Free Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt by Roger Sapp Page A

ministering at a small church. There were many miracles and healings in this church over a weekend of ministry. There was a woman in the church who was seriously disabled but no more than some of the others who had been healed. When I ministered to her, I was acutely aware that there was no presence of the Spirit. Generally speaking, an absence of the Spirit means that the person simply is not believing at all or doubts to the point of overshadowing their faith in Christ as Healer. I asked her a question after I determined that nothing much was happening: Why do you think that you are not being healed? In this particular case, she did not come up with anything significant as a doubt for me to deal with and I left the church somewhat puzzled about her but with an impression that there was more to be said and she was not saying it. A couple of days later, the pastor called me at home and as we discussed her, he said Do you know why she wasn’t healed? I said No . The pastor said She believes that God revealed to her that on a particular date a particular woman in the church is going to be used to heal her. The pastor named the date and the particular woman that God had supposedly revealed. Of course, what happened is that the date came and the woman was not healed. Now this same woman has another revelation about the reason she was not healed. This revelation is scripturally wrong also. Her God is very unpredictable, unreliable and mysterious. What is the problem here? This woman’s faith was built on a false foundation and the devil was feeding her revelations that matched the false foundation. Her foundation was not Christ. She apparently did not know what Christ revealed of the Father’s will, purpose and timing. She believed that there was a particular timing for her to be healed and postponed receiving until that time. When the time in the revelation came, she still had other doubts and was not healed.
     
    When we came to her church, healing was very easy to receive. This was because I had demonstrated repeatedly that Christ was willing and many received. People were expectant. Faith was evident. But she received nothing. A false revelation caused her to postpone her healing and created doubt that she was suppose to receive then and there.
     
    In the New Testament, Christ revealed that time for healing was always now. He never postponed healing of someone to a particular date or said that a particular person need be involved. In fact, the New Testament says call for the elders of the church… and the prayer of faith will raise up the sick. There is no specific timing in this as far as God is concerned. Today is the day. Call for the elders when you are sick and expect to be healed. Healing is always available through faith in Christ because of what He accomplished at the cross.
     
    Sick So Long to Be Sure God Will Not Heal. Recently, I was ministering on the East coast and after preaching, I invited those who had serious injuries to come up in front of everyone to be healed. My practice for a number of years now has to find the most seriously injured people in a congregation and get them visibly healed by Christ in front of everyone. I usually like to start with bad backs. I have people demonstrate what they can do before I minister to them and then after they are healed what they can do. They bend without pain for the first time in years. They touch their toes without pain for the first time in decades. They walk without pain and no longer need their canes or braces. They come out of their wheelchairs and walk with strength. This visible kind of healing inspires people to believe in those things that are not so visible like the healing of cancer or diabetes. In this particular church, I proceeded with this method on Friday night of a weekend meeting. The first person got healed very quickly and was demonstrating that they were completely healed. The second person was a gray haired Caucasian woman. I began to