Healing For You - Barry Bennett - Charis Daily - Season 1 Ep. 1

Main Ideas / Lessons

• Healing is for believers today: The speaker argues that God still heals and that healing “could be for you.”
• Sickness did not originate with God:
  • Suffering/sickness entered the world through Adam and Eve’s sin.
  • Sickness is described as part of the fallen world, including causes like genetics, diet, environment, and lifestyle choices.
  • The “divine remedy” for these attacks is God’s Word, God’s Spirit, and God’s grace.
• Reject the idea that God sends sickness to discipline/chastise:
  • Christians sometimes teach that God uses sickness to correct people.
  • The speaker insists this is incorrect: God does not need sickness; sickness is portrayed as destructive rather than instructive.
• God’s heart toward the sick is compassion and mercy:
  • Jesus is presented as the clearest picture of God’s character.
  • Key claim: Jesus heals people without “interviews,” checklists, or prolonged questioning—He sees suffering and responds with compassion.
  • God’s mercy/compassion are portrayed as fresh and renewed every morning.
• God’s will for healing is constant (“yes and amen”):
  • God’s promises do not change day to day.
  • Healing is framed as part of God’s unchanging will and the believer’s inheritance.
• Healing is connected to forgiveness and righteousness (the “root vs. fruit” idea):
  • Jesus’ healing ministry is linked to forgiveness of sins.
  • The speaker teaches that sin is the root and sickness is the fruit; dealing with the root results in the fruit losing authority.
  • Believers are taught to receive healing by realizing they are forgiven and made righteous in Christ.
• Faith is responsive to the gospel, not earned by performance:
  • People don’t “qualify” by being sinless enough.
  • What can block healing is emphasized as unbelief, not a person’s past actions.

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Key Scripture Concepts Referenced (How They’re Used)

• 2 Timothy 3:16–17: Scripture is inspired and used to equip/correct/instruct toward righteousness—the Word is the method for God’s work in people, not sickness.
• Matthew 14:14: Jesus sees crowds and is moved with compassion, then heals their sick—healing shown as compassion-driven, not condition-based.
• Lamentations 3:22–23: God’s mercies and compassion “fail not” and are new every morning—supporting the idea that mercy is always available.
• 2 Corinthians 1:20: God’s promises are “yes and amen”—used to argue healing is not conditional on “today vs. not today.”
• Mark 5 (issue of blood): The woman is healed by faith in Jesus’ goodness/mercy—used to show healing is available to those who “touch” in faith.
• Mark 1:40–42: The leper asks “if you are willing,” and Jesus responds “I am willing”—used as evidence that God’s willingness is present.
• Matthew 9:2–7: Jesus forgives the paralyzed man’s sins first, then tells him to rise and walk—used to argue forgiveness deals with the “root” authority behind sickness.
• Psalm 103:1–5 (paraphrased emphasis): Forgiveness and healing are linked (forgives iniquities / heals diseases).
• 1 John 2:12: Believers are told their sins are forgiven “for His name’s sake”—used to reinforce identity-based reception of healing.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21: Christ became sin so believers might become righteousness—used as the basis for “righteousness/forgiveness” identity.
• Matthew 10:8: Disciples are commanded to heal the sick and to do it freely—used as the model for ministry and reception.

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Methodology / “Instructions” Presented (Step-by-Step Style)

The speaker doesn’t provide a formal “how-to” healing checklist, but he does present a practical spiritual approach repeatedly. Consolidated, the implicit method is:

1. Settle identity and God’s character

   • Decide that God is compassionate toward the sick.
   • Reject the belief that sickness is God’s tool for discipline/correction.
   • View Jesus as the definitive expression of God.

2. Receive forgiveness and righteousness as established facts

   • Believe that, in Christ, your sins are forgiven (past tense).
   • Believe you are made righteous / a new creation.
   • Understand the “root vs. fruit” teaching:
     • Sin = root authority
     • Sickness = fruit
     • If the root has been dealt with, sickness loses authority.

3. Shift attention from symptoms to the gospel

   • Stop meditating primarily on symptoms and what’s wrong.
   • Meditate on:
     • God’s goodness
     • God’s power
     • God’s love
     • God’s compassion and mercy
     • What Jesus did for you

4. Exercise “receiving” faith and expect bodily response

   • Believe healing is a right/inheritance/gift.
   • “Get up” spiritually—receive what is promised—even if the body responds immediately or over time.

5. For ministry: heal “freely”

   • Ministry recipients don’t earn healing.
   • Ministers don’t claim healing as their own power; they act as vessels to make people aware that wellness is available.
   • Heal “everyone” (no selective “worthiness” screening), because healing is presented as freely given.

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Overall Takeaway

• The video teaches that healing remains available from God now, grounded in:
  • God’s compassion and willingness
  • God’s unchanging promises (“yes and amen”)
  • forgiveness/righteousness in Christ as the root issue
  • free grace received through faith
• The primary barrier is framed as unbelief, while the foundation is God’s mercy renewed daily.

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Speakers / Sources Featured

Speaker

• Barry Bennett (instructor at Charis Bible College, mentioned as Woodland Park, Colorado)

Sources Cited / Referenced (Scriptures and Examples)

• Bible verses (including):
  • 2 Timothy 3:16–17
  • Matthew 14:14
  • Lamentations 3:22–23
  • 2 Corinthians 1:20
  • Mark 5 (woman with the issue of blood)
  • Mark 1:40–42
  • Matthew 9:2–7
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 (referenced)
  • Psalm 103:1–5 (referenced)
  • 1 John 2:12
  • Matthew 10:8
  • 1 John 2:2 (referenced; “propitiation” / sin offering emphasis)
• Plus the Adam and Eve / Garden of Eden origin narrative (Genesis theme, not a specific verse quoted).