Healings

Healing’s a sign from God

“When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.  
A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.  
Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 
                                                                          Matthew 8:1-4
I have always contended that God is the same yesterday today on always. Thus it is logical if healings took place in the Old Testament, and the New Testament then they have to happen today.
The healings and noble as they were, were not the purpose in Jesus coming to earth.
It was his teaching ministry that was the prime purpose in him coming. Through his teachings we are shown the way to heaven.
Still the miraculous healings show that what is said in the bible are real. If they were not real why would any rational person wanting to reach people of Christ leave them in.
Were they proven to be fake they would be counter productive to the cause of Christ.
The healings in the Bible are legitimate.
Now having said that I firmly believe that there are fake faith healers in the world today. Men that are supposedly healing people in the name of God and are not.
These people are fall into three categories, they are deluding themselves and others, they are out there to line their own pockets or they are there to mislead people.
Jesus said,
“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” 
                                                                                              Matthew 7:22,23.
The only way we can truly know if we are listening to a fake faith healer or not is to check up on them.
First of all in the Bible.
Are the word they are speaking taken in context from the bible.
Second are they telling people to go to their doctor who can confirm that they have been healed and that they had the illness in the first place.
I’ve heard of case over the years of people claiming a healing the they never had.
Thirdly is the faith healer just putting on a good show.
I know of one faith healer that claimed that people were getting up out of wheel chairs and proved it by putting empty supposedly used wheel chairs on the stage.
Trouble was they were all new chairs that had never been used and this person had people meet visibly disabled people before they got to the stage ushering them away.
We need to demand proof when it comes miraculous healings.
All of the healing that happened both in the Old Testament and the New Testament were documented. It needs to be the same today.
Think about it.