Jesus said: “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10b; NKJV). The apostle Paul wrote that the Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in us as Christians and brings life to our physical bodies (Rom 8:11). Therefore, sickness and disease are not of God, they are brought against us by the attacks of satan (John
10:10a; Acts 10:38). God told His people in Old Testament times that: “I am the Lord who heals you” (Ex 15:26; NLT) and King David wrote that God is the one: “who heals all your diseases” (Ps 103:3b; NKJV). In His time on this earth Jesus ministered healing to many people. Luke reported in his Gospel (Luke 4:40) that Jesus heled every sick person that came to Him and the apostle Matthew wrote (Matt 4:23) that Jesus healed many different diseases and sicknesses. Jesus sent out His disciples to preach and heal the sick (Matt 10:8). By the stripes and wounds Jesus suffered, prior to His crucifixion, He won healing for all of us (1 Peter 2:24). In His great commission to all Christians to go and preach the Gospel, Jesus commanded us to: “lay hands on the sick and they will recover” (Mark 16:18b; NKJV). Miracles of healing were frequently seen in the early Church (Acts 9:36-42; 8:6-8; 5:12). We all live in the continuance of the early Church and God never changes (Mal 3:6), healing is ours today!