:1-5 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless* at thy word I will let down the net.
(* nevertheless = in spite of the facts)
Luke 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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This is a transcription of the booklet “Does God Really Heal?”, written by Rev. Bill McFarland.
Does God really heal? Millions of people are asking this same question all over the world. Not just people that are sick and uneducated, but also the healthy and intelligent have the same question on their lips. People are asking, “Does God really restore sight to a blind person? Did God really heal that person that was dying of cancer? Does God really put strength back into a cripple person’s leg? Did God really give that person a new heart?” Doctors, lawyers, factory workers, ministers, politicians, Christians, non-Christians, people that go to church and people that do not; all types of people are asking this question. And that, beloved, is the reason for this booklet. I, for one, feel that these people deserve the answers and they have the right to know. I pray that you will also find your answer in the next few pages of this booklet.
In order to answer that question, does God really heal; we must first of all be honest with ourselves. For instance, you wouldn’t call your doctor for an appointment to make out a Will or set up a Trust Fund. Neither would you call your lawyer about an x-ray you had taken last week. We must go to the right source for our answers.
God has a book. It’s called the Bible. The contents of the Bible are called scriptures. The Bible says, “All scriptures is given by inspiration of God” (II Timothy 3:16). The Bible has many writers, but only one author, God himself. God inspired the words of the Bible to be written. Look what Proverbs 22:20 says, “Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,” Not only has God written to us, but the things that are written are excellent in counsels and in knowledge. God wants to be our counselor. God wants us to turn to Him when we have a question, because God wants us to know His answer. That’s why the Bible was written. Read the next verse (Proverbs 22:21a), “That I might make thee know the certainly of the words of truth;” God’s word is certain, and God’s word is truth. God wants us to know the certainty of that truth.
Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten son said, “and the scripture cannot be broken;” (John 10:35b). In the book of Matthew , chapter 5, verse 18 it says, “For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Your words and my words shall pass away. But, beloved, God’s word shall never pass away. They are here to stay. God’s word is just as certain as tomorrow. No matter what happens, tomorrow will come. The same stands true of God’s word because it’s the truth and that truth is certain.
Does God really heal? We must go to God and let Him be our counselor. Our answer must come from Him. So, Let us look at what is written and read the certainty of His Truth. A good place to start is Psalms 103 verse 3 “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” That is a mighty big statement even for God to make when you consider all the different diseases that are in the world today. God must be a great big God in order to do all that. God is a big God! Psalms 95:3 says. “For that Lord is a great God, and a great King above all Gods.” He is greater than all the diseases in the world put together. God has what it takes to restore our health and to heal our bodies because God is the one that made and put our bodies together. He put every organ in place in our bodies and He breathed the breath of life into man. Job 33:4 says, “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the almighty hath given me life”. It would be a very sad thing, for God to have made the human body and not be able to fix it when it broke down. If we bought a new car and two weeks later it broke down, we wouldn’t park it in our driveway or junk it. We would call the car dealer. We’d say, “my automobile has broken down and you made it, now fix it.” I believe that the God that made heaven and earth and everything that dwells therein can do as much as a car manufacturer. Don’t you?
People say. “I know God healed in the book of Psalms, but things have changed since then.” That’s true, but not all things have changed. God has not changed. Malachi 3:6a says, “For I am the Lord, I change not;” God is the same God today as He was in the book of Psalms. People have changed. Our customs have changed and a lot of other things have changed since the book of Psalms, but not God. He is still the God that heals all our diseases.
Jesus said in Luke 12:24, “Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than fowls?” Do you know of a raven that worries about having a heart attack or that owes a hospital bill? Jesus said to consider them, because God takes care of them. How much better are we than the fowls?
A lot of people think God is so far away that He doesn’t know when we are in trouble. Well, in Psalms 86:7 David wrote, “In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for Thou wilt answer me.” God’s ears are open to the prayers of people. Psalms 34:15 says, “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.” God is always listening and willing to answer your cry. If we would only do what Jesus said and consider the ravens, how God feeds them, protects them, takes care of them and watches over each and every one of them; then consider that Jesus said we are better that fowls. We would then see a remarkable change in our lives.
We are not in trouble today because God has turned His back on us, but because we have turned our backs on Him by not believing what He has told us in His word. Look at what God said in Exodus 15:26b, “For I am the Lord that healeth thee.” God said, “I am the Lord that healeth thee.” Now beloved, God either lied or He told the truth. God said, “I am not a man that I should lie” (Numbers 23:19). So why can’t we just take God at His word and believe the certainty of His truth? In Ezekiel 12:25a, God says concerning His word, “For I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word I shall speak shall com to pass;” God is able to perform what He has said, and bring to pass His promises.
