Did Jesus’ healing ministry end at the cross? Why is it that we hear so little these days about Jesus healing today?
There is a wide range of faith in the Christian churches in North America. Some believe that healings ended when the disciples died off; others believe you have to work for your healing, so it’s not given freely.
But what does the Bible say?
Isaiah 53:1-5 NKJV Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Malachi 4:2 NKJV But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise
with healing in His wings.
Jesus Himself said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me
to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Romans 8:11 NKJV But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
There are many such scriptures in the Bible. They all speak about God’s desire to see us healed, whole and delivered.
I think one of the problems today is that if people are not seeing any miracles, they throw the baby out with the bath water, so to speak, and declare that miracles ended with the disciples.
Jesus died once for all. And the suffering that He did was for the healing of the nations. Our sicknesses have been paid for at the cross.
Do you believe this?
We have to know what the Bible says in order to know the truth when there are so many different viewpoints about the truth. The first place to start is by telling God we have been listening to and believing a lie. Would you like to pray with me?
Father God, I repent for believing the lie that healing is no longer for today. Jesus never turned anyone away who came to Him for healing. And He is the same yesterday, today and forever. So I renounce the lies and turn back to You, Lord. Speak to me through Your Word and cleanse me from unbelief, in Jesus’ name! Thank You for forgiving me, Lord!