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Amen. And so they just rejoiced together. The pain was less today. Amen. And it got less, and it got less, and it got less until just within a matter of weeks, he's dismissed. They can find no symptoms. They can't find anything. Why? Because they hooked on where that young man's faith could hook on with. Amen. And so this is the genius and the brilliance of God is that he hooks. He wants you. He wants to always give you a place where your faith can hook on. Amen. He doesn't condemn you for the measure of faith. Jesus never condemned the disciples or anyone for the measure of faith they had. What he rebuked them for was not using the measure of faith they had. Amen. Because if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and it'll obey you. Amen. It's not so much about the measure. It's, are you using it? Are you using it? Are you using your faith? And as we use our faith and feed our faith, then that measure of faith will grow. Amen. Hallelujah. So thank God that He gives us more than one method whereby we can receive healing. Why? Because he wants us all to experience total health. Amen. So I'm going to give you and list the seven methods of divine healing, and then we'll go back and speak about each one of them a little bit more in detail. So the first method, and you'll want to make note of this, use the name of Jesus, demand in that name that sickness and disease leave. That's the first method, using the name of Jesus to demand in that name that sickness and disease leave either your body or someone else's body. The second one the second method is pray for healing to to the Father in the name of Jesus. The second one is pray for healing to the Father in the name of Jesus. The third one is pray the prayer of agreement. The prayer of agreement. The fourth one is through anointing with oil. So the fourth method is healing through anointing with oil. The fifth method is healing through the laying on of hands. Healing through the laying on of hands. The sixth method, healing by the gifts of the Spirit or the manifestations of the Spirit that are spoken about in First Corinthians, chapter 12, through gifts of the Spirit or manifestations of the Spirit spoken of in First Corinthians, chapter 12. And then the seventh method is know that healing belongs to you. So let's go and let's take a moment and look at each of these this morning. The first method, Use the name of Jesus, demand in that name that disease and sickness leave. This method can be used for yourself, but it can also be used for others. Amen. In this method, you're not laying hands on anyone. You're just speaking that name. Amen. And you are. You understand, and you have the authority and the knowledge of what's invested in that Name, and you know that that Name is all conquering. To operate by this method, you have to have some revelation of what's in that name. And the person receives receiving it just has to agree with you. They may not have the same amount of revelation, but if they will agree with what you know, amen, they can receive on the authority of that Name. So Acts chapter three in verse one, and we're going to read this entire passage because we see this example of using the Name and demanding in the name that healing come. Acts chapter 3, verse 1 says, Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the night hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple, who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive Something of them. In verse 6. Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee. Now he's not saying I'm broke. He says, silver and gold have I none. Have you ever gotten out of the house and you didn't have your money on you? That's basically what they're saying. They're not saying, I'm broke. I don't got. I don't have anything in the world. Because this is what many times people will take them to say. But what they're saying is, it's not money you need. We have what you need. And it goes on. In verse six, Peter said, silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. Notice they didn't touch him. They didn't talk about the devil. They didn't rebuke the devil. They said, in the Name, act in the Name, get up. Isn't that amazing? The Name will cause crippled people to get up. It will empower the crippled to get up. It will empower the sick to be whole in that Name. But you have to understand that that Name accomplishes that. Amen. So they said, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Right? Rise up and walk. And then he took him by the right hand. This is not him laying hands on him. He just extended his hand and said, here, here's a lift. He took him by the right hand and lifted him up. And immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Now you know this man didn't know anything know about the Name the way the disciples knew about the Name. But notice they he was blessed by what someone else knew about the Name. When you know something about the Name, you can bless others with what you know about the Name. He will allow them to be blessed by your knowledge. And immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he, leaping up, stood. Now, see, he could have sat and argued and said, I've been like this my whole life. But he didn't. He leaped up and stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. Notice this. He went into the temple with them. It matters where you go after you're healed. If you're going to go back into the world, you're going to leave yourself open for the devil to put it back on you. But he went the right direction. He went with those who brought power to him. Find out where power is flowing to your life. And stay there. Don't pick up and leave and Go to a place where power's not flowing. He stayed with those who understood the power of God, the name of Jesus. And he moved on with them in the direction they were going. He didn't go off and go his own direction. He was going their direction. This matters. And then in Acts, chapter 3, verse 16, there were people present that saw this. And so Peter declares to those people, and Jesus, in his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong. Faith in the name. Faith in the name. Faith in the name made this man strong. Whom you see and know, you know him. You see him. You know that this is not. This is not something fake. You know this man. You know him as a cripple. You see him whole. Yes, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness. This is what the name brings us into perfect soundness. Amen. You stay with the name, you hold to what's in that name, and it will arrive you at perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And then in Acts, chapter 4, verse 10, of course, they were pulled before the religious leaders because they were questioning about this man being healed. And the religious leaders were not saying, go out and take more of this. They were threatening them. And Peter declared to the religious leaders in Acts 4. 