HEALTH

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Key Verse

Other versions

  • I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. John 10:10 AMP
  • I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). John 10:10 AMPC
Life = Eternal Life
Abundantly = superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality)

GOD's will regarding our health

1. The price paid for our health

The Lord Jesus died for our sins; but He was wounded for our health

2. Good Health

State of being in good health: God’s will for us

  • Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]. 3 John 1:2 AMP

Other versions

  • Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2 NASB
  • Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 1:2 KJV

3. Healing

Removal of illness: God’s will for us

  • I will take sickness away from the midst of you. Exodus 23:25 NKJV
  • The LORD will take away from you all sickness; and He will not subject you to any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will impose them on all [those] who hate you. Deuteronomy 7:15 AMP
  • I will restore your health Jeremiah 30:17 BSB
  • Who heals all your diseases Psalm 103:3 NKJV
  • Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6 NKJV
  • And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.” Exodus 15:26 NASB

4. Cure

  • He laid His hands upon every one of them and cured them. Luke 4:40 AMP
  • all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them all [saving them from severe illnesses or calamities]. Luke 6:19 AMP
  • And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. Matthew 17:18 NASB 1977
  • Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” John 5:8-10 NKJV
  • How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMP
  • And many people joined and accompanied Him, and He cured all of them Matthew 12:15 AMPC
  • And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding region and brought to Him all who were sick; and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured. Matthew 14:35-36 NASB
Other versions

  • How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMPC
Example: Treat = Insulin to keep Diabetes under control. Cure = removal of Diabetes.

5. Every Disease Healed

  • Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases Psalm 103:3 AMPC
  • Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages [in Galilee], teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness [His words and His works reflecting His Messiahship]. Matthew 9:35 AMP

6. Complete Bodily Healing

  • why are you angry with Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath? John 7:23 AMP
  • And 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 and complete wholeness in your presence. Acts 3:16 AMP
  • And when the men of
    that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding
    region, brought to Him all who were sick,     and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well. Matthew 14:35-36 NKJV
  • You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed5 Him with the Holy Spirit and with power6, and how He went about doing good7 and healing8 all who were oppressed9 by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 NASB

Other versions

  • By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence. Acts 3:16 BSB
  • … the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. Acts 3:16 NASB
  • are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? John 7:23 NKJV
  • If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath? John 7:23 NASB
Background of John 7:23
 
  • There was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated and lingering disorder for thirty-eight years… Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk! Instantly the man became well and recovered his strength and picked up his bed and walked. John 5:5,8-9 AMPC
Healing = make whole (Acts 10:38 NASB)

7. All Healed

  • Jesus: When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. Luke 4:40 NKJV
  • all the people were trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all. Luke 6:19 NASB
  • And many people joined and accompanied Him, and He cured all of them Matthew 12:15 AMPC
  • Peter: And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, 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. Acts 5:14-16 ESV
  • After this happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and being cured. Acts 28:9 NASB
To summarise, GOD would have us all be cured and be in Perfect Health

Causes Of Sickness

1. Satan & Evil spirits

  • How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devila, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMP
  • When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healedb all who were sick Matthew 8:16 NKJV
  • Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute. When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute10 spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.” Mark 9:17, 25 BSB
  • While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. Luke 9:42 ESV
  • Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water… And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out? He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. Matthew 17:15,18-21 AMPC

  • One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God…. Then should not this daughter of Abraham11, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?” Luke 13:10-13, 16 BSB

aHe healed all who were oppressed by the devil. Elsewhere it says that He healed all who came to Him (See All Healed).
bCasting out spirits brought healing.
Read: Commanding evil spirits

2. Sinful Behavior

  • Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Psalm 107:17 NKJV
  • Cut through and make smooth, straight paths for your feet [that are safe and go in the right direction], so that the leg which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather may be healed. Hebrews 12:13 AMP
See example
 
  • Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” John 5:14 NKJV

3. Other Causes

No known reason

  • Timothy: No longer continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. 1 Timothy 5:23 AMP
  • Elisha: Now Elisha had become sick with the illness by which he would die. 2 Kings 13:14 AMP

Modes Of Healing

1. Prayer

  • Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD …“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. 2 Kings 20:2&5 ESV

2. Commanding evil spirits

  • And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Matthew 17:18 AMPC
  • When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again!” Mark 9:25 NASB

3. Proclamations in Faith

  • Jesus: The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed… Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour. Matthew 8:8,13 BSB
  • And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. Luke 6:10 NKJV
  • Jesus said to him, “Go; your son lives!” The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.  As he was already going down [the road], his servants met him and reported that his son was living [and was healthy]. John 4:50-51 AMP
  • Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. John 5:8-9 BSB
  • One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God. Luke 13:10-13 BSB
  • Peter: Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” … And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Acts 3:6,16 NKJV 
  • Paul: In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed. In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk. Acts 14:8-10 BSB

4. Laying on of hands

  • These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.” Mark 16:17-18 AMP

Examples

  • Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matthew 8:3 NKJV
  • And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. Luke 13:13 NKJV
  • And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him. Matthew 8:15 NASB
  • Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly. Mark 8:25 BSB
  • So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them. Mark 6:5 BSB
  • When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with
    various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one
    of them and healed     them. Luke 4:40 NKJV
Healing immediately visible wherever specified.

5. Confessing truth

Truths like
 
See
 
  • the word of God is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith]. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 AMP
  • For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also [when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith [in God] by those who heard. Hebrews 4:2 AMP

6. Breaking of bread

  • For anyone who eats and drinks [without solemn reverence and heartfelt gratitude for the sacrifice of Christ], eats and drinks a judgment on himself if he does not recognize the body [of Christ]. That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death]. 1 Corinthians 11:30 AMP

7. Elders praying

  • Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord James 5:14 AMP

8. Confessing sins & praying

  • Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. James 5:16 NASB

9. Cling to God's word

  • My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. They are not to escape from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find12 them, And healing to all their body. Proverbs 4:20-22 NASB

Other versions

  • My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; Open your ears to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; Keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, And healing and health to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20-22 AMP
Find = catch  get (hold {upon})  take hold on

10. Help from both Physicians & GOD

  • And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick. Luke 5:31 AMP
  • In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa developed a disease in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but [relied only on] the physicians. So Asa slept with his fathers [in death], dying in the forty-first year of his reign. 2 Chronicles 16:12-13 AMP 

11. Obedience to Men of GOD

  • Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” … So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, in accordance with the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 2 Kings 5:10 & 14 AMP
  • Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.” Isaiah 38:21 NKJV
 Obedience specifically in what the Man of GOD tells you to do regarding healing.

12. Touching Anointed people

  • Jesus: All the people were trying to touch Him, because [healing] power was coming from Him and healing them all. Luke 6:19 AMP

13. Other supernatural means

  • So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing
    them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed
    by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them. And the people gathered also from the towns and hamlets around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured. Acts 5:15-16 AMPC
  • God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. Acts 19:11-12 NASB

14. Doing everything within our power

Example: Exercise, Diet, Medicines etc.
Read: Proverbs 18:9 AMPC

Insights

1. Spectacular Healings

  • For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. Acts 8:7 NKJV
  • As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. John 9:1 NASB 
  • And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Acts 3:2 ESV
  • And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this restraint on the Sabbath day?” Luke 13:16 NASB
  • Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. John 5:5 NASB

2. Good Health in Old Age

  • Moses: Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished. Deuteronomy 34:7 NKJV
  • Caleb: And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. Joshua 14:10-11 NKJV
  • Jacob: they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health13; he is still alive.” Genesis 43:28 NKJV

3. GOD's promise to the Israelites

  • You shall serve the Lord, your God; then He will bless your food and drink, and I will remove sickness from your midst; no woman in your land will be barren or miscarry; and I will give you a full span of life. Exodus 23:25-26 NABRE

