HEALING

1. Healing was part of
Jesus' ministry:

Mat.4:23,24            Jesus
went...healing all manner of sickness & disease

Mat.9:35 Healing every sickness & disease among the
people

Mat.12:15b            Great
multitudes followed Him & He healed them all

(See
also Mat.15:30; 21:14; Acts 10:38.)

2. Healing promises
are still valid "today":

Heb.13:8 Jesus Christ the same, yesterday & today
& forever

Mal.3:6   I am the Lord, I change not

Mk.16:17a-18b      These signs shall
follow them that believe: Lay hands on the sick & they shall recover

Jn.14:12-14             He
that believeth on Me, the works I do shall he do

1Cor.12:7,9b          To
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit

Jam.5:14,15            Is
any sick among you? Call elders...let them pray

3. It is God's will to
heal:

A. Scriptural
authority for asking for healing:

Exo.15:26b             I
am the Lord that healeth thee

Deut.7:15               The
Lord will take away from thee all sickness

Psa.84:11b             No
good thing will He withhold from them

Psa.103:3                (He)
forgiveth all iniquities, healeth all thy diseases

Psa.107:20              He
sent His Word, & healed them

Jer.30:17a               For
I "will" restore health unto thee, & "will" heal

Mal.4:2a Sun of righteousness arise with
"healing" in His wings

Mat.10:1 He gave them power...to heal all manner of
sickness &... disease

Mk.1:40,41             Lord,
if Thou wilt...Jesus saith, I "will"; be thou clean

Acts
9:34a             Jesus
Christ maketh thee whole

Jam.5:15 Prayer of faith save sick...& the Lord
shall raise him up

(See
also Ezk.34:16a; 3Jn.2.)

B. God prefers not to
afflict you; He'd rather heal:

Lam.3:33 He doth not afflict "willingly"...the
children of men

Psa.22:24                He
hath not despised...affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid His face
from him

Heb.12:13b            Let
it rather be healed

C. Jesus' physical
suffering paid for our healing:

Isa.53:5   He was wounded...with His stripes
we are healed

Mat.8:16,17            Himself
took our infirmities & bare our sicknesses

1Cor.11:23,24         This
is My body, which is broken for you

1Cor.11:29,30         Not
discerning Lord's body...many are weak & sickly

1Pet.2:24                By
Whose stripes ye were healed

4. Nothing is too
serious for God to heal:

Jer.32:27 I am the Lord...is there anything too hard for
Me?

Jer.32:17 Ah Lord God! There is "nothing" too
hard for Thee

Psa.34:19                The
Lord delivereth him out of them "all" (afflictions)

Psa.103:3                Who
healeth "all" thy diseases

Mat.10:1 Power to...heal "all" manner of
sickness, & "all" disease

Mat.19:26               With
God all things are possible

Mk.9:23  All things are possible to him that
believeth

Lk.1:37    With God, nothing shall be
impossible

Lk.5:17b The power of the Lord was present to heal them

5. Conditions for
healing:

2Ki.20:5b                I
have...seen thy tears, behold, I will heal thee

2Chr.7:14                If
My people humble themselves, & pray & turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear & heal

Isa.19:22 They shall return to the Lord...& He shall
heal them

Isa.58:6-8a             [Help
others:] Then thine health...spring forth speedily

Hos.6:1   Come, let us
"return"...& He will heal us

Jam.5:16a               "Confess"
your faults...& pray one for another, that ye may be healed

6. Practical steps in
obtaining healing:

A. Begin with a clean
heart; unconfessed sin in your life will hinder faith:

Psa.66:18,19           If
I regard iniquity in my heart, Lord will not hear

Pro.28:13                He
that covereth his sins shall not prosper

Jam.5:16 Confess your faults one to another, & pray
one for another

1Jn.3:21  "If" our heart condemn us
"not", then have we (faith)

(See
also 2Chr.7:14; Psa.51:10; 139:23; 1Jn.1:8,9 .)

B. Prepare by
memorising promises; find authority in God's Word & faith will come of
itself:

Rom.10:17              Faith
cometh by hearing the Word of God

Josh.23:14b           Not
one thing hath failed of all that...God spake

1Ki.8:56b                Hath
not failed one word of all His good promise

Pro.7:2-3 Write (My commandments) upon table of thine
heart

Mat.24:35               Heaven
& earth shall pass away, but (not) My Words

2Cor.1:20                All
the promises of God in Him are yea &...Amen

2Pet.1:4  Great & precious promises: by these
ye might partake

C. Be definite:

Isa.45:11 Concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me

Jam.1:6-8                Ask
in faith, nothing wavering

D. "Expect"
from God; know you are entitled to His promises:

Mk.11:23                Whoever...shall
believe...shall have whatsoever he saith

Mk.11:24                "When"
ye pray, "believe" that ye receive & ye shall have

Heb.4:16 Come boldly...& find grace to help in time
of need

Heb.11:6 He that cometh to God must believe...He is a
rewarder

E. Accept from God;
there comes a time to cease praying:

Josh.7:10                Get
thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

Lk.1:38    Mary said, "Be it unto
me according to thy Word"

F. Stand your ground
in faith & trust:

Num.23:19              God
is not a man, that He should lie. Hath he said, & shall He not do it?

