Transcript Acts 28:1-11 Healing • 20% of the Gospels discuss physical or mental healing • 3,779 total verses in the Gospels - 727 related.

Acts 28:1-11
Healing
• 20% of the Gospels discuss physical or mental
healing
• 3,779 total verses in the Gospels - 727 related to
some form of healing
• One of the names of God is ‘Yahweh Rapha’
which means ‘The Lord Who Heals’ (Ex 15:26)
The Promise of Healing
(Acts 28:1-11)
Healing & the Ministry of Jesus
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Matthew 8:1-4 – Leper in Galilee
Matthew 9:2-8 – Paralytic in Capernaum
Matthew 12:9-10 – Man with the withered hand
John 9:1-12 – Man outside the temple born blind
Luke 17:15-19 – 10 Lepers
Luke 8:42-48 – Woman with the issue of blood
Mark 16:15-19 NLT
15 And
then he told them, “Go into all the world and
preach the Good News to everyone. 16 Anyone who
believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone
who refuses to believe will be condemned. 17 These
miraculous signs will accompany those who believe:
They will cast out demons in my name, and they will
speak in new languages. 18 They will be able to
handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything
poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to
place their hands on the sick, and they will be
healed.”
Acts 14:1-3 NLT
1 The
same thing happened in Iconium. Paul and
Barnabas went to the Jewish synagogue and
preached with such power that a great number of
both Jews and Greeks became believers. 2 Some of
the Jews, however, spurned God’s message and
poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and
Barnabas. 3 But the apostles stayed there a long
time, preaching boldly about the grace of the Lord.
And the Lord proved their message was true by
giving them power to do miraculous signs and
wonders.
I Peter 2:24 NLT
“He personally carried our sins in his body on the
cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for
what is right. By his wounds you are healed.”
Aiomai - ‘cause someone to achieve health after
being sick’
Used figuratively in 1 Peter as in Matthew 13:15
“For the heart of this people has become dull, with
their ears they scarcely hear, and they have closed
their eyes, otherwise they would see with their eyes,
hear with their ears and understand with their
heart and return, and I would heal them.”
James 5:14-16 NLT
14 Are
any of you sick? You should call for the elders
of the church to come and pray over you, anointing
you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a
prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the
Lord will make you well. And if you have committed
any sins, you will be forgiven. 16 Confess your sins to
each other and pray for each other so that you may
be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person
has great power and produces wonderful results.
Healing Happens
Faith of the One Seeking Healing
Matthew 9:22 - Jesus turned around, and when
he saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged!
Your faith has made you well.” And the woman
was healed at that moment.
Mark 10:52 – 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go, for
your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man
could see, and he followed Jesus down the road
Healing Happens
Obedience
Mark 6:12 - So the disciples went out, telling
everyone they met to repent of their sins and
turn to God. 13 And they cast out many demons
and healed many sick people, anointing them
with olive oil.
Healing Happens
Anointing & Prayer
Mark 6:13 - And they cast out many demons
and healed many sick people, anointing them
with olive oil.
James 5:14-15 14 Are any of you sick? You
should call for the elders of the church to come
and pray over you, anointing you with oil in
the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered
in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will
make you well.
Healing Happens
Spreading the Gospel
Acts 3 – Lame man
Acts 5 – Peter’s shadow
Acts 8 – Lame were healed
Acts 9 – Crippled man named Aeneas healed
Acts 10 – “healing all who were oppressed”
Acts 14 – Man with crippled feet healed
Acts 19 – Handkerchief from Paul used to heal
Acts 28 – Father of Roman Governor healed
As believers we tend to relegate
healing to the church when it is
one of God’s primary tools to
bring believers to Christ.
Romans 15:7-20 NLT
17 Therefore
I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to
God. 18 I will not venture to speak of anything
except what Christ has accomplished through me in
leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have
said and done 19 by the power of signs and
miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from
Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have
fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20 It has
always been my ambition to preach the gospel
where Christ was not known, so that I would not be
building on someone else’s foundation.
The Good News & Miracles
Hebrews 2:4 - And God confirmed the message by
giving signs and wonders and various miracles and
gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.
Mark 16:20 - And the disciples went everywhere
and preached, and the Lord worked through them,
confirming what they said by many miraculous
signs.
Do we have the faith to
spread the love of Christ by
praying for the sick outside
of our church walls?