Jesus Makes Us Well
“Now it came to pass, as Peter went through all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda. There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed.” Then he arose immediately. Acts 9:32-34.
In this account, the Bible tells us of Aeneas and his extraordinary encounter with the Apostle Peter. The man was a Christian because the Bible tells us that Peter found him while visiting Lydda’s saints in Acts 9:32. But Aeneas was sick and paralyzed; he had been bedridden for eight long years. It was in that condition he received Christ, but he remained paralyzed.
The Bible records that Peter went to that region one day, and thank God he went to the house where Aeneas was in. When Peter saw him, he declared to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well! Get up and make your bed!” Peter was saying, “if you have Jesus, He makes you well. Get up and dress your bed!” No one had preached that part of the gospel to Aeneas before, and the Bible says he jumped out of his bed immediately!
Now, what was different in the message Peter preached to this man? Peter had an understanding of the gospel that was very vital. He understood that Christ lived in the man, and so he had no business being sick. We should all have this kind of understanding.
Healing is in salvation
It is easy for many to accept that when a man confesses the Lord Jesus and believes that God raised Him from the dead, he is saved. But they find it difficult to accept that man is delivered from sickness by the same token. If the salvation of your spirit is that simple, why do you expect healing for your physical body to be complicated?
Jesus bore our sin as well as our sickness in the same sacrifice. “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose [a]stripes you were healed.” 1 Peter 2:24.
All we have to do is to accept it and walk in the light of it.
DO NOT BE LIKE THOMAS
“When I see it, I will believe it.” That is some people’s philosophy. But the truth is, you will never believe that way because you are not going to see it until you first believe. Believing comes before seeing.
After the resurrection of Jesus, He appeared to some of His disciples. But when they told Thomas, who was not there at the time, he said, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” John 20:29.
How often do you ask the hospital’s board for the surgeon’s qualifying certificate before going through with a surgery? You give yourself over to the surgeon and trust him to do a good job. How often do you go to an airline’s office to ask for their pilot’s qualifying certificate before flying in their airplane? You got in the plane and fasten your seat belt, believing everything was alright.
Now, if you can believe human beings like that, how much more should you believe the time-tested and proven Word of God, which has never failed?
Receiving divine healing works the same as receiving salvation. You may not feel any different, but you know you are saved because your faith is based on the Word of God, which says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9.
In the same way, settle it in your heart for all time that Jesus paid for it all when He died for you on the Cross. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, “And by His stripes[c] we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5.
When sickness tries to bring you down, insist on the reality of God’s Word and say, No, I refuse to be sick. Because Christ lives in me, He makes me well”.
