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Healing and Temptation

By Lary R. HaleApril 7, 2013

Jesus in ivory and crimson rests a compassionate hand on a kneeling man's shoulder while the man looks up in relief; three villagers witness beside a Galilean village at sunset. — © By One Spirit Ministries

"If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee" (Exd. 15:26) "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases" (Psm. 103:2,3). "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" (Isa. 53:5). "And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, IF thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I WILL; be thou clean. And IMMEDIATELY his leprosy was cleansed... When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed ALL that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses" (Mat. 8:2,3,16,17). "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mk. 16:17,18). "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Pet. 2:24). I could list more scriptures here to set forth the absolute truth and reality of God's healing promise to those who believe, but these few should sufficiently make the point. I would like to make just a few notes of worth on the passages listed, to encourage all faith for the healing that we all have access to. First I want to point out that God's healing promise to the faithful was very much in effect under the old covenant, as the first two passages clearly show. Now that is REALLY BIG because of where I'm going with this, so hold on a few moments. Next Isaiah prophesies of Jesus, and the healing promise of God to believers is shown here to be not only renewed in and through his Son, but also it is surely enhanced. What do I mean by enhanced, you may ask? I mean this: If God was WILLING to heal those who believed on him under the old covenant, which covenant his Son did NOT suffer and die for; HOW MUCH MORE do you suppose that he is WILLING to heal new covenant believers, for whom Jesus took the brutality, and died for??!! See what I'm saying? Oh yeah, but it gets even better. The next passage paints the clear picture for us that it IS the will of God that we be healed, even as Jesus told the leper who asked him for just that. And I'll come back to this leper for more confirmation before concluding this article. After that, we see plainly by the scripture that Jesus healed ALL of the sick and delivered ALL of the oppressed that came to him, or that were brought to him by loved ones. We also see in that passage that these things were done to confirm the prophecy of Isaiah that has already been noted here. Next Jesus declared before he ascended back to heaven that "those who believe" in him would cast out devils and bring healing to the sick by faith in him. And last but not least Peter confirms for us the prophecy of Isaiah again, and solidifies it by putting our healing in the past tense, as in already accomplished. I don't know about you friend, but ALL of these things are REALLY GOOD NEWS to me, and music to my ears, as it is said.

A very integral point that the Lord made known to me many years ago is that EVERYONE recorded in the Bible who came to Jesus for healing, WERE HEALED, just as the passage from Mat. 8 declares. EVERYONE!! And going back to the leper, who himself was healed immediately, all of the scriptures also show that EVERYONE who came to Jesus for healing, were healed IMMEDIATELY, on the spot! Again, that is really good news, as in "gospel," which is defined as "good tidings." What is even BETTER news for you and I is the rightly famous quotation from the book of Hebrews: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever" (Heb. 13:8). That means that what Jesus did when he was here, and what the apostles and early believers duplicated in his name, he will do today as well. Yes it is that simple. So the question becomes, What do we have to do to procure this healing promise? The answer is also purely simplistic, and it is that we have to do exactly what everyone before us has done; We have to believe! We have to believe that God is SO GOOD that he invariably wants us to be sound and whole, and we have to believe that he wants to heal us right now. It is the same thing as believing that he wants to take our sins away and make us whole and clean inside, which he certainly does (I Thess. 4:3). If we don't believe in the literal removal of sin by the power of Gods' Spirit, then we will surely need to get that in order if we expect to be saved (Mat. 5:8; Heb. 12:14; I Jn 3:2,3). Do you believe that there is any reason why God would not want to take away any of your sins, or that he is willing for you to remain in sin? Of course not; that is why Jesus paid the price for our sins, so that they could and WOULD be taken away, literally from our hearts and souls (Heb. 9:13,14). So why would God be willing to leave us in physical affliction, seeing that Jesus ALSO paid the price for our healing? He isn't. And again, it is faith in his good will and power toward us, and in what Jesus did for us, that procures the promise. And the key to that faith is that we MUST eliminate ANY AND EVERY REASON that may come to mind, that suggests why he would NOT heal us. Those reasons can be real, or they can be lies altogether. The only real reason would be because our conscience tells us that we are holding on to some sin. If we are NOT cleaving to sin, then we should be in the clear to believe God for WHATEVER we may need, which surely includes something that HE HAS PROMISED! "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight" (I Jn. 3:21,22). If we are doing our best to please God, then we have a green light for being healed, because we should have the confidence that God will do what he has said he will do. Any other reason, and there are thousands of them, is simply a lie that is against the promise of God. And those lies include symptoms of what is wrong with us physically. The scripture says, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (Jas. 4:7). That includes resisting ALL of his reasons that he suggests to us for NOT being healed though the completed work of Jesus, who took the stripes FOR our healing. And that resisting also includes believing God's healing promise INSTEAD OF believing the symptoms of a condition. If we hold to ANY reason that we should not be healed, then we are not fully believing God, which is to say we have unbelief. The healing promise of God is the truth, and everything that is contrary to it is a lie. Yes, it is that simple. So as it has been since the beginning, we have two choices in this life; and that is that we can believe the truth, or we can believe a lie. Sickness and physical affliction being in the world is a result of man originally disbelieving the goodness of God and believing a lie. Miraculous deliverance from sin and miracle healing for the body is a result of forsaking that deadly error, and believing the truth of God which he confirmed mightily through his only begotten Son. Amen.

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Lary R. Hale

November 13, 1954April 21, 2024

Lary smiling with his beloved dog Champ — Lary with Champ

Obituary

A Hero Finally Rests.

Lary Redman Hale of Louisville, KY entered into his greatest joy, the presence of King Jesus himself, welcomed by the cheers of angels and the saints of God on Sunday night, April 21, 2024.

