Jesus said “if you have seen me, you have seen the Father.” (John 14:9)<\/p>\n
Jesus also said “I always do things that please the Father.” (John 8:29)<\/p>\n
The writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the exact representation of the Father (Hebrews 1:3)<\/p>\n
Jesus came to reveal the Father to us…to make Him known to us…to show us what He is like.\u00a0 Based on the three passages above (along with many others), I believe that we can look at the life of Jesus to learn some things about the character and nature of God, and get to know Him better.\u00a0 We can learn how God the Father feels about different subjects.\u00a0 We can see what it looks like for the Father’s will to be demonstrated and obeyed perfectly on the earth.<\/p>\n
Those are some general statements, and now I would like to be more specific. Let us view the actions and attitudes of Jesus during His time on earth in a physical body to get a view of how God our Father feels about sickness, disease, and other physical ailments.<\/p>\n
Acts 10:38 – God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil<\/strong>, for God was with Him.<\/p>\n
Matthew 8:2-3 – And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”\u00a0 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed<\/strong>.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.<\/p>\n
Matthew 8:5-6 – Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n
Luke 9:10-11 – And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done.\u00a0 Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.\u00a0 But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Matthew 14:14 – And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Luke 4:40 – When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Matthew 4:24 – And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For many more examples just like these, you can read through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, looking for instances where people approached Jesus that needed to be healed.\u00a0 You won’t find any cases of a person coming to Him in need of healing, and going away without being healed.<\/p>\n
But don\u2019t just take my word for it.\u00a0 Read it and study it yourself.\u00a0 See what you find.\u00a0 When I read about Jesus in the bible, I see him having compassion on sick people, and ministering healing to them.\u00a0 Healing was a large part of what He did, and it was always included in the instructions whenever He sent out people to represent Him.<\/p>\n
In John 5:19, He says this: “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jesus was doing what His Father showed Him to do.\u00a0 All of these times that Jesus was healing people, it was the will of God the Father being acted out by God the Son…Jesus.\u00a0 It was God\u2019s will to heal people.\u00a0 If we go by the accounts provided to us in the four Gospels, it looks like it is ALWAYS God\u2019s will to heal people, because that\u2019s what we see Jesus doing.<\/p>\n
Are there exceptions to this?\u00a0 Are there times where God\u2019s will is for the person to remain in their sickness?\u00a0 Read the Gospels and find out for yourself.<\/p>\n