(John 21:25 NKJV) And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
There were innumerable healings and miracles performed by Jesus but we do not have record of them all. We do have record of 19 of them and because the Holy Spirit instructed those men to record them for us, we should take the time to study them.
In studying these healings, we can learn that if we will do what the people did, we can receive what the people got.
For this reason, we are looking at the details of each case.
Remember, pay attention to the details. Sometimes the key for you to be able to receive from Heaven is in the details.
(Luke 5:15 NKJV) However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
Hearing the Word precedes healing. Jesus went about teaching and preaching and healing.
There is an important truth in hearing and receiving healing by faith: you can learn how to maintain what you have obtained.
F. F. Bosworth in his book, Christ the Healer states that once you receive healing in your body, there will inevitably be a counterattack of the enemy to try and steal your healing.
Never discount the process of standing in faith for your healing versus an instantaneous miracles of healing.
(Mark 10:46-52 NKJV) Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. (47) And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (48) Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (49) So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.” (50) And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus. (51) So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” (52) Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
Let’s study this verse by verse to extract as much from these verses as we can:
(Mark 10:46 NKJV) Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.
Blind Bartimaeus sat by the side of the road begging. He was one of the few people healed in the Gospels that we are given his name. This tells us that he was well-known in the area. He stood out in society because as a beggar he was passed by so many people. Because of this, this would make this a notable miracle.
(Mark 10:47 NKJV) And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
He must have heard that Jesus was a healer, and that healing was connected with the mercy of God. If you have never heard that Jesus heals, then why would you call out for that as he did.
- What you hear, determines what you ask for.
- What you hear determines what you believe for.
- What you hear determines what you are expecting.
Notice, this is not a cry of desperation, this is a cry of faith.
Bartimaeus was calling THE HEALER to his need!
Your heart is capable of believing what your mind cannot figure out. The faith of God is in your heart, not in your head.
When one acknowledged Jesus as the “Son of David”, that is a direct reference to Jesus being the Messiah. Now, the term Messiah to a Jew means a little more than it does to us. It means this is God’s anointed One Who carries the anointing and power of God.
The Canaanite woman called Jesus the “Son of David” in requesting healing for her daughter.
(Matthew 15:22 NKJV) And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
eleéō; contracted eleṓ, fut. eleḗsō, from éleos (G1656), mercy. To show mercy, to show compassion, extend help for the consequence of sin, as opposed to sklērúnomai (G4645), to be hardened. The general meaning is to have compassion or mercy on a person in unhappy circumstances. Used trans. in the pass., to be pitied, obtain mercy, implying not merely a feeling for the misfortunes of others involving sympathy (oiktirmós [G3628], pity), but also an active desire to remove those miseries.
(Psalms 145:8-9 NKJV) The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. (9) The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin – You see, when Jesus was on earth, He didn’t just heal to prove His deity. Scripture says that He healed because of His compassion, or mercy.
I think this truth has really been hidden from the Church today. But when our faith is just as strong in God’s mercy of healing as it is in His mercy of forgiveness, we’ll be healed just as easily as we were forgiven.
Let’s look at a few passages of Scripture that show the compassion—the mercy—of the Lord in regard to healing.
(Mark 1:40-41 NKJV) Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” (41) Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
According to dictionary definitions, to have compassion is to love tenderly, to pity, to show mercy, and to be full of eager yearning. That means that Jesus, full of tender love, pity, and an eager yearning to help and bless, laid His hands on this leper and healed him. Hallelujah!
We find this same compassion in Matthew chapter 20.
(Matthew 20:29-34 NKJV) Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. (30) And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” (31) Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” (32) So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (33) They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” (34) So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
Notice that these two blind men asked the Lord for mercy. Then Jesus responded, “What will ye that I shall do unto you?” The blind men replied, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” These men asked for the mercy of having their eyes opened, and Jesus granted them the mercy or compassion of healing. Healing is a mercy!
Throughout the Gospels, we see again and again how Jesus was moved with compassion toward suffering humanity. Matthew 14:14 says, “Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, AND WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION toward them, and he healed their sick.”
In Mark chapter 5 we find the story of the madman of Gadara. Jesus cast the demons out of him and the man was delivered. He later told the man, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, AND HATH HAD COMPASSION on thee” (Mark 5:19).
Jesus was plenteous in mercy—in compassion—to all who needed healing. That means God is the same way. Remember, Jesus said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).
Is God’s Healing Mercy for You?
How far does the Lord’s compassion and mercy reach? Only to the forgiveness of sins? No! The Bible says, “The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” (Ps. 145:9). If you are in Christ (Eph. 2:10), then you are one of God’s “works”! And because you are one of His works, His mercies are over you. That includes His healing mercy.
Jesus is just as compassionate, loving, and merciful now as He was in the Bible. Begin to see healing as a mercy of God. Don’t try to base obtaining healing on works—or on anything else but your faith in His mercy. When you do that, you will see His healing mercy manifest in your life.
You can receive whatever it is you need from your Heavenly Father, because God is the Father of mercies!
Brother Andrew Wommack – Healing has been purchased for us as part of the atonement of Christ. The Lord would no more refuse to heal us than He would refuse to forgive us. That does not mean that we deserve healing – we don’t. It is a gift from God, just as salvation is a gift from God (Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8). We don’t deserve to have our sins forgiven. We cannot demand salvation from the Lord, but we can expect it. Likewise, healing has been purchased for us through the atonement of Christ. Healing belongs to us, but it is still the mercy of God that provides healing. Every act of healing is an act of mercy.
(Mark 10:48 NKJV) Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
The call of faith is going to attract some critics and people that will try and quiet you down.
What do you do then? You cry out all the more!
(Mark 10:49 NKJV) So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.”
Jesus was travelling to His original plan of going to Jerusalem. But faith stopped Him where He stood.
Smith Wigglesworth said, “It seems as though God will pass over a million people to get to that person in faith…”
Faith is one thing that He will not pass by.
(Mark 10:50 NKJV) And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.
At the time of Jesus’ ministry, a beggar was issued a cloak from the government that was essentially a license to beg and collect alms from people.
Bartimaeus cast off his garment and in doing so, he was casting off his trust in anyone else to provide for him and place his trust for his healing in Jesus.
Bartimaeus went to Jesus. Faith will not do what is convenient. When you are hungry to receive from God, you don’t just look for the convenient.
(Mark 10:51 NKJV) So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”
Jesus had to have know what the man must have wanted or needed.
(Matthew 6:8 NKJV) “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
Why did Jesus ask him what he wanted? He wanted Bartimaeus to respond with his faith and to be specific with it.
Some translations read as:
- “I want to see…”
- “I want to receive my sight…”
- “I want to see again…”
- “I want my sight back…”
You and I need to be specific with our faith.
(Mark 10:52 NKJV) Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
Bartimaeus, once healed, continued in the way. He did not just go out and do what he wanted, he continued to follow Jesus because he was grateful for what he had received from Jesus.
(Isaiah 35:4-6 NKJV) Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.” (5) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. (6) Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.