Both promises i.e of Healing and Full Life Span were given simultaneously. However only 3 people out of many thousands (over the age of 20) lived to be over 80; Moses, Joshua and Caleb. Why? disobedience to God’s commands. Believing God’s promises makes them come true for us. Read: Word is alive

  • Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished. Deuteronomy 34:7 NKJV
  • Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me…Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive. Numbers 14:29, 38 BSB

4. Those used for Curing Diseases

  • Jesus: How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMP
  • Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Matthew 17:18 AMPC
  • But the news about Him was spreading farther, and large crowds kept gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their illnesses. But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray [in seclusion]. Luke 5:15-16 AMP 
  • Apostles: THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases Luke 9:1 AMPC
  • And Jesus summoned to Him His twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out, and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of weakness and infirmity. Matthew 10:1 AMPC

  • Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give. Matthew 10:8 AMPC

Likewise, we can also be used by GOD for curing diseases. See below

  • Believers: And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. Mark 16:17-18 AMPC

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Footnotes

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  1. 2222 ζωή [ZWH/] {zōḗ} \dzo-ay'\ from 2198; life (literally or figuratively):--life(-time). Compare 5590.
  2. 4053 περισσός [PERISSO/S] {perissós} \per-is-sos’\from 4012 (in the sense of beyond); superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with 1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence:–exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement(-ly).
    4012 περί [PERI/] {perí} \per-ee'\ from the base of 4008; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):--(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).
  3. In the Old Testament, the term “are” is used which is  present continuous is used as the event (Jesus’s Crucifixion) was yet to happen.
  4. In the New Testament, the terms “were/have been” are used as the event has already happened.
  5. 5548 χρίω [XRI/W] {chríō} \khree'-o\ probably akin to 5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service:--anoint.
    5530 χράομαι [XRA/OMAI] {chráomai} \khrah'-om-ahee\

    middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:--entreat, use. Compare 5531; 5534.

  6. 1411 δύναμις [DU/NAMIS] {dýnamis} \doo'-nam-is\ from 1410; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself):--ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work
  7. 2109 εὐεργετέω [EU)ERGETE/W] {euergetéō} \yoo-erg-et-eh'-o\ from 2110; to be philanthropic:--do good.
    2110 εὐεργέτης [EU)ERGE/THS] {euergétēs} \yoo-erg-et'-ace\ from 2095 and the base of 2041; a worker of good, i.e. (specially) a philanthropist:--benefactor.
    2041 ἔργον [E)/RGON] {érgon} \er'-gon\ from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω [E)/RGW] {érgō} (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act:--deed, doing, labour, work.
  8. 2390 ἰάομαι [I)A/OMAI] {iáomai} \ee-ah'-om-ahee\ middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure (literally or figuratively):--heal, make whole.
  9. 2616 καταδυναστεύω [KATADUNASTEU/W] {katadynasteúō} \kat-ad-oo-nas-tyoo'-o\ from 2596 and a derivative of 1413; to exercise dominion against, i.e. oppress:--oppress. 
    1413 δυνάστης [DUNA/STHS] {dynástēs} \doo-nas'-tace\ from 1410; a ruler or officer:--of great authority, mighty, potentate.
  10. Evil spirits are named by the disease they cause eg. deaf and mute spirit and commanded by name to leave.
  11. This is available for all believers as well. Read: Galatians 3:29 NASB
  12. 4672 מצא [mâtsâ'] \maw-tsaw'\ A primitive root; properly to come forth {to} that {is} appear or exist; transitively to {attain} that {is} find or acquire; figuratively to {occur} meet or be present: - + be {able} {befall} {being} {catch} X certainly (cause to) come ({on} {to} to {hand}) {deliver} be enough (cause to) find ({-ing} {occasion} {out}) get (hold {upon}) X have ({here}) be {here} {hit} be {left} light (up-) {on} meet ({with}) X occasion {serve} (be) {present} {ready} {speed} {suffice} take hold on.
  13. At this point in time, Jacob was about 130 years old. See Genesis 47:9