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041 Healing in the book of Acts – 1 of 2 – The Lame Man (Acts 3)
There are many references to healing in the Book of Acts. Some of these are general, others are specific. General references include: the disciples’ prayer that God would stretch out his hand to heal (4:30) the statement that on one occasion all the sick were healed as Peter’s shadow passed over them (5:14-16) a description of Philip’s evangelistic…
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040 Lessons about healing from the first disciples
[Below is the chapter on which this podcast is based] In the last four chapters we have examined the healing ministry of Jesus as it is portrayed in each of the four Gospels. But Jesus did not only heal the sick, he commissioned his disciples to do so too. So in this chapter we will…
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039 Jesus the healer in the gospel of John 2 of 2 – The man blind from birth
The man blind from birth (John 9:1-25) We looked last time at a case where there was a clear connection between sickness and personal sin. We now turn to a case where there is no such connection. The story Seeing a man who was blind from birth, Jesus’ disciples asked him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents…
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038 Jesus the healer in the gospel of John 1 of 2 – The healing at the pool
Lessons about healing from John None of the Gospel writers tell us of all the miracles of healing Jesus performed. John has chosen to record only three (4:46-54, 5:1-15, 9:1-25) although he makes it very clear that Jesus did many more (John 20:30). His purpose in recording them, along with the other miracles he tells us about, is…
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037 Is healing part of salvation?
Healing & Salvation – Dr David Petts In recent talks we saw several occasions where Jesus said Your faith has healed you. The Greek word used here is sozo which can also mean save. Does this mean that that healing is in some sense a part of salvation? The answer to this question is…
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036 Jesus the healer in the gospel of Luke
[Below is the chapter from the book, Just a Taste of Heaven, on which this podcast episode is based] The Power of the Spirit Isaiah predicted that when the Messiah would come the Spirit of the Lord would be upon him in order that he might preach good news to the poor, proclaim freedom to those who were captive,…
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035 Jesus the healer in the gospel of Mark
In his Gospel Mark tells us how great crowds followed Jesus. In 1:28 we read that because of his miracles, news about him spread quickly over the whole region 1:32-34 the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door and Jesus healed many who had…
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034 Did Jesus die for our sicknesses?
[Below is the chapter from the book, Just a Taste of Heaven, on which this podcast is based] In the last chapter, as we considered various causes of sickness, we noted that, since Christ’s death on the cross both atoned for sin and won a victory over Satan, it is possible to understand that healing from…
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033 Jesus the Healer in the Gospel of Matthew
As we turn now to what the New Testament teaches about healing we will consider first the ministry of Jesus as it is revealed in the four Gospels. We will take representative examples from each. In Matthew’s Gospel I have chosen the healings recorded in Matthew 8:1-17 because: After the general statement about Jesus’ healings in Matthew 4,…
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032 Jesus’ Second Coming (7 Key Truths about Jesus)
Seven Key Truths about Jesus Talk 7: His Second Coming So far: Virgin birth Sinless life Substitutionary atoning death Bodily resurrection Triumphant ascension Abiding intercession We must now turn our attention to an event which has yet to take place in world history – the second coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus…