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- In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus bestowed His apostles with the power to heal sickness and expel evil forces. "And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction" (Matthew 10:1).
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Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases. / And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. Mark 16:17-18
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Dec 17, 2011 · Even after Jesus ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit descended on the Day of Pentecost, his disciples continued to heal the sick as we can read recorded in Acts. Today, however, hardly any believer heals the sick as Jesus taught his disciples. However, many can pray for the sick.
- Jesus’ Healings Fulfilled Prophecies of The Coming Messiah
- Jesus Did Healing Miracles So That People Could Know Their Sins Were Forgiven
- Jesus Healed to Show John The Baptist That He Was The Promised Messiah
- Jesus Healed to Display The Works of God
- Jesus Healed So That People Might Believe in Him
- There Was Always A Purpose For Jesus’ Healings
- Jesus Did Not Heal Everyone
- Jesus Did Not Perform Miracles Upon Request Or Demand
- Summary – Question 8 Why Did Jesus Heal The Sick?
The four gospels tell us that Jesus supernaturally healed people to fulfill biblical prophecies. Matthew records that Jesus took the infirmities of the people in fulfillment of Old Testament predictions. He writes. These healings miracles of Jesus fulfilled the following prophecy of Isaiah. Jesus, by healing the people during His public ministry, f...
On one occasion, Jesus said that He performed a healing miracle so that a person could know that their sins were forgiven. Again, we read about this in Matthew. This is another of the many purposes of Jesus’ healings; to be certain He had the authority to forgive sins.
Jesus also performed miracles to show His forerunner, John the Baptist, that He was indeed the long-awaited Messiah. Matthew records the following. In this particular instance, Jesus performed a number of healing miracles to confirm to John the Baptist the He was indeed the genuine Messiah. John did not have to look for another person to come along...
Jesus also said that His healing miracles were to display God’s works to the people and thus God would receive the glory. John records Jesus explaining as to why He was about to heal a certain blind man. Jesus said that the infirmity that this man had was for a distinct purpose; that God’s works might be displayed in him. In another instance, Jesus...
John tells us that Jesus performed these healing signs so that people might believe in Him. Indeed, this was the main purpose of the signs which Jesus did. John explained it in this manner. These miraculous healings of Jesus Christ were for the purpose of causing belief in the people who witnessed them. This is the reason why the miracles are also ...
There is something else which we must appreciate. Whenever Jesus healed the sick there was always a distinct purpose for the particular healing. In other words, He did not heal just for the sake of healing. We can make a number of important observations about this.
For one thing, we find that Jesus did not heal everyone who needed to be healed. Indeed, on several recorded occasions we find that Jesus departed from sick and infirmed people without healing them.
Jesus Christ did not heal everyone who was ill. Neither did He perform healing miracles whenever they were requested or demanded.
As we examine the healing ministry of Jesus Christ we find an assorted list of sicknesses, ailments, and infirmities which He healed. There is no doubt that He miraculously healed the sick. This being the case we must ask ourselves the question as to why He did it. Why did Jesus heal the infirmed? There are a number of reasons which the four gospel...
- Matthew 4:23 ESV / 58 helpful votes. And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
- James 5:15 ESV / 52 helpful votes. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
- Exodus 15:26 ESV / 52 helpful votes. Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”
- Psalm 103:3 ESV / 48 helpful votes. Who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
However, we should not assume that His garment had some magical curative power to heal the sick. They were healed because they exercised faith in Jesus Christ; this is what brought about their healing.
Matthew 10:1 KJV. 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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Sep 6, 2020 · #1 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.” These were the very works that Jesus did to demonstrate the coming of the kingdom of heaven. They are a deposit on heaven itself, and the New Heavens and New Earth where we will dwell with him for eternity.
