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Let me tell you about a discovery that changed everything about divine healing. For years, believers have been confused. They quote scripture. They confess healing. They declare the word over their bodies. And yet, nothing changes. The pain remains. The sickness stays. The symptoms don't move. And they're left wondering, "What am I doing wrong? Why isn't this working?" Here's what was discovered.
And when you see this, it will transform the way you approach healing. The problem isn't that you're not confessing. The problem is you're making two confessions. Let me explain. You're sitting there saying, "By his stripes, I am healed." You believe it. You're quoting First Peter 2:24. You're declaring it over your body. And then in the very next breath, you say, "But the pain is still there." You confess, "God is healing me." And then you say, "But I don't see any change yet." You declare, "I'm healed by the stripes of Jesus." And then you add, "But the doctor said it's getting worse." Do you see what's happening? You're making a confession of healing and then immediately making a confession of sickness.
And here's the truth that most people miss. The second confession nullifies the first. You can't hold fast to two confessions at the same time. You're either holding fast to what God said or you're holding fast to what your body says. But you can't hold fast to both.
Now, let me show you why this matters. Hebrews 4:14 says, "We are to hold fast to our confession." Not confessions. Confession singular. You're supposed to have one confession, not two, not three, one. And that one confession is supposed to be based on what God said, not what your symptoms say, not what the doctor says, not what your body feels.
But here's what happens with most believers. They start with the right confession. "By his stripes, I am healed." That's their first confession, and it's correct. It's based on the word. But then they look at their body, they feel the pain, they see the symptoms, and they make a second confession. "But I'm still sick." And that second confession destroys the first one. It's like trying to drive with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. You're confessing healing while simultaneously confessing sickness, and you wonder why you're not getting anywhere.
Listen carefully. This is the one thing you're missing. You think the problem is that you're not confessing enough. So, you confess more, you declare more. You quote more scripture. But the problem isn't the amount of your confession. The problem is you're making two confessions.
You need to understand something. Every time you say, "But the pain is still there," you're making a confession. Every time you say, "I don't feel any different," you're making a confession. And those confessions are just as powerful as your confession of healing. Maybe even more powerful because you're saying them with more conviction. You say, "By his stripes, I am healed," like you're hoping it's true. But you say the pain is still there, like you know it's true. And whichever confession you say with the most belief, that's the confession that wins.
This is why people can quote scripture all day long and see no results. Because they're quoting scripture with their mouth, but they're confessing their symptoms with their heart. They believe their symptoms more than they believe the word. And faith doesn't come from what you say. Faith comes from what you believe.
So here's what you need to do. And this is going to sound simple, but it's the hardest thing you'll ever do. You need to make a decision right now. Which confession are you going to hold fast to? Are you going to hold fast to what God said, or are you going to hold fast to what your body says? Because you can't hold fast to both. If you say "by his stripes I am healed" and then in the next breath say "but I still feel sick," you just canceled your first confession. You need one confession, not two. And that one confession needs to be "By his stripes I am healed." Not "I'm trying to be healed." Not "I hope I get healed." Not "I'm believing for healing." No, "I am healed." Past tense, done, finished, settled. That's your confession. And you hold fast to that confession no matter what your body says.
Now, I know what you're thinking. "But the pain is still there. How can I say, 'I'm healed' when I still feel sick?" And that's exactly what we're going to deal with next. Because the answer to that question is the key to walking in divine health.
Here's the question everyone asks: "How can I say I'm healed when I still feel sick?" And this question reveals the problem because you're asking the wrong question. The right question is, "Which testimony am I going to believe?" See, you have two testimonies right now. You have the testimony of your body. And you have the testimony of God's word. Your body says you're sick. The pain is real. The symptoms are getting worse. God's word says, "By his stripes, you were healed." And you have to decide which testimony you're going to accept.
Now, most believers say, "I believe God's word." But then they live like they believe their body more. They say they believe First Peter 2:24, but then they make decisions based on their symptoms. They talk based on how they feel. They act based on what the doctor said. And that's not faith. That's sense knowledge.
