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Divine healing is not just at the hands of apostles

Divine healing is not just at the hands of apostles

Divine healing is not just at the hands of apostles

By John Chopores

 

In the Old Testament

Abraham prayed for someone and she was healed!

Cf. Genesis 20:17  So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children; 

 

Before there were apostles, God healed whole groups of people. Cf. Exodus 15:26  and said, "If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you."

1 Samuel 6:3  So they said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but by all means return it to Him with a trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you."  

 

Moses also prayed for the healing of someone.

Num. 12: 10 ¶ And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper 

13  So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!" 

 

 

New Testament.

Of course, Jesus Himself healed people.

Matthew 4:23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 

 

The gift of healing is listed after “apostles” in 1 Cor.12:28.

1 Corinthians 12:28  And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 

 

Philip was used of God to heal.

Acts 8:5  Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.

6  And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

7  For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

This “Philip” was not an apostle, but he was “set before the apostles!

Cf. Acts 6: 2  Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables.

  3  "Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business;

4  "but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

5  And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,

6  whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.