Psa.112:7                Not
be afraid of evil tidings...trusting in the Lord

Acts
27:25             I
believe God, that it shall be even as was told me

Rom.3:4  Let God be true, but every man a liar

Rom.4:19-21           Being
"fully" persuaded that what He had promised

Gal.6:9    In due season we shall reap,
if we faint not

Eph.4:27 Neither give place to the devil [his doubts
& lies]

Eph.6:13 Withstand...& having done all,
"stand"

Eph.6:16 Taking the shield of faith...to quench fiery
darts

Heb.10:23               Hold
fast...(your) faith without wavering; He is faithful that promised

Heb.10:35,36          Ye
have need of "patience", that, after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise

1Pet.1:7  The trial of your faith...more precious
than gold (See also Pro.24:10; Jon.2:8.)

G. Real faith puts
into action what it believes:

2Ki.5:1,9-14            [Naaman
obeyed Elisha, dipped in the Jordan, & was healed]

2Chr.20:21,22         [When
they went forth singing & praising God for the victory, He performed the
miracle]

Mat.14:28,29          [Peter
believed Jesus & stepped out on the water]

Mk.2:11,12             Take
up thy bed, & go...& immediately he arose

Mk.3:1,5b               [A
man stretches out his withered hand & is healed]

Lk.17:14  As they "went", they were
cleansed (healed)

Jn.4:47-53               Believed
the word Jesus had spoken...& went his way

2Cor.5:7  For we walk by faith, not by sight

Jam.2:17-26
As body without spirit...faith without works is dead

H. Thank Him for
hearing & answering your prayer:

Rom.4:20                He
was strong in faith, giving "glory" to God

7. Praying for the
sick:

A. Pray for healing in
"Jesus'" name:

(See
Jn.14:13,14; Acts 3:6; 4:10; 9:34a.)

B. Importance of
laying hands on & touching the sick:

Mk.16:18b              They
shall lay hands on the sick & they shall recover

Lk.4:40    He laid His hands on every
one of them, & healed them

(See
also Mat.9:29; Mk.3:10; 5:28; 6:56; 7:33-35; Lk.5:13; 6:19; 22:51b.)

C. Anointing with oil
for healing:

(See
Mk.6:13; Jam.5:14.)

D. The power of
united, group prayer:

Mat.18:19,20          If
two of you shall agree [in prayer]...it shall be done

Deut.32:30             One
(shall) chase a thousand, & two put ten thousand to flight

E. Who should pray for
the sick:

Lk.8:50,51               [Have
the unbelieving leave the room before you pray]

Jam.5:14-16            Call
for the elders...& let them pray over him. The fervent...prayer of a
righteous man availeth much

8. Fight in the Spirit
for your healing:

Mat.17:19-21         [Unusual,
stubborn sicknesses require extra faith & prayer & fasting]

1Tim.6:12               Fight
good fight of faith, "lay hold" on eternal life

A. Sing & praise
the Lord:

(See
Psa.34:1; 51:15; 66:17; 77:2,10,11; 109:30.)

B. Quote Scripture
like Jesus did:

Mat.4:3-10             He
answered and said, "It is "written"..."

Eph.6:17 Take...the sword of the Spirit, which is the
Word of God

9. Reasons that God
allows afflictions & illnesses:

A. To keep us
righteous & close to Him:

Psa.34:19                Many
are the afflictions of the "righteous"

Psa.119:71              It
is good for me that I have been afflicted

2Cor.12:7                Lest
I should be exalted...given a thorn in the flesh

Heb.12:6,11            Whom
the Lord loveth He chasteneth, & scourgeth

Rev.3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke & chasten

B. To glorify God when
He heals you:

Mat.15:31               The
multitude wondered...& they glorified God

Jn.9:1-3   [The blind man's healing was to
glorify God]

Acts
9:36-42          It
was known throughout all Joppa; & many believed

C. Sickness is often
caused by sin:

Psa.38:2-5              My
wounds stink & are corrupt...because of my sin...because of my foolishness

Psa.107:17              Fools,
because of their...iniquities, are afflicted

Psa.119:67              Before
I was afflicted, I went astray: but now

Pro.26:2  The curse causeless shall not come

(See
also Num.12:1-15; 1Sam.5:1-12; 25:2-11,37,38; 2Chr.21:9-19; 26:16-21; Acts
12:21-23.)