Let me explain the difference because this is critical. Sense knowledge is what you know through your five senses. What you see, what you feel, what you hear. Sense knowledge says, "I'm sick because I feel sick." But revelation knowledge is what you know through God's word, what God said. Regardless of what you see or feel, revelation knowledge says, "I'm healed." Because God said, "I'm healed."
And here's what most believers don't understand. Sense knowledge and revelation knowledge are in conflict. They contradict each other. Your body says one thing. God's word says another thing. And you have to choose which one you're going to believe.
Now listen carefully. This is where people get confused. You think you can believe both. You think you can say, "Yes, God's word says I'm healed, and the pain is still there." But that's not faith. That's doubt. Faith doesn't add "but" to God's word. Faith doesn't say "yes, but." Faith says, "God said it. That settles it. I believe it. Period." No "buts." No "howevers." No "I'm waiting to see." Just "God said it."
Now, here's the problem. Your body is screaming at you. The pain is real. The symptoms are visible. The doctor's report is in your hand. And your mind is saying, "How can you deny what's right in front of you?" But you're not denying anything. You're just refusing to let your senses override God's word. There's a difference. Denying would be saying there is no pain. That's a lie. But faith says, "Yes, there's pain. But God's word says, 'I'm healed,' and I'm choosing to believe God's word over my pain." You're not denying the pain. You're denying the pain's right to define you. The pain says you're sick, but God's word says you're healed, and you're choosing to agree with God.
Now, let me show you why this is so hard. Your senses are immediate. You feel the pain right now. You see the symptoms right now. But God's word requires faith. You can't see your healing yet. You can't feel the healing yet. So, your mind says, "Go with what you can see. Go with what you can feel." But that's the trap. Your senses are not more real than God's word. They're just more immediate. And if you make decisions based on what's immediate instead of what's true, you'll never walk in healing. Because healing belongs to the realm of faith, not the realm of sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "We walk by faith, not by sight, not by feeling, not by symptoms, not by doctor's reports, by faith." And faith says, "If God said it, it's true, whether I see it yet or not."
So, here's what you have to do, and this is the battleground. Every time your body speaks, you have to answer it with the word. Pain says you're sick. You say, "By his stripes, I was healed." Symptoms say, "Nothing's changing." You say, "God's word doesn't change. I'm healed." Doctor says, "It's getting worse." You say, "God's report says, I'm healed. I believe God." This is the fight of faith. It's not a fight against the devil. It's a fight against your own senses. You're training your mind to believe God's word more than you believe what you see and feel. And the moment you can do that, the moment you can hold fast to your confession regardless of your symptoms, that's when healing manifests because you're no longer making two confessions. You're making one. And that one confession is based on God's word, not your body's testimony.
Let me tell you a story that will make this clear. There was a man who had been sick for years, chronic pain. Every doctor said the same thing: "There's nothing we can do." But this man knew the word. He knew First Peter 2:24. He knew healing was in the atonement. So every morning he would stand in front of his mirror and declare, "By his stripes, I am healed." He would quote scripture. He would confess healing. He would declare the word over his body. And then he would go to work. And at work, when someone asked, "How are you doing?" he would say, "Terrible. This pain is killing me. I don't know how much longer I can take it." He would spend his lunch break talking about his symptoms, rehearsing how bad he felt. He would go home and tell his wife, "It's getting worse. I don't think I'm going to make it." And then the next morning, he would stand in front of the mirror again and declare, "By his stripes, I am healed." And he wondered why nothing was changing.
Here's what he didn't understand. He was making two confessions. His morning confession was, "I'm healed." But his all-day confession was, "I'm sick." And the all-day confession was stronger than the morning confession. Because confession is not just what you say in front of the mirror. Confession is what you say all day long. It's what you say when someone asks how you're doing. It's what you say when the pain flares up. It's what you say when you're alone. And this man was confessing healing for 5 minutes in the morning and confessing sickness for the other 23 hours and 55 minutes of the day. Do you see the problem? You can't confess healing for 5 minutes and then confess sickness all day and expect healing to manifest because your all-day confession is what you really believe. Your five-minute confession is what you hope is true. But your all-day confession is what you know is true. And faith comes from what you believe, not from what you hope.
