Sabbath Healings of Jesus

1. In The Beginning

During his earthly ministry, Jesus healed many people. “A great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon … had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases … for power was coming from him and
healing them all” (Luke 6:17-19 NASB). But of special note are the healings that Jesus performed on the Sabbath. Read more…

2.The Man with an Unclean Spirit

The book of Mark opens with an account of the beginning of our Lord’s ministry. Immediately after his baptism, Jesus
endured a 40-day experience in the wilderness. There, while meditating and praying over what the Father’s will was for his ministry, Jesus was confronted by Satan, who tried in vain to entice, deceive, and tempt him. Read more…

3. Healing the World

Today mankind is sick: (1) physically, living under the penalty of death; (2) mentally, being blind to the ways of God and (3) morally, being ignorant of God’s principles of truth and righteousness. The objective of God’s plan of salvation is to heal
mankind: mentally, morally, physically, and moreover, to eliminate in mankind the desire and willingness to sin. Read more…

4. The Man Who Could Not Walk

Life in the first century was fraught with many perils, including disease, famine, and childbirth. There were many untreatable illnesses such as cancer, infectious diseases, skin diseases (including leprosy), parasitic infections, tuberculosis, anthrax, and smallpox. Read more…

5. News and Views

The Directors of the Pastoral Bible Institute (PBI) and the Editors of The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom are blessed to have completed another year of service to the Master of the vineyard (Matthew 20:7). Read more…

6. Man with the Withered Hand

The man with the withered hand was unable to work with that hand. Let us look more closely at the story of his healing to see what lessons we might discover. The story is recorded in Luke 6:6-11, Matthew 12:9-14, and Mark 3:1-6. Read more…

7. The Man Born Blind

This statement was made by the man that was born blind. He had just received his sight through a miracle performed by Jesus and he came to the defense of Jesus after the Pharisees claimed Jesus was a sinner. Read more…

8. To Heal or Not to Heal? Healing Man’s Inability to Stand in Righteousness

It was the Sabbath and we find Jesus teaching in the synagogue. Luke 13:1 (NLT) says, “About this time Jesus was informed
that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were sacrificing at the Temple in Jerusalem.” This would have been a harrowing experience for the Jews that witnessed the aberration, and they looked to Jesus to help them make sense of it. Read more…

9. The Man with Dropsy

Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissue due to the accumulation of excess water. In years gone by, a person might be said to have dropsy. Thus, the person might have edema or
swelling due to congestive heart failure. Read more…