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Jesus Saves, Heals and Renews

Feb 27, 2022

Did you know that Jesus not only paid the price for your salvation, but also for your healing and the renewal of your youth and strength? In this sermon, have faith imparted to you as you hear about God’s promises to make you strong, fruitful, and flourishing in every season of life.

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Introduction: God wants you to prosper in your spirit, soul, and body

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It is God’s desire for you to “prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers” (3 John 2). He wants you to be healthy and strong in every part of your being.

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3 John 2, Gen. 39:2, Ps. 1:2–3, John 17:17

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It is God’s desire for you to “prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers” (3 John 2).
In Genesis 39:2, we see how “the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous (‘tsalach’) man.” The Hebrew word “tsalach” does not refer to material wealth but refers to prosperity (thriving, flourishing) in all aspects of Joseph’s being—spirit, soul, and body. The Lord wants us to experience this same prosperity that Joseph experienced.
The same word “tsalach” is also used in Psalm 1:2–3, “. . . he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper (‘tsalach’).”
When we meditate on God’s Word, He will make sure to take you and plant you by rivers (plural) of water, so that if one river runs low, there will be other rivers of supply that still flow to water you and nourish you.
For our leaf to not wither is a picture of robust health. When we meditate on God’s Word, we will be strong and healthy.
These are God’s promises to us. We can trust in Him because His Word is truth. The way God sanctifies us (sets us apart) from the world’s uncleanness, sickness, and darkness is by His Word (John 17:17). When we receive God’s Word, we are separated from things that afflict the world. This is how we can be in the world and not of the world (John 17:16).

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What's the point of having a long life?

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God has given each of us a calling and an assignment for our time here on earth. The purpose of having a long life is to be a blessing to the people around you, to minister to them with the gifts God has placed in you, to bring people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

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1 Thess. 4:15, 17, Acts 12:24, Phil. 1:23–24, Ps. 116:15

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It is one thing to be alive because we are young but another thing to be “alive and remain” to see the rapture (1 Thess. 4:15, 17). Remaining alive denotes having the power to stay alive. This shows us that there is a group of people in the end times who have received a revelation from the Lord that gives them the power to stay alive—unaffected by sickness, ailments, or age-related conditions—until Jesus returns.
The Word of God is invaluable. During the early church, there was an abundance of God’s Word, and people were full of revelations (Acts 12:24). During the dark ages, the church was separated from God’s Word and common men could not have access to the Scriptures. This was the case until God raised ministers like Martin Luther and Tyndale to make the Scriptures available and accessible once again to believers. It is because of men of faith like them that we have access to the Bible today!
If you are a believer who is facing persecution because of your faith, know that the Lord is with you and prioritize reading the Word of God. The Word of God can keep speaking to us no matter how many times we read the same passage. If we approach God with a teachable heart, He will open up the Scriptures to us and give us seeing eyes and a hearing heart.
Biblical keys on how to live long while staying strong, healthy, and young are not just for people who are advanced in age, but also for those who are currently still young in age or at their prime. It is important for us to receive these truths on divine health, strength, and renewed youth right now so that we can lay hold of them and walk in God’s promise of health and long life as we grow older.
For those who are questioning whether it is better to be with the Lord than to live long on earth, know that God has given you a calling and an assignment for your time here on earth. The apostle Paul had the power to choose between life and death (Phil. 1:23–24), and he chose not to be with the Lord until he had accomplished his assignment.
The purpose of having a long life is to be a blessing to the people around you, to minister to them with the gifts God has placed in you, to bring people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. The older you get, the more the Lord places in you to impart to the generations after you (just like Moses imparted to the Joshua generation).
Pastor Prince addresses a common misunderstanding people have about this verse: “Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His saints.”
— Psalm 116:15 KJV
The word “precious means “costly.” So this verse does not mean that the Lord delights in the death of His saints, but it means that it is costly to Him (He feels a sense of loss) when His people depart before their time because all that He has given to them is lost with their death.

