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Category Archives: Healing, Deliverance, Miracles
A Lame Man Is Healed, and the Town Reacts
Bible Study series: Acts 14:8-18. God cares for people and he will use yielded vessels to heal the one he has chosen to heal.
Deliverance of a Boy with Unclean Spirit
Bible Study series: Luke 9:37-43a. This was a great deliverance.
Lessons from the Withered Fig Tree
Bible Study series: Mark 11:20-25. Jesus gives us permission to speak to obstacles (and diseases and evil spirits). But everything must surrender to the will God, even our words. And speaking to obstacles right in front of us is not the same as decreeing, which only God does. Don’t confuse the categories and roles.
Religious Leaders Demand a Sign
Bible Study series: Matthew 12:38-42. He did not grant their request, but told them of another prophet and his sign.
Jesus Binds Beelzebub
Bible Study series: Matthew 12:22-30. He bound or tied up Satan. Now we followers of Jesus can walk in victory, in his name.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
Bible Study series: Luke 9:10-17. He cared for their needs in practical ways.
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
Bible Study series: Mark 10:46-52. Evidently Bartimaeus reported his healing to Mark’s community. That’s why Mark knew his name.
Jesus Heals a Man with a Withered Hand on the Sabbath
Bible Study series: Matthew 12:9-14. He has a successful healing ministry because he was the Anointed One, the Spirit was on him, and the Father directed him.
Jesus Commissions the Twelve
Bible Study series: Luke 9:1-6. He loves people and wants to reach them with his disciples. He was also training them to go out into all the world (Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8).
Jesus Ministers to Woman with Issue of Blood and Jairus’s Daughter
Bible Study series: Luke 8:40-56. Two females needed help. The daughter needed to be raised from the dead.
Jesus Frees the Gerasene Demoniac
Bible Study series: Luke 8:26-39. Demonic oppression is real. Don’t look for it but don’t deny it, either.
Jesus Calms the Storm, Who Is This Man?
Bible Study series: Luke 8:22-25. The disciples were trying to figure him out.
Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead
Bible Study series: John 11:38-44. This is the culmination of the story.
Women Travel and Financially Support Men
Bible Study series: Luke 8:1-3. Women were important for the earliest Jesus Movement before his resurrection, and afterwards.
Jesus Expels a Demon from a Boy
Bible Study series: Mark 9:14-29. Demonization is real. Be free of it.
Lazarus Gets Sick and Dies; Jesus Had Delayed Coming to Heal Him
Bible Study series: John 11:1-16. Why did Jesus delay when Lazarus was sick? Then he died. Is it too late now?
Jesus Calls and Commissions the Twelve Apostles
Bible Study series: Matthew 10:1-15. The apostles will eventually go into all the world and preach the gospel (Matt. 28:18-20)
Peter Raises Tabitha (Dorcas) from the Dead
Bible Study series: Acts 9:36-43. Peter prayed first to hear from the Spirit. He then spoke to her and a miracle happened.
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
Bible Study series: Matthew 9:27-31. The two men cried out for mercy. Jesus asked them what they wanted. They had to say it. This took place near the Lake of Galilee, up north.
Peter and the Healing of Aeneas
Bible Study series: Acts 9:32-35. Peter performed this wonderful miracle on his preaching tour.
Jesus Resurrects a Ruler’s Daughter and Heals Woman with Issue of Blood
Bible Study series: Matthew 9:18-26. Two females in need, and he helps both of them. Wonderful.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Only Son from the Dead
Bible Study series: Luke 7:11-17. This shows that Jesus is the Messiah, true, but it also demonstrates that he loves people who hurt.
A Gentile Centurion with Great Faith
Bible Study series: Luke 7:1-10. He had greater faith than anyone among God’s people. He amazed Jesus.
Jesus Heals a Blind Man in Two Stages at Bethsaida
Bible Study series: Mark 8:22-26. We can learn from this healing, when we pray for the sick.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Bible Study series: Matthew 9:1-8. Jesus can forgive sins.
Jesus Delivers Two Gadarene Demoniacs
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:28-34. Jesus traveled out of his way to set them free.
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
Bible Study series: Mark 8:1-10. God can work a miracle with a few resources.
Jesus Calms the Storm
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:23-27. It’s time to trust, when Jesus is with you.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
Bible Study series: John 9:1-12. This was a great sign.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
Bible Study series. Mark 7:31-37. The crowds were amazed. But Jesus worked the miracle to help the man, not to amaze the crowds.
