Jesus healed them all (part 5): the healing of the man with the withered hand

Matthew 12:10-16 (AMP)
¹⁰And behold, a man was there with one withered hand. And they said to Him, Is it lawful or allowable to cure people on the Sabbath days?--that they might accuse Him. ¹¹But He said to them, What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a pit or ditch on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹²How much better and of more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and allowable to do good on the Sabbath days. ¹³Then He said to the man, Reach out your hand. And the man reached it out and it was restored, as sound as the other one. ¹⁴But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, how they might do away with Him. ¹⁵But being aware of this, Jesus went away from there. And many people joined and accompanied Him, and He cured all of them, ¹⁶And strictly charged them and sharply warned them not to make Him publicly known.

Mark 3:1-6 (AMP)
¹AGAIN JESUS went into a synagogue, and a man was there who had one withered hand [as the result of accident or disease]. ²And [the Pharisees] kept watching Jesus [closely] to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might get a charge to bring against Him [formally]. ³And He said to the man who had the withered hand, Get up [and stand here] in the midst. ⁴And He said to them, Is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to take it? But they kept silence. ⁵And He glanced around at them with vexation and anger, grieved at the hardening of their hearts, and said to the man, Hold out your hand. He held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored. ⁶Then the Pharisees went out and immediately held a consultation with the Herodians against Him, how they might [devise some means to] put Him to death.

Luke 6:6-11 (AMP)
⁶And it occurred on another Sabbath that when He went into the synagogue and taught, a man was present whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees kept watching Jesus to see whether He would [actually] heal on the Sabbath, in order that they might get [some ground for] accusation against Him. ⁸But He was aware all along of their thoughts, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Come and stand here in the midst. And he arose and stood there. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good [so that someone derives advantage from it] or to do evil, to save a life [and make a soul safe] or to destroy it? ¹⁰Then He glanced around at them all and said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he did so, and his hand was fully restored like the other one. ¹¹But they were filled with lack of understanding and senseless rage and discussed (consulted) with one another what they might do to Jesus.

1. Jesus asked the man to stretch forth his hand - something which the man COULD NOT DO in the natural as his hand was withered.
2. The man did not refuse or even question Jesus' sanity. He stretched out as told, and the act of obedience, a consequence of faith, resulted in full restoration of his hand.

Jesus healed them all (part 4): the healing of the nobleman's son

^{John 4:46-54
46} So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. ⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.” ⁴⁹ The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. ⁵¹ And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!” ⁵² Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” ⁵³ So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household. ⁵⁴ This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

1. Humility is displayed by the nobleman, unlike another instance in the bible where Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:1-19) was upset with the man of God who refused to see him and just asked him to dip 7 times in the River Jordan. Naaman had to be persuaded to do as he was told.
2. We need to believe before we see. Mark 11:23-24 shows us that the nobleman started home in faith even before he saw or knew that his boy lived. At the word of Jesus, he believed and walked back.
3. Jesus did what the Father told him, not what people asked him to do. In the same way, we need to do what the Holy Spirit tells us to do.
4. The boy was healed the very hour Jesus spoke his healing, the very instant the nobleman believed and obeyed what Jesus told him to do.
5. We give God the glory, not just gloss over the work He has done in our lives as coincidence.
6. When we minister healing, we hook up with the faith of the person, we start with what they can believe in.

Personal Confession

1. i will be okay. I will be well.
2. I have faith to believe because I am standing on the Word of God.
3. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. I can overcome this sickness because of the Word of God in my life.

Jesus healed them all (part 3): the healing of the paralytic

Matthew 9:2-8
² Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” ³ And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!” ⁴ But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? ⁶ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” ⁷ And he arose and departed to his house. ⁸ Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

Mark 2"1-11
¹ And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. ² Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. ³ Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. ⁴ And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” ⁶ And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ⁸ But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, ¹¹ “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” ¹² Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Luke 5:17-26
¹⁷ Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. ¹⁸ Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. ¹⁹ And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰ When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ²² But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? ²⁴ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” ²⁵ Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. ²⁶ And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

1. Why did Jesus focus on forgiving his sins? Often, condemnation keeps us from having faith because of guilt. Praise God we are forgiven all our sins and we are righteous and come boldly before the throne of grace.
2. Jesus forgives sins AS EASILY AS heals our sicknesses and diseases. This is what he demonstrated - He had the power to forgive sins AND to heal!!
3. The faith of the four friends were persistant. They did not give up till they saw the fulfillment of their belief.

Jesus healed them all (part 2): the healing of Peter's mother in law

Matthew 8:14-15
¹⁴When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. ¹⁵He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.

Mark 1:29-31
²⁹As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. ³⁰Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her. ³¹So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.

Luke 4:38-39
³⁸Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.

1. Things can turn around quickly.
   
2. When faith meets with anointing, healing takes places immediately.
3. Jesus touched her or rebuked the fever, it left her immediately so that she could get up and serve them.
4. We speak to situations in our lives just as Jesus spoke to the fever to leave.
5. Light is greater than darkness, healing is more powerful than sickness, and Life overcomes Death.

