Signs and Wonders by Maria Beulah Woodworth-Etter

Author:Maria Beulah Woodworth-Etter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Christian Life, Christianity, Religion, Biography & Autobiography, Religious, Pentecostal & Charismatic
ISBN: 9780883682999
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 1997-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XIII

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON DIVINE HEALING

Q. WHAT is divine healing?

A. Divine healing is the act of God’s grace, by the direct power of the

Holy Spirit, by which the physical body is delivered from sickness

and disease and restored to soundness and health.

Q. Have we any promise in the Bible that Divine healing was ever

intended to be an attainable blessing to the people of God?

A. Yes. There are many such promises. We find it given to the people of

Israel in a special covenant promise. “If thou wilt diligently hearken

to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in

His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His

statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have

brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”

Ex. 15. 26. “And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless

thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the

midst of thee.” Ex. 23. 25.

Q. Does the Bible prove that any of the people of God ever enjoyed this

blessing?

A. Yes. We read that even before this covenant blessing was promised

the physical condition of the people was perfect, which indicates

plainly that God had a special interest in their health. See Ps. 105. 37.

There were at least two and one-half million people in the Exodus

from Egypt, “and there was not one feeble person among their

tribes.” Moses enjoyed this blessing in a special manner. Deut. 34. 7.

So also did Caleb in an unusual experience of preservation and

health to an old age. Josh. 14. 10, 11. David personally knew of the

benefits and blessings of healing. Ps. 6. 2; 30. 2; 103. 1-4. Whenever

Israel lived up to the covenant conditions; they all had the benefits

of healing

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and health. Ps. 107. 20; 2 Chron. 30. 20. Hezekiah had a personal

experience of the same. 2 Kings 20. 1-5.

Q. Was this blessing ever promised to anyone else than the Jews?

A. Yes. It is given in prophecy as a redemption blessing, which,

together with all other gospel blessings through Christ, is offered to

both Jew and Gentile. Gal. 3. 27-29.

Q. What does prophesy say about divine healing?

A. There is more said about it in prophecy than we have time at present

to read, but I will just quote a few verses, and the rest can be read at

your leisure. “ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the

ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame leap as an

hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing.” Isa. 35. 5, 6. This very

prophecy is referred to by Jesus Himself in Matt. 11. 5, 6, where it

was daily being fulfilled, “The blind receive their sight, and the lame

walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised

up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.” Another very

plain prophecy is found in Isa. 53. 4 “Surely He hath borne our

grief’s, and carried our sorrows.” The fulfilment of this wonderful

voice of inspiration is found in Matt.

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