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Get length of days when you embrace God's wisdom

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Desire and seek God’s wisdom, and His wisdom will bring you riches, honor, and length of days.

key scriptures

Prov. 4:7–8, Prov. 3:16, Job 9:33, Eph. 6:1–3, Deut. 34:7, Heb. 9:27

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Proverbs 4:7–8 tells us that wisdom is the principal thing and encourages us to embrace her. Proverbs 3:16 tells us that “length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand riches and honour.” The wisdom of God is personified as a woman. When we embrace (desire and seek) God’s wisdom, she embraces us with her two hands—her left hand bringing us riches and honor and her right hand bringing us length of days.
Solomon only received riches and honor but not length of days. This is because he did not have an intercessor or a mediator between him and God. Job was also someone who needed a mediator between him and God (Job 9:33). What Job and Solomon did not have, we have today. Jesus is our intercessor! And because of His finished work, we can receive what Solomon did not—the blessing of length of days.
Length of days is a blessing God wants you to have on this side of heaven.
It is clear that the Scriptures count long life as a blessing (Eph. 6:1–3). It is one of God’s promises to us! Just like how Moses lived till a hundred and twenty without sickness and disease (Deut. 34:7), God wants us to live a long and healthy life.
Pastor Prince addresses the misconception that everyone has a divinely appointed time to die based on a misunderstanding of Hebrews 9:27a NKJV: “And as it is appointed for men to die once.” This verse does not mean that there is an appointed time for us to die at a certain age. This verse is talking about how all men will die once. However, there will be a generation that will remain alive until the rapture—where we will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air and our bodies will be transformed into a glorious, incorruptible body like Jesus’ body.
Instead of adopting a passive attitude towards receiving God’s blessings, let’s actively believe God’s promises and listen to messages that will edify us and bring life to us. When we listen to God’s Word, He gives us the faith to believe in Him and His promises.

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Why sometimes our healing seems delayed

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Healing is included in the finished work of Jesus—it is yours to claim and trust the Lord for without fear of Him withholding it. If there is a delay in the manifestation of your healing, you can trust God’s heart for you and believe that the delay will result in you becoming a trophy of His grace, testifying of His goodness.

key scriptures

Isa. 53:4–5, Matt. 9:35, Acts 5:15, Ps. 90:10–11, Isa. 54:9

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The Scripture tells us that surely, Jesus bore our diseases and carried our pains on the cross (Isa. 53:4–5).
Pastor Prince explains the five types of offerings in the book of Leviticus: the burnt offering, sin offering, trespass offering, peace offering, and the meal offering. The meal offering is the only offering where blood is not shed; it involves fine flour which speaks of Jesus’ perfect life on earth. The other four offerings represent Jesus’ finished work at the cross.
In ancient practice, an animal would be offered. The sacrificial animal would not be tortured before their death but would be killed swiftly and in a humane manner. However, Jesus was scourged before He hung on the cross. He went through this additional torture so that He could take our pains and diseases in His own body. With His stripes, we are healed!
Healing and health are God’s portion for us. He wants us free from sickness and disease. Whenever we partake of the holy Communion, we are to discern the bread—a picture of the physical body of Christ broken for us at the cross—and receive our healing and wholeness.
If you are experiencing a delay in the manifestation of your healing, be encouraged. God has not left you out or forgotten about you. While it might seem like things are not getting better, your healing is on the way. The delay will result in you becoming a trophy of His grace, testifying of God’s goodness in the area of healing. God has honored you with a testimony or a ministry where you will be able to encourage others going through what you are going through.
Jesus does more than save us. He heals us, delivers us, gives us long life, renews our youth, and makes us strong. Everywhere Jesus went, He preached the gospel and healed all who were sick (Matt. 9:35). In the time of the early church, the Lord healed the sick through the apostles (Acts 5:15). God will do signs and wonders to show that His will for His people is for them to be healed, whole, and strong.
Pastor Prince addresses the misconception that God has only promised us a lifespan of 70–80 years based on a misunderstanding of Psalm 90:10–11 NKJV: “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years . . . Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.”
This psalm was written when the children of Israel were in the wilderness and under God’s wrath. But today, we are not under God’s wrath but under God’s favor. Because of the finished work of Christ, God has sworn that He will no longer be angry with us (Isa. 54:9). While God does correct us in daily life, He does it through His Word or frustrating circumstances that help us see we need to change certain choices/actions/thought processes. But God will never use sickness, disease, tragedies, or accidents to correct us.

