I am the LORD who Heals you
One thing I know, God is a loving,
compassionate and merciful God! His
greatest miracle is that wonderful work on the cross. It is a source of unending joy to me and a
literal treasure trove of wonder and knowledge.
That work on the cross rent the heavens just as it rent the veil between
the Holy of Holies and the
We will explore one of the compound names in
this study and it is Jehovah-Rapha. It
is found in Exodus 15: 25 26.
Exodus 15:
There He made a statute and an
ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 26and said, If you
diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His
sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none
of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD
who heals you.
Here God
makes a promise. He promises the
Israelites as they leave
Psalm
103
A
Psalm of David.
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your
diseases,
Yes bless
the Lord! Here we see a pivotal verse in
our study. Notice that forgiving all
your iniquities is first. The
forgiveness of the cross is eternal and always the greatest miracle. In fact many of the other miracles such as
healing is to lead to salvation for those healed or those whose loved ones are
healed. This is one of the main reasons
for Gods healing.
Here God
says that He heals ALL your diseases.
Not some, not a select few, not just the easy ones, not just for the
young, not just the ones in history but every one today and forever.
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
(diseases)
And carried our sorrows;(pains)
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.(Rapha)
Here is the set of verses that securely place healing in the
atonement. Oh that phrase sets some into
anger. I dont understand it. Todays church has the salvation by faith
part of the atonement figured out. We
have no doubt that the person who accepts Jesus and fully lets Him into their
spirit will be saved, but we balk at any who say that with the same faith we
can reach out to be healed.
Here are the Hebrew words that show what the text says about
what the cross does.
Griefs - H2483
“
cholŒy
khol-ee'
From H2470; malady, anxiety, calamity:disease,
grief, (is) sick (-ness).
Sorrows - H4341
B
˜
makob makob
makobah
mak-obe', mak-obe', mak-o-baw'
From H3510; anguish or
(figuratively) affliction:grief,
pain, sorrow.
Many will
even acknowledge that this is so but still languish in sickness because they
believe God has the power but He lacks the will. Jesus came to show forth the Father. He only did what the Father showed Him. What ever Jesus said or did was what the
Father said and did. Matthew 8 presents
some healing pictures we need to look at to see what the promise of the cross
is.
Matthew
8
1When He had come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2And behold, a leper came
and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.
3Then Jesus put out His hand and
touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed.
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to
the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
This should
put to bed the faith sapping prayer of If it be your will to heal, as this is
what the leper said. He knew of Jesus
power, but he questioned his worthiness to receive such healing. So often we think we are such paupers in
Gods kingdom. We think that God is
somehow too busy to attend to our healing, or that He wants us to be sick and
oppressed by the devil. What did Jesus
say? I AM WILLING, BE CLEANSED! Oh the grace of our Lord, He is always
willing to touch and heal.
Now we see
another story of faith for healing as this is so important.
5Now when Jesus had entered
Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6saying,
Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.
7And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.
8The centurion answered and
said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak
a word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I also am a man under
authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go, and he goes;
and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does
it.
10When Jesus heard it, He
marveled, and said to those who followed, Assuredly, I
say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in
This is a
wonderful story of faith. Not
extraordinary faith, but strong ordinary faith.
Faith YOU can have. Look at
Jesus, He marveled at this faith, because the man understood authority and
faith and how God works. There is only
one other time where Jesus marveled at faith and that was at His home town when
He could not do many works because of their unbelief or lack of faith. They were looking with the eyes of this
world. We need to look into that other
world all around us, the spiritual world where God works with all authority and
power.
Here is
another important verse in the same passage for our study of our healing God.
14Now when Jesus had come into
Peters house, He saw his wifes mother lying sick with a fever. 15So
He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.
16When evening had come, they
brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with
a word, and healed all who were sick, 17that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
He Himself
took our infirmities
And bore our sicknesses.