In Exodus 23:25b God said, “And I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” God said, “I will.” Not the doctors, but God will take sickness away from the midst of us. People will say, “I know God can heal, but there are some sicknesses God can’t heal. Deuteronomy 7:15a says, “And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness;”. God said He would take away all sickness. ‘All‘ means all, with no exceptions. What we need to do is to become fully persuaded and just believe God to do no more or no less than what He has said, then He will do it.
II Peter 1:3 says, “According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue:” Beloved, good health most assuredly pertains to life, for without our health, we don’t have much of a life.
Health was one of the reasons God sent His son into the world. Jesus came to make available this new life. Look what Luke 4:18b says, “He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.” God sent His Son, Jesus to heal the broken-hearted. If you don’t know what it means to be broken-hearted, find someone dying of a disease and talk to them a few minutes and you will know what it is to be broken-hearted. Jesus also came to recover the sight to the blind and to set you at liberty. Liberty means to be free. Jesus came to set you free; free from sickness and diseases. You no longer need to be in bondage to your sickness because God has delivered you through His Son, Jesus Christ. In Colossians 2:10 it says, “And ye are complete in Him, Which is the head of all principality and power.” God’s word says I am complete in Jesus Christ. So, if I am complete, I’m not lacking anything. I must have health and we surely do. Look at 1 Peter 2:24b. “By Whose stripes ye were healed.” It doesn’t say we are going to be healed, but that we were healed. We are already healed in Jesus Christ, we are complete, and we are free.
Look in John 10:10b, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” How can I be sick and live a life which is more that abundant? I cannot! So, if good health and healing is not available, then neither is the more abundant life. If the more abundant life isn’t available, then The Word is not true. The Word is true and that ‘more than abundant life’ is available. God is the author of The Word and He said in II Corinthians 1:20a, “For all the promises of God in Him are yea,” The more abundant life is a promise, and the word says it’s ours. All we need to do is to claim it for our own.
A lot of people don’t believe in the healing of God because of a certain preacher and what he or she has said or done. We cannot blame God and distrust His word because of what a preacher has said or done. God is not responsible for the way we live and for what we say. We are responsible. What we hear today about the healing of God may or may not be truth, but God’s word is truth and that truth is certain. Look at what Jesus said in John 6:63b. “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.” Just think of that. God’s words are life-giving words. Also, His words are pure. Psalms 12:6a says, “The words of the Lord are pure words:” The Bible says His words shall never fail. I Kings 8:56b says, “There hath not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.” God’s words are pure, life-giving words that shall never fail you.
So, does God really heal? The word that God spoke to the earth in the days of Jeremiah, He is still speaking today and saying, “O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.” And the words of the Lord are, “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases;” (Psalms 103:3)
AMEN
Rev. Bill McFarland
“I dedicate this booklet to my mother, the greatest lady in the world.”
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Pastor Matt McFarland
Open your Bible and follow along.
Verses referenced in this teaching:
1 Kings 17:7-11 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Ephesians 4:13-14 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
John 16:33 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Romans 1:17 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
1 Kings 17:12-16 12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Jehovah Jireh = God, the Provider
**We need to remember to look at the Provider, not the problem.**
I was asked the question the other day, “Are you Saved?”
Thankfully, I was able to say Yes because I’ve been taught:
10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
(New International Version)
10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
No matter what translation you prefer, the Bible says this is the way to heaven.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Bishop Bill McFarland
Open your Bible and follow along.
Verses referenced in this teaching:
Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Habakkuk 3:17-18 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Romans 4:18-21 18 (Abraham) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Luke 15:11-32 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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May 3, 2012
Today is the 61st annual Observation of “National Day of Prayer”. This year’s theme is “One Nation Under God”
Psalm 33:12 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
National Day of Prayer calls on all people of different faiths in the United States to pray for the nation and its leaders. It is held on the first Thursday of May each year.
I would like to take this time and ask that you Pray for our Military. Our Military personnel take an oath that ends in “So Help Me God”, I ask God to Help this great Nation.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I ask that you watch over our Military and our Leaders and protect them as they perform their duties and give them wisdom to make the right choices and I also pray for our enemies’, open their minds and allow a seed to be planted that will flourish into a mind set of Peace.
In Jesus’ name I Pray.
Amen
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Pastor Matt McFarland
Open your Bible and follow along.
Verses referenced in this teaching:
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
1 John 5:14-15 14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent (energetic, passionate) prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Acts 12:12-16 12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. 13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. 14And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. 15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
1 Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
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