Josh Brake: Hey, what's up guys?

Welcome back.

Good to be with you.

Last time I said I had a word
that the Lord was speaking to me

about, but I got busy telling you
about a testimony of Wasif and

just sharing the gospel with him.

If you haven't listened to that,
I would go back and, uh, um, I, I.

Uh, just because I'm so excited
about it, I want your prayers

and I want you to be able to pray
informed prayers about breakthrough.

And one of the ways you can pray is,
is, um, just salvations from when

we're sharing the gospel with people.

So, yeah, go back to, um, last week I.

Last episode and, and listen to
that and, um, pray accordingly.

Um, this week or, or this episode, I think
these are coming out every week or so, but

I would love to share just a word that I
feel the Lord giving my heart this week

and has everything to do with adoption.

Um, uh, me and Sal pray every
Tuesday morning at five 15.

Um, and it's early, um, and it's, it's
early, but the Lord is there and, uh.

Jesus Christ himself is
with us in that time.

And it's really, really powerful.

And one of the things we prayed
into on Tuesday was adoption

as sons, um, or as daughters.

I'm gonna probably just say as sons in
this episode, but know that, I mean, sons

and daughters, um, the Bible uses sons,
but it's not just talking about guys.

So, but bear with me.

Um, gimme grace.

So, uh, adoption as sons has been
on my heart, uh, Tuesday and.

Tuesday morning.

Um, I was, uh, just, yeah, when I left
the prayer time, I, I was thinking

about adoption and just the freedom
that we have as sons of God that we,

he is our father, we are his children.

That is, um.

Purchased by the blood of Jesus
when he put sin to death on the

cross and then released in us as we
receive the Holy Spirit of adoption.

He is the spirit of
adoption by whom we cry.

Abba Father.

Uh, in Galatians four it says, but
when the fullness of time had come,

God sent forth his son, born of a
woman born under the law to redeem

those who are under the law so that
we might receive adoption as sons.

Because you are sons.

God has sent the spirit of his son
into our hearts crying, Abba Father.

So you are no longer a slave but a son.

And if a son, then an heir through God
because we're sons, because Jesus Christ

has come and redeemed us from the law.

We are now sons of God.

Um, prior to being sons, prior to
Jesus coming, we were under the law.

We were slaves under the law.

The law was kind of like our guardian, a
manager is what it says in Galatians four.

It restrained us from getting too evil,
but it did not fix the evil in us.

Uh, therefore we were still slaves.

To our sin.

We had a guardian, a master,
but that master could not

lead us into, into freedom.

Um, but when the fullness of time
came, Jesus himself came, God, the,

the author of the law, he came,
fulfilled the law perfectly, and

then died on the cross as a sinner.

As the righteous, holy, acceptable,
pleasing offering to God in God's sight.

And when that aroma of Christ's
crucifixion reaches heaven, the Father

says, I'm satisfied with that offering.

Sin is now dead, and if anybody comes to
my son, I will give them freedom from sin.

I will release the spirit
of adoption in their life.

Uh, and so this is, I, this is true
of anybody who's come to Jesus.

They're redeemed from the law.

We have received adoption as sons, and
God has sent the spirit of Jesus, the

spirit of his son into our hearts crying.

Abba, father, the spirit of Jesus is
victorious over sin because Jesus put

sin to death in his body on the tree, and
when sin died on his body, on the tree.

Anybody who comes to him joins in that
death, puts to death our sin and our

bodies, and comes to life in Jesus.

And that life is only through the spirit.

Okay?

I know this is kind of a lot,
but I'm, I'm going here with

this in, in Romans chapter eight.

Uh, you hear the same exact language,
um, for you to not receive the spirit

of slavery, to fall back into fear.

But you have received the spirit
of adoption as sons by whom we cry.

Abba Father, the spirit himself,
bears witness with our spirit

that we are children of God.

So it's almost the same exact language.

Um, it's a little different
and talks about the spirit of

slavery to fall back into fear.

Um, I think Paul is saying this,
um, to the Romans, and then

also I think it applies to us.

We have a tendency to wonder
if we're doing things right.

And if we're really pleasing God
and there's a fear of condemnation,

looking over our shoulders,
are we really doing this right?

Um, am I living, am I on the right path?

Is God, is God pleased with me or or
am I just like headed down a path of

destruction and I don't even know it?

And Paul is saying, that's not
the spirit you've received.

That's a spirit of slavery
that's motivated by fear.

Fear is a terrible motivator
and it only, it's fear is

actually faith in a lesser God.

If you have a spirit of slavery wondering,
am I condemned the God that you're

actually trusting and is yourself and you
are not good enough and on your own, apart

from him, you are under condemnation.

That's the whole gospel message.

