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Biblical Teachings
on Healing and Miracles

1- Jesus healed physically many people:

- He healed 26 specific persons of leper, blindness, deafness, deaf and dumb, paralysis... some of the healings are mentioned in three Gospels, so, the Gospels are full of physical healings (Matt.8,9,12,20, Mr.1,2,3,5,7,8,10, Lk.4,5,6,7,8,13,14,1718,22, Jn.4,5,9).

- He delivered 7 persons from the demons of spinal bent for 18 year, epilepsy, blindness, madness ... (Lk.4,8,9,11,13, Matt.12,15,17, Mr.1,5,7,9).

- He resurrected three persons (Matt.9, Mr.5, Lc.7,8, Jn.11).

- On top of it, He healed an delivered many others as reported in Lk 6,4, Mk 6, Matt.4,9,15,19, : "A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all." (Lk.6:17-19)... Healing them all!, is the button line of the 7 quotations mentioned above.

2- Jesus told us to de the same: You... Me... every Christian!:

- "And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." (Mr.16:17-18). Do you believe?... See For You

- "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these" (Jn.14:12)... Have you done what Jesus did?... greater things?...

- "He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness... Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give." (Matt.10:1,8).

- "When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick." (Lk.9:1-2).

- "The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you." (Lk.10:17-19).

3- The Disciples did as Jesus did:

    Peter:
   - The man lame from birth healed. (Act.3)
   - "And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed." (Act.5:14-16).
    - Healed Aeneas, a paralytic for 8years (Act.9:33-35).
    - Resurrected Tabitha (Dorcas) (Act.9:36-42).
    - Liberated from prison by an angel (Act.12:1-19)

Stephen:
- "And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people" (Act.6:8).

Philip:
- "Philip went down to a city of Sama'ria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed." (Act.8:5-7).

   Paul:
    - He blinded Bar-Jesus (the Elymas, the magician) in front of Governor Sergius Paulus, who believed in Jesus after seeing that (Act.13-12).
    - He healed a crippled man from birth (Act.14:8-9).
    - He delivered a slave girl who had a divining spirit: "... But Paul was annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour." (Act.16:16:24).
    - Paul and Silas delivered from the jail miraculously (Act.16:25-34).
    - "And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them" (Act.19:11-12).
    - Resurrection of the young Eutychius (Act.20:8-12).
    - Paul healed from a poisonous viper's bite (Act.28:3-6).
    - Paul heals the father of Publius, the head of the Island of Malta, and the rest of the sick people of the Island (Act.28:7-9).

MIRACULOUS GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT .

Foretold ISA 35:4-6; JOE 2:28,29 .
Of different kinds 1CO 12:4-6 .
Enumerated 1CO 12:8-10,28 .
Christ was endued with MT 12:28 .
Poured out on the day of Pentecost in thirty A. D AC 2:1-4 .
Communicated on preaching the gospel AC 10:44-46 .
By laying on of the apostles' hands AC 8:17,18; 19:6 .
For the confirmation of the gospel MR 16:20; AC 14:3; RO 15:19; HEB 2:4 .
For the edification of the assembly 1CO 12:7; 14:12,13 .
To be sought after 1CO 12:31; 14:1 .
Temporary nature of 1CO 13:8 .
Not to be neglected 1TI 4:14; 2TI 1:6 .
Or despised 1TH 5:20 .Or purchased AC 8:20

Taken from http://www.godrules.net/index.html?http://www.godrules.net/library/naves/naves137.htm&2