Blockades to receiving Healing: Unrighteous Prayer

This document is written to obedient believers, who want to obey God’s will and command to heal the sick. 

 

The prayers of the unrighteous

God is obligated only to answer the prayer of the righteous.  Many who disobey God pray that God would heal them, but He is not obligated to answer their prayers.

 

Many who disobey God pray for other people to be healed, but He is not obligated to answer their prayers either.

If you disobey God and are unrighteous, or if you are wondering what I mean by this, you can read my online Gospel presentation.  It explains how to become/remain righteous before God.

If the unrighteous try to obey God’s command to engage in healing and deliverance ministry, bad things can happen to them.

 

Acts 19

11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, 12so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
13Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." 14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15One day the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" 16Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. 19A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[4] 20In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

 

It was bad for the Seven sons of Sceva, who took the name of the Lord in vain—or misused the name of the Lord.  The Jewish bible forbids this.  They knew Paul personally, but did not appear to know Jesus personally.

 

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
(Whole Chapter: John 17 In context: John 17:2-4)

 

1 John 5:20
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true–even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
(Whole Chapter: 1 John 5 In context: 1 John 5:19-21)

 

Since this document is targeted at obedient believers, I hope unrighteousness is not a showstopper for most of the readers. 

 

 

 

The prayers of those with out “level paths for his feet”

However, we should all take warning to continue to walk as holy as possible, so that God will heal the sick through us.

 

Hebrews 12

10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"[2] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

 

This document is an important part of the document on Blockades to  God’s will and command in healing the sick. 

 

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