The Power of God — Aaron Hurst

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The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Greetings in that precious name of Jesus. Joy to the world, the Lord has come. And all was changed from that time forth. Open your Bibles with me to John chapter 5. John chapter 5 in verse 1. And after this there was a feast of the Jews.

And Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethsaida. Having five porches, and in these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water. Whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years, when Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had been now a long time in that case.

He saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked. And on the same day was the seventh. You know, this must have been quite a scene.

This pool having five porches, and in these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered. Why were they there? Why did they come to this pool? Oh, they all had one thing in common.

They had great need. They needed a miracle. They needed help beyond themselves. They needed help beyond the physician could offer. They needed help from the almighty God. They needed help from his angel, that would come and trouble the water, and move the water.

And the word spread, that whoever gets down into that water, after the angel has troubled and moved the water, is healed. Of whatever disease they have. Whether they're blind, whether they're lame, maimed, crippled, can't walk.

Whoever steps in first is healed. So the word went forth, and they gathered. It says, a great multitude lay there, of impotent folk. Waiting for the moving of the water. I don't know how often the angel stepped down.

It doesn't tell us how often it happened, but it must have been a fairly regular occurrence. And the people came, because they had need. Oh, as I was meditating, and praying, and seeking the Lord. And I thought of the people that come in through these doors, Sunday by Sunday.

And I thought of some who've been here for a long time. And I thought of myself, and thought of our needs. And I thought, why do we come? Why do we come this morning? Why are we here? And I just said, oh Lord, it would be such a blessing.

If you would step down, and just minister by your Spirit. Unto the depth of our need. Oh Lord, where we're blind, where we're lame. Where we're halt, and we're limping. Where we're impotent, and we're not whole.

And we're withered. Oh Lord, and I thought of the multitudes of humanity. Seeking for help, seeking for deliverance, seeking for healing. Oh Lord God, wouldn't you want to step down, and show yourself mighty.

Not because of charity, Christian fellowship. No, God said, I won't do this because for your sake, to Israel. But oh, I'll do this for my great name's sake. That all the people may know, that God is alive in the midst of His people.

And I said, oh Lord, is it not time for thee to work again. And stretch forth thy hand. That signs and wonders may be done in the name of thy holy child, Jesus. And that those that are lame, and are impotent, and blind, and halting.

And bound by sin, and lives wrecked and ruined. That when they were coming through the doors of the church houses in Lancaster County. In our communities, not only at charity, Christian fellowship. But wherever the name of Jesus Christ is lifted up.

Wherever He is exalted. Oh Lord, that you would step down. And show yourself mighty, to deliver. Mighty to save. And I thought of my own weakness, and failures, and shortcomings, and sins. And said, oh Lord, how many have come, and have waited, and have left again.

Lord God, is it not time for thee to work. And I thought of us, and I said, Lord, oh please Heavenly Father. There's a reason we're all here this morning. Yes, we come to worship the Lord. We come to give Him praise and adoration.

But I also believe that there's needs represented here this morning. Deep needs of the heart. Maybe so deep, and so long standing like this man for 38 years. And we've learned to live with our impotency, and our limp, and our blindness.

And we wonder, can it ever change? Is there any hope for me? And when my hope rises up, and I see God working. Someone else steps down before me, and gets the blessing. And I just sort of fall back again, and say, well, I guess it's not for me.

But all my heart is, I want to encourage you this morning. When Jesus stepped on the scene, something else began to happen. There was no longer a need for the man who was lying there, weak and bound in his crippledness, to wait any longer.

He didn't have to wait for the angel, because the Son of God has come. Jesus Christ has come. And He has all power and all authority. It's given unto Him. And when He says, arise, you arise. When He says, be healed, you're healed.

When He says, go and sin no more, there's power to obey. When He sets you free from your sin, and He delivers you from your bondage. Oh, I thought of the analogy of a hospital. And you lie there in your hospital bed, in the recovery room.

You have been sorely wounded, and you need a hospital. And you're lying there in the recovery room, on your bed. And the doctors have cut out that ugly tumor, that cancer. And have poured in a bomb. And you're recovering, you're healing.

And then they come and they say, Mr. Hirst, it's time to get out of bed. But I just had an operation. But it's time for you to get out of your bed, and to exercise. Oh, but it hurts. But you need to exercise.