A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith
Bible Study series: Mark 7:24-30. Jesus lifts her faith by putting her off at first, just to bring out the faith he saw in her.
Jesus Heals Many People
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:14-17. Another summary about Jesus’s healing ministry. Matthew quotes Isaiah 53:4. He carried our diseases.
Philip Goes to Samaria, Preaches Jesus, Works Miracles, and Sees Salvations
Bible Study series: Acts 8:5-13. Philip was not an apostle, yet he worked miracles. The gospel of Christ plus signs and wonders are a powerful means of salvation.
Jesus Ministers to Crowd of Disciples and Multitudes
Bible Study series: Luke 6:17-19. This is a good summary of Jesus’s ministry.
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:5-13. The centurion’s faith shocked him.
Jesus Heals Everyone Who Reached Out to Him at Gennesaret
Bible Study series: Mark 6:53-56. This is his ministry of putting bad things right. The kingdom of God has come.
Jesus Is Willing to Cleanse a Leper
Bible Study series: Matthew 8:1-4. Jesus healed everyne needing healing and who approached him.
Jesus Heals a Man with Withered Hand on Sabbath
Bible Study series: Luke 6:6-11. Jesus broke down the wall which religious leaders had built around the Torah (first five books of the Bible).
Jesus Walks on Water
Bible Study series: Mark 6:45-52. Do not fear! Jesus miraculously comes to save you.
Jesus Goes on Retreat and Then Feeds the Five Thousand
Bible Study series: Mark 6:30-44. The apostles report back after their short-term mission trip. Then they go on a retreat. Afterwards, he feeds the five thousand.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Bible Study series: Mark 6:7-13. Proclaim repentance. They healed saw many healings and deliverances. They used oil to pray for the sick.
Jesus Forgives Sins and Heals Paralytic
Bible Study series: Luke 5:17-26. Jesus had authority on earth to forgive sins. He backed up his claim with a healing.
Jesus Is Dishonored in His Hometown
Bible Study series: Mark 6:1-6. Jesus went there to teach and preach. But they rejected him. He simply moved on.
Jesus Heals a Man with Skin Disease
Bible Study series: Luke 5:12-16. This was one of the signs of the Messiah.
Jesus Raises Up Jairus’s Daughter, Part Two
Bible Study series: Mark 5:35-43. Jesus performs the greatest miracle– a resurrection. He is putting things right. The final accomplishment of this will happen in a twinkling of an eye, at his Second Coming.
Peter Hears the Gospel, Witnesses a Miracle, Repents, and Follows Jesus
Bible Study series: Luke 5:1-11. Peter’s life was changed. Then he had to be trained and grow into his calling.
Jesus Heals Woman with Issue of Blood
Bible Study series: Mark 5:24b-34. Power went out from him because she reached out in faith, which rose above her desperation.
Jesus Raises Up Jairus’s Daughter, Part One
Bible Study series: Mark 5:21-24a. Jesus is heading towards a house where he will perform a wonderful miracle.
Jesus Heals and Delivers Those with Various Diseases
Bible Study series: Luke 4:40-41. These are summary verses that teach us about his entire ministry.
Jesus Expels Legion of Demons from a Man
Bible Study series: Mark 5:1-20. Jesus went out of his way, across the lake, to get to him. This is the compassion of God.
Jesus Rebukes the Fever Attacking Peter’s Mother-in-Law
Bible Study series: Luke 4:38-39. God gives us authority to rebuke diseases.
Jesus Calms the Storm When Other Boats Were on the Lake
Bible Study series: Mark 4:35-41. Jesus calmed the storm to demonstrate God’s power, but it also has a practical need–to save other lives and boats.
Stephen Stands Strong against Opposition
Bible Study series: Acts 6:8-15. Never surrender to your opposition when you are in the right and God is on your side.
Jesus Liberates a Demonized Man in a Synagogue
Bible Study series: Luke 4:31-37. The crowd marveled because he commanded unclean spirits.
Nazarenes Accept and Then Reject Jesus
Bible Study series: Luke 4:21-30. What changed their minds? He had a miraculous escape.
Jesus Proclaims the Spirit Is upon Him and Anoints Him for Service
Bible Study series: Luke 4:16-21. I love these verses because they show that Jesus was called and anointed of the Spirit to help people. We are too.
Jesus Walks on the Water
Bible Study series: John 6:16-24. This is a nature miracle, done by the will of the Father.
