26 lessons from the healing ministry of Jesus

  1. Jesus feels our pain. (Lazarus, John 11)
  2. God is more humane than religious leaders with warped priorities. (Healing shriveled hand on Sabbath, Matthew 12:10-13, Mark 3:1-5, Luke 6:6-10. See also Luke 13:11-17; 14:1-4)
  3. Jesus has the power to fix everything that has gone wrong in our lives. (Raising widow’s son, Luke 7:11-17)
  4. Jesus is willing to make us whole. (Man healed of leprosy, Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-42, Luke 5:12-13)
  5. Healing is a priority (even on his way to heal a dying girl, Jesus stopped to care for this woman). (Woman with bleeding, Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48)
  6. Jesus even healed his “enemies.” (Malchus, Luke 22:50-51)
  7. Jesus is never late. (Raising Jairus’s daughter, Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5:21-43, Luke 8:40-56. See also John 11.)
  8. Jesus cares about the pain nobody else knows about. (Woman with bleeding, Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48)
  9. God isn’t about blame; He’s about making us whole. (Man born blind, John 9:1-7)
  10. God loves the people the crowd throws away. (Bartimaeus, Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43)
  11. Healing helps us believe. (Royal official’s son, John 4:46-54)
  12. Jesus breaks us out of our limiting paradigms. (Healing at the pool, John 5:1-9)
  13. Jesus notices and commends faith. (Centurion’s servant, Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10,)
  14. Jesus draws out and honors creative, persistent faith. (Canaanite woman, Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30)
  15. Jesus considers our desires. (Bartimaeus, Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43)
  16. Faith is expressed with action. (Ten lepers, Luke 17:11-19)
  17. Here’s the faith Jesus calls on us to have: “Do you believe I am able to do this?” (Blind healed, Matthew 9:27-31)
  18. What Jesus touches becomes clean, healed, whole. (Man healed of leprosy, Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-42, Luke 5:12-13)
  19. Jesus engages with us; He does not heal from a distance. (Touching the man’s ears and tongue, Mark 7:31-37)
  20. Jesus persists until the healing is complete. (2 part healing, Mark 8:22-26)
  21. Jesus highlights the importance of prayer. (Epileptic or demon-possessed boy, Mark 9:17-29. See also Matthew 17:14-21, Luke 9:38-43.)
  22. On some level, the things that injure and infect is the work of the enemy. (Demon-Possessed men, Matthew 8:27-34, Mark 5:1-15, Luke 8:27-35; See also Matthew 12:22 and Luke 11:14, Acts 10:38.)
  23. Jesus confronts and corrects what’s damaging us. (Jesus rebukes the fever in Peter’s mother-in-law, Luke 4:38-39; see also Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:30-31)
  24. Healing shows Christ’s authority over the enemy. (Healing demon-possessed, Mark 1:23-26, Luke 4:33-35)
  25. Healing show’s Christ’s divine authority. (Paralyzed man whose sins were forgiven, Matthew 9:2-7, Mark 2:3-12, Luke 5:18-25)
  26. Gratitude is a virtue. (Ten lepers, Luke 17:11-19)
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