Bible Study About Healing: God’s Healing Touch

THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE

Brethren, hear this with both humility and holy courage. Our God is Jehovah-Rapha, “the LORD that healeth thee” (Exodus 15:26, KJV). In Christ the Great Physician, healing is not a rumor. Healing is His revealed heart.

He forgiveth all thine iniquities and healeth all thy diseases (Psalm 103:3). He binds up the broken in heart (Psalm 147:3), restores the soul (Psalm 23:3), and promises a Kingdom where “there shall be no more death… neither sorrow… neither shall there be any more pain” (Revelation 21:4).

Friends, this is not theory. From the serpent-bitten camp in the wilderness (Numbers 21) to the streets of Jerusalem where a lame man leaped (Acts 3:6), from Naaman’s leprosy washed clean (2 Kings 5) to the cross where “with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24–25), the Scriptures sing one anthem: God heals to save, and He saves to heal.

Praise the Lord. Praise be to God. Thank you Lord. Today, let us believe, ask, and obey.

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What Does “Healing” Mean? Whole. Holy. His.

Brethren, healing in Scripture is wholeness. The Hebrew rapha means to heal, restore, make whole. God even reveals His Name as Jehovah-Rapha (Exodus 15:26).

The Greek vocabulary widens the picture. Sozo means save and make whole. Therapeuo means to attend and care. Iaomai often points to miraculous healing.

Do you see it? God’s healing touches body, mind, and spirit, forgiving sin and restoring life.

David sings it in one breath: “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103:3).

Jeremiah prays it plainly: “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved” (Jeremiah 17:14). Friends, wholeness is His will for His people.

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Old Testament Foundations: Jehovah-Rapha Revealed

Praise be to God, the old paths are bright with mercy.

• Bitter waters, sweet promise. God declares, “I am the LORD that healeth thee” (Exodus 15:26).
• Abimelech’s house restored. Abraham prayed and God healed the wombs (Genesis 20:17–18).
• Serpents in the camp, eyes on the sign. Those who looked to the bronze serpent lived (Numbers 21).
• Prophets and power. A child raised through Elijah (1 Kings 17:17–24). Naaman cleansed when he humbled himself (2 Kings 5). Hezekiah prayed and God added fifteen years (Isaiah 38).
• National repentance, national renewal. “Return… for he hath torn, and he will heal us” (Hosea 6:1). “I will heal their backsliding” (Hosea 14:4). “…will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
• Covenant clarity. Blessing with obedience and warnings with disobedience (Deuteronomy 28).
• Prophetic hope. Eyes opened, ears unstopped, lame leaping (Isaiah 35:5–6). “The Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings” (Malachi 4:2). “With his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

Friends, the pattern is clear. God heals bodies, homes, lands, and hearts. Will we return to Him with whole hearts so He may make us whole?

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The Great Physician: Jesus Christ Healing and Saving

In Nazareth He read, “He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted” (Luke 4:18) and then fulfilled it before their eyes. Brethren, watch Him.

• Blind see. The man born blind now testifies, “Whereas I was blind, now I see” (John 9).
• Paralytic walks and sins are forgiven. “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee… Arise” (Mark 2:5–12).
• Lepers cleansed. Ten were cleansed, one returned in gratitude (Luke 17:12–19).
• Oppressed delivered. He went about… healing all that were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).
• The dead raised. Jairus’s daughter, the widow’s son, Lazarus. Death lost the argument.

Faith often meets His touch. To Bartimaeus He says, “Thy faith hath made thee whole” (Mark 10:52). The woman who touched the hem found immediate cure and tender affirmation (Mark 5:28–34). Yet He also heals in sovereign mercy.

The man at Bethesda rises after thirty-eight years (John 5). And that serpent in the wilderness becomes a sign of the cross: “As Moses lifted up the serpent… even so must the Son of man be lifted up” (John 3:14). Praise the Lord, our eyes are to Jesus lifted up, the sure cure of the soul.

Matthew tells us these works fulfilled Isaiah: “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” (Matthew 8:16–17). Peter completes the picture: “by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24–25). Friends, the cross is the deepest medicine.

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After the Ascension: The Church Carries the Baton

Thank you Lord, Your power did not retire when You ascended.

• The Beautiful Gate miracle. “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6). Peter deflects the credit to Christ (Acts 3:12–16).
• Shadows and handkerchiefs. Many were healed as God worked unusual wonders (Acts 5:15; Acts 19:11–12).
• Cripples leaping and dead raised. A man at Lystra healed (Acts 14:8–10). Dorcas restored to life (Acts 9:36–41). Eutychus raised after the fall (Acts 20:9–12).