But because of Jesus, you've received the
spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry,

Abba Father, and that spirit bears witness
to our spirits that we're children of God.

One of the roles of the
Holy Spirit is to remind us.

Afresh every day that we are sons and
daughters of God, and because we're

sons and daughters, it would go on to
say Galatians, that it is for freedom.

Christ has set us free.

So because we're sons, we are free.

We are free indeed.

Right?

And he says, do not submit
again to a yoke of slavery.

That yoke of slavery isn't sin in like,
like it's not debauchery, lust, it's

actually talking about the law, the,
the yoke of slavery, of the law, and

trying to measure up to a standard.

We can never, we can never meet.

That's slavery and is motivated by
fear of condemnation, but Jesus took

our condemnation on himself, frees
us from it, and gives us a new way

of life, which is by the spirit I.

Who reminds us that we're sons.

Okay.

That's, that's a lot.

Um, and it's pretty, you know,
maybe, maybe you've like,

heard that maybe this is new.

If it's new to you, praise God.

But, um, here, here's, here's why
this was so cool because I kept, I,

I went down this line of thinking
if I'm a son, what does that mean?

What are the implications of me
being a son of God and Romans?

It keeps talking.

It says, we are heirs of God
and fellow heirs with Christ.

Okay, so an heir.

What is an heir?

An heir is somebody
who inherits something.

From their dad, from their parents.

So what am I inheriting from God?

And it's gonna be something
that Jesus has inherited.

'cause I'm a co-heir with Christ and
Jesus is the first born from the dead.

So I'm what I'm going to
inherit in the future.

Jesus has already inherited because
he came to life from the dead,

and I'm a co-heir with Christ.

I hope you're tracking with me.

So here's what I'm saying.

I'm a son of God.

And I have an inheritance.

That inheritance is given to me by God,
and Jesus Christ has already inherited it.

Okay, so what is that thing?

Okay.

In Romans eight, if you keep
reading, um, it talks about the

whole creation is groaning together
in the pains of childbirth.

They're waiting for something.

Creation is waiting for something.

And this is what it says,
that it's waiting for.

It is waiting, um, for us to
be revealed the glory of the

children of God to be revealed.

That's what creation is waiting for.

For me and you, Christian, to be fully
revealed who we really are, which

means that we're not fully yet who
we're gonna be, which should give you

comfort if you're still struggling,
if you're going through stuff.

Yes.

That, I mean, if you're gonna struggle
because you're not yet all God wants

you to be, and you won't be until
what it says that we are waiting.

Okay.

Well, lemme connect this.

Creation is waiting for us
to obtain the freedom of the

glory of the children of God.

So creation's waiting for
us to get what's ours.

So what is ours?

We are waiting eagerly for adoption
as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Wait, I thought we already were adopted.

Okay.

We've received the spirit of
adoption, but we haven't yet

fully received our adoption.

What is the fullness of this adoption?

The redemption of our bodies.

Okay.

When I was studying this on Tuesday, it
confronted a false belief in me about

my body and about really specifically
healing ministry because if you

have been around any amount of time
and you've listened to any of these

podcasts, you know that we go for it.

When it comes to praying for
healing, and this, what I'm

teaching right now is foundational,
I believe, to healing ministry.

Right along there with the teachings
of the Kingdom of God, the teachings

of the redemption of our bodies that's
coming for us in the future is huge.

Okay.

The adoption that we're waiting
for, which is our inheritance.

Okay, so we have an inheritance
sealed by the Holy Spirit.

We know that something is coming for
us that's better than what we currently

have, and that is the redemption
of our bodies, our physical bodies.

When Jesus comes back, we will, our bodies
will be redeemed, made new, glorified.

This is our inheritance as heirs
of God and COHEs with Christ.

What has Jesus already received that we
haven't a glorified body, physical body.

So

we've received the spirit of adoption.

We are already sons and daughters
of God, free from sin, free from

condemnation now and forever.

Amen.

It is the glorious truth of the
gospel, and yet we have not received

the full measure of the adoption
purchased for us on the cross because

our bodies aren't yet redeemed.

So.

This glorified body that's coming for us,
this body, free of the presence of sin,

the power of sin, free of any spot, free
of any blemish, completely glorified.

Just like Jesus's, I imagine us
walking through walls like he did

in the gospels after he rose from
the dead and his glorified body just

appearing in disappearing like that.

That is what we are headed towards.

So how does this inform healing ministry?

Jesus came and said, the kingdom of
God is at hand, meaning there will

come a time in the future where God
reigns through Jesus by the power

of the Spirit without any pushback.

That's the future age to come.

It's marked by God's rule, God's
reign, and complete perfection.

Heaven will invade earth in fullness.

Jesus said the kingdom of
God, that kingdom, that future

kingdom is actually here now.

Okay.

