1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,080 We are one church. We love God, love people, love 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,800 his mission and love his church. Welcome to the One Church 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:16,000 Podcast. Hello, Welcome. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,160 To the One Church Podcast. It's Monday the 14th of August 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,320 and we're so glad you could join us. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,000 This last weekend. We continued our Names of God 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,720 series at One Church in all of our sights. 8 00:00:29,340 --> 00:00:33,020 And today you're going to hear a message from Brian Niblock, who 9 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:35,380 was speaking at the one Church Obie site. 10 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:41,140 But before then, at the end of Matthew 28, Jesus says this all 11 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:45,100 authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 12 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:49,900 Therefore, go today. As you listen, remember this. 13 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:54,620 The authority given to Jesus has now been given to us. 14 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:57,340 So as we talk about Jehovah Rafa. 15 00:00:57,780 --> 00:01:00,700 The God who heals us and the God who heals. 16 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,820 Remember this. We can see the same things that 17 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:06,620 Jesus did in and through our own lives. 18 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:10,700 So let your faith be built. Be ready to receive and enjoy 19 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:16,740 the message. Moses led Israel from the Red 20 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:19,780 Sea and they went in the desert of offshore. 21 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:22,260 For three days. They traveled in the desert 22 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:27,540 without finding water. When they came to Mara, they 23 00:01:27,540 --> 00:01:29,500 could not drink the water because it was bitter. 24 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,300 That is why the place is called Mara. 25 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:37,100 So the people crumbled against Moses, saying, what? 26 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:40,260 What are we to drink? Then Moses cried out to the 27 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:42,500 Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. 28 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,780 He threw it in the water, and the water came fit to drink. 29 00:01:46,580 --> 00:01:49,580 Then the Lord issued A ruling and instruction to them and put 30 00:01:49,580 --> 00:01:52,260 them to the test, he said. If you listen carefully to the 31 00:01:52,260 --> 00:01:55,060 Lord your God and do what is right in the eyes. 32 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:57,700 If you pay attention to His commands and keep all His 33 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:02,220 decrees, I will not bring on you any of these diseases. 34 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:05,340 I brought on the on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who 35 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:07,940 heals you. There's the word Jehovah Rafah. 36 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:12,380 I am the Lord who heals you. Then they came to him, where 37 00:02:12,380 --> 00:02:15,140 there were 12 springs and 70 palm trees, and they camped 38 00:02:15,140 --> 00:02:18,460 there near the water. Praise the Lord. 39 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:22,420 This is the final part of the children of Israel coming out of 40 00:02:22,420 --> 00:02:24,540 Egypt before. And continuing with their 41 00:02:24,540 --> 00:02:29,020 journey on their way to the promised land, the children, 42 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:32,260 Israel were thirsty and needed water. 43 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:35,260 And when they came to Mara in the desert, they thought, here's 44 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:41,580 the water, but as they tasted it, it was very bitter and they 45 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:43,700 they couldn't drink it. And so the people grumbled 46 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,540 against Moses. And I think probably thinking or 47 00:02:47,540 --> 00:02:51,420 saying, you've read us into the desert where there is no good 48 00:02:51,420 --> 00:02:54,550 water to die here. And we're going to die. 49 00:02:55,870 --> 00:02:59,990 And when you haven't got what you want or need, then you begin 50 00:03:00,390 --> 00:03:03,830 to grumble and start to blame other people. 51 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:06,070 You have the blame game. We've all done it from time to 52 00:03:06,070 --> 00:03:08,310 time, I'm sure. But thank God. 53 00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:11,990 Moses was still in touch with the Lord, and he cried out to 54 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:14,110 him, and God gave him the answer. 55 00:03:14,950 --> 00:03:18,350 Take out that piece of wood, throw it into the water. 56 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:22,590 And as he threw it in the water, the water became fit to drink. 57 00:03:23,540 --> 00:03:27,300 And then the Lord then issued A ruling and instructions to the 58 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:31,420 children of Israel about doing right, paying attention to His 59 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:34,500 commands, obedience, and to His decrees. 