Mark 16:17-18 (NKJV) And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
It is God’s will for all believers to minister to the lost by preaching the gospel and ministering to them through the power of the Holy Spirit. As we do this, we must minister from a solid theological conviction grounded in Scripture.
Firstly, we need to know that Christ has redeemed us from our sin and the curse of the law.
Galatians 3:13 (NKJV) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
Jesus was bruised for our iniquities, and with His bruise we were healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV) But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Bruised means beaten and broken, and stripes mean a black and blue mark—a bruise. In other words, the mark is left as a result of being beaten. The same bruise was for both our sins and sicknesses. When Jesus was beaten, blood was shed, and bruises were inflicted on His body.
1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV) Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed.
Stripes, in Greek, mean a blow mark. A blow mark is the result of being beaten. With His stripes we were healed.
Secondly, sickness is not from God.
Psalm 107:20 (NKJV) He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
John 1:14 (NKJV) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus is the exact image of the Heavenly Father, and He came to do the Father’s will. He does nothing of His own. He will do and say whatever He sees the Father do and say. He came to reveal the Heavenly Father to us.
John 1:18 (NKJV) No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
There is a progressive revelation of God in the Bible. Jesus came to reveal and also declare to us who God is.
Acts 10:38 (NKJV) How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Therefore, our job is simply to believe the Word, share the Word with others, lay hands on the sick, tune into the prompting of the Holy Spirit, pray in faith, and let God do the rest!
Reflection: What stops you from sharing the gospel with others or ministering to them through the power of the Holy Spirit? How do these theological convictions motivate you?
Sermon Series：Jesus Ministers Through His Body After the Resurrection
我们的责任是相信并顺服
马可福音 16:17-18 信的人必有神迹随着他们，就是：奉我的名赶鬼；说新方言；手能拿蛇；若喝了什么毒物，也必不受害；手按病人，病人就必好了。”
神的旨意是要所有信徒都参与服事失丧的人，一方面传讲福音，另一方面借着圣灵的大能服事他们。在这一过程中，我们必须建立在坚实的圣经神学基础之上来服事。
首先，我们必须知道，基督已经救赎我们脱离罪与律法的咒诅。
加拉太书 3:13 基督既为我们受了咒诅，就赎出我们脱离律法的咒诅，因为经上记着：“凡挂在木头上都是被咒诅的。”
耶稣为我们的罪孽受了伤害，并且借着祂所受的鞭伤，我们得医治。
以赛亚书 53:5 哪知他为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因他受的刑罚我们得平安，因他受的鞭伤我们得医治。
“压伤”指被击打、破碎；“鞭伤”指黑青的伤痕，是被击打后留下的痕迹。换言之，这些伤痕是被击打所留下的印记。同样的伤痕既为我们的罪，也为我们的疾病。当耶稣被鞭打时，祂的身体流血并留下伤痕。
彼得前书 2:24他被挂在木头上，亲身担当了我们的罪，使我们既然在罪上死，就得以在义上活。因他受的鞭伤，你们便得了医治。
“鞭伤”在希腊文中指“被击打所留下的伤痕”。因祂的鞭伤，我们已经得了医治。
其次，疾病并非来自神。
诗篇 107:20 他发命医治他们，救他们脱离死亡。
约翰福音 1:14 道成了肉身，住在我们中间，充充满满地有恩典有真理。我们也见过他的荣光，正是父独生子的荣光。
耶稣正是天父的完美形象，祂来到世上是要遵行父的旨意。祂不凭自己做事，祂所说所行的，都是祂从父那里看见的。祂来是要向我们显明天父的本相。
约翰福音 1:18从来没有人看见神，只有在父怀里的独生子将他表明出来。
圣经中对神的启示是逐步展开的。耶稣的到来，不仅是启示，也是向我们清楚宣告神的本性。
使徒行传 10:38 神怎样以圣灵和能力膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的。他周流四方，行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人，因为神与他同在。
因此，我们的责任就是单纯地相信神的话语、传讲神的话语、为病人按手、敏锐圣灵的感动、凭信心祷告，其余的交托给神来成就。
默想：是什么拦阻你向他人传福音，或以圣灵的能力服事他们？这些神学性的确信如何激励你？
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