What's true about our
bodies in the future?

Kingdom fully redeemed, glorified
free of sickness, pain, and death.

So if Jesus came and
said, that is now here.

Now what does that mean
for healing ministry?

Well, what did Jesus go and do?

Jesus went and he would
heal people's bodies.

He would literally touch
them and heal their bodies.

This was Jesus bringing the future
kingdom into the present by giving

people a touch of the future, redemption
of their bodies in the present.

So if you have experienced a healing,
you have experienced a more full

measure of your adoption as God's sons.

'cause the right of a son or
daughter of God is perfect health.

Now listen, I'm not
health, wealth, prosperity.

We still live in a fallen world.

We have not received
fully the adoption yet.

That will not happen until
Jesus comes back again.

We will struggle with sin.

We will struggle with sickness.

This is still true because we're in the
already not yet space of the kingdom.

In between D-Day and V-Day as they say,
we have invaded enemy territory, but

we've not, we've not finished the war yet.

I.

But when Jesus walked around and
healed people, he was re, he was, he

was releasing a sonship into them.

That's what he was doing.

When he heals the paralytic, he says,
get up, take your bed, and walk.

He's releasing sonship.

He's saying, you're my son.

And sickness has no say in my children.

Get up and walk.

Come on dude.

We should have the utmost confidence when
praying for someone's healing because if

the, specifically, if they're a Christian.

It is their right to receive that healing.

Will they always receive it?

Probably not, no, because we don't
live in the already, not yet.

But we should have confidence knowing
that one day your body will be

completely redeemed and full and healthy.

And Jesus came to make that
future reality a present reality.

So I'm gonna lay my hands and
trust him to do that today.

If someone's not a Christian,
there's no safer prayer than

to pray for them to be saved.

And how did Jesus go and reveal
who he was as savior to people?

He, he healed them.

He delivered them from demonic oppression.

So it's an evangelistic thing.

So either way, you should have confidence.

If you're praying for a non-Christian
to be healed, you have confidence that

God wants to do it because he loves
to save people and reveal himself

to people who don't know him yet.

If you're praying for a
Christian who does not have.

Healing yet who is sick.

You can have confidence knowing
that redemption of their bodies

has already been purchased on the
cross and that healing was initiated

in the kingdom ministry of Jesus.

And so you should lay hands
and have confidence in both

areas that God is behind this.

God is called you to lay hands
and to pray for the sick because

it's not just an if, it's a when.

And Jesus proved that, that when
often is more now than later than I

think we would be willing to admit.

I think if we laid hands and prayed for
more people, we'd see more people healed.

Um, that's been my, that's been
my story in Matthew chapter nine.

Um, Jesus, uh, is hanging out in a
house and teaching, and some people

bring him a paralytic lying on a bed.

And when Jesus saw their faith, he said
to the paralytic, take heart, my son.

Your sins are forgiven.

And so I've, I've been taught
on this passage that Jesus saw

that this person came to receive
physical healing, but Jesus gave him

spiritual healing because his spirit
is more important than his body.

And I, I've actually been studying
this and I actually, in light

of the whole redemption of our
bodies thing, that's not true.

Jesus didn't say your sins are
forgiven because he thought his spirit

was more important than his body.

Because what are we waiting for?

The redemption of our bodies.

Romans eight says, in this
hope we have been saved.

It's the hope of the redemption of
our bodies that we've been saved into.

So clearly Jesus does not want us to
de-emphasize physical healing 'cause

that's what he purchased on the cross,
and that's what's coming for us now.

Sin is the source of
sickness, not in everyone.

I'm not saying, look, look at John nine.

The man born blind, the
disciples say it, who's sinned?

This man or his parents that
he was blind from birth.

And Jesus says, no, it's not
because someone's sinned.

It's because the glory of God
will be revealed through him.

Right?

So that guy wasn't sick because
of sin, but I'm saying sickness.

The presence of sickness in the
world is sourced in Genesis chapter

three, when sin and death entered
the world from Adam's disobedience.

But, but think about Adam and Eve.

The God told them, if you eat
of the tree, of the knowledge of

the good and evil, you will die.

Okay?

They ate of the, they ate of the
tree that they weren't supposed to.

Did they die?

Yes and no.

Their spirit was cut off from
the source of life, God himself.

So their spirits died, but it took
their bodies a little while to catch

up to that death and their bodies
decayed over time and then eventually

died hundreds of years later.

The Spirit died first.

And the body followed suit.

Okay?

Spirit died first and
the body followed suit.

So in Matthew chapter nine,
when Jesus says, take heart my

son, your sins are forgiven.

He gave him in that moment spiritual
healing, forgiveness of sins and

what followed closely behind.

He says, some of the scribes were
said, this man is blaspheming.