60 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,820 And after that comes the declaration I am the Lord that 61 00:03:38,820 --> 00:03:41,900 heals you. I just hope you today can just 62 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:44,180 take that into your mind, but also to your spirit. 63 00:03:44,180 --> 00:03:46,660 I am the Lord God that heals you. 64 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:49,660 I am Rafa. I am Jehovah Rafa. 65 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:59,360 Jehovah Rappa is not just a name of a God supposed to be doing 66 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,400 something. And when other people may who 67 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,640 are the people may worship our God. 68 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,400 Jehovah by name is a true living God who heals, who is our 69 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,840 banner, who is our provider, and who also is our peace. 70 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:17,240 You know, his name embodies all that He's able to do, what he 71 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,079 can do, and also what he will do. 72 00:04:20,690 --> 00:04:23,210 That's wonderful. We can just say Jehovah and in 73 00:04:23,210 --> 00:04:26,450 that name, Jehovah there is wrapped up in that name all 74 00:04:26,450 --> 00:04:30,610 which God is and can do and be to our lives and to our nation, 75 00:04:30,610 --> 00:04:33,370 to our families or to our work colleagues, whatever it may be, 76 00:04:33,370 --> 00:04:39,250 as we pray, praise the Lord. All his attributes work together 77 00:04:39,250 --> 00:04:43,530 as one. So that's why I think that when 78 00:04:43,530 --> 00:04:47,770 it says, you know, in Galatians 5, for us as Christians, we are 79 00:04:47,770 --> 00:04:50,090 to put on the fruit of the Spirit. 80 00:04:50,850 --> 00:04:53,010 And you might say, is it fruits? No, it's fruit. 81 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:55,810 Because they are all working together as one. 82 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:58,130 If you've got peace, you should have joy. 83 00:04:58,130 --> 00:04:59,970 If you've got joy, you should have love. 84 00:04:59,970 --> 00:05:03,130 If you've got love, you should have long-suffering also. 85 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:05,690 It becomes one as one. God works in oneness all the 86 00:05:05,690 --> 00:05:08,090 time. He's never thinking. 87 00:05:08,090 --> 00:05:11,490 Well, I can't. You know Joy's coming in next 88 00:05:11,490 --> 00:05:14,810 week, not this week. But joy can happen today, You 89 00:05:14,810 --> 00:05:16,530 know. God can be anything he needs to 90 00:05:16,530 --> 00:05:18,510 do. Through his attributes to be 91 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:21,350 able to help us and to heal and to restore our lives. 92 00:05:23,270 --> 00:05:27,630 So all his attributes work together as one call. 93 00:05:27,630 --> 00:05:30,830 The Lord at Rama displayed himself as the Lord God who 94 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:36,830 heals praise the Lord. In Psalm 147 verse three it says 95 00:05:36,990 --> 00:05:41,070 He heals the broken hearted, He binds up their wounds. 96 00:05:41,670 --> 00:05:45,790 Jehovah Rapha heals our spirit, our soul, and our body. 97 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:51,570 Yeah, that means he heals us spiritually, emotionally and 98 00:05:51,570 --> 00:05:56,370 also physically. Another example of Jehovah Rafa 99 00:05:56,370 --> 00:06:00,290 healing is in numbers 21, eight and nine. 100 00:06:00,930 --> 00:06:04,850 Once again the children of Israel grew impatient as they 101 00:06:04,850 --> 00:06:08,450 traveled along their their journey to the Red Sea. 102 00:06:08,450 --> 00:06:12,770 And it says they spoke against God and the servant Moses, you 103 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:16,160 know, once again. They'd already seen God working, 104 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,240 and here they were complaining again in the wilderness, No 105 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,000 bread, no water. And what was God saying to them? 106 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,760 Each day they detested the food which they were eating. 107 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,240 Talk about, you know, that phrase which people use don't 108 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,400 bite the hand that feeds you. And you know, God was feeding 109 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,080 them with what they needed. But they said we don't like your 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,720 food, God. And they And they. 111 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,060 So they began to complain. What God gives us, receive 112 00:06:43,060 --> 00:06:45,580 because it's got something of the blessing of God even and 113 00:06:45,580 --> 00:06:49,860 what he gives us. And the Lord said to Moses, make 114 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:53,660 a snake and put it on a pole. And anyone who is bitten can 115 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:58,460 look on it and live and live take hold of that word, live 116 00:06:58,580 --> 00:07:03,020 life, live life. Holy Spirit brings life and it 117 00:07:03,020 --> 00:07:06,700 causes us to live above the natural realm into something 118 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:10,020 which is supernatural and which is empowered by the Spirit of 119 00:07:10,020 --> 00:07:13,440 God. God's mercy once more provided 120 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,280 healing from poisoning. To those who looked at the snake 121 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,960 on the pole, there are other scriptures which tell us that 122 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:26,760 God is a healing God. Jehovah, Raffa and some 100 and 123 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,880 103 has been read this morning. I think verses two and three 124 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,920 forget not all your benefits, all his benefits. 