God’s Mercy and Compassion:

Psalm 145:8, 9 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works. 

The dictionary tells us that “to be full of compassion” means to be merciful. So mercy and compassion are the same. For “to have mercy” means to be full of compassion. 

Jesus had compassion, grace and mercy. He wants us to have the same.
Everything that Jesus did was because He was moved with compassion. 

Psalm 86:15; II Cor. 1:3; Ephesians 2:4
Compassion: To be full of eager yearning; the drive brought about by mercy – hesed – agape. Sympathy for the suffering of others, often including a desire to help. 
To have tender love – to be touched with a feeling of the infirmities as our High Priest is for us. 

Compassion is the trigger that releases the miracle working, resurrection power of Holy Spirit. 
Some examples:

Matt. 9:1-8 Man with palsy. Jesus saw their faith and compassion. Many times when someone is sick, and they might have gotten an evil report from the doctor, we are the ones that must have the faith that what the Word says is true for them. We have to believe that the anointed, resurrection power of Jesus is resident in us. 

Matt. 15:29-39. Jesus fed the multitude because of His compassion. The compassion of God will feed you when you are hungry; spiritually, and physically. Jesus took the bread, gave thanks, and broke it. That is a fixed moment in the past. But He gave is in the imperfect tense, which shows a continuing action. In Jesus’ hands His actions are always multiplied and continuous. When you are truly seeking Jesus and following Him, He will not send you away hungry because of His compassion. Jesus set a precedent here. A precedent is an example that is to be used for later actions or decisions. Once a precedent is set, you can depend on it to always be true.  When God sets a precedent that is the pattern He will use throughout. “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit. Not by your own fleshly ways but by His power, which are the Word and Holy Spirit. It is a principle. Principles never change. Experiences and methods change, but principles never change.  (Law) Principles are interwoven throughout the Scriptures as a part of God’s redemptive plan 

We cannot allow ourselves to be swayed by the doctor’s reports or the doubts of the world.   

Following this the Pharisees questioned Him again. They had seen the miracles, but did not believe. Probably the Pharisees would not have believed even if they had seen other signs. They had already had a mind set. Religion kept them from accepting anything other then that what they already believed. Verse 15. Jesus warned the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. Leaven was used by the Jews as an invisible, pervasive influence. The religious leaders could have this influence on the people. Their ideas were gradually infiltrating men’s minds until they penetrated and permeated every part of their thinking. Be careful what you listen to today. A lot of false teaching and anti-Christ’s in the world today saying they are God. (Orpah)  I Timothy 6:3-5.

Matt. 20:29-34. Two blind men on side of road. Jesus wanted them to say what they wanted Him to do. Adam, where are you? Jesus is still the same. Tell Him what you want Him to do. When I minister to people I ask, “What do you want? What can I agree with you on?” when it lines up with God’s Word, He will give us the desires of our heart. 

Mark 4:40-45. Tells of the man with leprosy. Jesus moved with compassion said, “I will.” 

Mark 5:1-20 Gaderene. Delivered and healed because of compassion. Compassion caused Jesus to cast those demons out and caused the man to come back to His right mind, Because of Jesus’ compassion he wanted to follow Him. 

Mark 6:30-44 Sheep not having a Shepherd…” compassion caused Jesus to teach and feed the people. 

Luke 7:11- the compassion of Jesus raised the dead and only son of the widow.

Matt. 9:35-38 the compassion of Jesus called forth laborers. We know that we are in the last days, and God would that all men be saved, healed, and delivered. The first priority when you minister to anyone is that they are born-again, forgiven, and washed in the blood. Usually, I also minister the Baptism of Holy Spirit to everyone. 

Mercy is over all His works.
A.	Good will toward all men.
B.	Jesus came as mercy and comfort. . 

Mercy is the pattern. We are saved because of mercy. Eph. 2:4. Titus 3:5

We already have mercy when we have Christ. There is plenty of mercy. Psalm 86:5; Matt. 5:7; 

There are four words that summarize the ministry of Jesus. That none should perish.  You can go to Heaven with a sick body, but not with a sick heart. So our priority is that all should be saved and taught. 