The Apostles Are Imprisoned but an Angel Releases Them
Bible Study series: Acts 5:17-32. God works miracles to accomplish his purposes. The civil authorities cannot stop God and his people.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
Bible Study series: John 6:1-15. Jesus will draw many lessons from this miracle, later in this chapter
Apostles Work Powerful Signs and Wonders in Public
Bible Study series. Acts 5:12-16. By God’s sovereignty, Peter healed them by his shadow.
Jesus Heals Lame Man at Pool of Bethesda
Bible Study series: John 5:1-18. Jesus healed one man at the pool where other sick people gathered. Then there was a Sabbath dispute. Jesus also made himself equal to God. Many truths embedded in this one section.
Peter and John Report Back to Community and They Pray
Bible Study series: Acts 4:23-31. They prayed for boldness to witness in the face of persecution.
Jesus Heals a Royal Official’s Son
Bible Study series: John 4:43-54. The official had a deep faith in the Messiah. As the Messiah, he could heal his son.
Sanhedrin Threaten Peter and John
Bible Study Series: Acts 4:13-22. The apostles stood strong, in the face of the highest court and council in the land.
Peter, John, and Healed Man Stand Before Sanhedrin
Bible Study Series: Acts 4:1-12 Peter is once again filled with the Spirit, and he proclaims to the Sanhedrin that salvation is found only in Jesus’s name.
Summary of Jesus’s Ministry
Bible Study Series: Mark 3:7-12. It is a clear and revealing summary.
Jesus Heals Man with Withered Hand
Bible Study Series: Mark 3:1-6. Jesus broke traditions on the Sabbath.
Jesus Ministers to Great Multitudes
Bible Study Series: Matthew 4:23-25. Jesus ministered to them with strength and compassion. He healed them.
A Lame Beggar Is Healed
Bible Study Series: Acts 3:1-10. Miracles are possible today
The Church Prays in Unity at Pentecost
Bible Study Series: Acts 2:42-47. Do we belong to a thriving church?
Jesus Turns Water into Wine
Bible Study Series: John 2:1-12. There is a spiritual significance to this miracle.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic and Forgives His Sins
Bible Study Series: Mark 2:1-12. He has the authority to forgive sins and heal people. How has he forgiven your sins?
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
Bible Study Series: Mark 1:40-45. He was moved with compassion. How is this a good motive to heal?
Jesus Goes on a Ministry Tour
Bible Study Series: Mark 1:35-39. Jesus had a mission. What is yours? How do you seek God to find it?
Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others
Bible Study Series: Mark 1:29-34. How do you minister to the sick? Is your ministry biblical?
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Capernaum and Expels Demon in Synagogue
Bible Study Series: Mark 1:21-28. Jesus was a teacher and ministered in the power of the Spirit. How did he expel a demon? What can we learn from his ministry?
A Leper in the Hands of an Angry Jesus?
Would Jesus show indignation or anger towards a leper, a needy man? Hostile readers pounce on some ambiguity.
God’s Signs and Wonders versus Satan’s Signs and Wonders
What are they? What are their motives and purposes? How do we discern the differences, when they seem so similar?
1. Gifts of the Spirit in Early Church Fathers
These are the written testimony of the church fathers before or a little after the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. They teach that the gifts were for their days, after the apostles died.
2. Healing and Deliverance in Early Church Fathers
These are the written testimony of the church fathers before or a little after the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. They teach that the healings and deliverances (exorcisms) were for their days, after the apostles died.
Healings in Paul’s Ministry on Island of Malta
Scripture: Acts 28:7-10. What was flowing here was the gifts of healings which Paul listed as one of the nine gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11.
Paul Is Unharmed by Viper Bite
Scripture: Acts 28:1-8: This passage is included in the category of Healing and Deliverance because Paul got a sustained healing, a divine inoculation (of sorts).
Paul Restores Eutychus Back to Life
Scripture: Acts 20:9-12. This is a restoration of a boy who fell from a window and was taken up dead.
Extraordinary Miracles through Paul
Scripture: Acts 19:11, 12. God worked miracles through Paul’s facecloths and work aprons.
Watch God Work When We Pray, Command, Believe, Receive.
Yes, Jesus really did teach us to pray like this. His teaching was clear and simple. Let’s follow his instructions.
Paul Expels Demon from Slave Girl
Scripture: Acts 16:16-18. Paul expelled it in Jesus’s name, not by his own name.
With Faith Command Your Obstacle to Go. Then Watch God Work
The disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith. His answer was startling (as usual). Yes, Jesus really did teach us to pray this way.