You need to get up out of your bed. Because if you stay lying in your bed too long, you will actually impede or slow the healing process. It's time to get up out of your bed. And begin to walk. We'll hold you.

We'll support you. But you need to get up and walk. Unless you develop a blood clot. That would threaten your life, and threaten your recovery. Of this evil disease. It's time to get up and walk. And then I thought of us.

And I thought of our needs. And I thought of God's operation by His Spirit in our hearts. You know, sometimes we just want to stay in bed. We just want to rest and be comforted. But the doctors have learned in their wisdom over the years, there's a time to get up out of bed.

And there's a time to rise up and walk. And then I thought of our spiritual diseases and sins and sicknesses and sorrows and griefs and pains. And yes, there's a time for the hospital. There's a time for the surgeon's knife.

There's a time to be in that bed. And there's a time to be under the anephesia. And let the master doctor do his operation. But then there's a time to get up. And get up out of the bed. And walk. But I wonder this morning, why am I here?

Why are you here? Has your life been made every whit hole? As you have reached out to Jesus. You know sometimes we just learn to walk with the limp. We just learn to walk with the blindness. We just learn to live with.

Modern psychology that says you need to learn how to cope. You just learn how to cope. Oh, there's a cross of Jesus. For sin and uncleanness. And troubled hearts and consciences. To be cleansed and to be washed and to be set free.

I just thought of this great multitude lying there. And then Jesus steps into the scene. And we could turn to many other Gospels where the scene looked very similar. They brought the sick and the blind and the whole in the name to Jesus.

And the Bible says, and He healed everyone. Praise God! Are you lying in your bed this morning? What is the debilitating disease? Jesus wants to heal you. He wants to set you free. And He has the power to do it.

You need a miracle. What a question to ask the impotent man. Wilt thou be made whole? But he didn't know who it was that asked the question. Not yet. May I, in Christ's dead, beseech you and ask the question?

Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man said, sir, I have no man. When the water is troubled to put me in the pool. But while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. I tried many times. But somehow it just doesn't work for me.

Have you ever heard that? Yeah, I tried. I tried to bring my burdens to Jesus. I tried to find rest for my soul. But somehow it just doesn't work for me. So I've learned to live with it. I just stuff it.

I just put it under. But Jesus can set you free. Jesus is the Savior. He is mighty to save. Strong to deliver. You know, I don't know what you are facing. I don't know what your need is. But I know one who does.

And his name is Jesus. And he cares for you. Yes, he really cares for you. He loves you. He paid the price on Calvary's cross. And by his stripes we are healed. My dear friend. My brother, my sister. Wilt thou be made whole?

Jesus saith unto him, Rise. Take up thy bed and walk. I believe the Lord Jesus is wanting to take us on into a life, a life that is abundant and full and free. That we should arise up out of our bed. Hear him speak.

Reach out. And lay hold upon the hem of his garment as it were. O Lord, grant unto me wisdom and utterance that no one would be discouraged. I just felt very clearly to just share this word. You know, maybe sometimes we like the attention we get when we're in the hospital and on our sick bed.

Oh, the people coming and blessing us with cards and prayers and Oh, I feel sorry for you. I hope you're soon better. And we sort of learn to like the bed. Because if I am healed, I'm going to have to get up and walk.

I'm going to have to get out and work. Right now, all my needs are provided. I'm showered with everything that I need. And there's a place for that. There's a place for the hospital. There's a place for the recovery room.

But it's the goal of the doctor and of the nurse to get us out of that recovery room and onto our feet just as quickly as possible. Oh, that's the heart of our Jesus. Yes, He is full of compassion. And He ministers grace to us upon the bed.

But then He says, My child, now it's time to rise up and walk. And I just wonder this morning, Oh Lord, how many of us were lying on that bed or were walking half blind and limping and we've just learned to live with it.

And the Lord Jesus would say to us this morning, Rise and walk! Rise and be healed! You know, we get used to it. We're lying there in our bed and we think this is all the better it gets. Oh, but then we see another one who was lying there also, but now they're up and they're walking.

And our hope rises and we say, Maybe that's for me. They had a similar condition that I did. Look at them. I wonder if I could have that too. Oh, but then all that self-pity rolls back in and we just sort of settle back in our comfort zone there and pull the blanket a little tighter around us and we just live with it until another one rises up out of his bed.