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Under His grace, you have longevity and fruitfulness

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Not only does God want to bless you with a long life till your own personal satisfaction, but He wants you to enjoy a long life where you are flourishing and fruitful in every way, especially as you advance in age.

key scriptures

Ps. 91:16, Luke 2:25–26, 29–30, Ps. 91:1, 16, Ps. 92:12

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“With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation (‘Yeshua’—Jesus).” —Psalm 91:16 NKJV
God wants to bless you with a long life so that you can see Yeshua (Jesus) more and more.
We see this in the life of Simeon, an elderly man who witnessed Mary and Joseph dedicating Jesus at the temple (Luke 2:25–26, 29–30).
Simeon waited for Jesus to appear because the Holy Spirit showed him that he would not see death until he saw Jesus. Likewise, there will be a generation of believers who will not see death until the second coming of Christ.
Moving on from Psalm 90 (describing how people under God’s wrath had lifespans of 70–80 years), let’s look at Psalm 91 (describing those of us who are saved by Jesus’ finished work and under God’s favor): “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty (‘Shaddai’).” — Psalm 91:1 NKJV
This “secret place” is our Lord Jesus Himself! As believers, we are hidden in Christ, seated at the Father’s right hand. The “shadow of the Almighty” refers to God’s protection, a promise to all believers in Christ.
Psalm 91 ends with the promise of long life till our personal satisfaction (Ps. 91:16).
Now let’s move on to Psalm 92, which describes the quality of life God wants us to have. God does not just want to bless you with a long life. He wants you to enjoy a long life of quality!
Psalm 92:12 talks about how “the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree.” The palm tree is an evergreen tree that produces an abundance of fruits. This speaks of flourishing and fruitfulness even in old age.
Pastor Prince shares the Biblical principle of how things happen first in the natural, followed by the spiritual. What we see happening to/in natural Israel (the land and/or its people), we will also see happening to spiritual Israel (the Church) in due time.
In recent years, there was a great discovery made by a group of Israeli scientists who cultivated 2,000-year-old date palm seeds taken from Masada and Qumram. Amazingly, the seeds sprouted, thrived, and grew into two palm trees, male and female! Since the male tree could not bear fruit, the scientists then pollinated the flowers from the female tree and they bore much fruit.
Interestingly, the male tree was named Methuselah, while the female tree was named Hannah. Methuselah was the oldest man recorded in the Bible (representing longevity), while the name Hannah means “grace.” There can’t be fruitfulness without grace. Grace always brings fruitfulness!‍
What we see here with the resurrection of these 2,000-year-old Judean palm trees is what we will see in our lives—renewal and fruitfulness, even in our old age.

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Stay planted in God's house and you'll flourish

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God wants to plant you in a local church. When you are planted, you will be strong, resilient, healthy, and thriving no matter your age or the difficult circumstances you may find yourself in.

key scriptures

Ps. 92:12–13, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Cor. 6:19, Song of Sol. 5:15, Lev. 2:2, 2 Cor. 3:18, Matt. 16:25, Mark 10:30

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Psalm 92:12 describes the righteous as a palm tree and a cedar tree. A palm tree can grow on barren soil by growing its roots deep. That’s how it can still receive water from deep underground even when the surface soil is parched. On the other hand, cedar trees grow in mountainous areas where the weather can be harsh. So they embed their roots in rocks so as not to be shaken or blown away. These trees are pictures of us as believers, rooting ourselves in Christ.
Perhaps you feel like your environment (where you live or the circumstances you’re in) is not conducive to living a healthy life. But know that God’s blessing on you can still cause you to flourish like the palm tree and cedar in harsh conditions—you can trust the Lord to keep you green (young), strong, and healthy!
Cedar trees are also known for being extremely durable and pest-resistant. They also live for thousands of years.
Cedarwood was used to build the temple of God (1 Kings 6:18). Our bodies, being the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19), will be like cedar—incorruptible, resilient, and not easily destroyed!
Jesus Himself is likened to a cedar (Song of Sol. 5:15, Lev. 2:2). Just like a cedar, Jesus is excellent, beautiful, and fragrant. Even under pressure, only good comes out of Him. The more we behold Jesus, the more the Holy Spirit transforms us into His image, from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18).
Psalm 92:13 tells is that “those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.” God wants us to be planted in a local church. Local churches are the practical expression of the universal church, where we get to experience the benefits of personally being in a community of believers (e.g. with pastors and leaders). Local churches are also important as God gives specific messages/words in season to different churches (we see this in the book of Revelation).
To “flourish in the courts” speaks of thriving even when you are functioning outside of the church in the world, e.g. in your job. This verse also refers to flourishing in your health and having longevity.
God wants us to stay strong, young, and healthy for His glory. When you give your life to the Lord, you will not lose it but find it (Matt. 16:25). All this strength God gives us is to serve Him. It is not to use on worldly pursuits that won’t satisfy (e.g. chasing after material wealth or status). When we spend the days of our lives serving the Lord, we will thrive. Whatever we give up for the Lord, we will receive a hundredfold in this life (Mark 10:30)!
Psalm 92:14 tells us that the righteous shall be “fresh (fat) and flourishing (‘raanan’ – green).” The word “fresh” in the Hebrew means “fat” or “well-nourished.” And the word “flourishing” in the Hebrew is “raanan,” which means “green”—a picture of vitality and life. This is your portion!

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Are you allowing your age to define you?

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Don’t let your age tell you that you can’t believe God’s promises about health and strength. Follow Jesus and dwell in His presence, and you will never miss out on the blessings He has in store for you!

key scriptures

1 Sam. 22:2, Matt. 11:28, 2 Sam. 19:31–37, Josh. 14:10–12, Song of Sol. 2:14, Eph. 1:20, 1 John 4:17

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The Lord has a word of encouragement from the life of David for those who feel limited by their old age.
David is a type of Jesus. When we look at the good characteristics and moments in his life, we can see that they are pictures of Jesus. For example, when David was in the wilderness, there were men who were distressed, in debt, and discontented who gathered to him (1 Sam. 22:2) and after being with David, they became mighty men. In the same way, Jesus calls those of us who are weary to Himself and He gives us rest (Matt. 11:28), and we become mighty.
The story of David and Barzillai (2 Samuel 19:31–37): Barzillai was a great man who loved and took care of David, and David wanted to reward him by providing for him. But Barzillai had a long list of disqualifications for himself tied to his old age. He told David, “How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? I am today eighty years old” (2 Sam. 19:34).
In contrast, 85-year-old Caleb spoke about himself: “. . . here I am this day, eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. Now therefore, give me this mountain . . .” (Josh. 14:10–12).
Barzillai did not want to cross over the Jordan River because he was afraid of being a burden to David. Some of us think this way about the Lord—that we are burdening Him when we bring our prayers to Him. But this is the furthest from the truth! The Bible says the Lord loves to hear our voice and see our face (Song of Sol. 2:14).
David asked Barzillai to cross over the Jordan River with him, but Barzillai refused. Even though he loved David, he loved David from a distance. Somewhere along the way, he settled for a life without being close to David. This is a picture of how some Christians today are not willing to see themselves in Christ, to live in the heavenly places at the Father’s right hand (Eph. 1:20). They do not, or feel they cannot believe that as He is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17).

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Put aside your limitations and follow Jesus!

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Put aside your natural way of thinking and reasoning, put aside your experiences, put aside what you are seeing around you and what others are saying—and follow Jesus. Believe the promises in His Word. Believe that as He is, so are you in this world.

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2 Sam. 19:31–37, 1 John 4:17, Matt. 10:39

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Go all the way for God like the mighty men of David, and don’t give excuses based on your age. Stop complaining about your age and saying things like, “In the natural, I am XX age and everything is getting from bad to worse . . . my hearing, my eyesight, etc.” This is not your portion! The Lord is inviting you to “cross over the Jordan River” to be where He is. His presence is where the greatest blessings are.
The Jordan River is a picture of the self, and crossing over is a picture of dying to self. This means to decide to put aside what is natural (e.g. what the world says we should accept as “normal” when it comes to aging), and decide to believe the promises of health and strength in God’s Word. Believe that as Christ is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17).
Barzillai did not want to follow David over the Jordan River, but instead sent his son, Chimham, to cross over the Jordan with David. David provided for Chimham and even gave him a house in Bethlehem. This house was likely the house David had grown up in as a young boy and also likely the house that became the inn that Mary and Joseph came to. This is what Barzillai lost out on when he did not cross over the Jordan.
If you are willing to put aside your natural limitations, disqualifications, and excuses to follow Jesus, He will provide for you and you will enjoy His best blessings.
When we lose our life for Jesus, we will find it and receive far better—we receive His higher life (Matt. 10:39).
The greatest good you can do for God, the greatest way to please Him, is to have faith. Take that step to dare to believe what His promises in His Word about health, strength, and longevity!

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Introduction: God wants you to prosper in your spirit, soul, and body

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What's the point of having a long life?

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Get length of days when you embrace God's wisdom

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Why sometimes our healing seems delayed

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Under His grace, you have longevity and fruitfulness

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Stay planted in God's house and you'll flourish

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Are you allowing your age to define you?

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Put aside your limitations and follow Jesus!

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