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You can’t give what you don’t have.

 You can’t give what you don’t have.

Acts3:6
Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
At the beginning of Mark 16:17 it says And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will and the of the signs listed in the next verse it says lay their hands on the sick and they will recover.
It doesn’t say that they will pray, beg God to heal and wish that they will be healed. It says that those who believe in Jesus name will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. That’s what Peter and John had, faith in what Jesus said, and that is what they gave and the man was healed.
Acts 3:7 we see the proof of their faith. And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
The man received healing not based upon his faith but the faith that Peter and John had in Jesus and Jesus name. Look at what Peter tells the religious rulers in Acts 4:10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.
We don’t see the healings today like we should because we cannot give what we don’t have. If we have what Peter and John had we could give it away the same as they did. Jesus name hasn’t changed. The price Jesus paid for our healing hasn’t changed nor run out.
If we say we are saved,that we believe in Jesus name and that we have the same Holy Spirit as Peter and John why aren’t we giving away what Peter and John gave away? Why waste time making excuses and false doctrines to excuse our disobedience and lack of faith? Why live in fear of what if nothing happens? If we are walking in faith and obedience we really have nothing to fear because it isn’t our ability to heal it is the blood of Jesus responsibility. We only have to do what Jesus said to do right? Our part is to believe in Jesus name and lay hands on the sick right? Isn’t then after that Jesus responsibility to do the healing? Isn’t it His power that accomplishes that so that His name is glorified and not ours?

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