Healing Miracles of Christ

Matthew 8:1–17
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Healing

In chapters 8-9 Matthew records 10 miracles. The first three miracles of healing are:

The leper healed - (vv. 1-4), After Jesus touched and healed the leper. He told him to go to the priest and offer the proper sacrifice for cleansing as Moses had prescribed (Lev. 14). Jesus said this would be a testimony to the priests because in the entire history of Israel there was no record of any Israelite being healed from leprosy other than Miriam.
The Centurion’s servant healed - (vv. 5-13). This was the request of a Roman centurion for the healing of a servant of his. When Jesus offered to go to him the centurion said that would not be necessary for all Christ would have to do was speak and the disease would obey Him. Jesus marveled at this man’s great faith and healed his servant at that very hour.
Peter’s mother-in-law healed - (vv. 14-17). When Jesus saw Peter’s mother-in law lying in bed sick with a fever he touched her and she was healed. She immediately got up from her bed and began waiting on the Lord and the many disciples who were with Him. Matthew saw this as a fulfillment of (Isa. 53:4). He bore man’s sickness and infirmities during His ministry on earth and not on the cross. In other words to say that there is “healing in the atonement” and that every believer has the right to claim it, is to misinterpret Scripture.

Application

There is no way to know if and when some dread disease like cancer might strike my body and if so I am sure I would like for the Lord to heal me. However there is no greater healing than that which was Spiritual healing when I was saved over 50 years ago.

Matthew 8:1-17 (English Standard Version)

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