What is more important than all the physical healing around today—is that which heals the spirit in man. This is what Jesus meant when He said in John 14:12 Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me shall also do the works that I do; and greater works than these shall he do because I am going to the Father. 13. And whatever you shall ask in My name, this will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (A Faithful Version)
All that Jesus did, all the miracles of healing and water turned into wine etc; this was all in the physical or sense realm. But now He is inside of us to heal the spirits of men. Through the ministry we are given we bring spiritual healing to people. We are given the ministry of reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18. And all things are from God, Who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (A Faithful Version)
So many of us look to physical, I am guilty of this also. Great crowds gather around ministers who claim that God is doing a powerful work in their church and through them. {I am not trying to say that some people aren’t healed at some of these meetings because some may be healed.} But people don’t realize how much they are drawn to the physical. This has nothing to do with spiritual healing. Many of those people who are healed physically can go on losing their salvation.
But the healing of the spirit can better lead to having that person be brought to eternity if they stay with that healing. I am going to ask a hard question here—When you go to church do you go to a physical church, or do you go to church to meet Christ? There is a big difference.
When I see those healing campaigns as people flock to these ministers for healing—it reminds me of when Christ said you seek Me because of bread John 6: 26. Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, you do not seek Me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the bread and were satisfied. He went on to tell them in verse 27. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give to you; for Him has God the Father sealed.” (A Faithful Version)
Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not suggesting that it is wrong for people to seek physical healing. Christ did not rebuke people for seeking such. And many will be healed as they come to God for this healing; and He may want you to seek physical healing. But I’m trying to share the vast difference between physical and spiritual healing, few people see this difference. One can take place {physical} and may not have anything to do with the other {spiritual healing}.
It is difficult for us to sometimes understand the difference between the two. Having physical thorns in our lives can be used by God to understand the lesson of Paul’s thorns in 2 Corinthians 12: 7. But in order that I might not be exalted by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me, so that I might not be exalted. 8. I besought the Lord three times for this, that it might depart from me; 9. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly will I boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10. For this reason, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. (A Faithful Version) Here we see Paul asking three times to be healing of his physical affliction, but God told him that He was using this affliction for Paul’s growth pattern. Although Paul’s physical torment continued—so did his spiritual healing continued. So it can also give us spiritual healing through the physical torments we endure daily. Many may have to endure physical torment so that their spiritual healing can continue.
If we take a closer look at Paul’s example, we will see that God allowed Paul to have this physical affliction because He was concerned that Paul would get proud. Therefore, the physical affliction led to 5: spiritual healing! Once Paul understood that God was using it in this manner then he said I would rather glory in my infirmities. He came to the place that he stopped asking for healing because he saw that God knew what was best for him.
Paul grew to the point where he learned to glory in his weaknesses. Have we? Many of us pray to be made stronger, but we fail to see that we are praying to be made stronger in ourselves. This is not the way to victory in Christ. This lesson of Paul’s thorn is that he came to see that it was through weakness that Christ’ power was able to rest upon him more fully! But how many people do we see praying for weakness? It works the opposite that most of us have thought!
We fail in that we pray to be made stronger in ourselves and God will not give power to the old Adam. His answer to the problem is not to make us stronger, but to take self out of the scene of action by holding it in place of death on the cross—Galatians 6:14, 2 Corinthians 4:10, Romans 6:1-6; TO CRUCIFY THE {OLD MAN-Adamic nature} Then we can be brought to the glorious victory of the resurrected life in Christ {New man-Christ Jesus}.
God may not heal a person; just like He didn’t with Paul. Timothy wasn’t healed of some of his physical afflictions either—1 Timothy 5:23. No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities. (A Faithful Version) Here were two servants who never received physical healing by God. We can drift into a mind set and think God isn’t blessing us if we are not healed of some physical affliction in our lives. But if we aren’t it may be for a reason that only God knows and not because they don’t have the faith.
Over the years I have seen some brethren judge others who were not being healed. As if they were more righteous than these brethren because they weren’t suffering these afflictions. Brethren, let us not drift into this type of mind set. Remember brethren, we are not the final judge, have mercy and compassion for our fellow brethren.
One of the mistakes of the Laodicean Church Revelation 3: 17. For you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’; and you do not understand that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. (A Faithful Version) They thought they were being blessed because they were increased and filled with goods that they were being blessed spiritually. Look around us brethren, we all have so much stuff—dose this mean that God is blessing us spiritually?
We can’t fall into this trap that we can’t see the difference physical and spiritual; many fall into the trap because they have many physical blessings that everything was alright spiritually.
Think about these matters, brethren. Think on these Scriptures in this article how God will use physical torment to bring us to spiritual heights.