125 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,600 Sorry, who forgives all your sins and heals all your 126 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,330 diseases, All your diseases. So diseases and illnesses and 127 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:45,610 sicknesses and infirmities, all that which we, we, we embrace in 128 00:07:45,610 --> 00:07:48,930 this world. God doesn't say, Well, I can't 129 00:07:48,930 --> 00:07:51,130 do that. I can't do that today. 130 00:07:51,610 --> 00:07:53,770 No, I I I haven't got the power to do that. 131 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:57,130 It says all your sicknesses, all your diseases, all your 132 00:07:57,130 --> 00:07:59,050 infirmities. God is able to heal. 133 00:07:59,450 --> 00:08:01,770 Praise the Lord. He is a God. 134 00:08:01,810 --> 00:08:05,010 Jehovah Raffa. He is the one who heals. 135 00:08:06,970 --> 00:08:10,610 Jeremiah 30, verse 17 says in God's restoration of Israel, he 136 00:08:10,610 --> 00:08:15,010 promises that I will restore you to health and heal your wounds 137 00:08:15,010 --> 00:08:18,050 and declares the Lord, praise the Lord. 138 00:08:18,050 --> 00:08:21,810 So he's here to heal our wounds and He's here to restore our 139 00:08:21,810 --> 00:08:24,330 lives. And so, you know, sometimes it's 140 00:08:24,330 --> 00:08:28,050 more emotional, it's more sometimes in our mindset, it's 141 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:30,570 in our mind, which is which is troubling us. 142 00:08:31,050 --> 00:08:33,130 Well, God can restore and heal you from that. 143 00:08:34,530 --> 00:08:36,690 Yes, you may be under medication, not against that at 144 00:08:36,690 --> 00:08:38,570 all, not against doctors or nurses. 145 00:08:38,570 --> 00:08:42,610 But God supernaturally can heal us emotionally as well as 146 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:44,770 spiritually as well as physically. 147 00:08:44,770 --> 00:08:48,130 Praise the Lord. I believe from these few 148 00:08:48,130 --> 00:08:54,130 scriptures that after repentance and prayer God restores the 149 00:08:54,130 --> 00:08:57,250 children of Israel and heals them to all together after he 150 00:08:57,250 --> 00:09:01,130 says what they are to do. To me, that shows the nature of 151 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:04,220 God. It's considering for all those 152 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:07,340 people, not just one or two, not just the top brass, not not 153 00:09:07,340 --> 00:09:10,380 people who are just, you know, doing something wonderful. 154 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:13,180 But it's for all the people, so all new people here today, 155 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:17,620 they're all part, You're all part of being in the company of 156 00:09:17,620 --> 00:09:22,500 God's presence. And so potentially God can heal 157 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,340 every one of us. Potentially, God can work in our 158 00:09:25,340 --> 00:09:28,080 lives. Because, you know, he didn't say 159 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,680 to the children of Israel, you know, he said I'm the Lord God 160 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:36,120 that heals you, plural, not just some of you or one or two of you 161 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,880 or Moses or in his family. He said all of you. 162 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:42,920 God is interested in his body, the body of Christ. 163 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,960 God is interested in his people. God is interested in families. 164 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,640 He started the family. He caused these things to happen 165 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,680 and he looks after us and he he wants us to know him as the 166 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:55,000 healing God, even in our families, in our church. 167 00:09:55,370 --> 00:09:57,210 And to to see God working powerfully. 168 00:09:58,290 --> 00:10:00,490 And so God is concerned for all, all of us. 169 00:10:00,490 --> 00:10:03,130 And even those, even those people are not yet as people. 170 00:10:03,130 --> 00:10:05,850 God is concerned about them. He wants them to be healed as 171 00:10:05,850 --> 00:10:09,530 well. You know Jesus when he healed 172 00:10:09,530 --> 00:10:12,130 the sick and the Gospels, we'll come to that in the moment. 173 00:10:12,130 --> 00:10:15,730 So when he healed the sick and the Gospels, he didn't say, 174 00:10:15,730 --> 00:10:17,530 first of all you must do this, This isn't this. 175 00:10:17,530 --> 00:10:19,890 He just said be healed or he laid hands on them. 176 00:10:20,090 --> 00:10:21,970 He just spoke the word to them and they were healed. 177 00:10:22,130 --> 00:10:24,610 And then he said, and go and send no more. 178 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:30,360 And so God is wanting to bless with healing those who are not 179 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,400 yet believers. Their miracle or their healing 180 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,640 can bring them to Christ. Praise the Lord. 181 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:42,000 So he doesn't just heal one or two people or a few, but he 182 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,080 wants all God's people to receive healing in the church 183 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,520 today. You know, I have read 184 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,000 testimonies where God has moved powerfully amongst huge 185 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,400 congregations of people and He has healed. 