“And [Jesus] could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching” (Mark 6:5-6).
Jesus had gone into His own hometown, and the power of God was present to heal. Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power, but just a few in Nazareth received their healing.
Most of them wouldn’t receive because their unbelief was so strong. So what was Jesus’ solution to that situation? (Remember, there is a connection between hearing and healing.) “And he went round about the villages, teaching” (v. 6).
When Jesus couldn’t get anything else to happen, He taught. Jesus did that all through His ministry. When He encountered the hard places, He’d just lean back and teach. When people weren’t receiving their healing, when He couldn’t do any mighty works, when no gifts of the Spirit were operating and no one was receiving the anointing, Jesus would teach and teach and teach.
Jesus is our example. When people won’t receive, just keep teaching. That was a major part of Jesus’ ministry, because when He taught people, they were healed. The only way to cure unbelief is to keep teaching the Word. Someone will take hold of it because there’s a connection between hearing and being healed.
As the Word becomes life and healing in me,
I can teach others. The healing power of
the Word works in all who hear.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.