Healing

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The bringing about of a state of physical or spiritual health. Scripture recognises a close link between physical and spiritual health, with healing often being seen as an image of salvation in Christ.

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God as the author of healing

Ex 15:26; Ps 103:2–3

General aspects of healing

Requests for healing

2 Kings 20:1–11 ESV

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’ ” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.” And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.” And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?” And Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.” And Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.

Quarantine regulations

Le 12:1–4; Le 13:4; Le 13:26; Le 13:46; Le 14:8; Nu 5:2; Nu 31:19; 2 Ki 15:5; Lk 17:12

Healing results in discipleship

Mark 10:52 ESV

And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

Healing results in praise

Acts 3:8–9 ESV

And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

Miraculous healing

By Jesus Christ

Mt 8:2–3; Lk 4:18

See also Mt 9:27–30; Mt 14:34–36; Mt 15:21–28; Mk 1:32–34; Lk 6:17–19; Lk 8:48; Lk 9:11; Lk 17:19

Through the prophets

1 Ki 17:17–24; 2 Ki 4:29–37; 2 Ki 5:10–14

Through the apostles

Mt 10:1; Ac 3:6–8; Ac 5:15–16; Ac 9:34; Ac 14:8–10; Ac 19:11–12; Ac 28:8–9

In the church

1 Corinthians 12:8–9 ESV

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

See also Mk 16:17–18; 1 Co 12:28; 1 Co 12:30

Healing of fever

Mt 8:15; Jn 4:46–54

Healing of demon-possession

Mt 9:32–33; Mt 12:22; Mk 5:1–20; Mk 9:17–27; Ac 16:16–19; Ac 19:11–12

Healing withheld

2 Co 12:8–9; 2 Ti 4:20

Medical treatments to bring healing

Consulting doctors

2 Ch 16:12; Mt 9:12

Taking medicine

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

Disinfecting the house

Leviticus 14:41–42 ESV

And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

Using splints

Ezekiel 30:21 ESV

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

Using bandages and oil

Isaiah 1:6 ESV

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.

The spiritual significance of healing

As an image of salvation

Ps 41:4; Ps 103:2–5; Ps 147:3; Je 3:22; Je 14:19; Je 17:14; Eze 47:12; Ho 6:1; Mal 4:2; Mt 8:17; Is 53:4–5

Heaven is the place of ultimate healing

Revelation 21:4 ESV

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”