Scripture of The Day
If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals you. (Exodus 15:26)
The above verse in Exodus 15:26 is referred to by some as the Old Testament Divine Healing Covenant. It is called a covenant because in it God promises He will keep His people free from diseases, and diligent obedience is the only condition God requires. Hebrews 8:6: But now He (Jesus) has obtained a more excellent ministry, in as much as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. It sounded like they had it pretty good under the Old Covenant as long as they obeyed God. But thanks be to God we are under a New Covenant, a better covenant based on better promises.
I hear teaching where people say that the healing ministry ended when the last apostle died. But the apostles weren’t the healer. God is the healer, and He lives inside us under the New Covenant. Think of it this way, if healing isn’t available under the New Covenant we would have been better off staying under the Old Covenant. But no, we have a better covenant. Acts 10:38: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil….This verse tells us that those Jesus healed were oppressed of the devil. So Jesus is the healer, and Satan is the oppressor. I John 3:8: For this purpose the Son of God (Jesus, the mediator of the New Covenant) was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. I Peter 2:24: By His (Jesus) stripes you were healed.
It’s our job to obey the great commission by preaching the gospel (good news to a sick man is you can be healed) and laying hands on the sick! Somebody might say, “What if they don’t get healed?” Everyone is not going to receive their healing any more than everyone you share the gospel with won’t receive it. But I’m not going to quit praying for the sick because someone doesn’t get healed any more than I’m not going to quit sharing the gospel because somebody didn’t get saved. Let’s start doing our job of obeying!