Many sick and hurting people have been rejected or alone, especially people with aids or that are HIV positive. So when you can go and show them the love of Jesus Christ, that love melts down that spirit of rejection. 

God provides physical health for you so that you can be at your best for HIM, for OTHERS and for yourself. You need good health to be able to realize accomplishments, to fulfill your destiny and desires in life among your family, in your neighborhood, in your business and in your world. 

God created Adam and Eve perfect, physically, mentally, and spiritually.  He placed them in the Garden of Eden amidst His abundance. They were not sick or incapacitated by disease and never would have been had they not sinned.

Why did Christ bear our sins and healings? This is the good news to those who are physically sick. He did it so we do not have to pay the price. He was our substitute. That is the important reason we can be healed II Cor. 4:10. 

Jeremiah 8:22 “Is there no balm Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of My people recovered?” Many questions arise out of this leading question. 1. Why are people sick? 2. Why are they not healed? 3. Is there no medicine that will heal them all? 4. Have they not got a reliable physician who never loses a case? 

Jer. 8:20 “Is there no balm in Gilead?” Gilead was famous for its healing balm (medicine). This is a rhetorical question. (A question that expected no answer). The obvious answer is, “Yes there is God.”  But Israel was not applying the balm; they were not obeying the Lord. Although the people’s spiritual sickness was still very deep, it could be healed. 

But the people refused the medicine. God could heal their self-inflicted wounds, but he would not force his healing on them. Their wound was incurable because they would not repent. They were in rebellion against God. 

In Isaiah, God says the natural man is sick. His whole head is sick, the whole heart is faint, and from head to foot there is no soundness. Sin or disobedience to God and His Word will produce the causes which precipitate sickness of long continuance, which will ultimately destroy you. But the cure is Jesus Christ. He proved it was possible to live in this world without sin or sickness. 

Jesus was a triune man just as we are. He lived and died as a triune man. He died for our spirit, soul and body. When we are at rest and in continual spiritual union with the Trinity, then also the mind will be clean and pure and full of God’s thoughts and the body will not manifest sickness at all. 

Salvation includes in our covenant forgiveness, reconciliation, deliverance, healing safety, rescue, liberty, prosperity, joy, and peace. Only in salvation and the cross can we find godly wisdom and power to transform our lives. The ways of an all-knowing and all-powerful God are far above human ways. 

The Word itself contains the power to produce what it says. Healing Scriptures contain within them the capacity to produce healing. Hebs. 4:12 says, For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.

God’s Word is full of life and power. It is alive with energy. The key to partaking of the life and healing energy in the Word is feeding on it until it penetrates your spirit, where it deposits that life and energy. 

So it was the great exchange. It was my sickness and disease for His cross. He bore my sickness and diseases and carried my pains and diseases away. We don’t have to bear what He bore for us. Healing has been given to us.

“He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” Psa. 120:7 

God is watching over His Word to perform it. This Word contains the ability to produce what it says. His Word is full of healing power. 

We cannot separate the Word from Jesus. Healing is inherent in His nature. God is bigger than sickness and disease. Because greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world. 

Our body is the temple of God, and we do not lack healing. Healing is in Jesus Christ and our body has to respond to God’s healing life and nature at work in us now. 

The curse of the law is found in Deut. 28. It is the curse for breaking God’s law. It includes sickness. Christ bought us back, brought us back, and set us free from the curse of the law. In the days to come, we need wholeness, and to have the fresh Word of God for today. What is God saying today?

Notice that every time God deals with sickness and disease, He deals with sin as well? Unforgiveness is a major deterrent.

Confession: “I am prospering and I am in health even as my soul prospers, because it is God’s will for my life.” 

Your soul prospers and is healthy as you study and let the word get into your spirit. The key to partaking of the life and healing energy in the Word is feeding on it until it penetrates your spirit, where it deposits that life and energy. 