186 00:10:55,110 --> 00:10:56,550 Many of them, if not all of them. 187 00:10:57,470 --> 00:11:00,790 And then, of course there is Isaiah 53, verse 5A, prophetic 188 00:11:00,790 --> 00:11:03,990 word of what the coming Messiah, what he would be doing, what He 189 00:11:03,990 --> 00:11:06,990 would do. He says he was peers. 190 00:11:06,990 --> 00:11:09,870 For our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities. 191 00:11:10,350 --> 00:11:12,790 The punishment that brought us peace was on him. 192 00:11:13,030 --> 00:11:18,230 And by His wounds we are healed. By his stripes we are healed. 193 00:11:18,710 --> 00:11:21,070 And I know some of you here today confessed very regularly. 194 00:11:21,070 --> 00:11:24,030 By his stripes I am healed by the power of God. 195 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:28,150 His word is as good as as the healing he wants to give to us. 196 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:32,910 So now look, let's look at the New Testament and the ministry 197 00:11:32,910 --> 00:11:37,750 of Jesus. He was God in the flesh, God's 198 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:40,590 Son. And he said I and my Father are 199 00:11:40,590 --> 00:11:43,230 one. If you've seen me, you have seen 200 00:11:43,230 --> 00:11:46,470 the Father. And so he linked himself to the 201 00:11:46,470 --> 00:11:48,950 Father. You could say he linked himself 202 00:11:49,310 --> 00:11:54,110 to Jehovah. I am Jehovah. 203 00:11:55,690 --> 00:11:59,090 And I, the one who heals you. And of course Jesus displayed 204 00:11:59,210 --> 00:12:01,130 the healing power of God as well. 205 00:12:01,970 --> 00:12:05,570 He had the same Spirit of God as in the Godhead, since he was 206 00:12:05,570 --> 00:12:08,930 conceived with the Holy Spirit. And then in the baptism with 207 00:12:08,930 --> 00:12:11,290 John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit came upon him, and he was 208 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:14,010 filled with with the Holy Spirit and all the fullness of God. 209 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:18,330 And so he was, you could say he was dead, he walking around, and 210 00:12:18,330 --> 00:12:21,930 yet he was still human. He was the Son of man as well as 211 00:12:21,930 --> 00:12:25,370 the Son of God. But he displayed the nature of 212 00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:30,170 God as he went around to minister to to people around 213 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:32,690 Jerusalem and elsewhere and the other in the other towns and 214 00:12:32,690 --> 00:12:37,010 cities. After his baptism in the Spirit, 215 00:12:37,010 --> 00:12:39,810 he continues, along with his other ministries, the ministry 216 00:12:39,810 --> 00:12:43,970 of healing at all levels, as well as casting out devils. 217 00:12:44,250 --> 00:12:47,570 We don't see casting out of devils of the Old Testament, but 218 00:12:47,570 --> 00:12:50,970 we do see plenty of casting out of demons in the New Testament, 219 00:12:51,050 --> 00:12:54,750 and of course even today. And so the name Jesus is like 220 00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:57,390 the name Jehovah. It has all the attributes that 221 00:12:57,390 --> 00:13:00,190 the Father has. That's why he's able to do 222 00:13:00,190 --> 00:13:02,190 anything. All things are possible with God 223 00:13:02,430 --> 00:13:04,710 to them that believe, you know, through Jesus. 224 00:13:05,030 --> 00:13:08,030 Jesus said if you ask anything in my name to the Father, he 225 00:13:08,030 --> 00:13:11,510 will do it or I will do it. Because they they are one in the 226 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:13,550 same nature. They are God. 227 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:18,070 You know there's power just in His name. 228 00:13:18,070 --> 00:13:21,590 Power by the Spirit of God. I'm sure some of you over your 229 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:24,440 lifetime. When you've been in distress, or 230 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,040 when you've been upset, when you've been disturbed, or when 231 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:33,040 you've had bad news, you've just said Jesus, and that name has 232 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,880 just brought peace. It's brought a clarity, It's 233 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,000 brought something to you. That name is embodied all which 234 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:44,600 he all he is to us. And so in Matthew 4, verse 17, 235 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,800 when Jesus came out from the wilderness, having not yielded 236 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,640 to the three temptations organized by the devil, he said 237 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,190 repent. For the Kingdom of heaven has 238 00:13:54,190 --> 00:13:57,670 come there. And so from that time he spoke 239 00:13:57,670 --> 00:14:00,990 the Word and manifested the power of the Kingdom of God. 240 00:14:02,950 --> 00:14:08,070 He loved people, He forgave people their sins, He spoke 241 00:14:08,070 --> 00:14:15,150 wisdom, He displayed love. And He also manifested the 242 00:14:15,150 --> 00:14:18,950 healing power of the Kingdom of God, just like it's in the Old 243 00:14:18,950 --> 00:14:25,890 Testament, the Lord Jehovah. Rafa did at times as the same as 244 00:14:25,890 --> 00:14:30,410 Jesus did in the New Testament. You know the cross is very 245 00:14:30,410 --> 00:14:33,130 powerful. Just let me explain in case 246 00:14:33,130 --> 00:14:34,450 there's anybody here this morning. 