…having boldness to enter the
Holiest by the blood of Jesus… —Hebrews 10:19
{CHAMBERS} “Beware of thinking that intercession means bringing our
own personal sympathies and concerns into the presence of God, and then
demanding that He do whatever we ask. Our ability to approach God is due
entirely to the vicarious, or substitutionary, identification of our Lord with
sin. We have “boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.”[…] we are
always ready with our own ideas, and our intercession becomes only the
glorification of our own natural sympathies. We have to realize that the
identification of Jesus with sin means a radical change of all of our
sympathies and interests. Vicarious intercession means that we deliberately
substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.”
{ELGIN} Acts 3:1-10 describes Peter healing a lame man. The man had sat by the gate everyday looking
for financial relief. Jesus looked at
him and saw something else besides a lame man in poverty. He saw someone in
spiritual poverty. Peter said “I don’t
have any money to give you but what I do have I will give to you. Rise up and walk in the name of Jesus
Christ. The man was healed
instantly. He was able to walk, but more,
his faith was quickened and because of that he was healed and God used his
physical healing as a sign to the people.
In Luke 17:10-19 Jesus healed
the 10 lepers. He told the one who
returned to thank Him, “you faith has made you whole”. Of course we must be careful that we don’t
think that people are not healed because they lack faith, although that might
be the case. We do not have the mind of
God but we have a heart for God.
When we pray for others, no
matter what the malady, we should pray that they might have faith or a stronger
faith, if they are born again. That they
would look to God in their time of trouble and trust Him. That God would be glorified through them, no
matter what the outcome, that their faith would carry them through the
trial. That His strength would be
sufficient. And yes, that they would be healed, if that is the will of God for
them. He is the God of all comfort who
comforts us in our affliction. (2
Corinthians 1:3)
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