Lame Man Is Healed during Paul’s First Missionary Journey
Scripture: Acts 14:8-18. I will focus on vv. 8-10, the healing itself.
Sorcerer Struck with Blindness
Scripture: Acts 13:6-12. He was not your average magician. He was also a false prophet and deceiver.
Peter Raises Tabitha (Dorcas) from the Dead
Scripture: Acts 9:36-43. This section of Scripture also holds key lessons for those of us who believe in healing and raising the dead today and even seeing people get healed—and some Renewalists have seen the dead raised.
Peter Heals Aeneas
Scripture: Acts 9:32-35. Renewalists believe miracles of healing do and should happen everywhere because 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 opens the doors for every believer to do them, as the Spirit distributes the gifts to meet the needs of people.
Philip Works Great Signs and Miracles
Passage: Acts 8:5-13. Philip was not an apostle but a deacon and evangelist, yet he too worked miracles and signs and deliverances.
Apostles Perform Many Miracles
Passage: Acts 5:12-16. Those verses are a summary of the miracles that the apostles worked, including by means of Peter’s shadow.
Lame Man Is Healed at Gate Called Beautiful
Passage: Acts 3:1-10. Peter and John followed Jesus in their healing ministry, for he too healed the disabled and paralyzed (e.g. Matt. 9:1-8 // Mark 2:1-12; John 5:1-14). They saw him do this.
Widow’s Only Son Is Raised from Dead
Passage: Luke 7:11-17. Jesus issued a command, and the boy responded.
Jesus Raises Lazarus from Dead
Passage: John 11:3-4, 11-15, 23-26, 38-44. Jesus listened to his Father and obeyed him. He did not act alone and on a whim, with this resurrection.
How Does New Testament Define Demonic Control?
This post is an old-fashioned Bible and word study, with a brief, practical application for ministry.
Jairus’ Daughter Is Raised from Dead
Passages: Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26; Mark 5:21-24, 35-43; Luke 8:40-42a, 49-56. Never forget that Jesus followed his Father in working miracles. He did not act presumptuously.
Official’s Son Is Healed with Word from Distance
Passage: John 4:46-54. We can watch and learn from Jesus.
Centurion’s Servant Is Healed with Word from Distance
Passages: Matthew 8:5-13 and Luke 7:1-10. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus commended only very few people with great faith. One of them was this Roman centurion. Who were the others?
Why Doesn’t Divine Healing Happen One Hundred Percent of the Time in This Age?
This post is a biblical theology discussion. If you are fighting for your or someone else’s healing, I advise you to skip this post. Read it later when the outcome of your fight is final, and you need to understand what the Bible really teaches about healing. (I updated this post yet again. In this post, I also answer whether healing is in the atonement.)
Lame Man Is Healed at Pool of Bethesda
Passage: John 5:1-18. Jesus issued a series of commands, and then the man got up because he was healed.
Ten Men Are Healed of Leprosy
Passage: Luke 17:11-19. Only the despised Samaritan returned to thank Jesus.
Jesus Expels Demons from Gadarene Men
Passages: Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:20-39. Jesus went out of his way to go into this region, just to minister to these two men. Yet he could not expel the demons immediately. Why not?
Does God Want to Heal Everyone Every Time They Ask?
This is a biblical theology discussion. If you are fighting for your or someone else’s healing, I advise you to skip this post. Read it only when the outcome is final, and you have unanswered questions about what the Bible really teaches.
Jesus Expels Demon and Heals Mute, Blind Man
Passages: Matthew 12:22-26 and Luke 11:14-20. Signs and wonders (really just demon expulsion and healing in this passage) is a sign that the kingdom of God has come.
Jesus Expels Demon from Boy and Heals His Deafness and Muteness
Passages Matthew 17:14-20; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43a. These three passages are full of lessons for us who believe in expelling demons. Let’s follow Jesus and learn from him on how to do ministry, as we read these passages together.
Jesus Expels Demon and Heals Mute Man
Passage: Matthew 9:32-34. Matthew is the only Gospel which has this story.
Jesus Heals Blind Man in Unusual Way and in Two Stages
Passage: Mark 8:22-26. Two stages? What does this mean?
What Does ‘Greater Things’ Mean in John 14:12?
The context says that “things” means “works.” Here are commentaries and my take on this issue.
Deaf and Mute Man Healed in Unusual Way
Passage: Mark 7:31-37. What about us? Can we follow his method today?
Jesus Heals Man Born Blind by Unusual Method
Passage: John 9:1-12. Should we use his unusual method for healing people today?