247 00:14:35,010 --> 00:14:38,050 The cross which Jesus died upon, He gave his life. 248 00:14:38,530 --> 00:14:41,530 We remember that this morning with the community, the breaking 249 00:14:41,530 --> 00:14:47,890 of bread and drinking at the cup, He bore our sins, all of 250 00:14:47,930 --> 00:14:50,780 our sins. And to as many as turn from 251 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:53,860 their sins and believe on Jesus they shall be saved. 252 00:14:54,380 --> 00:14:57,660 You can be saved this morning just like that by asking Jesus 253 00:14:57,660 --> 00:15:01,420 Christ into your life because the cross has power. 254 00:15:01,580 --> 00:15:04,380 Because Jesus not no longer dead, he's no longer buried. 255 00:15:05,140 --> 00:15:06,740 He's alive for evermore in heaven. 256 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:11,140 He's seated on the right hand of God and he is exalted today and 257 00:15:11,140 --> 00:15:14,900 he's here by his spirit to minister salvation, to minister 258 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:16,740 healing. To minister what he wants to 259 00:15:16,740 --> 00:15:19,340 give to you and your life emotionally in your mind. 260 00:15:19,340 --> 00:15:21,380 To be set free. Praise the Lord. 261 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:26,700 So what about now? What about now? 262 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:28,260 What's happening now with the Kingdom of God? 263 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:31,380 What's happening now with Jesus? Is Jehovah Rafah still the same 264 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:35,180 today as he was many thousands of years ago? 265 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,620 The healing power of God is still available. 266 00:15:39,420 --> 00:15:42,020 The outpouring of the Holy Spirit followed the resurrection 267 00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:45,380 and ascension of Jesus. And the Holy Spirit was sent to 268 00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:48,860 empower the Saints that journs me, the children of God, to 269 00:15:48,860 --> 00:15:51,820 empower them to do the works of Jesus. 270 00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:56,220 That's why he trained his disciples for up to three years, 271 00:15:56,620 --> 00:15:58,980 so that they could get the the hang of what he wanted them to 272 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:00,660 do. So that they would know when the 273 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:03,460 Holy Spirit came upon them. They could do the works which 274 00:16:03,460 --> 00:16:07,060 Jesus, which Jesus had been doing, following the works of 275 00:16:07,060 --> 00:16:10,340 the Kingdom of God. Yes, wholeheartedly preach the 276 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:13,700 gospel, lead people to Jesus, but also. 277 00:16:14,050 --> 00:16:17,250 He sends us out to heal the sick, cast out demons, raise a 278 00:16:17,250 --> 00:16:21,770 dead and also to heal leopards if they are here today. 279 00:16:22,450 --> 00:16:25,250 Praise the Lord you know Matthew 10. 280 00:16:26,210 --> 00:16:28,250 Jesus gave this command to his disciples. 281 00:16:28,250 --> 00:16:30,130 Heal the sick, he said. Heal the sick. 282 00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:31,730 He said. Raise a dead. 283 00:16:32,410 --> 00:16:35,570 He said cleanse the leopards and cast out demons freely. 284 00:16:35,570 --> 00:16:39,100 You have received freely give. He tested them some, some 285 00:16:39,180 --> 00:16:40,980 sometime later after he spoke of that. 286 00:16:41,020 --> 00:16:42,860 And they went out to do just that. 287 00:16:42,860 --> 00:16:46,820 And they came back and said even the demons came out of us, They 288 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:48,460 obviously saw people healed as well. 289 00:16:48,940 --> 00:16:51,620 But Jesus said don't rejoice so much to that, but rejoice that 290 00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:55,260 your names are written in the lambs book of life, Praise the 291 00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:59,420 Lord, praise the Lord. But we are to do the same. 292 00:16:59,420 --> 00:17:02,780 That's that's part of the ministry of Jesus here today. 293 00:17:03,220 --> 00:17:06,780 Mark 16, you know, speaks there about. 294 00:17:07,579 --> 00:17:10,380 To go and preach the gospel to all mankind, to all humankind, 295 00:17:10,380 --> 00:17:12,420 to all people around the nations of the world. 296 00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:15,500 And that's being done this present time for many centuries, 297 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:20,260 That's being done. But you also said, you can heal 298 00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:23,940 the sick, you can lay hands on the sick, and they shall 299 00:17:23,940 --> 00:17:28,580 recover, because you have the same Spirit within you as which 300 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:32,300 raise Jesus Christ and the dead which is in the Godhead, the 301 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:35,590 same Spirit you have. And therefore, as you lay hands 302 00:17:35,590 --> 00:17:37,590 on the sick, impartation can happen. 303 00:17:37,710 --> 00:17:39,190 Or Jesus. In the name of Jesus. 304 00:17:39,190 --> 00:17:41,310 Power can come. People can be set free and 305 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:45,590 delivered even immediately there, Miraculously then or even 306 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:48,790 sometime later. You know, the leopards as they 307 00:17:48,790 --> 00:17:52,110 went, they were healed. And sometimes we go from a 308 00:17:52,110 --> 00:17:55,750 healing meeting and and we prayed for nothing's happened. 