And this one not only walks, but this one is leaping and praising God. And we say, Lord, that's what I need. That's what I want. Do I have that? Oh, I think of my own testimony. I wound up in myself, a shell around me, full of fear.

People would have said I was very timid, very introverted, afraid of people, afraid of life. Sat in the corner of the front room down on the farmhouse.

And wept in depression. Yes, that was me.

Went to the doctor. He said, you need these pills. And he gave me some medications at your nerves. I took a few of those pills, but I knew better. It wasn't my nerves. It was that I needed the great physician to touch my life and to change me and deliver me from myself.

I every now and then would look around and I'd see one walking and leaping and praising God. I said, oh Lord, could that be for me too? Oh, the Lord said, yes, it's for you too. But are you willing? Are you willing to get real and just lay down all of your life?

Are you willing to cry out for help? And I'd make a few feeble attempts. Didn't work. Didn't work. Didn't work. Even went to a few pretty hot religious meetings where here they've got it. If they'll pray for you, you'll rise up and walk.

Your life will be changed. Didn't work. God had me in the corner. He said, Aaron, it's everything on the altar. Everything on the altar. Your whole life. Give me your fears. But Lord, I'm afraid. Give them to me.

Trust me. Let me do the surgery. Trust me. Give me your life completely. Hard. Oh. Crawl back in my shell. Pull my blanket around me a little more. Lie there on my sickbed and feel sorry for myself. To another and wait.

Leaping by. Praising God. Lord. Lord. Yes. I am impotent and I am weak and I am withering away. I'm pining away in myself. Lord, have mercy on me. Give me your life. Lay it all on the altar. Everything.

Lord, I'll give you everything. But. With God, there's no buts. It's everything. But Lord, I can't speak. And God was laying on my heart the call to preach the gospel. My dad even said to me one day, well, Aaron, when you're a preacher.

I said, don't say that. Why do you say that? I was just maybe 17 at the time. I wanted to run and hide. Me? Afraid of people? Can't talk to even three? Let alone a congregation? I said, Lord, I'll give you everything.

But. I can't preach. I won't do it, Lord. I won't. He said, okay, you'll wait. So I curl up in my blanket. On my sickbed, as it were. Oh, then I'd see another one leaping and praising God going by. And I'd go ask him, what happened to you?

Oh. I got saved. Really? Yeah, I got saved. I got delivered. I knew it. Their life was different. It was like that blind man in John 9. Is this he? Sort of looks like him. Couldn't be. No, that's not him.

Well, it acts like him. But no. Well, call his parents once. Let's find out. Is this him or isn't it? Yes, this is him. But their lives were so radically changed when they met Christ.

That they were hardly even recognized as the same person.

Because their lives were so radically changed. Yeah, this is he. Oh yes, you can still tell. It's still Brother Jerry. But hallelujah, he got saved. Now when you go over to his house, better be careful.

If you aren't saved, you'll get saved. He'll preach to you. Because of the goodness of what God has done in his own heart. You know, fear hath torment. I was tormented in my fear. Crippled. Maybe you're crippled this morning.

Maybe you're crippled with fear. God is saying, give me your life. Lay it all on the altar. I'm afraid, Lord. What will you ask me to do? Everything, Lord. I'll give you everything, Lord. But, yeah, I tried that a few times too and it didn't work.

So I'm here to tell you this morning, ahead of time, it doesn't work. But when you get serious and real with God and you lay your life down, you'll be amazed at what God can do. We have a few other Scriptures we can look to.

Restoration Through the Touch of Jesus

Let's do that. Let's look at Mark 8, 22. Mark 8, 22. Speaking of our Lord Jesus, He cometh to Bethsaida and they bring a blind man unto Him and besought Him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hind and led him out of town and when he had spit on his eyes he put his hands upon him and he asked him if he saw aught.

And he looked up and said, I see men as trees walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes and he made him look up and he was restored and saw every man clearly. Hallelujah! He was restored.

And as I thought of that, you know here this morning, maybe you were blind from birth. Yeah, we all were blind in our sins from birth indeed. But you know, here was a man that I don't believe was blind from birth because it says he was restored.

And restored means that he was brought back again into a wholeness. He was restored. He was restored back into 20 -20 vision. And I thought of us and I thought of myself and I thought of things that God has done in my heart and life.