Yet the church walked in power and prudence. Paul bore a thorn and heard, “My grace is sufficient for thee” (2 Corinthians 12:7–9). He counseled Timothy, “use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake” (1 Timothy 5:23), and left Trophimus sick at Miletus (2 Timothy 4:20). Brethren, miracles are real. Maturity is required.

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Instructions For Us: Pray, Obey, Anoint, Trust

Scripture is practical. “Is any sick among you?” Call for the elders, pray and anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:14–16). Confession and prayer walk together. The Lord shall raise him up.

The Spirit also distributes gifts of healing (1 Corinthians 12:9). We ask with confidence according to His will (1 John 5:14–15) and we make wise use of lawful means, remembering Luke the beloved physician (Colossians 4:14). Praise be to God, He uses prayer and providence.

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Healing Of The Heart And Soul

• Broken hearts bandaged. “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3). Is your heart heavy today, friend? Bring it to the Christ who mends.
• The Balm we needed. “Is there no balm in Gilead?” (Jeremiah 8:22) There is, and His Name is Jesus.
• The deepest sickness. Isaiah cries, “The whole head is sick” (Isaiah 1:5). The cure is Calvary. “With his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24–25).
• Peace in waiting. “The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing” (Psalm 41:3). “They that wait upon the LORD… shall run, and not be weary” (Isaiah 40:31). Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever (Hebrews 13:8).

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Patterns And Warnings We Dare Not Miss

• Compassion moves the hand of God. Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies (Psalm 103:3–4).
• Faith and obedience matter. Covenant blessing and warning stand in Deuteronomy 28. A sound heart is the life of the flesh while envy is the rottenness of the bones (Proverbs 14:30).
• Prayer first. From Moses to Elijah to the church in Acts, prayer precedes power.
• Methods vary. Power is God’s. Mud on eyes (John 9), a word from afar, oil on the sick (James 5:14–16).
• Community restoration. Healings returned people to fellowship. The church prays, anoints, confesses.
• Holy warnings. Some in Corinth were weak and sickly… and many sleep for despising the Lord’s Table (1 Corinthians 11:30–32). In Thyatira, the unrepentant false prophetess is cast upon a bed of judgment (Revelation 2:22). Friends, let us discern the Lord’s body with fear and gratitude.

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The Blessed Hope: The Final Cure

Lift your eyes. “The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick” (Isaiah 33:24). The Tree of life bears leaves for the healing of the nations (Revelation 22:2). Praise the Lord, the story ends with everything made new. Until then, we walk as pilgrims with Exodus 15:2 on our lips: “The LORD is my strength and song… my salvation.”

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Bringing It Home: A Pastoral Charge

Pray boldly. Trust completely. Ask in faith (James 5:14–16). Submit with Christ, “not my will, but thine”.

Use every gracious means. Pray and see the doctor. Give thanks for common and uncommon mercies (1 Timothy 5:23; Colossians 4:14).

Keep short accounts with God. Confess. Forgive. Let the Lord heal hidden places (James 5:16; Psalm 41:3).

Stay expectant. Jesus Christ is the same (Hebrews 13:8). Friends, why not you, why not now?

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An Urgent Invitation

Brethren, some of you carry a long affliction. You have waited like the man at Bethesda (John 5). Others feel the press of the crowd and whisper with the woman, “If I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole” (Mark 5:28–34).

Come. Call on the elders (James 5:14–16). Look to the Son of Man lifted up (John 3:14). Cry, “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved” (Jeremiah 17:14). Praise be to God, He delights to answer.

And if His answer in this hour is strength on the bed of languishing (Psalm 41:3), if His reply is grace sufficient (2 Corinthians 12:7–9), still we will say, “The LORD is my strength and my song” (Exodus 15:2). Friends, we are headed to a city where medicine is obsolete and mourning is canceled (Revelation 21:4; Revelation 22:2; Isaiah 33:24).

Let us pray.
Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ, we ask for healing. Heal bodies that hurt. Heal hearts that bleed. Heal homes and lands that have wandered. Forgive, restore, renew. By the Spirit who anointed our Lord (Acts 10:38), lift the weak, cleanse the unclean, calm the tormented, and draw the lost to saving wholeness in Your Son.

We look to the cross where our cure was purchased (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 8:16–17; 1 Peter 2:24–25). We wait with hope for the day when You wipe away every tear (Revelation 21:4). In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Praise the Lord. Thank you Lord. Praise be to God.