Let us seek God diligently that we may look to the {new man-Christ Jesus} and move from the physical to the spiritual healing and see the glory of God working within our lives.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron
Spiritual Healing – Ron Volk
August 1, 2025 by Shirley Gohner • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
What is more important than all the physical healing around today—is that which heals the spirit in man. This is what Jesus meant when He said in John 14:12 Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me shall also do the works that I do; and greater works than these shall he do because I am going to the Father. 13. And whatever you shall ask in My name, this will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (A Faithful Version)
All that Jesus did, all the miracles of healing and water turned into wine etc; this was all in the physical or sense realm. But now He is inside of us to heal the spirits of men. Through the ministry we are given we bring spiritual healing to people. We are given the ministry of reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18. And all things are from God, Who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (A Faithful Version)
So many of us look to physical, I am guilty of this also. Great crowds gather around ministers who claim that God is doing a powerful work in their church and through them. {I am not trying to say that some people aren’t healed at some of these meetings because some may be healed.} But people don’t realize how much they are drawn to the physical. This has nothing to do with spiritual healing. Many of those people who are healed physically can go on losing their salvation.
But the healing of the spirit can better lead to having that person be brought to eternity if they stay with that healing. I am going to ask a hard question here—When you go to church do you go to a physical church, or do you go to church to meet Christ? There is a big difference.
When I see those healing campaigns as people flock to these ministers for healing—it reminds me of when Christ said you seek Me because of bread John 6: 26. Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, you do not seek Me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the bread and were satisfied. He went on to tell them in verse 27. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give to you; for Him has God the Father sealed.” (A Faithful Version)
Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not suggesting that it is wrong for people to seek physical healing. Christ did not rebuke people for seeking such. And many will be healed as they come to God for this healing; and He may want you to seek physical healing. But I’m trying to share the vast difference between physical and spiritual healing, few people see this difference. One can take place {physical} and may not have anything to do with the other {spiritual healing}.
It is difficult for us to sometimes understand the difference between the two. Having physical thorns in our lives can be used by God to understand the lesson of Paul’s thorns in 2 Corinthians 12: 7. But in order that I might not be exalted by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me, so that I might not be exalted. 8. I besought the Lord three times for this, that it might depart from me; 9. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly will I boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10. For this reason, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. (A Faithful Version) Here we see Paul asking three times to be healing of his physical affliction, but God told him that He was using this affliction for Paul’s growth pattern. Although Paul’s physical torment continued—so did his spiritual healing continued. So it can also give us spiritual healing through the physical torments we endure daily. Many may have to endure physical torment so that their spiritual healing can continue.
If we take a closer look at Paul’s example, we will see that God allowed Paul to have this physical affliction because He was concerned that Paul would get proud. Therefore, the physical affliction led to 5: spiritual healing! Once Paul understood that God was using it in this manner then he said I would rather glory in my infirmities. He came to the place that he stopped asking for healing because he saw that God knew what was best for him.
Paul grew to the point where he learned to glory in his weaknesses. Have we? Many of us pray to be made stronger, but we fail to see that we are praying to be made stronger in ourselves. This is not the way to victory in Christ. This lesson of Paul’s thorn is that he came to see that it was through weakness that Christ’ power was able to rest upon him more fully! But how many people do we see praying for weakness? It works the opposite that most of us have thought!
We fail in that we pray to be made stronger in ourselves and God will not give power to the old Adam. His answer to the problem is not to make us stronger, but to take self out of the scene of action by holding it in place of death on the cross—Galatians 6:14, 2 Corinthians 4:10, Romans 6:1-6; TO CRUCIFY THE {OLD MAN-Adamic nature} Then we can be brought to the glorious victory of the resurrected life in Christ {New man-Christ Jesus}.
God may not heal a person; just like He didn’t with Paul. Timothy wasn’t healed of some of his physical afflictions either—1 Timothy 5:23. No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities. (A Faithful Version) Here were two servants who never received physical healing by God. We can drift into a mind set and think God isn’t blessing us if we are not healed of some physical affliction in our lives. But if we aren’t it may be for a reason that only God knows and not because they don’t have the faith.
Over the years I have seen some brethren judge others who were not being healed. As if they were more righteous than these brethren because they weren’t suffering these afflictions. Brethren, let us not drift into this type of mind set. Remember brethren, we are not the final judge, have mercy and compassion for our fellow brethren.
One of the mistakes of the Laodicean Church Revelation 3: 17. For you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’; and you do not understand that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. (A Faithful Version) They thought they were being blessed because they were increased and filled with goods that they were being blessed spiritually. Look around us brethren, we all have so much stuff—dose this mean that God is blessing us spiritually?
We can’t fall into this trap that we can’t see the difference physical and spiritual; many fall into the trap because they have many physical blessings that everything was alright spiritually.
Think about these matters, brethren. Think on these Scriptures in this article how God will use physical torment to bring us to spiritual heights.
Let us seek God diligently that we may look to the {new man-Christ Jesus} and move from the physical to the spiritual healing and see the glory of God working within our lives.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron