Jesus Didn't Pray for Sick People (Part 3)

A Chronological Look at the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ
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Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
Luke 7:11-15
11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." 14Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" 15The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Some points to consider from the above passage.

1. The Woman’s Situation is dire. No husband and no children. Her emotional state couldn’t be much lower.
2. The large crowd could mean that the woman, the son or her deceased husband were popular or that the people of the city had compassion and wanted to show support to the woman.
3. The woman’s situation touches the heart of the Lord Jesus.  5 Times in the New Testament it’s stated that Jesus is “moved with compassion.”
4. Obedience to the voice of God and walking in Love are the ways we fulfill the will of God.
5. Jesus stops the funeral procession with a touch to the coffin and says, “young man, I say to you, get up!”
6. Notice that Jesus didn’t pray for the dead boy but commanded him to get up.

A Mute Man
Luke 11:14
14Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.

1. The nature of the demon effects the man. In this case it effects his ability to speak.
2. Demons cause health problems and specifically mental health problems.

That doesn’t mean however that if you’ve ever had mental health problems you have or had a demon.


The Healing of a Demon-Possessed Man
Mark 5:1-20
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain.
4For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" 8For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?“ "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many." 10And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." 13He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well.
17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

1. When we are walking in our God prepared authority the demonized people will come/run to us.
2. Some demonized people have incredible strength.
3. A demon inhabiting a persons body (soulish realm) can cause mental illness and strange behavior.
4. Demons can talk through people.
5. This demon dis-obey’s Jesus and doesn’t come out when He commands it to.
6. Jesus then asks the Spirit what it’s name is.
7. A demonized person can have more than 1 spirit, it’s thought that a Roman legion had 6000 soldiers in it. This is a large number of demon spirits.
8. The Spirit doesn’t want to leave the particular area it’s in.
9. Pigs can have demons if even for a short time. Apparently there was something appealing about going into a pig before being “out” that the demon’s desired.
10. The demons caused the pigs to commit suicide. Suicide for a pig is probably a very strange phenomenon.
11. When the supernatural is in operation people will talk and come and see.
12. The people were afraid of the man when he was in his right mind? Maybe they did something to him and were afraid of revenge or being found out. Maybe they cast some type of spell on him making him some kind of substitutionary sacrifice and now he’s free causing the retribution to fall on them again? But what I think is that the people were also under the influence of the spirits and the spirits were afraid. Maybe they were just amazed and afraid about what had happened?They pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. Maybe they had demons themselves that didn’t want to be exposed and cast out? Maybe they didn’t want to take another financial loss.
13. Daniel 10:13But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
14. Daniel 10:20  So he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece will come;
15. Ephesians 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
16. The first missionary is commissioned to go home but he actually goes through a 10 city region telling about all Jesus did for him.

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by Tony V. Hammack