ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BUNCH
Galatians 5:9 (KJV)
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
· What does that mean “One bad apple does spoil the whole bunch.”
· Leaven can refer to sin or self-righteousness (which would include any man-made system that is not of Grace
· One weak link can break the chain. (Some of you might remember a TV program called “The Weakest Link.”
John 10:10 (ESV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
Satan is very subtle (downright sneaky) if he can’t beat you outright he’ll join you and water you down with religious effort.
2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV)
14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
I am going to talk about needs in general, but I will be focusing a lot on Divine Healing; because that is what God has called me to do and it is an area of great misunderstanding and need.
1. You receive by: Simple Faith in Grace/Not by Works
Ephesians 2:8,9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2. That is why when it comes to Divine Healing: certain methods just don’t work
· Prayer Chains don’t work.
· Facebook Pages with lots of people praying don’t work.
· Large groups of people praying in a church don’t work either.
Now, before you stone me; I have stated in the past that pray chains can work for some things like:
· someone getting a job
· or asking God to guide the surgeon’s hand, etc.
· The reason it will work for these things is people can walk in faith without unbelief in these areas. They have believed God for a job themselves or for God’s help during a procedure.
· There is no Biblical model for this for Divine Healing
· When you assembly more people there is this belief that you pool their faith together: that is true; but what people don’t consider is that you also pool unbelief.
Let me simplify this:
· if these people have had no success in believing for Divine Healing for themselves then if you put it in simple numbers. Let’s say 1 is a mustard seed of faith; that is all you need to move a mountain or heal a person or to get your need met whatever it is, and you have 1000 people praying that is 1000 times as much faith as one. That’s true right. Yes, but not so fast.
· Here’s the kicker
If those people aren’t getting themselves healed because they haven’t developed their faith and gotten rid of their unbelief then that unbelief is greater than their faith well that is a negative 2 at least. So negative 2 times 1000 equals minus 2000.
· Now you are beginning to see the problem you have just multiplied your problem because 1000 minus 2000 equals negative 1000. With that you get nothing, that is one of the greatest reason why people aren’t getting healed or having their other needs met.
3. God showed me this: it really boils down to this they are trying to do it by WORKS;
· if we can just get a few hundred more-people praying this will happen or that. While their intentions might be good; their methods are not Biblical.
One of the greatest testimonies to what I am saying is the story of Mike and Aster Mullins and their son Andrew.
The Mullins are from Ireland. Their fourth son began to display some health issues when he was just over a year old. He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. They set up a Facebook page to storm the gates of Hell for Andrew. Eventually, 5000 people were praying. 5000 people is bigger than many towns.
The only problem was even with these praying was that Andrew grew worse and worse.
They had received some teaching on principles of Divine Healing and how it works. These are the same principles that I received and teach on today. And God keeps opening them up more and more. I am so grateful for that; so, I can help others receive their healing, too.
Mike and Aster Mullins now armed with a revelation approached thing totally differently.
Here is an excerpt from their story:
“We don’t have to storm Heaven’s gates, God is not the oppressor, nor was He using Andrew’s sickness to teach us a lesson,” God used Andrew’s teaching to point the Mullins back to His Word where they found promises to stand on for their son’s healing. “We found promises in the Word of God, such as in the book of Proverbs (15:30) where it says good news brings health to your bones.” said Mike.
After their eyes were opened to the Truth, they went to their son, and laid their hands on him with confident expectation. “We put our hands on his thigh bones and his pelvis and we said, ‘Bones, we’ve got good news for you, By His stripes you were healed (1 Peter 2:24).
After their prayer, Andrew was tested to see if he had made any progress. To the hospital staff’s surprise, he had. The Mullins’ consultant called and she said, “I don’t know how to tell you this, but everything regarding Andrew is up in the air.” To which Mike inquired, “Is it up in the air good or up in the air bad? She said, “It’s up in the air good. Every one of Andrew’s bones are completely clean of cancer… We really didn’t expect this.”
While the news was unexpected by the doctors, it wasn’t a surprise to the Mullins. “We had learned how to pray with authority, and it worked,” said Mike.”
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
· What does that mean “One bad apple does spoil the whole bunch.”
· Leaven can refer to sin or self-righteousness (which would include any man-made system that is not of Grace
· One weak link can break the chain. (Some of you might remember a TV program called “The Weakest Link.”
John 10:10 (ESV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
Satan is very subtle (downright sneaky) if he can’t beat you outright he’ll join you and water you down with religious effort.