What the outside world would see as the untimely passing of a humble, local minister, heaven saw as the triumphant finale of a valiant warrior's life. He fought the good fight, having kept the faith, and received what Christ himself called "The Champion's Wreath of Victory".

Lary was born November 13, 1954 to Marvin and Norma Hale. Being the youngest of his siblings ensured he had lots of time with his loving mother, from whom he undoubtedly developed his profound sensitivity, heartfelt sentimentality and emotional comfortability - characteristics that were trademarks of his life. He grew up surrounded by cousins and classmates that became his best friends.

At his 50 year class reunion he was overjoyed and excited to catch up with so many of them, smiling and laughing more than he had in a long time. He would often tell stories of how he treasured those times as a young boy riding bikes, shooting B.B guns and playing with his childhood dog Peanuts; all while getting into assorted harmless mischief. He cherished the time he spent living on his parents houseboat and helping his dad, a united states marine veteran, take care of the boat and dock.

His relationship with his dad was only strengthened in their later years as they watched boxing matches almost every weekend for the remainder of his dad's life. He admired his brother Gary for his athleticism and industrious attitude, and thought his sisters Vicki and Mila had hearts of gold just like his mother. In his teen years Lary developed three of his lifelong loves: swimming, cool cars and lifting weights.

Some people said Lary was part fish because of how well he swam, but Lary would correct them, he was actually part dolphin. As a young man he managed a health club where he helped multiple people lose weight and counted that a huge joy. He loved nature and taking photos of it, honing his skills and knowledge in cameras. His vocabulary was second to none and he enjoyed learning new words and using them especially in his writings.

Before he passed he still exercised as much as his body would allow and he longed to return to the ocean and the white sands of Destin, Florida.

Like most disenfranchised teens in the early 70s, Lary indulged in countless vices that left him empty and searching for more. Although his long black curly hair, loud clothes, muscles and muscle cars made him the envy of the boys and the heartthrob of the girls, none of these things satisfied his heart. He pursued a college education briefly, desiring to be a marine biologist or philosopher but found that this was not what he was missing either - he longed for true fulfillment.

Depressed, empty, and feeling hopeless, Lary heard about a particular beautiful girl he had a crush on that was attending a small church where the "Spirit of God" was changing people's lives. After wondering why someone like her would attend a church like that, he began to attend also.

After a few months, he made a simple prayer on his hands and knees, saying "God I can't stop smoking, drinking, raging or any of the other countless vices I have - but if you can set me free from these things, I'll know you're real and that you want me to serve you". The next morning Lary woke up and described the next few hours as "walking on air" realizing he was, in his words "delivered" and never going back to those vices.

This began his life long commitment to glorifying Jesus, the king of glory, for how he transformed Lary's life from darkness to light. Lary would marry that same beautiful girl, the love of his life, Fay Kustes, and they would have two sons together, Benjamin Isaac and Elisha Daniel. Lary's greatest joy in life was being a husband and father.

He was happiest when he was sharing what he was learning in the bible with his family, and teaching them that knowing God was simplistic and yet powerful - that God was not merely a religious concept, but a powerful savior on a day to day basis. As Lary made it his life's goal to find "the lost sheep", he would tap into his multifaceted creativity that went largely underappreciated.

Lary produced well over a thousand episodes of gospel presentations: self-producing, mixing, editing and encoding both a radio and television show. Between the two, he broadcast for over 30 years. All of this in the analog age, where self produced radio and TV shows were nearly unheard of, especially without any budget whatsoever.

Lary was an evangelist in Louisville and southern Indiana, being asked to preach and teach in multicultural and multi-generational churches across the city. The churches he was most loved and welcomed by were the African-American Baptist and Pentecostal churches that loved and welcomed his passionate, excitable and action packed style of preaching.

Once the dawn of the internet came, he immediately worked to have a website published, making his literature and gospel teachings available. Eventually he'd use social media to teach, preach and encourage believers all across the world. He would spend every night praying with and encouraging christians from every nation until the end of his life. Many of which saw him like a second father and all of whom greatly mourn his passing.

Even though he produced over a thousand episodes of media, taught in multiple churches, mentored in multiple countries, and had multiple printed works of literature, he considered his greatest life's work to be his two sons. One of their earliest memories is Lary saying "the most important job in the world is not preaching the gospel, it's raising kids in the gospel". This threaded through his entire life.

In his final week on earth, he reminisced on his life saying "I see my life as the highest success, because my life's work are my two sons, who I am so incredibly proud of - not for their natural achievements but for their love, humility and personal faith in Jesus that is not only evident in their lives but also in their love. Because of them, I know my life is a true success - and I credit Jesus for all of it".

His sons today see him as the most successful man they will ever know. He succeeded in loving them and never hurting them. Leading them and never controlling them. Being there for them and never leaving them. He was a man that would apologize quickly, forgive quickly, and always encouraged his sons to "get up and go from here". He succeeded in teaching them faith, hope and love in a world starving so badly for all three. His ministry lives on in them.

The lives of everyone touched by their lives are forever indebted to this humble, prayerful man of faith.

He is preceded in death by his father Marvin, mother Norma, sister Mila, sister-in-law Marlene, nephew Adam, aunts, uncles, treasured cousins, and his beloved dog of 18 years, Champ.

Until they are reunited in the glory of heaven, he is survived and will be missed by his sons, Benjamin and Elisha (Katrine), his wife of 30 years, Fay, his brother Gary, His sister Vicki (Dan), his cousins, nieces, nephews, his friends, and those that called him their pastor and teacher.

"The righteous perish, and no man lays it to heart: merciful men are taken away and no one considers that the righteous person is being spared from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: he shall rest in his bed, having walked in uprightness." Isaiah 57:1&2

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