God sent His Word and healed them

Psa 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

There is today so many opinions on the topic of Divine healing and many questions are being asked, such as, is healing really for today? Does God still heal people today? Why are there so many believing Christians that die daily from a variety of diseases? When looking at the Bible we can clearly see that this is a topic which is extensively discussed by many writers of the Bible. What is then the truth as far as Biblical healing is concerned?

Ex 15:26  And said, 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.

God promises in the above verse that if His children put His Word first in their lives then they will not be afflicted with various diseases for God Himself is their Healer. There are many other verses saying the same thing.

Ps 103:3  Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Here David say that God not only forgive the sins of His children but He also heal all of their diseases.

Ps 147:3  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isa 30:26  Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

It is clear from the above verses That God is a healing God who have never intended that His people should suffer.

Isi 53:5  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. {wounded: or, tormented } {stripes: Heb. bruise }

1 Pet 2:24  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.

2 Chron 30:18  For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

19  That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

20  And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

Ps 30:2  O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

It is clear from the scriptures that God wants to heal people. What is it that keeps people from obtaining healing?

Isa 6:10  Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Rom 10:10 says, For with the heart men believe.

However, if your heart is not prepared and ready to receive from God then obviously you have a very big problem. Likewise, if you cannot hear or refuse to listen there can once again be no solution to your problems because Paul says in Romans that faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Likewise, if you cannot see with your eyes or refuse to see what God has given you then healing and other scriptural blessings simply will not come your way. Been converted to God’s way of seeing things is now quite impossible and therefore such a person cannot be healed, not because God is not able but because such a person has rejected God’s conditions as described in the Bible.

What can we learn from the ministry of Jesus?

Mt 4:24  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Just like His Father, Jesus also healed people wherever He went.

Mt 8:8  The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Mt 8:13  And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Speak the Word only for there is tremendous power in God’s word.

Heb1:2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

4 ¶  Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Through Jesus God has made everything and through Jesus God also upholds or maintains all things. But what and who is Jesus and how did He come to be?

John 1:1 ¶  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2  The same was in the beginning with God.

3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

The above scriptures are clear that Jesus was and is the Word of God which was made flesh and who lived among mankind as Jesus the Messiah. God made all things through Jesus and the above scripture say that without Him nothing was made.

Col 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Consist= Originate (in) Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in

Jesus looks exactly like God His Father and in fact His is a mirror image of God. Through Him absolutely everything was created and all creation is contained in Him. And it was this Jesus which God allowed to be crucified in our place. Now it is easier to understand another scripture when tells us exactly how much God has given us.

Rom 8:31 ¶  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

You see in the above verses it becomes abundantly clear that Jesus not only created everything but He also upholds or maintains all things.

Uphold- Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last / Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals / Support against an opponent.

Jas 1:17  Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.

Ro 11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. EMTV 29  For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Irrevocable, binding, irreversible, final, unalterable, unchangeable, permanent, immutable and irretrievable.

Repentance, regret, sorrow, remorse, penitence, atonement, shame, contrition and penance.

This is strong language and it leaves believers with a clear picture of exactly what God is giving us in Christ Jesus. You see, if God has already given the creator and upholder of all things over for us, why on earth should God refuse us anything. The fact is He does not, He can’t, what God has given, He has given, it is never taken back. It is people themselves who decide whether they are going to accept God’s gift or not.

Mat 13:54  And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

55  Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

56  And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

57  And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

58  And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

This is extraordinary, Jesus is the Creator and the Upholder of all things, He has total power invested in Him but He did very few miracles among them because of their unbelief. It is important to remember that the problem was not on Jesus’s side. He could heal them and He wanted to heal them but God is not going to force Himself on anyone.

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

James 1:6  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

You need to believe in order to receive anything from God and in order to do that you need to know what the Bible says about God and healing.

John 5:38  And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40  And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Without God’s Word in your heart you cannot receive anything.

John 8:31 ¶  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

God’s word is the key to everything in the believer’s life. God’s word is the believer’s testament which tells us about our inheritance as heirs of Jesus Christ. Without knowing the testament, we will fail to receive everything which has already been given to us by God.

Jos 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Ps 1:1 ¶  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked }

2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

James 1:25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

1 Pet 1:23  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 ¶  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that }

25  But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.

The Word of God is the key to success as a believer, without standing on God’s Word you will not receive anything. But how exactly does one receive Divine healing?

Acts 14:6  They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

7  And there they preached the gospel.

8 ¶  And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

9  The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

10  Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

This lame man heard Paul preaching the gospel and hearing the message of good news resulted in strong faith in his heart and when Paul shouted Stand upright on thy feet he did not stop to reason but he jumped up in absolute faith.

Pr 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

You have to put all your trust in God, do not try to work things out in your own mind because that will lead to defeat and disappointment. Remember Peter walking on the water, when Jesus said, come, Peter got out of the boat and he started to walk on the water. Unfortunately, his faith did not last because he started to notice the strong wind and other contrary circumstances and he started to sink.

Heb 11:1 ¶  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence }

Substance+ The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists / "DNA is the substance of our genes" / The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience / The property of holding together and retaining its shape.

The Amplified Bible says that Faith is the title deed of things hoped for. A title deed is irrevocable proof of ownership. Genuine Bible believing faith is your title deed that whatever you hope for is already yours in Christ Jesus. God has provided his creation with absolutely everything which they may need in this life. However, it requires faith in God’s Word to receive all of those blessings. However, the crucifixion of Jesus is irrevocable proof that God is serious about providing His children with all created things and He will also uphold and maintain and heal all things such as our frail human bodies. We do not yet have all of those things because we do not believe God unconditionally. We do not yet comprehend what exactly Jesus has purchased for us on the cross of Calvary. This situation can be easily rectified by meditating on God’s word, by filling or hearts with the creative force of God’s Word. God’s word cannot fail.

Isi 55:10  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Num 23:19  God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

20  Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

Ro 11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

God will honor His Word in your life, you do not have to worry about that, all He requires of you is that you shall have complete trust in His Divine promises.

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