Infirmities
- G769
P
astheneia
as-then'-i-ah
From
G772; feebleness (of body or mind);
by implication malady; moral
frailty:disease, infirmity,
sickness, weakness.
Sicknesses
- G3554
nosos
nos'-os
Of
uncertain affinity; a malady (rarely
figurative of moral disability):
disease, infirmity, sickness.
This is a quote of Isaiah 53:4 showing the clear connection
in the New Testament writers minds of this verse with the healing of Jesus on
the cross. They believed that healing
was in the atonement but we in our modern churches have lost that belief. We
need to gain the truth back and avail ourselves of the mighty power of God to
heal our diseases and cure our sicknesses.
Here is Peter again, whose mother had been healed speaking
again of the atonements purposes. Jesus
saved us and healed us. He bore our sins
just as surely as he bore our sicknesses.
24who Himself bore our sins in
His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for
righteousnessby whose stripes you were
healed.
Now we have the story of Peter and
John and the lame man in the temple.
This is powerful and should be looked at closely.
Acts 3
3When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms. 4But Peter,
along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, Look at us! 5And
he began to give them his
attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6But Peter
said, I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In
the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarenewalk! 7And
seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and
his ankles were strengthened. 8With a
leap he stood upright and began
to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising
God.
What caused Peter to stop and gain the mans attention? He was listening to the Holy Spirit he had
just freshly received. Oh people, the
Holy Spirit is within and wants you to see such things as this. Listen to Him!
16And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has
strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this
perfect health in the presence of you all.
When the people start seeing the man
leap and shout they were looking at Peter and John with wonder. Peter tells them that it wasnt by their
strength or piety that this man was healed, but on the very wonderful name of
Jesus that the miracle occurred. Yes
that most magnificent name, that most holy name, that most powerful name, the
name of Jesus!
Acts 4:8-12
8Then
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers and elders of the
people, 9if we are on trial
today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, 10let it be known to all of
you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the
Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the deadby this name this man stands here before you
in good health. 11He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. 12And there is salvation in no one
else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by
which we must be saved.
Now Peter must stand before the same
group of men who illegally sentenced Jesus to death. They were dangerous men! But look at Peter with a holy boldness on
him. He was filled with the Holy Spirit and
spoke with authority and they couldnt answer him. Peter was the most dangerous man in the room
at that moment. He had a power
overshadowing him that made any earthly power nothing in comparison! It is the wonderful name of Jesus that made
the man well or sozoed him. The words in
green are part of the study of the Greek word Sozo we will see a little later.
Now we look at some more verses
explaining our authority in Jesus, our promised in Jesus and our destiny in
Jesus.
Matthew
10
1And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power
over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and
all kinds of disease.
5These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a
city of the Samaritans. 6But go
rather to the lost sheep of the house of
18And He said to them, I saw Satan fall like
lightning from heaven. 19Behold, I
give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Hallelujah! This is a wonderful story here. Jesus is sending out the twelve to do the
things Jesus is doing. Jesus is
proclaiming the kingdom of heaven is here and healing, casting out devils,
cleansing lepers, and raising the dead.
Jesus in this verse is telling us we are to do the very same things He
does! Not by our own strength, or
charisma, or piety, but by the name and authority of Jesus!! See He said he gives us authority over all
the power of the enemy, not some of his power, but all. We will trample him and he cant do anything
about it. Praise Jesus, dont you think
the devil fears that word getting out!
Why does he hold so many in the church in his thralldom and rules over
them with contempt? It is because he so
fears them realizing their authority and power in the mighty name of Jesus!
Mark
16
14Later He appeared to the eleven
as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15And
He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. 16He who
believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. 17And these signs will
follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak
with new tongues; 18they will take up
serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover. (Note not maybe, not if it is
Gods will but they WILL be healed!!!)
