WAY'S TO RECEIVE GOD'S POWER-2

The secondary way is to receive God's healing power through the faith of some other believer [Acts 19:11]. The other believer ministers the healing grace of Jesus Christ through God's Word or the Gifts of the Spirit. The secondary way is an easier way to receive. The believer only has to be receptive to receive.

Gifts of the Spirit and special ministries are wonderful and valuable. The believers should take advantage and promote the Gifts of the Spirit and special ministries of healing and miracles when they are available to the believer [1 Corinthians 12:7-11, 1 Corinthians 12:27-31]. The spiritual gifts or charisma, are part of the grace or charis of Jesus Christ [1 Corinthians 12:1, Romans 12:6, ]. The Apostle Paul states, "But the free gift (charisma) is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace (charis) of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many [Romans 5:15].

However there are several disadvantages. The believer is dependent on another believer's faith and special gifts. The Gifts of the Spirit and Special Ministries have to be available and in operation for the recipient to receive their healing [1 Corinthians 12:11].

But healing through faith or confidence in God's Word is always available to the believer. But it requires the believer to use active faith not passive faith. The believer must ask and continue to "believe that you receive" [Mark 11:24], until the physical manifestation of the healing is received.

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