DIVINE HEALING
God's Laws on Divine Healing
by:  Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

"Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

"Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done of My Father which is in heaven."

"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."  (Matthew 18:18-20)

The Laws of God on Divine Healing

There are spiritual laws in God's Word that are as binding and even more so than any other law in God's universe.  And they work just as effectively as the natural laws of gravity, wind currents, aerodynamics, the circulation of the blood as well as the law of conception and child-birth.

"There are 3 laws outlined in the Bible scriptures stated clearly by our Lord God and Master, Jesus Christ.

LAWS OF GOD ON DIVINE HEALING

Law #1 - THE LAW OF BINDING AND LOOSING

The first law on divine healing is found in Matthew 18:18.  I call it the 'Law of Binding and Loosing."

Notice that Jesus said, "Very I say unto you...."  The word verily means certainly, surely or assuredly.  In other words, Jesus was giving us the assurance that He was telling the truth and that we can "bank on that."

WHAT WOULD JESUS WANT US TO BIND AND LOOSE?

The question we must address is, "What would Jesus want us to bind and loose"?  The answer is, "The same things He bound and loosed when He was upon earth'!  Jesus came against five things in His earthly ministry:

Sin
Fear
Sickness (disease and death)
Poverty
Demons and Satan himself

JESUS FORGAVE THE SINNER

Jesus forgave the sinner: and shed His precious blood to save the lost.  He gave the great commission, calling His servants to preach the 'gospel of salvation' to the ends of the earth: "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature..." (Mark 16:15)

JESUS BOUND THE SPIRITS OF FEAR by speaking peace to the troubled.  He constantly stated: "Fear thou not!  Peace be unto you!  (Matthew 14:27)

JESUS HEALED THE SICK & DISEASED and He raised the dead!  Jesus drove out infirm spirits and gave us His power to do the same!  "When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits with His Word, and healed all that were sick.  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare out sicknesses." (Matthew 8:16-17)

JESUS WAS COMPASSIONATE TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY.  He proved His compassion by feeding the hungry, multiplying the loaves and fishes and giving to the poor.  Judas carried "the bag" and was a thief (John 12:6, 13:29), but many were ministered to through the generosity of Jesus Christ.

When Jesus met the funeral procession outside of Nain, He had compassion upon a widow who had lost her only son and means of support.  He raised the young man back to life and gave Him to his mother!  And finally, Jesus gave us the KEY TO PROSPERITY and ABUNDANCE.

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."  (Matthew 6:33)  "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.  For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." (Luke 6:38)

Jesus cast out evil spirits from the tormented, sick, suffering and demented.  Jesus met Satan face to face in the wilderness temptation and overcame him with God's word.  Finally, Jesus totally defeated Satan, through his vicarious, substitutionary death on Golgatha and His Glorious Resurrection from the dead, three days later.

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." (Hebrews 2:13:15)

JESUS HAS GIVEN US POWER TO CAST OUT DEVILS AND SET THE CAPTIVES FREE

"And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through Thy name.  And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.  Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." (Luke 10:17-19)

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils..." (Mark 16:16-17)

WHAT DID JESUS LOOSE?  He freed those who were bound by the power and the influence of the enemy!  We must do the same.

LAWS OF GOD ON DIVINE HEALING

Law #2 - THE LAW OF AGREEMENT

The second law on diving healing is found in Matthew 18:19.  I call this law the 'Law of Agreement'.

"Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven."

This is such an easy law to apply.  All it takes it two people agreeing in prayer, regarding a request or petition.  A prophet, apostle, evangelists or pastor is not necessary.  It can be any two people agreeing in prayer.

Jesus specified "any two" agreeing (a pastor and a parishioner, a husband and wife, two children in need) in faith.  And God will grant that petition!  He said, "Again, I say unto you..."  Why did He used the word 'again'?

Jesus knew that "repetition is the mother of learning".  It was so important, that He repeated this injunction.  "I've told you before but I'm going to tell you again.  Don't forget;  this is important"!  Do you need a miracle?  Jesus wanted us to know that any believer in need of a miracle can unite in prayer with another believer and the miracle will happen!  Hallelujah.

St. James builds on Jesus' invitation: "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.  The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16)

LAWS OF GOD ON DIVINE HEALING

Law #3 - LAW OF GOD'S PRESENCE

Law #3 on divine healing is found in Matthew 18:20.  I call this the 'Law of God's presence".