You know, maybe there was a time you were leaping and walking and praising God and you were seeing clearly. But today, something happened and there's a fog settled down over your heart and you're not seeing clearly anymore.

And maybe you see men as trees walking and things are confusing. Oh, the Lord Jesus not only heals those that are born from birth blind, but He restores. He's able to restore. Able to recover. I think of the man with the withered hand that Brother Denny mentioned the other Sunday.

He was restored also. That hand wasn't always like that, I don't believe, because it says it was restored. It was restored whole just like his other hand. Oh, but he had to do something. He had to stretch it forth.

Oh, I pray to God this morning. I think of the woman with the issue of blood. The Bible says there, she being a daughter of Abraham bound alone these 18 years whom Satan has bound. Should she not be loosed?

And then I think of us in our Christian lives and we're bound by this or we're hindered by that and we're just not quite willing to go all the way and give it all to the Lord. It hinders us and it binds us up.

Oh, she being a daughter of Abraham, she being in the lineage of the Jews, she being a Jew, shouldn't she be loosed? You being a Christian, shouldn't we give the Lord everything and total surrender to God and let Him moose us and moose our tongue and set us free in the way of a measure of the fullness of Christ in our hearts like we have not yet experienced?

Oh, my brothers and my sisters, wilt thou be made whole? You know, a half Christian life isn't very exciting, is it? You know, half. What's that? No wonder the world mocks the Christians. They say, where is the power?

Where is your God? You're no different than us. Oh, Lord, that You would step down and touch our hearts and our lives and that we by faith would reach out and touch the hem of His garment and be made whole, be restored, be healed.

Rise. Take up Thy bed and walk. Matthew 8. Turn over to Matthew 8. We'll look at a Scripture there. Oh, Lord Jesus, have mercy upon us. Matthew 8. When Jesus came down from the mount, when He was come down from the mount, great multitudes followed Him, and behold, there came a leper and worshiped Him saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him saying, I will be Thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Hallelujah. You know what? Jesus is saying the same thing today. I will. I will cleanse you of your leprosy.

It's not God's fault. You know, it wasn't God's fault I sat there in my depression. Went back to the doctor the second time. And he being a Christian, oh, praise God, he examined me a little bit and then he said, Aaron, are you living in sin?

Hey, didn't expect that of the doctor. But hallelujah, he was a doctor who also knew the doctor. And he saw into my heart and he knew, yeah, sure, lots of people are on drugs to try to drown out reality so they can cope.

Oh, but there's a better answer. His name is Jesus. And when you come to Him in repentance and faith toward God, He can change your life. It's the cross of Christ. Yes. Wilt thou be made whole? Oh, this leper.

He came. He heard about Jesus. He came and he said, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. I have heard of you. I know who you are. And I know you have the power to change my life. No medicine will do.

Ah, but Jesus, if you'll make me clean, I'll be clean. And that's exactly how it is. When the Lord Jesus makes you clean, you're clean. Every way whole. And the words of Jesus, just hear them ringing down through eternity.

Oh, what a beautiful message. I will be thou clean. I will. I will. And immediately, his leprosy was cleansed. But you know, just like in my own life, it didn't happen overnight. I had to stay in that place of seeking and bowing my heart before the Lord.

And the Lord just kept backing me into the corner till I was so tired. Oh, I was so tired of my bed. You know, at first it might look pretty nice, you know. We'll just have this bed and people will send me cards and you know, they'll say how sorry they are for me.

And I'll just be there on my bed, you know. And we'll just lie there and we'll just wait for the moving of the waters once God does His part, you know. But you know, oftentimes, the Lord is waiting for us.

In fact, this very morning, I am convinced God is waiting for you and I. The Lord Jesus Christ has paid the way. He has opened up the way. There I was, introverted, loathing myself even. Didn't really like it, you know.

I mean, I wish I could be free, but I thought, well, you know, it's for that person over there. Yeah, yeah, they can have it, but not me. But see, that's a lie. God is no respecter of persons. His message of salvation and deliverance is for you.

So you lie there on your sickbed while Jesus paid it all. And He's patiently waiting. He is so long-suffering. He is so gracious and kind. While I was trying to find my way, running to other physicians and stuff, and going to this religious meeting.

