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You Are Healed (Matthew 8:1-9:34) Part 11

 CONCLUSION


I have seen people who have really been healed of cancer. I have seen people who have really been healed of HIV and who really have been healed of AIDS. I do know people who have been healed of diabetes. There are people in our congregation here today who have been really healed and really delivered from many different infirmities and illnesses. The power of God is real. But I want to bring this to your attention:

There are fake healers out there. We have probably all seen them, heard them, or heard about them. There are people who fake the power of God for their own gain or glory or to try to make us forget about the very real healings that Christ has performed in many of our lives. Don’t fall for them. Don’t fall for the devil’s traps.

There are people too who will take Scripture out of context and wrongly say that God will only heal you if you have enough faith; there are people too who will take Scripture out of context and wrongly say that God will only heal you if you are good enough; There are people too who will take Scripture out of context and wrongly say that God will only heal you if you repent of your sins. All of this is wrong. We have read of God healing people who were brought to Him. We have read of God healing people who were not brought to Him. We have read of God healing people who reached out to him. We have read of God healing people who were dragged defiantly before Him. We have read of God healing people who had no request nor expectation of healing from Him. And we have read of God healing people who persistently came to Him. And we have read of God healing people who sincerely humbled themselves before Him.

Our text today shows that God heals people for the Glory of God. Jesus did not heal everyone who was sick in Palestine in the first century. Jesus did not heal everyone who had faith in Him in Palestine in the first century. Jesus did not raise every dead person in Palestine in the first century. Jesus did not raise every dead person who had faith in Him in Palestine in the first century.

I have heard many people say that whether or not God heals us has to do with whether we are good enough, holy enough, pure enough, or have faith enough. Our Scriptures today show us that that is patently false. It is a lie of the devils.. The truth is as Jesus is recorded as saying in just a chapter or two earlier – Matthew 7:11- that your Father in Heaven will give good gifts to his children and sometimes that gift is prolonged life here and now and sometimes that gift is an early return to Heaven above to be with Him. In any case, our Father loves us and will give us exactly what we need to see, experience and know to experience everlasting life with Him both for now and forever.

For God so loved the entire world that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
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