HEALING (1)

1. Bible Topic

a) To learn what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics affecting our everyday lives, we may find what we are looking for here.

2. Healing

a) Healing of both physical and spiritual sickness is an important part of Christ's ministry. It's in the Bible, Matthew 4:23, TLB. "Jesus traveled all through Galilee teaching in the Jewish synagogues, everywhere preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of Heaven. And He healed every kind of sickness and disease."

b) Physical healing is not the most important gift God can give. It's in the Bible, Matthew 9:2, TLB. "Soon some men brought Him a paralyzed boy on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the sick boy, 'Cheer up, son! For I have forgiven your sins!"

c) Physical healing takes place because God wants to heal us spiritually. It's in the Bible, Matthew 9:6, NIV. " 'But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins'… Then He said to the paralytic, 'Get up, take your mat and go home.'"

d) Spiritual healing is provided by Christ's death for our sins. It's in the Bible, Isaiah 53:4-5, TLB. "Yet it was our grief He bore, our sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, for His own sins! But He was wounded and bruised for our sins. He was chastised that we might have peace; He was lashed—and we are healed."

e) Healing miracles validated the ministry of the early church. It's in the Bible, Acts 5:16, TLB. "And crowds came in from the Jerusalem suburbs, bringing their sick folk and those possessed by demons; and every one of them was healed."