"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (2 Corinthians 3:17)  "Thou wilt shew me the path of life.  In Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Psalms 16:11)

Jesus said, "....I will never leave thee nor forsake thee". (Hebrews 13:5)

And "I will be with thee until the end of the world (age)". (Matthew 28:20)  In the original Greek the meaning is even stronger.  Jesus says: "I will never, no never, leave thee.  I will never, no never, forsake thee."  Jesus used a 'double imperative' to make His point clear.  Notice here that He says, "Verily, certainly, and most assuredly..."

Then Jesus says I've told you before but this is so important I'm going to repeat myself.  He states, "Again I say unto you.." And finally, "I will never, NO NEVER leave thee!  I will never, NO NEVER forsake thee!"  Jesus made it crystal clear so that we would understand.  Jesus repeated it so we would know that he meant his words.  NEVER forsake thee!"  Jesus could not make it any clearer.  Jesus is on our side.  We are safe in Jesus.  Jesus Christ our Lord can be trusted, for He is our Saviour and God.

Let us draw nigh unto God.  Study the Bible, seek the Lord for the answers and lock into the promises and laws of God on divine healing.  Lock into the promises of God for ourselves and receive His answers to our prayers.

BIBLE VERSE CAN CURE 
SICKNESS & DISEASE
by:  Pastor Max Solbekken, D.D.

GOD'S HEALING COVENANT

"And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I AM the LORD that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26)

NONE OF THESE DISEASES

One of the most helpful books in print today is the classic, 'None of These Diseases' by Dr. S.I. McMillan.

The author, Dr. S.I. McMillan, a prominent medical doctor uses humor, common sense and a biblical perspective, in dealing with the causes and cures of today's diseases.

"It is lamentable that peace does not come in capsules", he utters in failure as he remembers the thousands of patients who left his office with "nothing but a prescription for a bottle of pills that would only relieve the symptoms of their illness but not attack the diseases.

The good doctor laments that he now wishes he had rather prescribed his book, 'None of These Diseases', so that a permanent cure could have been affected!  According to Medical Science, between 60 and 100% of all diseases are caused by nervous tension, emotional stress and strain.

Dr. McMillan states that emotions such as fear, sorrow, envy, resentment and hatred are responsible for the majority of our sicknesses and diseases.  And that emotional stress can cause high blood pressure, toxic goiter, arthritis, migraine headaches, apoplexy, heart trouble, gastro-intestinal ulcers and other serious illnesses and diseases.

And recently (about 1996) the American Medical Association released the findings of a nation-wide survey of tens of thousands of their medics. One of the questions dealt with their success ratio in treating patients.  The answer is shocking - Only 10% of patients had received any lasting help through their medical procedures.

MEDICAL SCIENCE HISTORY RESTS ON SHAKY FOUNDATION

Having any problems with falling hair?  What do you do to cover up that bald spot and receding hairline?

Probably the only solution is to massage your head, comb your hair forward, get a toupee or just simply let it fall.

CRAZY CURES FOR DISEASES 3500 YEARS AGO

If you had lived about 3500 years ago you would have gotten very different advice - not from a therapist but from your physician.

He would have quoted from the famous medical authority of that day, Papyrus Ebers.

"When it falls out, one remedy is to apply a mixture of six fats, namely those of the horse, the hippopotamus, the crocodile, the cat, the snake and the ibex. To strengthen it, anoint with the tooth of a donkey crushed in honey."

THE PAPYRUS EBERS - AN ANCIENT MEDICAL WORLD GUIDE - REMEDIES FOR DISEASES 1552 BC

The Papyrus Ebers was published about 1552 BC and occupied a dominant position in the ancient medical world and was one of the leading guides for practicing physicians for a long time.

There are literally hundreds of remedies for diseases in this book, such as lizard's blood, swine's teeth, putrid meat, stinking fat, moisture from pig's ears, milk goose grease, asses hooves, animal fat from various sources, excrete from animals, including human beings, donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats and even flies.

THROUGH MOSES, GOD MADE HIS HEALING COVENANT WITH THE JEWISH NATION

Moses was born about the time the 'Papyrus Ebers' was written in Egypt.  He was educated in their highest schools of learning - scholars think he was also a physician - as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

But when God called Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian bondage, he did not borrow from the "occultist clap-trap" in their medical books of disease remedies.  He rejected the highest, most respected medical authority of that day.