So here's what had to change for this man. He had to stop making two confessions. He had to make one confession all day long. When someone asked, "How are you doing?" instead of saying "terrible," he learned to say, "I'm healed by the stripes of Jesus." When the pain flared up, instead of complaining, he learned to declare, "By his stripes, I was healed." When he went home to his wife, instead of rehearsing his symptoms, he learned to talk about what God said. Was it hard? Absolutely. Did people think he was crazy? Yes. Did his body still hurt? Yes. But he made a decision. He was going to have one confession, not two. And that one confession was going to be based on God's word, not his symptoms. He was going to confess healing all day long, not just in the morning.
And here's what happened. The first few days, nothing changed. The pain was still there. But he kept confessing all day, every day. When people asked, he confessed healing. When pain came, he confessed healing. When doubt tried to creep in, he confessed healing. One confession all day long. And after about 2 weeks, something shifted. The pain started to decrease, not all at once, but gradually. And the more he held fast to his one confession, the more his body started to line up. Within a month, the pain was gone. Within two months, the symptoms were gone and he was completely healed. Not because he confessed harder, not because he had more faith, but because he stopped making two confessions and started making one.
Now, let me ask you, how many confessions are you making? Are you confessing healing in the morning and then confessing sickness all day? Are you declaring the word in church and then rehearsing your symptoms at work? Are you quoting scripture when people are around and then complaining when you're alone? Because if you are, you're making two confessions. And the second confession is destroying the first. You need one confession all day. Every day. Not just when it's convenient. Not just when people are listening. All day long. That's what it means to hold fast to your confession.
Now, let me show you why most people never see their healing manifest. It's not because God doesn't want to heal them. It's not because healing isn't in the atonement. It's because they're confessing with their mouth but denying with their actions. Let me explain. You say, "I'm healed." That's your confession. But then you act sick. You talk sick. You live sick. You say, "By his stripes, I'm healed." But then you tell everyone how bad you feel. You rehearse your symptoms. You go into detail about your diagnosis. You're confessing healing with your lips, but you're confessing sickness with your life. And your life confession is stronger than your lip confession. People don't believe what you say, they believe what you do. And more importantly, you don't believe what you say. You believe what you do. If you say you're healed, but you act sick, your heart believes you're sick. James 2:17 says, "Faith without works is dead." You can have all the faith in the world, but if your works don't line up with your faith, your faith is dead.
So, let me ask you, what are your actions saying? When you wake up in pain, do you immediately start confessing healing or do you immediately start complaining? When someone asks how you're doing, do you confess what God says or do you confess what you feel? Your actions reveal what you really believe. You can say, "I'm healed all day long," but if you're living like you're sick, you don't really believe it. And this is hard because you're in pain. The symptoms are real and you want sympathy. But every time you rehearse your sickness, you're making a confession of sickness. And that confession is canceling your confession of healing. You have to decide, are you going to confess what God says or are you going to confess what you feel? And whatever you confess with your life, that's what you'll experience.
Now, let me give you the key to making this work. You have to act on your confession before you see the result. Most people want to see the healing first, then they'll confess it, then they'll act healed. But that's backwards. Faith acts first, then sees the result. You confess you're healed while you still feel sick. You act healed while the symptoms are still there. You live healed while the pain is still present. And that's when healing manifests because faith is acting on God's word regardless of what you see.
So what does that look like practically? If God's word says you're healed, start acting like it. Stop talking about your sickness. Start talking about your healing. Stop rehearsing your symptoms. Start declaring God's word. Stop living in fear of getting worse. Start living in confidence that you're healed. This doesn't mean you're irresponsible. You can still go to the doctor. You can still take medication if needed. But your confession doesn't change. You're not confessing, "I hope I get healed." You're confessing, "I am healed." And you hold fast to that no matter what.
Here's what this looks like in real life. You're at the grocery store. You run into someone you know. They say, "Hey, how are you doing? I heard you've been sick." This is the moment of truth. Your body wants to say, "Yeah, it's been rough. The doctors don't know what to do." But you stop and you say, "I'm healed by the stripes of Jesus. God's word says, 'I'm healed,' and I'm standing on that." They might look at you strange. They might think you're in denial, but you're not in denial. You're in faith. You're acting on God's word before you see the result.
