Healing
Healing is the supernatural restoration of the physical body through faith in Jesus Christ. By His stripes, we were healed.
Already Purchased​
"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." (1 Peter 2:24)
Notice the tense: were healed. Past tense. Done deal. Finished work.
When Jesus hung on the cross, He wasn't just paying for sins. He was purchasing your healing. Everything you need was bought and paid for with His blood.
God Is Both Able AND Willing​
Most Christians believe God is able to heal. The question is whether He is willing, for you, right now, today.
"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows... and with his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:4-5)
If it was God's will for Jesus to bear your sickness on the cross, then it's God's will for you to be free from that sickness now.
Healing Is Received, Not Achieved​
Because it was already purchased, healing is something you receive, not something you earn. As Apostle Delmar says, God did not ask you to change, He asked you to believe. You do not qualify for a miracle by performance; you receive an inheritance already signed in blood. And you receive it at the level you will believe and yield, not at the level you strain. The one who lays hands is a conduit, never the source. What is loosed on the body is God Himself, transferred by fire to a life that opens to receive Him. So the posture is not effort. It is trust. And when He restores, it is often better than it was before.
Documented Healings​
Through Apostle Delmar's ministry:
- Stage 4 cancer: James had a 21-centimeter tumor, riddled with cancer. Completely healed.
- AIDS: A woman on her deathbed, lesions covering her body. Completely healed, later seen running.
- Double brain stroke: Apostle's mother, told she wouldn't survive. Lived 12 more years.
- Autism: Children completely freed from the condition.
- Back injuries: People throwing away canes, walking out healed.
- Vision problems: Including Gary Sheng's eyesight restoration.
- Oxygen dependency: Woman removed oxygen tank same day, never needed it again.
The Five Keys to Receiving Healing​
See How to Receive a Miracle for the complete teaching. These are not techniques that pressure God. They are postures of trust.
- Go where the fire is: Position yourself under anointed ministry
- Know it's already yours: Stop begging; Jesus already paid
- Receive it: Believe when you pray, speak it, act on it
- Forgive: Unforgiveness blocks healing
- Persist: Don't waver until manifestation
Healing vs Deliverance​
Sometimes healing requires deliverance first. Physical symptoms may have spiritual roots:
- Spirits of infirmity cause disease
- Generational curses affect health
- Unforgiveness and bitterness create physical problems
Addressing the spiritual root brings lasting physical healing.
Instant vs Progressive Healing​
Instant healing: One prayer, one touch, disease gone.
Progressive healing: Receive prayer, believe, manifestation comes over hours or days. Like Gary's eyesight, he sensed improvement immediately, full confirmation came the next morning.
Both are legitimate. Don't give up if it's not instant.
Why Some Don't Receive​
Some people don't receive healing. This list is a mirror for your own heart, never a verdict to pass on someone else who is still waiting. God is not the obstacle to anyone's healing, and a person who has not yet received is not being punished. Possible factors:
- Lack of faith
- Unforgiveness
- Unconfessed sin
- Cessationist beliefs that doubt God heals today
- Timing only God understands
But seeking God for healing never hurts. Something happens in people's spirits when they encounter God's presence.