Moses' directive was "Heed the voice of God, do right, obey His commandments, keep His statutes and I will heal you".

God did not borrow medical advice from the 'Papyrus Ebers'. His advice to Moses was contrary to the most highly respected medical thought of that day.

THE CHURCH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING THE BLACK DEATH DISEASE

Millions of Europeans died of the disease Leprosy for hundreds of years.  Some physicians thought the cause of the disease Leprosy was eating hot food or the meat of diseased hogs.  Others blamed the disease Leprosy on malign conjunction of the planets.

Approximately 60 million people died from the BLACK DEATH disease in the 14th century.  Dr. George Rosen of Columbia University writes: "Leadership was taken by the Church, as the physicians had nothing to offer.  The Church took as its guiding principal the concept of contagion as embodied in the Old Testament.

DISEASE OF LEPROSY - PEOPLE AFFLICTED WITH THIS DISEASE WERE QUARANTINE

"Once the condition of leprosy has been established, the patient was to be segregated and excluded from the community...it accomplished the first great feat...in methodical eradication of disease."

Possibly, the Church needs to investigate measures to insure that the AIDS epidemic does not leap from high risk groups to the general population, since governmental and medical bodes are again "doing nothing".

For centuries in Europe, multitudes perished from deadly diseases because of improper hygiene, sanitation and sloppy hospitals.  In many villages, human excrement and waste was dumped into the streets, bringing deadly diseases, creating epidemics of typhoid, cholera and dysentery.

GOD HAD GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BURYING OF WASTES 3500 YEARS AGO

The solution to the problem that was causing these deadly diseases, the burying of wastes, had been given by God 3500 years before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13).

HYGIENE CUT MORTALITY RATE - GOOD HYGIENE STOPPED DISEASES FROM SPREADING

Vienna in the 1840s was famous as a medical center.  One of the most famous teaching hospitals of that  day was Allegemeine Krakenhus.  In its maternity ward, one out of six women died.

Dr. Ignaz Semmelveis discovered that if doctors washed their hands well, after doing autopsies and before examining expectant mothers, the mortality rate dropped drastically.

Dr. Semmelveis was not applauded by the Medical Profession.  However, he was ridiculed by his peers, discredited, lost his position and eventually succumbed to the pressure, dying in a mental hospital.

Moses had given the same advice many centuries before (in Numbers 19).  If wasn't until 1878 that the method of cleaning hands and instruments was introduced by men like John Tyendall, Louis Pasteur and Sir Joseph Lister that the mortality rate began to drop.

The New York State Department of Health, in 1960, issued a book describing a method of washing the hands very similar to that found the BIBLE - Numbers Chapter 19.

JOHN WESLEY, FOUNDER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH DECLARED IT WAS GOD'S WILL FOR MIRACLES TO BE IN THE CHURCH, BUT THE MIRACLES HAD BEEN LOST DUE TO UNBELIEF

It's interesting to note that John Wesley - founder of the Methodist Church declared that it is God's will for miracles to be in the Church, for the entire Church age, but have been lost to the church because of UNBELIEF.

He further stated, "The only method of physics employed by the Early Church for the first 400 years, was the prayer of faith."

Medical science has come a long way since Papyrus Ebers was published in 1552, BC and even since the 1840's in Vienna, but I still think that when your family physician advises you to get a second or third opinion about an operation, its a good idea.

Now if anyone wants to try the remedy for falling hair, don't let me discourage you. But then where would you find a hippopotamus these days?

As for me and my house, we will Trust the Lord and serve Him only!

WHAT IS THE KEY
 to receiving healing, miracles and answers to Prayer?
By: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

SEEKING GOD IN PRAYER, PRAISE, WORSHIP AND EXPECTANT FAITH

The key to receiving miracles and answers to prayers in found in seeking God in prayer, praise, worship and having expectant faith. Unfailing faith that God will answer your prayers and expect a miracle.  I believe that a major key to  miraculous healing miracles can be found in the steadfast faith, steadfast godly lifestyle and exemplary Christian testimony.

A DOCTOR ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON FAITH HEALING
By: Dr. A. Wagenaar of Hilversum, Holland

Questions: Dr. Wagenaar, will you tell us what your position is in the field of science?