2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV)
14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
I am going to talk about needs in general, but I will be focusing a lot on Divine Healing; because that is what God has called me to do and it is an area of great misunderstanding and need.
1. You receive by: Simple Faith in Grace/Not by Works
Ephesians 2:8,9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2. That is why when it comes to Divine Healing: certain methods just don’t work
· Prayer Chains don’t work.
· Facebook Pages with lots of people praying don’t work.
· Large groups of people praying in a church don’t work either.
Now, before you stone me; I have stated in the past that pray chains can work for some things like:
· someone getting a job
· or asking God to guide the surgeon’s hand, etc.
· The reason it will work for these things is people can walk in faith without unbelief in these areas. They have believed God for a job themselves or for God’s help during a procedure.
· There is no Biblical model for this for Divine Healing
· When you assembly more people there is this belief that you pool their faith together: that is true; but what people don’t consider is that you also pool unbelief.
Let me simplify this:
· if these people have had no success in believing for Divine Healing for themselves then if you put it in simple numbers. Let’s say 1 is a mustard seed of faith; that is all you need to move a mountain or heal a person or to get your need met whatever it is, and you have 1000 people praying that is 1000 times as much faith as one. That’s true right. Yes, but not so fast.
· Here’s the kicker
If those people aren’t getting themselves healed because they haven’t developed their faith and gotten rid of their unbelief then that unbelief is greater than their faith well that is a negative 2 at least. So negative 2 times 1000 equals minus 2000.
· Now you are beginning to see the problem you have just multiplied your problem because 1000 minus 2000 equals negative 1000. With that you get nothing, that is one of the greatest reason why people aren’t getting healed or having their other needs met.
3. God showed me this: it really boils down to this they are trying to do it by WORKS;
· if we can just get a few hundred more-people praying this will happen or that. While their intentions might be good; their methods are not Biblical.
One of the greatest testimonies to what I am saying is the story of Mike and Aster Mullins and their son Andrew.
The Mullins are from Ireland. Their fourth son began to display some health issues when he was just over a year old. He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. They set up a Facebook page to storm the gates of Hell for Andrew. Eventually, 5000 people were praying. 5000 people is bigger than many towns.
The only problem was even with these praying was that Andrew grew worse and worse.
They had received some teaching on principles of Divine Healing and how it works. These are the same principles that I received and teach on today. And God keeps opening them up more and more. I am so grateful for that; so, I can help others receive their healing, too.
Mike and Aster Mullins now armed with a revelation approached thing totally differently.
Here is an excerpt from their story:
“We don’t have to storm Heaven’s gates, God is not the oppressor, nor was He using Andrew’s sickness to teach us a lesson,” God used Andrew’s teaching to point the Mullins back to His Word where they found promises to stand on for their son’s healing. “We found promises in the Word of God, such as in the book of Proverbs (15:30) where it says good news brings health to your bones.” said Mike.
After their eyes were opened to the Truth, they went to their son, and laid their hands on him with confident expectation. “We put our hands on his thigh bones and his pelvis and we said, ‘Bones, we’ve got good news for you, By His stripes you were healed (1 Peter 2:24).
After their prayer, Andrew was tested to see if he had made any progress. To the hospital staff’s surprise, he had. The Mullins’ consultant called and she said, “I don’t know how to tell you this, but everything regarding Andrew is up in the air.” To which Mike inquired, “Is it up in the air good or up in the air bad? She said, “It’s up in the air good. Every one of Andrew’s bones are completely clean of cancer… We really didn’t expect this.”
While the news was unexpected by the doctors, it wasn’t a surprise to the Mullins. “We had learned how to pray with authority, and it worked,” said Mike.”
- All you need is one person praying in unbelief to shut down the whole thing.
- This is a case where is where less is best (if the less is walking in Faith w/o Doubt) All you need is One person who is strong in this!
- There is a movie that is being filmed right now-coming out next Spring: true story-out in a year called “Breakthrough.” Single mother had her 14-year-old son fall through the ice and she kept praying and believing for over an hour with no signs of life; an agnostic EMS rescue person right next to hear. She wouldn’t give up believing and her boy’s heart started beating again. Everyone had to admit: it was a miracle from God; but it took one mama bear Christian with child-like faith to just believe and not doubt.
- THAT’S WHAT I AM TALING ABOUT AND TEACHING! That is how God want’s all of us to walk and live in him.
