1 Corinthians 2

“And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.² For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.³ And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.⁴ And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:⁵ That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.⁶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:⁸ Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.⁹ But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.¹⁰ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.¹¹ For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.¹³ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.¹⁵ But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.”

What an intensely powerful statement.  “We have the mind of Christ”.    I have been chewing on this, and am amazed at how profoundly simple and clarifying this statement is and yet how far reaching and unfathomable also.    In studying scriptures and doctrines and theologies, there is much room for debate.   But the mind of Christ… So much is revealed through the Word about the mind of Christ that it would be difficult to debate as His actions and own words tell us so very much.  Are we letting that which is spiritually accomplished already dominate our physical and soul level reality?   This is exactly what Jesus Christ did.

Matthew 16:23

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men..””

This is a very strong rebuke Jesus directed against His own disciple Peter when He suggested that Jesus should not endure the coming torture and death on the cross.

Let us look at the sick through the mind of Christ.    Was He hoping that they would be healed?   Considering what percentage of them would actually be touched by the power of  God? Or could He see them all already  healthy and healed? And when He prayed did He know that God had already answered His prayer? Was He praying for them to be healed through doctors and medicine or any other form  of healing outside of the direct power and provision of the Living God?  Heaven forbid, this doubt in God’s provision would have meant our Lord and Savior was a double-minded man… completely impossible as He was of course, and still is perfect.  Failure to do what God said He could do is an impossibility in the Mind of Christ.

John 11:41-44 (see te context)

“Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.⁴² And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.⁴³ And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”

Mark 9:23

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

The big question,

WHY AM I NOT HEALED YET?  WHY IS THE PERSON I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR NOT HEALED YET?

I hate to shout but I know how emphatically this question can haunt us.

Perhaps to somewhat I am about to share might seem like an oversimplification.   Read the verse again above and you will have your answer.   “All things are possible to him that believeth”.  There are at least 3 things that keep us from believing God.

1.lack of knowledge, you can’t believe what you don’t know.  This can be fixed by reading the Bible attentively and praying for the Holy Spirit’s help in your ability to understand.

2. Error, some of us have had a lot of help with inaccurate or even outright wrong teaching.   This can create a blindness to see the Truth.  With God’s help and humility , this can be undone.   We must be willing to look at the verses afresh, setting aside all of our former understanding while praying for God to reveal the error and the Truth.  John 9:38-40 is insightful to this issue.

3. Unbelief.  Never underestimate the nullifying effect of unbelief.   Mark 9:29 and  Matthew 17:21give us  insight into the solution.   Unbelief can be overcome with prayer and fasting.   Romans 10:17 also sheds light that faith comes from hearing….  We must diligently study and keep the Word of God in our minds and in front of our eyes until the revelation and understanding  are rooted in the very core of our being.  (Matthew 13:6, Colossians 2:7, Proverbs 4:20-22)

Mark 6:5-:6

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.“

It is not that Jesus would not but could not.  Brothers and Sisters, if the Lord Jesus in person, with unlimited power, could not do miracles because  of the unbelief of people then,  why do we believe that this unbelief  doesn’t impact us now?

John 5:19

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

Not only are we to have the mind of Christ and think like Christ, but we are also told that all who believe will do as Christ did just as Jesus did what He saw His Father do.   Spiritually we are equipped to do all that He did.  Let us never believe any doubt,  fear or perspective  of man that would keep us from who we are called to be and what we are called to do and the fullness of eternal life.

John 14:12

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

Brothers and Sisters, It is not in the mind of Christ that the sick aren’t healed, but when we in our humanness cannot see past our own human perspective to see the heart, will, power  and provision of our Loving and Faithful Father.   Praise you Papa that you are the Master of moving us past our own human limitations , and that you will finish the good work you have begun in our lives, In Jesus Christ name.