Mark 1:30-31 “But Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. (31) So, He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.”
Luke 4:38-41 “Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon's house. But Simon's wife's mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. (39) So, He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them. (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. (41) And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.”
It is our Lord Jesus the head of the church, who has instructed us as His disciples to lay our hands on people, for in the great commission Jesus told us that those who believe in Him would lay their hands on the sick and that the sick would recover (Mark 16:18). So it would benefit us to look at how Jesus practised this type of ministry so that we can learn from Him. Firstly, let me say that it is with the ministry of Jesus that we see for the first time in the bible, the extensive use of this method of ministry. The examples of this method of ministry that we see in the Old Testament are relatively few in comparison to the New Testament. In the above account in Luke’s gospel we see Jesus laying His hands on those who were sick and healing them. Notice that the scripture tells us that Jesus laid His hands on every one of them. And so this passage reveals to us that our Lord used the same method to cast out demons, for He was not only healing the sick that night but He was also casting out demons. When our Lord laid His hands on people to heal them or to cast out demons, He always spoke to the sickness or demon at the same time. In speaking to the sickness or demon, He would rebuke it and command it to leave the individual that He was ministering to. To be continued…
Michael E.B. Maher
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