Or you're at home. Pain flares up worse than usual. Your mind wants to panic. "It's getting worse." But you stop that thought and you say out loud, "No, by his stripes, I was healed. This pain is temporary. It has no right to stay." You're not just saying words. You're acting on your faith. You're taking authority over your body based on what God said.
Or you're filling out paperwork at the doctor's office. They ask, "What brings you in today?" You could list all your symptoms, give them every detail, but instead you say, "I'm here for a checkup. I believe I'm healed." You're not lying. You're not denying the symptoms, but you're confessing healing even at the doctor's office. Because your confession doesn't change based on your location. It doesn't change based on who's listening. It doesn't change based on how you feel. Your confession is "By his stripes I am healed," and you hold fast to that everywhere you go in everything you do. That's what it means to act on your confession.
Now, here's what I want you to do. If this message opened your eyes to the two confessions, if you finally understand why quoting scripture hasn't been working, I want you to go down to the comments section right now and type, "I have one confession. By his stripes, I am healed." Don't just think it, type it. Because when you type it publicly, you're making a declaration. You're saying, "I'm done with two confessions. I'm holding fast to one confession. And that confession is God's word." So go ahead, type it right now. "I have one confession. By his stripes, I am healed." And if this teaching changed the way you see divine healing, hit that subscribe button.
Now, let me give you the practical steps to walking this out.
First, stop making the second confession. Every time you're about to say, "But I still feel sick," stop. Don't say it. Every time you're about to rehearse your symptoms, stop. Don't do it. Cut off the second confession. This is the hardest part because your body wants to talk about the pain, but you have to train yourself to stop. When someone asks, "How are you?" and your body wants to complain, stop. When pain flares up and your mind wants to panic, stop. Just stop.
Second, replace it with the word. When pain comes, immediately say, "By his stripes, I was healed." When symptoms flare up, immediately declare, "I'm healed in Jesus' name." Don't give your senses time to make a confession. Jump in with the word first. This becomes automatic. You train yourself to respond to every symptom with the word. Pain equals "By his stripes, I was healed." Symptoms equals "I'm healed in Jesus' name." You replace the second confession with God's confession.
Third, act on your confession. Start living like you're healed. Talk like you're healed. Walk like you're healed. Not because you feel healed, but because God said you're healed. If you're healed, act like it. Stop planning your life around your sickness. Start planning your life around your healing. Stop making excuses based on your symptoms. Start making decisions based on God's word. Stop living like a sick person who's trying to get healed. Start living like a healed person whose body is catching up. Because that's the truth. In the spirit realm, you are healed. By his stripes, you were healed. Past tense, done. Your body just hasn't manifested it yet. So, you start living from the spirit realm, not the physical realm.
Fourth, hold fast. Don't let go when it gets hard. Don't quit when nothing seems to change. Just keep confessing, keep declaring, keep believing. Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. For he is faithful that promised." Without wavering. Because God is faithful. He will do what he said. But you have to hold fast to what he said without wavering.
Now let me tell you what's going to happen when you do this. At first, nothing will change. The pain will still be there and your mind will say, "See, it's not working." But that's when you hold fast. You keep confessing. You keep declaring. You keep believing. One confession all day, every day. And after a while, you'll notice something shift. Maybe the pain decreases a little. Maybe the symptoms aren't as intense. Don't stop there. Keep holding fast because your body is starting to line up with what your mouth has been confessing. And the more you hold fast, the more your body aligns until one day you wake up and realize the pain is gone. The symptoms have disappeared. You're healed. Not because you confessed harder, but because you stopped making two confessions and started making one. You held fast to what God said instead of what your body said. And God's word came to pass in your life.
So here's my challenge to you. Starting today, make one confession, not two. One. "By his stripes, I am healed." Say it when you wake up. Say it when pain comes. Say it when people ask. Say it when doubt tries to creep in. One confession all day, every day. And watch what happens when you hold fast to God's word. Your body will line up. Your healing will manifest. Your confession will become your reality. Because that's how faith works. You believe it. You confess it. You act on it. And God makes it happen. One confession. "By his stripes I am healed." Now live like it. Amen.