Pastor Philip Nissley has been the Senior Pastor of New Hope Assembly for 24+ years. He has a passion for the Downriver community and Detroit to be changed by the power of God.
SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
HEALING FROM THE VIRUS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,
New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI
Needed Healing is the hot topic of this hour! I begin, not professing knowledge in the medical field (need to pray for their untiring efforts during Covid-19), but proclaiming peace, comfort and faith from our Creator/Savior’s Words in the Bible. Crisis should draw ALL of us to Christ! His Miracle solution to sickness and hope of eternal life is found from Genesis 1 creation of man to Revelation 22 transformation and “healing of the nations”. In Exodus 12 as God delivers Israel from 430 years in Egypt, He tells them to put lamb’s blood on the doors of their homes that Passover night (looking to the Lamb of God whose death would destroy sin, sickness, and separation from God). Healing came as they ate the Passover. Psa. 105:37 says the next day, “there was not one feeble or sick among them!” Knowing our God is a Healer is why David writes in Psa. 103:2-3, “Bless the Lord O my soul and forget none of His benefits, who pardons all your iniquities, heals all your diseases.” Healing in the Old Testament leads to Jesus coming (Luke 4) “in power of the Spirit “to proclaim release… recovery of sight…set free those oppressed! Matt. 4:23 says,
Jesus went about “healing all manner of sickness and all manner of diseases among the people”… Matt 8:17, “This was to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our sicknesses’”. Today’s Healing is:
I. BASED ON A POWERFUL,
UNCHANGING GOD
A. The Unending Love, Power and Compassion of Jesus Gives Us Authority to Heal Today! This Compassion and Power is seen in Matt. 9:35-36 as “Jesus went about the cities and villages…preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing EVERY sickness and EVERY disease among the people. When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them.” Here we see that Satan threw sickness on people and Jesus took it off. Peter says in Acts 10:38, "How