JESUS HEALS TODAY
The bible plainly reveals that God heals the sick. His Son
Jesus heals today, too. Sick and infirm bodies can be powerfully
touched by the Lord our Healer.
Exodus 15:26 "...I will not bring on you any of the diseases
I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who HEALS
you."
- Our God is a
healing God!
- It's not
just what He does, but what He is.
- You serve a
"Lord who heals you."
Matthew 4:23 Jesus
went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching
the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and
sickness among the people.
- We serve a
healing Savior, Jesus Christ. Like God the Father, Jesus heals
the sick and infirm. And be it established that Jesus heals
today, for He "is the same yesterday and today and
forever" (Hebrews 13:8).
- His heart of
compassion is for "the people."
- Jesus preached
and taught, yes. But Jesus also "healed every disease and
sickness among the people."
Matthew 8:16-17
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to
him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the
sick. [17] This was to fulfill what was spoken through the
prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our
diseases."
- God had this in
mind all along. Isaiah spoke of it seven centuries before the New
Testament era
- Jesus would
"take up our infirmities."
- Jesus would
"carry our diseases."
- Jesus would
"heal all the sick ... to fulfill...Isaiah." Don't
limit salvation to our sins only. Jesus our Savior is also Jesus
our Healer.
- Jesus heals the
sick today, as 2,000 years ago, in fulfillment of the prophetic
word.
Matthew 14:35-36
And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word
to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to
him [36] and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of
his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.
- Our part is to
reach out and touch Jesus for healing.
- "[Bring
your] sick to Him.... touch Him." Because then, as now,
"all who touched him were healed."
Psalm 103:2-3
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - [3]
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.
- Do not forget -
this is a "benefit" from God to you.
- Just as
certainly as forgiveness of sins is for you, so also the Lord is
a healer. We serve a healing God!
- We also serve a
God who will keep you in good health, which is covered in our
bible study on Alternative Health from God.
Psalm 30:2 O Lord
my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.
- Prayer to God
for healing of the sick gets results!
- Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife
and his slave girls so they could have children
again.
- Numbers 12:13
So Moses cried out to the LORD, "O God, please heal
her!" And God did heal Miriam.
- James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other
so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective.
- You can pray
for yourself to be healed, as David did.
- You can pray
for others to be healed, as Abraham and Moses did, and as James
exhorted us to do.
Acts 3:16 By faith
in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made
strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through
him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all
see.
- Healing comes
"by faith in" something, or more precisely, in someone
- Jesus!
- "...Jesus' Name and the faith that comes through
him"
Acts 9:32-34 [33]
There [Peter] found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been
bedridden for eight years. [34] "Aeneas," Peter said to
him, "Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your
mat." Immediately Aeneas got up. Move beyond formulas. They
don't work. Peter understood what brought healing.
- "Aeneas...Jesus Christ heals you."
- We serve a
healing God - "I am the Lord who heals
you."
- We serve a
healing Savior - He "healed all the sick" then, and
He's the same today! Jesus still heals today.
- "Aeneas,
[and each of you] Jesus Christ heals you."
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