Signs will
follow those who believe! I have some
cesessionist friends, these are those who believe that the gifts, works and power
of the Holy Spirit to do miracles are dead today and died out with the
Apostles. This is a sad belief that is
based on a paucity of spirit. These are
people who look to the scriptures and read the power of God in them but do not
see it in their lives. They have two
choices: 1. Move up to what the scripture says we should be, seek the Holy
Spirit to remove the impediments and roadblocks to our receiving His power and
authority. 2. Deny the scriptures and
create a doctrine that explains their weakness.
This is a
sad truth today that there are those who do not want these parts of the Bible
to be true for today because it would point out that they need to get out of
their comfort zones.
People of
God, let God be true and everyman a liar.
We need to read and believe the Word of God! Let us get close to the living God and stop
playing games with ourselves. He is a
consuming fire and He will consume all your dross and give you a life of pure
joy and adventure you always wanted!
Acts
10
38how God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Remember
that authority over all the works of the devil up above? Well here is the verse which shows that all
sickness and disease are works or oppression from the enemy. Jesus moved with the Holy Spirit and power
and we can move in the very same authority and power because He lives in us!
Now we will
look at the Greek word sozo. Sozo means
salvation, healing, deliverance and raising from the dead. It is a word of the complete and full
salvation of God for every man. It shows
that healing and deliverance are in the atonement of Jesus. I will have a
selection of verses to look at but not very instance of the word sozo. If you want to see the full list go here.
G4982
sozo
(Translated Salvation or Healing)
sode'-zo
From a
primary word sos (contraction for the obsolete saos,
safe); to save, that is, deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):heal,
preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Matthew
9
21For she said to herself, If only I
may touch His garment, I shall be made well. 22But Jesus turned
around, and when He saw her He said, Be of good cheer,
daughter; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
Here is the
woman with the issue of blood. Her faith
saved her or made her well.
Matthew
16
24Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone
desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow
This is
salvation of a life. This is the
greatest miracle in the scriptures, every other healing, deliverance even
raising from the dead are only temporary waiting for the final salvation when
every enemy has been put under our feet.
Luke 18:41-42
41What do you want Me to do
for you? And he said,
Lord, I want to regain my sight! 42And
Jesus said to him, Receive your sight; your faith
has made you well.
Here is blind Bartimaeus receiving his
sight or being saved from blindness.
Salvation so full and free. How
can we deny it?
Luke 8:36
36Those who had seen it reported to
them how the man who was demon-possessed had been made
well.
This is
when a man was delivered from the demons who were tormenting him. He was saved or cleaned up and made
well. Jesus came to bring heaven near
and we are to do the same. We say in the
Lords prayer Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.. There is no sickness in heaven, there is no
demon possession in heaven and there is no sin in heaven! We have authority for all because Jesus bore
them all at the cross!
Luke 8:50
50But when Jesus heard this,
He answered him, Do not be afraid any
longer; only believe, and she will be made
well.
(Raised from the dead)
Here are
the wonderful lines of Jesus to Jairus as He was going to his house to heal his
daughter. Remember how Jairus came to
Jesus and asked for Him to come and heal his daughter who was close to
death. Jairus was in a hurry and wanted
Jesus to come before his daughter died.
But Jesus was delayed by the woman with the issue of blood. She had touched him in the crowd around Jesus
and He stopped feeling that faith somewhere had accessed His power. As the story unfolded I am sure Jairus was
very worried and wanted to get Jesus out of there to his beloved daughter. How his heart must have fell when the people
cam and said; Do not trouble the Teacher anymore, your daughter has
died. All hope was extinguished in a
moment of time and sorrow like a billow was overwhelming his soul. Too late, too late coursed through his
mind. But Jesus was saying something. Do not be afraid any longer, only believe,
and she will be saved. You see Jairus
thought he had just a healer there, what he didnt know until know was that he
had the Lord of life with him. And so
brothers and sister so do we! Yes the
Lord of all life is in our spirits and He wants us to not be afraid any longer,
only believe!