309 00:17:55,910 --> 00:17:57,550 But during the week something happens. 310 00:17:57,870 --> 00:17:59,710 We're healed. Well, I couldn't. 311 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:01,190 I've been healed. It's all gone. 312 00:18:02,650 --> 00:18:06,090 As we trust and believe God, because Jesus said the works 313 00:18:06,410 --> 00:18:08,770 that I do shall you do and greater work shall you do 314 00:18:08,770 --> 00:18:13,290 because I go to my Father, you know of ourselves we can't heal 315 00:18:13,290 --> 00:18:15,810 anybody. That the Lord has given us 316 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:21,890 authority to exercise our God-given authority and 317 00:18:21,890 --> 00:18:25,130 empowered us by the Holy Spirit to heal the sick and to do the 318 00:18:25,130 --> 00:18:26,690 other works which he said we can do. 319 00:18:28,170 --> 00:18:30,930 My personal testimony I want us to share. 320 00:18:30,930 --> 00:18:33,850 I wanted to. Testimonies and from other 321 00:18:33,850 --> 00:18:36,770 people just to encourage us today what God is doing around 322 00:18:36,770 --> 00:18:38,810 us. Not not years ago or centuries 323 00:18:38,810 --> 00:18:42,450 ago, but today, here and now in our lifetime. 324 00:18:42,490 --> 00:18:46,690 Praise the Lord. I'm not here to glorify myself, 325 00:18:46,810 --> 00:18:51,010 but to glorify Jesus and just simply to exhort you to do what 326 00:18:51,010 --> 00:18:55,330 Jesus told us to do. There's some testimonies. 327 00:18:56,270 --> 00:18:57,670 There's a lady in our church today. 328 00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:02,590 Some years ago we had a we we ran a series of evening meetings 329 00:19:02,830 --> 00:19:06,910 on a on a on a Sunday night and the last Sunday of each night 330 00:19:07,190 --> 00:19:10,390 each month. And we people were prayed for. 331 00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:14,030 The first night we did, this lady came forward for prayer and 332 00:19:14,030 --> 00:19:15,310 I said what's back, what's trouble? 333 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:18,110 She said it's back trouble. She said I have to climb. 334 00:19:18,110 --> 00:19:21,030 I have to crawl up to bed every night, up my stair, up the 335 00:19:21,030 --> 00:19:22,950 stairs. I want to be healed. 336 00:19:22,950 --> 00:19:27,410 So I prayed for her and. You know, released her in the 337 00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:32,050 name of Jesus. And she said, I feel much 338 00:19:32,050 --> 00:19:33,770 better. I said we'll go and run around 339 00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:36,330 the church. She ran around the church and 340 00:19:36,330 --> 00:19:39,530 she said I'm here. I've asked her a week later, I 341 00:19:39,530 --> 00:19:42,850 asked her a year later, some years later, I said, are you 342 00:19:42,850 --> 00:19:46,010 still climbing? Are you still walking up to bed, 343 00:19:46,410 --> 00:19:48,970 up the stairs to bed? She said yes, she's not climbing 344 00:19:48,970 --> 00:19:50,650 anymore. You know what God does? 345 00:19:50,650 --> 00:19:52,530 He does forever, doesn't he? Praise the Lord. 346 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:55,780 The second thing is a young wife and one of the Leicestershire 347 00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:58,780 churches. A few years ago I was asked to 348 00:19:58,780 --> 00:20:02,500 preach to that church and as I was leaving I asked the pastor 349 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:05,540 because I heard that there was the young young wife there who 350 00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:07,980 was not able to conceive to have a child. 351 00:20:08,580 --> 00:20:12,060 I said I'd like to pray for her, so I prayed for her. 352 00:20:13,340 --> 00:20:15,060 I don't know whether her husband was there at the time. 353 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:17,980 I think he was working, but I prayed for her that she would 354 00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:21,140 have a child and I left. That was it. 355 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,000 And I went there. I was invited just over a year 356 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,200 or later, and she she met me at the door of the church carrying 357 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,920 a little baby boy. She said, this is the answer to 358 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,480 your prayer. Praise the Lord, praise God. 359 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,360 He can do things which are impossible to us and sometimes 360 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,320 even to the medical field. I'm not trying to judge them or 361 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,440 run them down anyway, but sometimes they can't do 362 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,200 everything. But God can do everything. 363 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,840 He can do the impossible. And so believe God today because 364 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,720 his Spirit is at work as we hear the word of the Lord. 365 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,800 You know, I was speaking to a friend the other day in 366 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,400 Leicester here, and he told me a Muslim man came into his church 367 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:04,320 and he was full of cancer. He was led to Christ, to Jesus, 368 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,160 and then they prayed for him to be deliberated and set free from 369 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,600 the cancer. A week later he came back, my 370 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,440 friend said to the church and he said I've been healed. 