The more revelation we grasp, the more God’s power is released through our life. It is the Word of God that lights the candle of your spirit. 
Proverbs . 20:27 “Keep your heart” or value and protect your mind, emotions, and will. 
(“Issues of life” or the forces of life.) The Word will energize and produce life in us. 

Healing and divine health is God’s will for every believer. I Cor. 1:20-30.
It is for ME. Not general. He treats us the same, we are His body. Jesus never changes, and He does not respect one person above another. He is the same, yesterday, today and forever. 

Healing is salvation taking its effect on the human body, which includes fear, poverty, sickness and disease. God’s Word, His authority and His blood are over negativism, any debilitating sickness or disease, anything that takes up time, space or energy without producing positive results, and we call them null and void. 

We can speak life and health to our immune system, and restoration to our organs, tissues, nerves, and cells and bones. God is the miracle worker and His Word is medicine and “His Name is as ointment poured forth.”

Healing belongs to the children of God. The Bible says it is the Lord who forgives, redeems, and heals. God is a healer. He desires for you and I to walk in health and wholeness every day of our lives. 
There must first be a repentance of sin:
This is what God does with our sins when we ask for forgiveness
•	He washes us white as snow. Psa. 51:7; Isa. 1:8
•	The Lord forgives them. . I John 1:9
•	He casts them behind His back. Isa. 38:17
•	They are removed an immeasurable distance – as far as the east is from the west. Psa. 103:12
•	He blots them out. Isa. 43:25
•	He blots them out as a thick cloud. Isa. 44:22
•	He laid them on His Son. Isa. 53:6
•	When sought for, they are not found. Jer. 50:20
•	Not mentioned again. Ezek. 18:22; 33:16
•	He remembers them no more. Heb. 10:17
•	He casts them into the depth of the sea. Mic. 7:19
•	He tramples them under foot. Mic. 7:19
•	Christ takes them away. John 1:29
•	He covers them. Rom. 4:7
•	He will not impute sin to us. Rom. 4:8
•	God blots out even the proof against us, nailing it to His Son’s cross. 
     Col. 2:14
•	He cleanses them all away by the blood of His Son. Rev. 1:5 

God does not care how you get your healing; just put the Word first in your life. Just put the Word first in your life. What we believe about God and His Word will affect every part of our life.

God has provided us with a powerful weapon to use in warfare for healing. It is the Word of God used in faith. The Word of God is a flaming sword with which we defeat the enemy of sickness and disease. David, the Psalmist, wrote, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).

Many things in the world call for our attention and try to deceive us with untruth. But the Bible is the final authority for truth. Do not believe anything that does not agree with the Word of God. 

God will keep His promise that it will not return void if we put it in our heart and meditate on it day and night. We also need to put it in action by speaking it forth to a dry and thirsty land.  

Confession: God wants me well. Healing is the will of God. God is at work in me right now to will and to do His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13). Healing is at work in me!

When we want to see God, we look at Jesus. Hebrews Chapter I. Jesus never changes and He does not respect or is impartial to one person above another. (Hebrews 13:8. Malachi 3:6) He is still forgiving sins and healing diseases and sicknesses. 

Satan is the author of sickness, not God. 
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above!” It is ours, and if satan takes it, he is a thief. 

Sickness is revealed as coming directly from satan. satan went forth and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown. 

Christ declared that the infirm woman was bound by satan and ought to be loosed. He cast out the spirit of infirmity, and she was healed.

A devil which possessed a man was the cause of his being both blind and dumb. When the devil was cast out, he could both see and talk. 

A demon was the cause of a boy being deaf and dumb and also the cause of his convulsions. When the demon was cast out, the boy was healed. (A young girl named Jennie.)

It is written: Jesus of Nazareth went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. 

The Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 

John 10:10 this is a key Scripture. It is God’s will that we live in His abundant life. He never intended man to be defeated, sick, diseased, an alcoholic, drug addict or…
Sickness steals, kills, and destroys life. Therefore, it comes from satan, the thief. Acts 10:38 who oppresses? Luke 13:16. 

