The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus. A man in the crowd shouted, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son. He’s my only child. Whenever a spirit takes control of him, he shrieks, goes into convulsions, and foams at the mouth. After a struggle, the spirit goes away, leaving the child worn out. I begged your disciples to force the spirit out of him, but they couldn’t do it.”
Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and corrupt generation! How long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!”
While he was coming to Jesus, the demon knocked the boy to the ground and threw him into convulsions.
Jesus ordered the evil spirit to leave. He cured the boy and gave him back to his father. Everyone was amazed to see God’s wonderful power.
Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and corrupt generation! How long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!”
While he was coming to Jesus, the demon knocked the boy to the ground and threw him into convulsions.
Jesus ordered the evil spirit to leave. He cured the boy and gave him back to his father. Everyone was amazed to see God’s wonderful power.
A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her. She came up behind Jesus, touched the edge of his clothes, and her bleeding stopped at once.
Jesus asked, “Who touched me?”
After everyone denied touching him, Peter said, “Teacher, the people are crowding you and pressing against you.”
Jesus said, “Someone touched me. I know power has gone out of me.”
The woman saw that she couldn’t hide. Trembling, she quickly bowed in front of him. There, in front of all the people, she told why she touched him and how she was cured at once.
Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace!”
Jesus asked, “Who touched me?”
After everyone denied touching him, Peter said, “Teacher, the people are crowding you and pressing against you.”
Jesus said, “Someone touched me. I know power has gone out of me.”
The woman saw that she couldn’t hide. Trembling, she quickly bowed in front of him. There, in front of all the people, she told why she touched him and how she was cured at once.
Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace!”
When Jesus came back, a crowd welcomed him. Everyone was expecting Him.
A man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, arrived and quickly bowed down in front of Jesus. He begged Jesus to come to his home. His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went, the people were crowding around Him.
Someone came from the synagogue leader’s home. He said, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”
When Jesus heard this, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid! Just believe, and she will get well.” Jesus went into the house. He allowed no one to go with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s parents. Everyone was crying and showing how sad they were. Jesus said, “Don’t cry! She’s not dead. She’s just sleeping.”They laughed at Him because they knew she was dead. But Jesus took her hand and called out, “Child, get up!” She came back to life and got up at once. He ordered her parents to give her something to eat. They were amazed. Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
A man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, arrived and quickly bowed down in front of Jesus. He begged Jesus to come to his home. His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went, the people were crowding around Him.
Someone came from the synagogue leader’s home. He said, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”
When Jesus heard this, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid! Just believe, and she will get well.” Jesus went into the house. He allowed no one to go with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s parents. Everyone was crying and showing how sad they were. Jesus said, “Don’t cry! She’s not dead. She’s just sleeping.”They laughed at Him because they knew she was dead. But Jesus took her hand and called out, “Child, get up!” She came back to life and got up at once. He ordered her parents to give her something to eat. They were amazed. Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd went with Him. 12 As He came near the entrance to the city, He met a funeral procession. The dead man was a widow’s only child. A large crowd from the city was with her.
When the Lord saw her, He felt sorry for her. He said to her, “Don’t cry.”
He went up to the open coffin, took hold of it, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, “Young man, I’m telling you to come back to life!” The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Everyone was struck with fear and praised God. They said, “A great prophet has appeared among us,” and “God has taken care of his people.” This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding region.
When the Lord saw her, He felt sorry for her. He said to her, “Don’t cry.”
He went up to the open coffin, took hold of it, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, “Young man, I’m telling you to come back to life!” The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Everyone was struck with fear and praised God. They said, “A great prophet has appeared among us,” and “God has taken care of his people.” This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding region.
When Jesus had finished everything he wanted to say to the people, he went to Capernaum. There a Roman army officer’s valuable slave was sick and near death. The officer had heard about Jesus and sent some Jewish leaders to him. They were to ask Jesus to come and save the servant’s life. They came to Jesus and begged, “He needs your help. He loves our people and built our synagogue at his own expense.”
Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the officer sent friends to tell Jesus, “Sir, don’t bother. I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. That’s why I didn’t come to you. But just give a command, and let my servant be cured. As you know, I’m in a chain of command and have soldiers at my command. I tell one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
Jesus was amazed at the officer when he heard these words. He turned to the crowd following him and said, “I can guarantee that I haven’t found faith as great as this in Israel.”
When the men who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant healthy again.
Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the officer sent friends to tell Jesus, “Sir, don’t bother. I don’t deserve to have you come into my house. That’s why I didn’t come to you. But just give a command, and let my servant be cured. As you know, I’m in a chain of command and have soldiers at my command. I tell one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I tell my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
Jesus was amazed at the officer when he heard these words. He turned to the crowd following him and said, “I can guarantee that I haven’t found faith as great as this in Israel.”
When the men who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant healthy again.
Reason number thirty we are sure it is God’s will for all to be healed is because we are the bride of Christ. In the Song of Solomon, the husband and wife are a type of Christ and the church, He is our Husband, and we are His bride. If our Husband, the Lord Jesus, wanted us sick, He would be out of harmony with every husband on earth. How many men want sick wives?
Reason number twenty-nine we are sure it is God’s will for all of us to be healed is because our bodies are living sacrifices. They are to be whole, and they are to be clean. Romans 12:1 says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” That is why He wills us to be healed.