10, and said, Be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, you did something, but then God did something. Man did something, but God had a turn, whom God raised from the dead, even by him, doth this man stand here before you whole. Thank God for the name. Amen. If it will do that for this man, it does it for us. Amen. And in verse 18 of Acts, chapter 4, the religious leaders threatened them and were telling them. This is what they said to them. They called them and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. So now we know what the devil is afraid of. Now we know what the devil doesn't want you to know. He does not want you to know all that is invested and all that belongs to that Name. Because when you know it, it will arrive you at perfect soundness, and it will help you bring others into a place of wholeness by what you know. Amen. Now, why does the devil not want this told? Philippians, chapter two, verse nine. And I'll just read it to you for time's sake, but you can note it. Philippians, chapter 2, verses 9 through 11. Wherefore God also has highly exalted him. Highly exalted him. That means he's above everything else. Notice this. He's above all demons. He's above all sickness. He's above all broken parts. He's above all things that are lacking. He's above it all. He's highly exalted. Not barely exalted. Highly exalted. God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every need should bow of things in heaven, things in earth. Look at this. Things under the earth. What's under the earth? Demons. Hell, they are under the earth. At the name demons have to bow. Sickness has to bow. Disease has to bow. Symptoms and pain have to. They have to. To bow. They have to. They have to. They have to. And verse 11. And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. No wonder the demons working through those religious leaders say, don't speak in that name anymore. Don't speak in that name anymore. When we say the name of Jesus, demons hit ground. Why? Because every knee has to bow at that name. Don't use the name like a lucky charm. Don't use it lightly. We need to understand that when we say that name, all that is contained in the usage of that name, you have a right to say in the authority that's in the name. I tell that pain you stop and you must bow. You must bow to that name. You must. Amen. Hallelujah. We must exercise it boldly with knowledge. Amen. Hallelujah. Now we also need to recognize something going back to Acts 4 when they were standing before the religious leaders and being threatened in verse 13 we need to recognize something important that's recorded in connection with their use of the name. Acts 4, verse 13. Now when they saw, talking about the religious leaders that were threatening them when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, notice this boldness needs to come with the use of that name. Boldness with the use of that name. They weren't frightened, they weren't fearful. When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men. This didn't come by just iq. This doesn't come by education. This didn't come by natural man system. It says, look at this. They marveled. What is it? Boldness caused them to marvel and the next phrase. And they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus. This is the key to being bold in the use of the name. When you're with Jesus, you begin to see on the inside of you what belongs to you in that name and what that name will accomplish. They took note that they had been with Jesus. This is the key. Amen. You can't just go around, say, well, in the name, in the name. Take time with him, and then you will understand that name. Amen. So this is one of the keys to this working as it ought. Amen. Hallelujah. Now, when it comes to praying for someone who is unsaved, you know the name will work. We all have unsaved loved ones, maybe that we're believing for them to be born again. It does us no good to say, oh, God, save them. God already sent Jesus. He did everything to save them. What we have to understand is it says in Second Corinthians, chapter 4, in verse 3 and 4, it says, but if our gospel is hid, it is to hid to them that are lost. So those that are lost just don't understand. They don't see what we're saying. In whom? The God of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Satan has blinded the people's minds who don't believe to keep them from seeing the light of what belongs and what God is offering someone. Amen. So we can take the name of Jesus, and it is up to us to take that name and to command that that blindness be broken off their minds. So not only will this work for healing, this works for salvation for unsaved ones, that you have a right to stand up and say, calling that loved one's name, and say, let's say, for example, Bob, say, satan, I command you in the name of Jesus. You take your hand of blindness off his mind that the light of the gospel may get in. Amen. It's not enough just to say, oh, God, save someone. Use the name and break the blindness off of someone's mind that's keeping them from seeing. Just like you can take the name and break sickness and disease off someone, you can break the blindness off someone's mind so that the light of the gospel comes in. And then you say, now, Father, send laborers across, cross their path. Pray for God to send laborers, Take authority over Satan, tell him to take his hands, his blindness off their minds, and then pray for God to send laborers, and I guarantee you they shall be saved. Amen. Thank God for the name. I said, thank God for the name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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