Oh, there's a prayer meeting over here. And so-and-so is there. And he's full of the Holy Ghost. If you go there... You know, and God had mercy on me through all those times of my seeking and my wanderings around, until finally all else failed and everything else was dried up and there was no balm in Gilead except in the Lord Jesus Christ.

And God got me down in that corner to where in my own bedroom, all by myself, I got down on my knees. And it was like the weight of this whole thing just came upon me. And I realized, I'm like a drowning man in the ocean.

And unless God rescues me, I will be possibly in a mental institute for the rest of my life. In fact, there was some of it in our history of the family. And they said, you could be like that. Tell me now, that was frightening.

You could be like that great-uncle over there. Or that so-and-so. I said, Lord, unless You deliver me. And of course, it was, give me your life. And so in desperation, I cried out to the Lord there in my bed and I said, Lord, change me if You can!

But I surrender. And at that moment, He stepped down and He moved the waters of my heart and my life and He so drastically delivered me that I was amazed. I went bounding down the stairs two at a time.

I was walking and leaping and praising God and nobody had to tell me to do it. Nobody had to teach me how, you know, because God had changed my life. And I said, honey, I'm changed! I went up to my dad just as fast as I could and I slid in there and I said, Pop, it's different, I'm changed!

He looked at his son, introverted, taking him to the doctor even as a little boy, didn't want to go to school and face the people, you know. He's just such an inverted person.

And he said, what happened?

And I told him my whole testimony about how the Lord changed my life. He rejoiced with me a bit cautiously. But He rejoiced with me. My, what has happened to my son? Yes, it is Him. I know Him. But He acts different now.

Hallelujah! Things are different now since Jesus came and made me whole. And like that impotent, sick man, hallelujah, waiting for the moving of the waters, Jesus had come into my life and I took up that bed and I walked.

And life has never been the same since. Praise God! And the Lord is no respecter of persons. Every now and then I pick up this bed to just remember how great my God is and what He's done for me. And how that He can save to the uttermost and how He can change and set us free from the deepest bondage imaginable.

And I didn't tell you but a small part. I just want to encourage you this morning. The Lord Jesus Christ says, rise, take up thy bed and walk. And there's nothing too hard for God. One hymn writer said it this way, there's nothing on earth that the God of heaven can't cure.

You know, Jesus was never stumped. Not once. Not one time. The disciples were, oh, but not the Lord Jesus. What is your need this morning? What is your wound and your hurt? You know, and sometimes I fear we're trying to find our way and we enter into a lot of counseling and I'm not saying counseling is all bad or anything, but I just think, oh, Lord Jesus!

You know, people tried to counsel me this and that. You know, and I thank God for that, but when Jesus came, that is when I was set free. And do you know when He came? He came when I surrendered all to Him.

That's when He came. So I wonder sometimes, you know, we try to show people how to walk. You know, well, give them some crutches, you know. Just start walking once, you know. And you'll get better. Well, is it just a crutch?

Is it just a Band-Aid? Do you need the doctor? Do you need the deliverer? Do you need the healer to set you free and change your life? You know, it can happen to you. Any one of us here this morning.

All the vilest of sinners, whoever they be, that moment when they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, their lives are changed. Impotent folk, maimed, halt, blind, you know. So I just encourage our hearts this morning.

I don't want to drag you off the hospital bed if that's where you belong. Because it could be damaging. The doctor is very wise. He doesn't get you off of that hospital bed before you're ready. But he's also very wise and he doesn't let you just stay there.

Because he knows if you wait until you're ready, you might have bed sores. Ooh, it hurts! You know, I need more ministering too. Yes, there's a time for that. We need ministering too. Amen. Please, no one be offended.

We need that. But maybe we need a ministering too to come along inside and say, my brother, my friend, my sister, let me help you. Rise. Look. Look unto Jesus. Rise. Be healed of thine infirmity and thy sickness and thy disease.

Rise. Take up thy bed and walk. Let's kneel together in prayer. Lord God, please have mercy upon us, Lord. Oh, Father, don't let that which is lain be turned out of the way. And we just put a little band-aid on it one more time.

Oh, Father, but rather let it be healed. Father, I just do pray in Jesus' name, Lord, for the congregation here at Charity and for anyone who is listening to this word. Any visitors here today, friends, Lord.

