King David in Psalm 103:3 (NKJV) stated that God, “heals all your diseases.” The apostle Matthew in his gospel quoted the prophet Isaiah who foretold the healing ministry of Jesus, “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sickness” (Matt 8:17; NKJV). Jesus was anointed to heal by the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:21-22; Acts 10:38). There are many examples of Jesus healing, for example: a blind man (Mark 10:46-52), a man paralyzed, (Matt 9:1-8)
and a woman with chronic bleeding (Luke 8:43-48). Often crowds of people came to Jesus and he, “healed all who were sick” (Matt 8:16b; NKJV) and “healed every sickness and every disease among the people” (Matt 9:35b NKJV). Jesus never changes (Heb 13:8.) Jesus gave His disciples power and sent them out to heal sickness and disease, first the 12 disciples (Matt 10:1-8) and later 70 disciples (Luke 10:1-9). In Jesus’ final words to His disciples, He exhorted them to preach the gospel and that as they prayed for the sick, they would be healed (Mark 16:15-20). In the early church many healings were seen, for example a lame man (Acts 3:1-10), a paralyzed man (Acts 9:34) and everyone on the Island of Malta (Acts 28:1-9). As disciples of Jesus, we are all part of His church and filled with the same Holy Spirit Jesus was, so we too can pray for the sick and see them healed. The apostle Peter wrote that, “By His stripes you have been healed.” Jesus bore chastisement on His body so we personally can receive healing. Healing is surely ours today and we receive it by faith (Mark 9:23).