Answers: "I have been medical superintendent in the Orchidee Hospital, Hilversum, for the last six years. Before that I was a family doctor for 23 years in Dordrecht."

Questions:  Do you believe in miracles of healing?

Answers: "Of course! In my practice as a family doctor I have seen many miracles take place."

Questions: When is healing a miracle?

Answers: "When it is not the result of medical treatment."

Questions: Can a miracle not be explained away psychologically?

Answers: "No, that is not to be thought of. Just as you cannot explain away the miracles of the New Testament.

"Every physician knows that spontaneous miracles do occur. You will be interested to know that spontaneous hearings have even been reported in patients who suffer from cancer. This has been publicized several times in medical journals. Medical science has admitted that miracles do occur after the prayer of faith."

Questions: You said that you have seen miracles occur in your practice. Could you give us an example?

Answers: "Yes, in Dordrecht I had a very busy practice. A family doctor in the course of his practice meets many people who are in urgent need of medical help and he does all he can to help them.

"I will tell you about one patient. He used to play music in bars and was inclined to treat life lightly. He needed an operation and I gave him a card for the hospital. But before he was to be operated on I asked him to go with me to one of Ev. Johan Maasbach's big meetings. He agreed and, during the meeting, concentrated on God. When he went later to check in for the operation the surgeon said, You can go home, we are not going to operate on you, you are totally healed!"

Questions: Have you advised other people too to go to Johan Maasbach's meetings?

Answers: "Yes, many! Generally after an introductory talk and often after I have spoken to one of the elders of the church; I asked the elder to visit my patient and, so to speak, break the ice. I know that Br. Maasbach sends the patient on to the Heavenly Doctor who can do more than all the branches of science combined.

"Over and above those I have mentioned I have sent many others to Br. Maasbach after they had been to consult me. I have seen them saved in the meeting and healed as well. I am so glad that in this time when one church after another is being broken down there are still people who let their voices be heard more than ever. We urgently need more men like Johan Maasbach.

He is a man who has preached for many years that sickness usually comes from within - from the heart of man - and is often the result of hate, envy, grudges and bitterness. Now medical science too admits that many diseases are a result of inner tensions!"

Questions: You believe then that Br. Maasbach is not being medically irresponsible in what he preaches?

Answers: "No indeed! He preaches that people who come forward for healing must bring not only their sins but also their cares and all their inner problems to God. That is a healing truth. That is biblical truth."

Questions: How did you yourself come to faith in Christ?

Answers: "I will tell you! When I was a young man of 23 1 almost drowned. I was trying to save a woman who had fallen into the water and it nearly resulted in my own death. However, after fighting for my life and finally reaching dry land, I was a new man. I knew that I had reached a spiritual turning point. God had let me live!"

Questions: What do you think about certain doctors who have seen miracles with their own eyes and still refuse to believe?

Answers: "I have met people who have had their healing confirmed by many people and who afterwards went to various doctors to demonstrate their hea5;ng only to be rejected. I must assume that these doctors are totally blind to God's existence..

This is not however a problem peculiar to medical science; you know as well as I do that many ministers, preachers and priests; are just as blind to the message of divine heating."

Questions: Doctor, do you often speak to your patients about faith in Jesus Christ?

Answers: "I always do so when I feel so guided. When you know that, medically speaking, there is no cure possible then - at least this is how it is for me - you can only speak a positive word, the Word of God.

"I have personally led several people who were ill to the through inner tensions to the Lord. Only He, Jesus Christ, can give that desperately needed rest."

Questions: Do you think that later a medical cure may be found for certain illnesses which can now only be cured by a miracle?

Answers: "If I think of cancer, I know that man is hard at work to find a cure. This is the prediction and hope of everyone working in that field. However they have not yet found a cure. And should a medical cure be found there will still be other incurable illnesses…"

Questions: Finally doctor, do you consider that personal faith in Jesus Christ is of importance to science?

Answers: "Very important!! You know that science has gone out on a limb in believing that man is descended from apes. Science is still trying to find the missing link!! The friction between faith and science is that when man comes to faith he can no longer accept such theories as that of evolution.

"Faith in Jesus Christ is of the utmost importance for all, including those engaged in the pursuit of scientific knowledge."

"... and with His stripes we were healed." Isaiah 53:5