Jesus healed them all (part 1): the healing of the leper

Matthew 8:1-4
¹When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. ²A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." ³Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. ⁴Then Jesus said to him, "See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Luke 5:12-15
¹²While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." ¹³Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴Then Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them." ¹⁵Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

1. The leper came to Jesus, not to anyone else. He knew Who could help him and heal him.
2. He knelt, falling before Jesus with his face to the ground. This was humility. He put aside his pride and came to the One who could heal him.
3. Jesus revealed that not only had He the ability to heal, he WAS WILLING to heal. We see here that healing is God's idea. Jesus initiated healing. He taught, preached and healed. People heard and came to him. We don't have to convince God to heal us.
   
4. Jesus touched him, even when he was full of leprosy and unclean. Jesus touched him and made him whole. The healing anointing flowed to him and healed him.
   

Jesus healed them all (introduction): the role of faith

I'm currently listening to an excellent teaching series by Rev KM. I'm taking notes and thought i'd share on my blog.

Recorded in the Gospels are 19 individual cases of healings which are more detailed. Of course there are others who have been delivered and multitudes who have been healed.

There seems to be an emphasis on the faith of the individual in many of the cases. Their faith is specifically referred to as the determining factor in their healing.

1. The nobleman's son was healed because the nobleman believed the word and went his way.
   
2. The paralytic's faith was seen by Jesus and he was healed.
   
3. The Centurion believed for his servant's healing, and it was done according to what he believed.
   
4. The woman with the issue of blood had faith that made her whole.
5. Jesus told the 2 blind men: "according to your faith, be it done to you"
6. The 10 lepers had faith that made them whole
7. Blind Bartimaeus' faith made him whole
8. The SyroPhoenician woman's daughter was healed because the mother believed.

just believe

Never give up...
just believe.

unlimited and unbounded

My faith is not limited by a clock,

nor bound by a timetable.

God will surely fulfill what He has promised,

in fact,

above and beyond what we ask,

as Ephesians 3:20-21 shows:

²⁰Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us,
²¹to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
for ever and ever! Amen.

multiplication

The story of five loaves and two fish
in the gospels
demonstrates to us that
God multiplies what we have,
not what we don't have.

2 days in the life of Jesus

I was listening to an online message by a local pastor who highlighted 2 days in the life of Jesus as depicted in the Gospel of Matthew from chapters 5 to 9.

Matthew 4:23 shows us the ministry of Jesus from the very beginning.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

He taught on the mountain as seen in Matthew 5 - 7.

And after he came down from the mountain, he touched and healed a leper who was among the crowds that followed him. (Matthew 8:1-4)

He entered Capernaum, and a centurion approached him to heal his servant who was paralysed and suffering terribly. Jesus admired the centurion for his great faith and healed the servant from afar, the very same hour the centurion approached him. (Matthew 8:5-13)

Jesus proceeded to Peter's house and found Peter's mother-in-law having fever. He touched her and the fever left, and she got up to serve them. (Matthew 8:14-15)

Evening brought many who were ill and demon-possessed and Jesus healed them all! (Matthew 8:16) This was in fulfillment of a prophecy about Jesus by the prophet Isaiah (Matthew 8:17; Isaiah 53:4)

Jesus was so tired he fell asleep on the boat as they were crossing to the other side. He was oblivious to the wind and rain till woken up by the disciples. He then commanded the winds and waves to stop, and they did.

When Jesus reached the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men approached causing a violent ruckus. Jesus delivered them. However, the town, instead of being grateful for the healing of these two, was upset that their pigs had been driven over the cliff by the spirits and pleaded with Jesus to leave. (Matthew 8:28-34)

Jesus left and crossed the river to go to his hometown. There the first thing He did was to heal a paralytic, brought by friends. (Matthew 9:1-4) Many were amazed at his authority, but there were some religious leaders who were unhappy as Jesus did not adhere to religious principles.

He then called Matthew the tax collector and taught (Matthew 9:5-17).

In the midst of his teaching, a ruler approached him to resurrect his daughter who had died. (Matthew 9:18)

On His way to a ruler's house, a woman with the issue of blood quietly approached Him, believing that she would be healed the moment she touched his cloak. However Jesus knew that power had flowed out of Him, turned around and saw her. She was healed instantly. (Matthew 9:19-22)

On reaching the ruler's house, He put out the funeral party and raised the little girl to life. (Matthew 9:23-25)

Jesus left and encountered 2 blind men, who followed Him till He went indoors. He restored their sight 'according to their faith' (Matthew 9:27-30).

On His way out, a demon-possessed man was brought to Him. He healed him and the man began to speak. (Matthew 9:32-33)

Again, Jesus' ministry was re-iterated in Matthew 9:35, echoing Matthew 4:23.

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

He had compassion on the multitudes, and saw the need for more labourers. I believe He talked to Abba Father about this.

The next steps he took has implications for the church today. Matthew 10 delineates clearly the instructions for his disciples, and also for the church of today to take.

Matthew 10:1
He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

Each believer has the authority to do this today. When we go forth to show God's love and glory to the people, this is what Jesus instructs us to do, found in Matthew 28:19-20 and Mark 16:15-20. Power is given to us through the Holy Spirit as promised in Acts 1:8, and initially demonstrated in Acts 2:1-4, and of course throughout the whole book of Acts.

Praise God for His compassion for people in need, and His grace and wisdom for the church to meet those needs.

Jesus spend 3 years of His life demonstrating the power and glory as well as the love and compassion of God in teaching, preaching and healing every sickness and disease. You should do no less!!