371 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,480 And they said, why? What happened? 372 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,080 They said, well, during the week the cancer processed out of me. 373 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,920 I leave that to your imagination how the the cancer left him. 374 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,720 But Wigglesworth, when he prayed, who was a great healing 375 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,960 evangelist, he used the people used to vomit their cancer out 376 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,760 of the mouth and used to jump on the floor. 377 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,360 And so you, you, you, you think what happened there? 378 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:37,080 And so they said to him, well, can you go to the hospital and 379 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,440 just get some Xrays or get someone, you know, so diagnosis 380 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,400 again to see whether you've still got cancer or not. 381 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:46,400 And so he went there and he came back a week later and he said, 382 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,460 he said, they just said to me, you have no trace of cancer in 383 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:54,700 your body. So praise the Lord, praise the 384 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:59,060 Lord. I would like to see in the city 385 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:03,300 a cancer free zone, even now city, a cancer free zone. 386 00:22:03,340 --> 00:22:06,340 I'm talking to my heart now, but I'd like to see that happening 387 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:07,860 more and more and more. Praise the Lord. 388 00:22:08,780 --> 00:22:11,140 You know, during the summer, a number of youth camps have been 389 00:22:12,260 --> 00:22:17,270 happening around the country by many various groups of of, of 390 00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:20,670 believers, of of churches. And I've heard from people who 391 00:22:20,670 --> 00:22:23,390 were there, young people coming to Christ in hundreds. 392 00:22:23,830 --> 00:22:25,990 That's wonderful. Obviously they've got to be 393 00:22:25,990 --> 00:22:28,470 followed and be discipled, but that's wonderful. 394 00:22:28,550 --> 00:22:31,830 And the Holy Spirit was working. Young people were prayed for and 395 00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:35,190 set free, crying with tears down their faces. 396 00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:41,550 Jesus was at work healing hearts, minds, emotions, hurts, 397 00:22:41,950 --> 00:22:45,940 even abuse. And these young people were 398 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:47,980 being healed. And I just say, well, how 399 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:50,740 wonderful, how wonderful. You know when the Holy Spirit is 400 00:22:50,740 --> 00:22:54,860 working and operating in a company of people as we worship 401 00:22:54,860 --> 00:22:58,340 the Lord and and Jesus comes to be alive amongst the people, you 402 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:01,660 know God can do anything and people can be set free just like 403 00:23:01,660 --> 00:23:04,260 that in a moment. And sometimes you have to just 404 00:23:05,020 --> 00:23:06,940 believe and confess the truth for some time. 405 00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:09,220 Be prayed again if you need to be prayed for again this 406 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:10,900 morning. Don't worry, don't don't worry. 407 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:12,860 Come out, be prayed for. Even if you've been prayed, 408 00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:17,240 prayed for even 10 times, you know that's another stage to you 409 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,720 towards your healing. Praise the Lord. 410 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,880 Let's just believe God, Trust him. 411 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,040 How wonderful. Just as I conclude, even our 412 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,360 team who went to Tanzania just a week or two back, saw healings 413 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,600 and miracles and salvations in a in a new area which I haven't 414 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,080 yet heard the gospel. I mean that must be marvelous to 415 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,760 hear that people come into Christ, miracles happening, 416 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,280 healings happening and lies being changed and the Church 417 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,700 being part of no doubt they saw those healings and salvations 418 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:49,380 and miracles. And you know, even our youth and 419 00:23:49,380 --> 00:23:54,060 why adult adults weekends away saw God doing amazing things in 420 00:23:54,060 --> 00:23:56,300 their lives as they had a weekend together. 