The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-07
DIVINE HEALING MEETING
Continued from last week.
To INSURE HEALING THERE MUST FAITH EXERCISED BY
SOME ONE

Does Jesus Christ heal who has no faith?
(No'O Did Christ go around just laying His hands on
everybody that He across regardless of their condition
of spirit? (''No.'O There certain conditions that
must be met Now there much here to be learned and
there lessons from each narrative of healing and you
will find that the different narratives bring out different
lessons and that is the why they were placed on
record 1t not the faith of the servant far the
record shows there nothing said about his faith 1t a0ds
the faith of the centurion.
The thing true of the man who was let down
through the roof of the house; the faith of the people
bO brought him. Parents may exercise faith for their
children may exercise faith to certain extent for
you get eight ten people together in sick room and
all of them drawing to God in spiritual communion
with another it is very great help in getting answer to
prayer for perfect delverance.
So say to ZoN when you are sick DO not send for
any person. officer otherwise not in full harmony with
Don't try different elders you used to try different
doctors and patent medicines. Let members OF ZION
the officers of ZION who appointed to visit the sick
and pray with them believe great harm is done by people
calling first this and then tomorrow that man. and
the next day somebody else and don't that there
much trust about that kind of action When be-
that you haze that for ohic yoW pray and yom shall
hGUeUhGt? According to the the definition OF faith
is that YOU believe you already something that you
going get So this afternoon is not question of exer
csng mind and the flesh; it is question of trusting in
God with unwaverng faith, having doubt and you
then lift your hearts God you have
ton no matter what the affection u.s. and say "Father,
believe Thou art believe Thy Word this body is thine
want to be strong to be used in Thy SERVICE and ask
You to heal and make perfectly wel; then it you
will rest in God you accomplish something but this ever
lasting trying first this and that and then somebody
else will bring any blessing to you because there is
no trust there None whatever.
Now this afternoon instead of pursuing the usual
course laying hands upon each going to let
pray for yourselves and then will pray with certain
sons but the majority of believe will be great help
to you pray for yourselves and lay hold Cod Now,
any walk by sight, but it takes who has been
born from above who knows what the rich of God can
do for him. to walk by faith has felon on his
finger and you lay hands that feon and pray and the
person looks at it the moment pray and says 1T looks
just like did before you prayed The proper is to
believe that when you pray will have that for which you
pray that you have it, and you have it, That is walk
ing by Faith Anybody believe what he has 1t
Christian and of faith to believe that he has
thing which he hasn't got and that he has thing which he
going to get 1t is not only necessary that you have
doubt when you pray but for wenyour hours and
have doubt.