Healing was provided in the Old Covenant as well as in the new. Exodus 15:25-26. 
“…for I the Lord am thy physician” (Leeser).
“…I am the Lord your life-giver” (Basic English).
“…for I, the Lord, make you immune to them (diseases)” (Smith-Goodspeed).
“…I, the Lord, will bring thee only health” (Knox).

Deuteronomy 7:15 as long as the children of Israel obeyed God’s Word, they walked in health. 

Psalm 105:37 “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.” When the Israelites applied the blood to their doorposts and ate the sacrificial lamb they were healed of all sicknesses and diseases. This was their Passover meal, and today is our communion service. 

Under the New Covenant, as Christians, we have a better covenant which was established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6). God never uses sickness and disease or tragedy to teach you. He uses His Word and Holy Spirit. 
In speaking of Joseph the Bible says, “Until the time that his word came (came to pass) the word of the Lord tried him” Psalm 105:19.Be faithful to believe the Word, and it will come to pass. 

Healing is provided in the atonement of Christ: Isaiah 53:3-5 Proves conclusively that salvation is for the entire man. “Yet surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried…” (Rotherham.)
“…the chastisement to give us soundness came on him, and by his stripes we got healing” (Byington). 
“…we are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by blows he received” (Good News).
“…the chastisement needful to obtain peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes that wounded Him we are healed and made whole. (Amplified).

Verse 4 Hebrew word is “choli” and includes in its meaning weakness, pain, and sickness. Obviously all these cause grief to the conscious mind or soul of man.
Sorrows in the original Hebrew is MAKOB – meaning pains, grief, disease and sickness. He took all of them on Himself.

This Scripture was fulfilled in Christ. “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses’ Matthew 8:17.

We can have pain in the head, heart, mind, spirit and body. Pain is integral (made up of parts) If one part suffers pain, the whole body reacts to that pain. Therefore, in this prophetical Scripture we understand that Jesus carried away by bearing in His body to Calvary, our pains, sorrows  griefs, sicknesses, weaknesses, transgressions and iniquities, and with His stripes we are healed. 

Jesus not only made the way for the forgiveness of all sins, but for the healing of all sicknesses, by the one atonement. Jesus paid the full price in His death, burial, and resurrection. They offered him wine or vinegar mingled with myrrh. Its intention was to numb the pain. Jesus refused it, choosing to suffer the complete pain. 

Psalm 103 says God forgiveth all thine iniquities and healeth all thy diseases. How can we possibly refuse to believe that God’s will is the entire salvation of the spirit, soul and body of man?  God’s will is our health. Satan’s will is our destruction. But what is our will? We must will to do the will of God without argument. Health is determined by faith and loving obedience. 

I Thess. 5:23 says, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul and body be preserved blameless (or without blemish)…” 
The price was paid by Christ. He became sin, sickness, and disease. Sin and sickness both came from the same source; satan. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross took care of them both. It is a great exchange. It is my sickness and disease for His cross, healing and health. “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” I Peter 2:24.

Confession: Surely He has borne my sickness and diseases and carried my pains. He took my sicknesses on Himself, and carried my pains. He bore them and carried them away to a distance. I do not have to bear what He bore for me. I refuse to bear what He bore for me. Satan cannot put on me what Jesus bore for me. By His stripes I am healed. By His bruise there is healing for me. His punishment has brought me healing. Healing has been granted to me. With the stripes that wounded Him I am healed and made whole. I am made whole by the blows He received. My diseases went to the cross with Jesus and died with Him there. Jesus took my sicknesses, and by His stripes I am healed!

Psalm 103:1-3 Benefits and bonus. Psalm 103: David praises God for the many mercies that unveil the compassion of Him and lead us to praise the Lord. Compassion is the sympathy for others, leading them to a desire to help. It also means to love deeply. The Hebrew word is Raham. It speaks of God’s love for human beings. 

Forgiveness is the prime expression of God’s compassion for a needy humanity. These verses explain the nature of the forgiveness we enjoy as well as any passage in the O.T. or N.T. 

Matthew 9:1-8 Freed