421 00:23:57,780 --> 00:24:02,140 Praise the Lord, Hallelujah. And so church, all I can say to 422 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:05,380 you this morning is let us rise up and believe God and see 423 00:24:05,380 --> 00:24:10,020 Jehovah, Rapha and Jesus healing the sick and doing doing mighty 424 00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:13,450 miracles. Obviously through all of that we 425 00:24:13,450 --> 00:24:15,810 want to see people coming to Christ and having their 426 00:24:15,810 --> 00:24:19,610 salvation known by Jesus and being blessed of God. 427 00:24:20,730 --> 00:24:23,850 So our word today as I close is Jesus Christ, the same 428 00:24:24,290 --> 00:24:30,410 yesterday, today, and forever. Jehovah Rapha, I am the law that 429 00:24:30,410 --> 00:24:34,210 heals you. Thank you, Brian, for that 430 00:24:34,210 --> 00:24:37,130 message, bringing us back to the Bible and what it says about how 431 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:40,130 God is our healer and encouraging us with those great 432 00:24:40,130 --> 00:24:43,040 stories. We're believing for more stories 433 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,920 in the life of 1 church and even in your life, because God is 434 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,240 still our healing God. Jehovah Rafa is our healer 435 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,680 Today, If you'd like prayer, reach out to us and we're ready 436 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,000 to stand with you and see faith rise in your life. 437 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,560 And just perhaps we'll see God step in and do amazing things. 438 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,800 Even in the last 24 hours since our Sunday morning gatherings, 439 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,920 we've heard stories of people who've been healed had a touch 440 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,130 from God. And it's so encouraging to see 441 00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:14,730 that God is at work. There is lots coming up in the 442 00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:17,290 life of 1 Church. So here's your family news from 443 00:25:20,730 --> 00:25:24,370 First of all, we're less than four weeks away from the opening 444 00:25:24,370 --> 00:25:28,810 of the newly renovated 1 center at 10 Frog Island, and it's so 445 00:25:28,810 --> 00:25:33,170 exciting to be able to share this momentous weekend with all 446 00:25:33,170 --> 00:25:35,490 of you. So if you want to be there 447 00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:39,320 Saturday night, Sunday morning. Make sure you've booked your 448 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,800 place on Saturday and come along as normal on Sunday morning. 449 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,280 And why not invite somebody as well. 450 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,000 Use one of the invitations and you can point to people online 451 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,240 or you can get an invitation from the church office or anyone 452 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,840 church site and let's just see what God wants to do on this 453 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,680 very special weekend. Secondly, if you are away on the 454 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,160 opening weekend of the new One Center on the 9th and 10th of 455 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,000 September, then don't worry, there is still a way that you 456 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,600 can get involved. You can TuneIn and stream the 457 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,680 service live on YouTube, the second service on the Sunday 458 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,360 morning, or you can catch up with that anytime, because our 459 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,120 heart is that every person who calls one church home can be a 460 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:26,960 part of this weekend. Thirdly, we are taking a trip to 461 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,120 Israel in 2024. It's the first time we've led a 462 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:33,640 trip like this as one church and by. 463 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,410 Partnering with Mao's Israel. One of our partner charities 464 00:26:37,410 --> 00:26:41,450 that's based there in Israel and the UK, we get to put on a tour 465 00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:46,570 and an exploration of this Holy Land, the ground where Jesus 466 00:26:46,570 --> 00:26:48,610 walked. That is drenched in rich 467 00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,570 biblical history, and it's something that will open your 468 00:26:51,570 --> 00:26:55,690 eyes up to the reality of the history of the faith that we all 469 00:26:55,690 --> 00:26:59,010 hold so dearly. So if you're interested in going 470 00:26:59,010 --> 00:27:02,300 with us to Israel next year? Then let us know and get in 471 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:04,420 touch. There is still space for you to 472 00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:09,140 be involved in this trip. And finally we have an encounter 473 00:27:09,140 --> 00:27:12,820 night on the 27th of August and you are welcome to join us at 474 00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:16,460 7:00 PM as we call on God and leave space for him to move. 475 00:27:16,820 --> 00:27:19,780 We'll see you there. Have a wonderful week and 476 00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:24,060 remember what Jesus says. I am with you always to the very 477 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:27,780 end of the age. Jehovah Rafa is with you. 478 00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:33,230 Be blessed. The Lord bless you and keep you. 479 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:36,830 The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to 480 00:27:36,830 --> 00:27:39,190 you. The Lord turn his face towards 481 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:40,870 you and give you peace.