Do you know that Jesus healed everyone who came to HIM with sickness and disease???
Matthew 12:15 (NKJV) …He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
Matthew 4:23 (KJV) And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Luke 9:10-11 (CEV)
Matthew 4:23 (KJV) And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Luke 9:10-11 (CEV)
10The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He then took them with him to the village of Bethsaida, where they could be alone.
11But a lot of people found out about this and followed him. Jesus welcomed them. He spoke to them about God's kingdom and healed everyone who was sick.
IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR ALL of HIS CHILDREN TO BE HEALED!!!
GOD WANTS TO HEAL EVERYONE, NOT just those that are saved!!!
Matthew 8:16-17 (KJV)
16When 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:
17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew 8:16-17 (NKJV)
16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,
17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
Some folks come to church so that the preacher can pray for them. The church is supposed to be for those that are in need. We are supposed to minister to those that are sick in mind and body!!! We are supposed to lay hands on the sick and see them healed!!!
James 5:14-15 (KJV)
14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
When Jesus sent the disciples out into the world to preach the gospel, HE said that they would lay hands on the sick and the sick would recover!!!
Mark 16:17-18 (NKJV)
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Have you ever noticed that Jesus didn’t ask folks if they were saved before HE healed for them?
And I haven’t seen in the Bible where the disciples asked any of the sick folks whether they were saved or NOT!!!
But we do that in our churches!!!
Acts 3:1-8 (NKJV)
1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
So, why do people get sick???
I have heard a lot of things said over the years!!! I have heard it said that sin causes sickness and disease. I have heard that God has allowed people to be sick in order to teach them something.
However, I cannot find in the WORD OF GOD where that Jesus told anyone that their sin had made them sick or that HE wanted them to be sick, so that they could learn something!!! But still I hear people say things like this!!!
John 9 (NCV)
1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
2 His followers asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents' sin?"
2 His followers asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents' sin?"
3 Jesus answered, "It is not this man's sin or his parents' sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God's power could be shown in him.
4 While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
4 While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with it and put the mud on the man's eyes.
7 Then he told the man, "Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam." (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing.
7 Then he told the man, "Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam." (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and some people who had earlier seen this man begging said, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?"
9 Some said, "He is the one," but others said, "No, he only looks like him." The man himself said, "I am the man."
10 They asked, "How did you get your sight?"
10 They asked, "How did you get your sight?"
11 He answered, "The man named Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."
When Jesus died on the cross for us, HE died NOT ONLY to save us from our sins, but also from sickness and disease!!!
1 Peter 2:24 (KJV) 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.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (AMP)
4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].
5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
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