Oh, God, why have we come this morning? Is there a deep need in my heart? And I know it's there. Maybe not a lot of other people do, but I do. I know how it hinders me. I know how it keeps me back. Oh, Father, I pray.

Please, Lord, today let faith arise and look full into the face of Jesus and say, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. Oh, Lord, I pray let us be done with running to physicians. Let us be done with trying to cope with it.

Let us be done with putting on of band-aids or medications, Lord, and come to the great physician, the Lord Jesus Christ, and be healed and be delivered and be changed. Our whole life's so radically changed, Lord, that they might even have to come and ask the parents, is this for sure He?

Yes, it's Him. Oh, Lord. Lord, I know You don't owe it to us for our namesake, but Lord, for Thy great namesake. Oh, Father, for Thy great namesake, not only here at Charity Christian Fellowship, Lord, but Father, the Christian churches across the nation, especially here in the United States, Lord, where there is such a low ebb.

Oh, Father, be merciful unto us. And Lord, we are not excluded from that low ebb. Father, would You stretch forth Your hand upon us here at Charity Christian Fellowship, Lord, and that which is lame, let it be healed.

Oh, Father. Lord, I think of even our physical needs amongst us, Lord. And I think of those who are in need of a physical healing, Lord. They're in need of an operation. Oh, God, wouldn't it bring glory to Your name?

Wouldn't You be pleased to stretch forth Your hand and heal? Oh, Father, and save that $40 ,000 for that operation and that hospital bill? Oh, Lord, we just lay these things before You, God. No condemnation toward anyone, but oh, Father, that our hearts would rise in faith and we would lay hold on the Lord Jesus Christ and believe Him and be healed.

Yes, Lord, physical things, but oh, far more, Lord, those deep spiritual needs of our heart. Those deep emotional hurts that we are carrying, Lord. And they're hindering us. They're impeding our progress with You, Lord.

Oh, please, Father, in Thy loving tender mercies, Lord, lay Your finger upon those things. God, our own selfishness, our wanting to go our own way. Oh, Father, have mercy upon us, Lord. Please come, Lord, in the presence and power of Your Spirit to convict of sin and of righteousness and of judgment and of comfort of the Holy Ghost.

This we ask in Jesus' name, Amen.

Spiritual and Physical Healing in Matthew 8

Thank you, Brother Aaron, for laboring in the Word and preaching and sharing with us. So is your personal testimony. Different times I've heard parts of it, but maybe he didn't tell it all yet, so we'll hear some more some other time.

I had to think as he was sharing, there are some who are sick spiritually. They are healthy in their physical body, but they're sick in their spirit. They are not saved. They are lost. They're sick. They need a touch of Jesus.

And there are some who are well in their spiritual bodies, but they're sick physically. And they also need a touch of Jesus. I read a little further here in Matthew 8. It says, When Jesus was come to Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid sick of a fever and he touched her hand and the fever left her.

She rose and ministered unto them. When the evening was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaiah, the prophet saying, himself took our infirmities and bear our sicknesses.

Those are specific promises for the physical. There are some who are sick in spirit, sick because of sin, and that also affects their physical bodies. Those two are very, very close to connecting. As Aaron shared, he was physically sick, mentally a wreck, because he was spiritually void, empty.

But when Jesus came and filled that empty spot in his heart, it also took care of his physical infirmities. That's the promise of the Word of God. He healed them with His Word again. I'd like to just give some opportunity here for you to share a testimony of what God has been doing in your heart or maybe you're here today and you're still sick, either spiritually, mentally, emotionally,.

Or physically.

God is able. The Lord Jesus Christ took upon Himself our infirmities, our sicknesses, our diseases. He bore them for us. Now, I thought about that woman that came in the crowd in the press and she was ashamed of her sickness.

She was unclean. She was ashamed of it. She didn't want anyone to know, but yet she was desperate. Sometimes when we're... some specific sicknesses that we have, we're ashamed of them and we're afraid to open up our mouth and let someone else know that we're sick.

We're afraid to let it be known that we're sick. I do believe that if we were open and willing to acknowledge our sickness, whether it's a spiritual sickness, whether it's a mental sickness, mental stress, or a physical thing, I believe God is able.

I know He's able. And I do believe He's a healer. So, I want to... If someone wants to share, please raise your hand. We'll get a mic to you. Open this up here. There's some family sharing here. There's some who want to share.