Jesus said, why do you think evil
in your hearts, for which is easier

to say your sins are forgiven, or
to say rise and walk, but that you

may know that the son of man has
authority on earth to forgive sins?

He then said, the paralytic rise,
pick up your bed and go home.

And he rose and went home.

And when the crowd saw it, they were
afraid and they glorified God who

had given such authority to men.

He gave him spiritual healing
and the body followed suit.

Why to prove that Jesus has
the authority to do both.

He his will is to do both, and
they're intimately connected.

People will take this passage and
say, well, Jesus did that because

spiritual healing is more important
than physical healing, and I

disagree with that Fundamentally.

If that was true, why did Jesus
still promise us redemption

of our physical bodies?

That is just as much a promise
of the cross than spiritual

healing and forgiveness of sins.

So why did Jesus start with your sins
are forgiven in Matthew chapter nine.

He started there because it's
first spiritual healing is first

and the body follows suit next and
healing ministry as we're praying

for people who are physically sick.

We have to be curious in those
moments of prayer for them.

And ask, I wonder if there's a
spiritual root to this physical ailment.

I don't have time to get into all of
that, but there I, I, I can tell you

from personal experience and praying
for hundreds of people, that is more

true than we would like to admit.

People are struggling with physical
illness because of some spiritual

root, whether it's bitterness,
unforgiveness, fear, doubt, un

unconfessed and unrepentant sin.

There are spiritual roots, these
physical diseases now, as Jesus will

take the order and he, he doesn't
always go spiritual first, right?

A lot of the times he enters in
and just heals someone physically.

Um, so a lot of the times Jesus
will give someone's body a touch of

redemption and release sonship into
their body to open their eyes to the

spiritual healing that he has available.

He does that too, but, but it's
all unto a spiritual healing.

That leads to a physical healing because
if you receive spiritual healing today,

even if your body doesn't, that guarantees
physical healing later guarantees

it the redemption of our bodies.

That's our inheritance as
sons and daughters of God.

Okay, so here's my point, as Christians.

The promise that we have, the hope
in which we've been saved is the

full redemption of our bodies.

Our physical bodies will shed
death and receive glorified

life in the coming kingdom.

Jesus said that that kingdom's here now
and healing ministry is releasing sonship

and daughtership into people's physical
bodies so that they can see Jesus find

forgiveness of sins and be living the
fullest life possible now and forever.

Um, so I think if there's a takeaway,
I would say if you are a Christian and

you follow Jesus and entrusted your
life to him, um, I want to encourage

you, lean in when you see somebody
who is in need of healing, I want you

to remember you have been called by
God, by Jesus himself to move towards

that person, to lay hands on them and
to pray for their physical healing.

All the while keeping in mind
that God wants their spirit to

be set free and healed as well.

Have confidence.

Trust the spirit.

When you lean in to pray for someone.

Ask the Holy Spirit, what
is the root of this illness?

And if he whispers something to you, if
he gives you a nudge, gently bring it up.

Um, uh, and, and I can do more
equipping on this later if needed.

But, um, just be gentle.

Be loving.

Don't say thus sayeth the Lord.

Say stuff like, I sense
that maybe this is the case.

Do you struggle with that?

I sense maybe you struggle with fear.

Is there something in your life
you're afraid of right now?

Um, and if they say, yeah, it
is, well then you say, okay,

we're gonna renounce that fear.

Um, and then you just pray into that,
say, fear, go in Jesus' name, and

then, then go for the physical healing.

I just want you to feel confident, um,
that physical healing is guaranteed

for Christians and might not be now.

It might just be later one day, right?

But we're all guaranteed
redemption of our bodies.

But Jesus came to say that
future redemption of your

body is actually here today.

And it's unto you seeing me and receiving
me in my fullness today, whether that's

spiritual healing or physical healing.

So that's, that's what I feel like
the Lord taught me, um, this week.

Um, and I'm still, you know, I think it
just gives me a lot of confidence and, um.

I think Jesus probably wants to
heal more people than we would like

to admit or believe for, and have
faith for, and he's looking for a

people who are surrendered to him
who understand his kingdom dynamics.

I.

And really lean in and pray for healing.

So just encourage you guys, go for it.

Pray for healing.

Um, you never know what God is gonna do.

It's your job to lay the hands.

It's his job to bring the power.

Um, as someone that I, I love
hearing from said this once, that

God will add his super to my natural.

It's so good, right?

My natural is I'm just gonna walk
up to this person in the flesh

and I'm gonna put my hand on them
and pray that God would heal them.

And then he's gonna have to
add the super to that natural.

So let him add super to your natural.

Lean forward, lean in, pray for
people, uh, and share testimonies.

Let me know if you do it and what happens.

All right.

There you go.

Love you guys.

See you.