Reason number twenty-eight we are sure that it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed is because We Are God’s Priests. Leviticus 21:16, Under the Levitical order of priesthood, a blemish, a disease, or a deformity would disqualify you from the priesthood. You could not go into the holy place, he said, “lest you profane My holy place. People talk about the perfect body, the perfect physique. There really is no such thing in the sense of having no flaws, because everything in this world has been affected by the curse. Revelation 5:10 says, “(He) hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”
Reason number twenty-seven we are sure that it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed is because our body, is the temple of the Holy Spirit, a house of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. It says, “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” Your body is not your own. That’s right. “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Does God want sickness in His house?
Reason number twenty-six we are sure that it is God’s will for all of us to be healed is because our bodies are the members of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:27 says, “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” 1 Corinthians 6:15, “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?” He’s talking about this physical body that you have right now. We’re sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed because our bodies are members—are part of—Christ, 1 Corinthians 12:27.
Reason number twenty-five we are sure it is God’s will for all to be healed is because He is the Vine, and we are the branches. In John 15:5, Jesus said, “I am the Vine, ye are the branches.…” We are the branches. “He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Verse eight says, “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples.” We have a holy Vine that we are connected to, a pure Vine. The life that flows from the Vine into the branches is completely pure life and light. There is no corruption. He is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. He is life. There is no death in God. Death is the enemy of God. First Corinthians 15:26 says so. It’s the last enemy that will be put underfoot.
Reason number twenty-four we are sure it’s God’s will for all to be healed is because He has promised us long life. Psalm 91:16 says, “With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation,” Well, if 70 or 80 years is not the maximum the Scripture talks about, what is? In Genesis 6, we are given a number in the Bible. Genesis 6:3 says, “And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.” God said the days of man shall be 120 years.
Reason number twenty-three we are sure it’s God’s will for all to be healed is because of the all-inclusive promises of God. In Mark 9: 23, “Jesus said, If you canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” What about folks who don’t believe in healing, miracles, speaking in tonques, casting out devils, etc? They’re not going to receive any of them. These signs only follow them that believe. God has promised repeatedly to do anything, all things, whatsoever things, that whosoever would ask in faith.
Reason number twenty-two we are sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed because of Scripture prayers for healing. James 5:16 says, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” In Psalm 103:1, he said, “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, Who healeth all thy diseases, Who redeemeth thy life from destruction, Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies, Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Reason number twenty-one we are sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed is because of gifts of healing. Signs and wonders oftentimes, are gifts of healing and workings of miracles. Jesus is the Healer. He’s your Healer, and you don’t have to go to or through any man or woman on the earth to get your healing. You do not have to go to or through any human being to get your forgiveness of sin, or to get filled with the Holy Spirit, or to get healed or delivered. There’s One Mediator between God and men: the Man Christ Jesus. He’s the only One you have to go through. But God uses men. He uses men and women to minister in some special ways, and one of these special ways is in the area of healing.
Reason number twenty we are sure it is God’s will for all to be heal is because of healing in the Book of Acts. The Book of Acts is an historical account, an inspired account by God, of the beginning days of the Church. We are part of the same Church. It is still being written, and we are in it. Sometimes people talk about the Early Church like it’s a different church. No, it’s the same Church. We have the same Jesus and the same Holy Spirit. We have the same Gospel and the same Great Commission. Our lives are supposed to look like these pages. These days have not passed away. And God's will is still being done.
Reason number nineteen we are sure it is God’s will for all of us to be healed, is because He is the Good Shepherd. Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. We have a Shepherd Who is able to meet every need and He wants to meet all of our needs. It is His will to manifest it in our lives so that we can say, “I am complete and entire wanting nothing. I lack not for any good thing.” That includes the healing of our bodies. It is His will.
Reason number eighteen we are sure it is God’s will for all to be healed is because of the laying on of hands. Mark 16:18, Jesus said, “And these signs shall follow them that believe.....they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” If you didn’t believe in it, you wouldn’t do it and you wouldn’t want someone to lay hands on you, either. We are to place our hands on people who believe and the will get well.
Reason number seventeen we are sure that it is God’s will for all of us to be healed is because of the ministry of Jesus. Bible says, in Mark 6:5-6, that in His own home town, “He could there do no mighty works.” It didn’t say He chose not to. It goes on to say, “And he marveled because of their unbelief.” “Physician, heal Yourself. The works You’ve done in other places, do here.” Luke 4:23, they challenged Him. In essence, they were saying, “Prove it. We heard about these miracles You did in other places; do them here.” John 5:30, Everything He did is a revelation of the will of God...God’s will to heal.
Reason number sixteen we are sure it is God’s will for all to be healed is because we have been given authority over demons and over disease. Jesus told us in John 14:12. He said, “He that believes on me, in My name, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do because I go to My Father.” Mark 16:17-18 says, “ And these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
Reason number fifteen we are sure it is God’s will for all to be healed is because of the mercy of God. 2 Corinthians 1:3 says, “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies,” plural, “the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Matthew 15:22; Mark 10:48; Luke 16:24 Blind people, crippled people, deaf people, and the list goes on, all asked Him to have mercy on them, and any and everyone who ever came and asked for mercy left healed, every one of them.
Reason number fourteen we are sure it is God’s will for all of us to be healed is because healing is the children’s bread. In Matthew 15, is the story of the woman of Canaan whose daughter was tormented. She wasn’t coming to become a Jewish proselyte, or a follower of God, but was just looking to get a healing for her daughter. But Jesus saw her faith and said, “Woman, Great is your faith. Be it unto you.”