Two Blind Men Are Healed Near Jericho
Passages: Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-42. One of them was Bartimaeus.
Man with Abnormal Swelling Is Healed
Passage: Luke 14:1-6. This is another Sabbath confrontation. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath.
Two Blind Men Are Healed during Jesus’ Northern Ministry
Passage: Matthew 9:27-31. This is not the same story of healing a blind man or men in Matt. 20:29-34 (two blind men) and Mark 10:46-52 (Bartimaeus) and Luke 18:35-43 (one blind man).
Man with Shriveled Hand Is Healed on Sabbath
Passages: Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11. Jesus healed this man on the Sabbath. Everyone saw the healing with their own eyes. The Pharisees were angry at him, however.
Paralyzed Man Is Healed after His Friends Dig Hole in Roof
Scriptures: Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26. When the crowds prevented the paralyzed man and his friends to reach Jesus, they dug a hole in the roof, to lower him down to him. Jesus saw that the men had great faith.
Jesus Expels Demon from Canaanite Woman’s Daughter from Distance
Scriptures: Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:21-30. It is possible to detect faith in someone. A wise teacher will bring it out of her.
Healing of Woman Bent Double
Passage Luke 13:10-17. Jesus heals this “daughter of Abraham,” proclaiming she is loosed.
Woman with Issue of Blood Is Healed
Passages: Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:24b-34; Luke 8:42b-48. The power of God flowed from Jesus to the woman. Can we expect the same power to flow through us, as the Spirit distributes the gifts of healings (1 Cor. 12:4-11)?
Man with Leprosy Is Healed
Passages: Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-15. What can we learn from this episode and apply it to our lives today, particularly those who pray regularly for healing?
Jesus Rebukes Fever Attacking Peter’s Mother-in-Law
Passages: Matthew 8:14-15; Mark 1:30-31; Luke 4:38-39. We also look at Matthew 8:16-17, which says that the Messiah fulfills Isaiah 53:4, by taking their diseases and carrying their sicknesses.
Jesus Expels Demons from Man in Synagogue
Here begins a multipart series on every instance of healing and deliverance in the four Gospel and Acts, posted each Wednesday, for the rest of 2023.
In this post, Scriptures: Mark 1:21-28 and Luke 4:31-37. Let’s see how Jesus expelled the demons.
Kenneth Copeland Gets a Pacemaker
Included in this post are the link to his video testimony, the transcript of the video, and my embedded comments.
What Are Signs and Wonders and Miracles?
What are the Scriptures that reveal them? How are they relevant to my life today? Or have they ceased?
Foundation of Biblical Healing in Exodus
These verses on healing and deliverance are foundational for the entire Old Testament and for the entire Bible.
Healing Infertility in Genesis
In Genesis healing is about fertility. It is God’s promise to those who live by his commands. It is his blessing. And this first book of the Bible teaches us that God can answer prayers for fertility, to remove the sadness of infertility.
What Is a Miracle?
What is it? Do they happen today? Can you experience one?
Bible Basics about Satan and Demons and Victory Over Them
Renewalists believe that Satan is real and attacks people, but in Christ they can have victory over the evil spirit being.
Jesus Turns a Gentile Mother’s Desperation into Faith
Jesus seemed to be “rude” to a Gentile (pagan, non-Jew, or foreign) woman, someone outside his outreach to Israel. Here’s an exegesis (close reading) that explains his reasons, in a little more detail, in his own cultural context.
4. Gifts of the Spirit: Gifts of Healings
Healings come in all shapes and sizes, so expect God to work in a variety of ways.
5. Gifts of the Spirit: Workings of Miracles
This gift is available to all, today, not just a special few. God will give it to you when you need it most.
Childbirth, Bodily Discharges in Leviticus 12, 15 from a NT Perspective
These Levitical laws in those two chapters are about reproduction and childbirth, in other words, male and female body parts. The laws, seemingly primitive by our standards, reveal the heart of the God who looks out for his people by promoting cleanliness and health. What does the New Testament teach about ceremonial cleanness and uncleanness?
Skin Disease, Mold in Leviticus 13, 14 from a NT Perspective
The laws in those two chapters about quarantine or isolation benefit humanity. They come from God’s heart of love for people. Yet, there is a ceremonial uncleanness that the New Testament rises above even for disease, but how?
Bible Basics about Deliverance
Deliverance and maintaining lasting freedom from satanic oppression includes these essential ingredients.
Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Fortunetelling
You have to avoid those things. Here’s why.
Works Cited
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