D. Some sickness is an
attack of the devil:

Mat.9:32,33a          When
the devil was cast out, the dumb spake

Mk.9:17-20,25        [Jesus
rebuked an unclean spirit, healing a child]

Lk.13:11,13,16        This
woman...whom Satan hath bound 18 years

Acts
10:38             Healing
all that were oppressed of the devil

E. To teach & to
test us:

Job
2:3-7                [The
devil was allowed to afflict Job to "test" him]

Job
5:17,18             Behold,
happy is man whom God correcteth

Psa.94:12                Blessed
is the man whom Thou chasteneth & teachest

2Cor.4:17                [Our
temporary afflictions teach us eternal lessons]

F. Emotional or
physiological causes:

Psa.147:3                He
healeth the broken in heart, bindeth their wounds

Pro.11:17b              He
that is cruel troubleth his own flesh

Pro.14:30                Envy
(is) the rottenness of the bones

Pro.15:13                By
sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken

Pro.17:22b              A
broken spirit drieth the bones

Pro.18:14                A
wounded spirit who can bear?

G. God will show you
the reason if you ask Him:

1Sam.6:3b              Then
ye shall be healed, & it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed
from you

Job
36:9-11            Then
He sheweth them their...transgressions

Phi.3:15b                God
shall reveal even this unto you

H. How to keep from
getting sick:

Exo.15:26                If
thou wilt diligently "hearken"...I will put none of these diseases upon
thee

Psa.91:9,10             Because
thou hast made the Lord thy...habitation

Pro.4:20,22             Attend
to My Words...they are health to [your] flesh

I. Physical reasons
for sickness:

Exo.8:24b               The
land was "corrupted" by the swarm of flies

Lev.11:4-12            [Eating
unclean meats, seafood, etc.]

Pro.23:29-35           [Too
much wine or alcohol]

Pro.25:16,27a         [Overindulgence
in sweets:] Not good to eat much honey

Pro.23:3  Be not desirous of dainties: they are
deceitful meat

Mk.7:3,4 [Lack of cleanliness: Jews washed often, lived
long]

Rom.1:24-27           [Unclean
or perverted sex]

Phi.2:27,30             [Overdoing
physically:] Sick...not regarding his life

10. Points to remember
after prayer:

A. Reasons why we're
sometimes not "immediately" healed:

Isa.59:1,2                The
Lord's hand is not shortened, but your sins have separated you

Hos.5:15 I will return to My place, till they
acknowledge their offence

2Cor.12:7-9            [Paul
prayed 3 times to be healed, but the Lord left him with a thorn in the flesh to
keep him humble]

Heb.10:36               After
ye have done the will of God ye (shall) receive the promise

Jam.1:3   The trying of your faith worketh
patience

1Pet.1:7  Trial of your faith (is) much more
precious than gold

B. Testify publicly
about your healing:

Job
36:24                Remember
that thou magnify His work, which men behold

Psa.107:2                Let
the redeemed of the Lord say so

Mk.5:19b                Go
home to thy friends & "tell" them how great things the Lord hath
done for thee

Acts
4:10               Be
it known unto you all, that by the name of Jesus

(See
also Psa.22:22,25; 35:18; 107:31,32.)

C. Obey God once
healed, or your sickness may return:

Jn.5:14    Thou art made whole, sin no
more, lest a worse thing

Psa.85:8  But let them not turn again to folly

11. Miraculous or
natural healing?

A. God's healing vs.
doctors & medicines:

2Chr.16:12,13         Asa
was diseased in his feet...he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
And Asa died

Psa.118:8                Better
to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man

Jer.46:11 In vain shalt thou use many medicines...not be
cured

Mk.5:25-26             Suffered
many things of many physicians...grew worse

(See
also Hos.5:13)

B. Sometimes doctors
& medicines can help:

Pro.17:22a              A
merry heart doeth "good" like a "medicine"

Lk.10:34  He bound up his wounds...pouring in oil
& wine

C. God-ordained
natural remedies:

2Ki.20:1-7               Take
a lump of figs...lay it on the boil (Also Isa.38:21)

Jer.51:8b Take balm for her pain, if so be she may be
healed

Ezk.47:12b              And
the leaf thereof (shall be) for medicine

1Tim.5:23               Use
a little wine for stomach's sake & oft infirmities

D. Eat wholesome,
nourishing food:

Psa.103:5                (The
Lord) satisfieth thy mouth with "good" things; so that thy youth is
renewed like the eagle's

12. No sickness in
Heaven:

(See
Isa.33:24; Rev.21:4 .)

A. Our immortal resurrected
bodies will never be sick:

1Cor.
15:42, 43       So
is the resurrection...It is sown in corruption, raised in incorruption: sown in
weakness...raised in power