Miraculous Healings
April 12, 2024
A man asked me the other day why some people get miracles when they are lifted up in prayer and some don’t. I answered with a couple theories but in the end I said I really don’t know exactly. That general question requires much more information. However, it remains a legitimate question which requires further thought…
Jesus healed just about everybody who came his way. The only exception was in his own hometown, because he had grown up with those people and it was pretty much ingrained in their heads that this was just one of many neighbors…
“Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown. The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, ‘Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?’ Then they scoffed, ‘He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.’ They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.” — Mark 6:1–3, New Living Translation.
In other circumstances, people who asked for healing were far from being offended, acknowledging who exactly Jesus was:
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
“Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him.
But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus, praising God. And all who saw it praised God, too.” Luke 18 35–43, ibid.
Jesus was acknowledged in this instance — as well as many others — as the Son of David, the expected promised Messiah, the King who would be given the throne of King David eternally.
We have been learning since that time that this was the first installment of God’s promise: the suffering and rejected Servant as described in Isaiah 53. From the Resurrection all the way up to this current day, however, Believers have been learning to wait for the second installment: the Day of the Lord…
And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. — Matthew 24:30, ibid.
I think then the scoffers will stop their scoffing, mockers will stop their mocking, and unbelievers will start their believing… and I hope it won’t be too late for them…
Notwithstanding, I shared my healing which came by much prayer from many Believers and through Surgeons (who had given only a 10% chance of my survival) the willingness to take me back into Surgery. I shared my story in order to encourage people to inquire of God and learn to believe from their own personal encounter with God, Jesus, and the Bible.
Read the Bible and earnestly seek God’s presence in your life.
As a bonus testimony, here is a woman who seems to have learned something just as important as answers to prayer — if not even more important:
