​Luke 13:16

      And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

 

The setting of this passage; Jesus was in the synagogue teaching and there was a woman that was bent over and could not get up. She had been locked in that position for 18 years. When Jesus saw her He said, “Woman you are loosed from your infirmity.” Notice He used the word loosed which is past tense.

 

When He said, “You are loosed,” it sure didn’t look like she had been loosed. God is not a man that He should lie; (Numbers 23:19, Romans 3:3-4) whatever He says becomes. When He said, “You are loosed” she became loose.

 

God's people had a healing covenant with Him. That’s why Jesus said, “Woman you are loosed.” In other words, “Don’t you know you are loosed?”  

 

The religious leaders were not teaching the people about their healing covenant. They didn’t want the power of God to scare off any potential new converts to their religious, hellish rules and regulation. Sounds like some churches today.

 

A similar situation was the blind man in John chapter 9.  Jesus and His disciples came across this blind man. The disciples asked Jesus who sinned he or his parents? I love Jesus’ answer, He said, “It’s not a matter of who sinned; this is what Adam did to all of mankind. The works of God should be made manifest in him and they are not.”  Here’s another one of God’s people who didn’t know that they had a healing covenant with God. So He demonstrated the healing power, the works of God, and the man was healed. 

 

It matters what church you go to. If they refuse to allow the Holy Spirit to have His way in their worship services, they are anti-Christ. Jesus is the one who gave us the Holy Spirit. So if a church rejects the Holy Spirit, they are anti-Christ.  They bow to the spirit of antichrist.

 

 If they try to regulate the Holy Spirit to certain times and places, with the cameras off of course, they are anti-Christ. These ministers bow to the antichrist spirit and teach their people to do the same.

 

My friends in the faith, you have been loosed from sickness and disease. The works of God should be made manifest in you. You have a healing covenant with Almighty God through Jesus Christ. We have a new and better covenant today than they had back then. (Hebrews 8:6)

 

Have a great week and remember that Jesus is coming soon!!