“Do not remove the ancient landmarks set by your forefathers.” (Proverbs 22:28) Who moved the biblical boundary stone on healing set by Jesus and the Apostles? Unbelievers review, revise, and reject truths set in place by God and seen in the ministries of Smith Wigglesworth, Oral Roberts, and other memorable ministers of the Gospel.
I detest revisions that are aimed at either rewriting or postponing God’s concrete promises of Divine Healing and substituting shaky Ifs and Maybes based on the failures of some to receive healing, whether through their own faith, God’s healing power working through the hands of church elders, or those whom the Holy Spirit has given spiritual gifts of healing.
Maybe those who deny that God heals today did not themselves receive healing, and so limit healing to “If it be God’s will” or say that it’s “Not for Today.” Both views are based on the shaky ground that God is less willing to heal than medical doctors. Or that Divine Healing ceased when the last of the twelve apostles died. When questioned as to why countless so many Christians have been healed during the 2,000 years since, they attribute it to The Sovereign Will.of God.
My boundary markers on Healing are set by God in Exodus 15:26, Psalm 103:3 and Isaiah 53:5; and by the healing ministry of Jesus, who healed “all who were oppressed by the devil” (Acts 10:38). They included many non-Jews who desperately pushed through to Jesus regardless of the fact that they were not included in the Mosaic Covenant.
In my teen years, while working on dairy farms, I got to know every part of the properties on which I worked — down to every tree and every large tuft of grass. I knew every rocky patch, each strainer-post and every likely danger — most of all the boundary of each property.
When people say they don’t believe that God heals today, I tell them they’re talking to the wrong person. I’ve seen hundreds healed — many of them on the spot. I redirect doubters or unbelievers to a church which has no knowledge of Divine Healing, and no idea of how precious are God’s promises to His people. Not just precious but priceless.
If you are looking for a trustworthy boundary marker, buy a Bible and ask the Lord to direct you where to start. (Mark’s Gospel is reader-friendly, as it is written for non-Jewish “outsiders”.)
God gave 7,000 promises through the prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New Testament — and through Jesus His Son. So, for those who refuse to believe what the Bible makes clear, my advice to them is to stop setting non-biblical boundaries and precious promises! Leave them alone and — speaking for myself — get off my property!