You must believe in order to lay hands on the sick and be assured of their healing.
We need our minds to be illuminated by The Holy Spirit so that we can fulfill our commission to heal the sick in these last days. Mental assent won’t do it.
Mental assent means intellectually accepting the Word of God as true – admiring It and agreeing with It-but not allowing it to have an impact on you so that It doesn’t do any good in your life. In essence, mental assent agrees with the Bible, agrees with God, but does not believe or have faith in God or His Word for them personally.
It is recorded by THE SPIRIT in Jeremiah chapter 1:
12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My Word to perform it.” ESV
12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My Word to fulfill It.” AMP
When we believe FATHER will really perform HIS Word, we expect It to manifest. Anything less at best stays in the hope realm. You hope He will do it but you don’t have the confidence or assurance that HE will. Unbelief, fear, and doubt are greater than your faith because you as focused on your senses and their input. Imagining yourself as healing the sick is the first step to having faith to manifest the commission.
Luke wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 1:
37 Not one promise from God is empty of power, for nothing is impossible with God!”
It is vital that you and I truly believe this passage given to us by The Holy Spirit. There are no exceptions to what FATHER can and will do according to HIS Word and Divine Intent!
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 16:
17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of My Name. They will speak in Tongues.
18 They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:
3 Every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a Love gift from our wonderful Heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because He sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate Him with all our hearts!
If we have been given every spiritual blessing as a gift, we lack nothing and can do all things IN CHRIST.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 1:
30 For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now He is our God-given Wisdom, our virtue, our Holiness, and our redemption.
31 And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!
We are nothing without Jesus, but we are everything with Him!
A believer is a possessor! Faith never rises above our confession. Possessors are confessors. We must stand “On the Name of Jesus” in all our ministry and endeavors. His Name is above every name in Heaven and on the earth… and we have been given the right to use His Name as we fulfill our commission.
We do not act on The Word beyond our knowledge. This is why The Holy Spirit has me include so much Scripture in these writings. If you don’t know it, you can’t use it. Lack of knowledge is often the reason for unbelief. Uncertainty that FATHER will fulfill HIS Word places you in the category of mental assent rather than being a true believer in The Word. We need to be “GOD-inside minded” for The Holy Spirit dwells in us. He wants to be in full expression in our lives! The world needs to see such manifestation!