Divine Healing: Christ heals A Leper

Christ Heals a Leper.
Matthew 8:1-1-4.

This man was very ill.

• He was “full” of leprosy. Luke 5:12. This was an extreme case.
• Why was he sick? No clue is given. Had he sinned? Was this a test? The Bible is silent. That fact apparently doesn't need to be known.
• This poor man was rejected and alone. Levitical law required he live outside the camp. His was a miserable life.

He fully believed in Jesus Christ.

• He came to Christ publicly.  Nicodemus in contrast met with Christ secretly (John 3), but this man approached Christ openly.
• He worshiped him. Mt. 8:2.  This would be a death-penalty crime in Israel, if Christ wasn't the Son of God. He even got down on his face. This was humility.
• He knew Christ could heal him. He didn't know if Christ would heal him, but he was sure Christ had the ability. Christ commended this as true faith.

Christ healed him.

• Christ has authority. Mt. 7:28-29. The same authority He previously showed over teaching (in the sermon on the mount) He now showed over the material world.
• Christ feels compassion. Mk. 1:41.  God was compassionate even before the Son of God came (God for example is compassionate to the poor man, Exodus 22:27). But Christ's compassion was also that of a man. The divine nature had never suffered (how could it?), but Christ, being man, had suffered, and so, as man, showed compassion.
• No medical methods. Mt. 8:3.  This was performed without medicines or therapies. No psychological tricks were involved.  This was not psychosomatic.
• Instantly.  Mt. 8:3.  The man was made well in a matter of mere moments.  
• Even though it made life harder. Mk. 1:45. Christ, due to fame, could no longer stay in the cities.

What you can believe:
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1. Christ can heal anything.  If Christ can raise a dead man, He can cure all other illnesses!
2. Belief that He can and could heal you is enough. You don't need to be certain He will. Knowing He can will move a mountain.
3. I shouldn’t be doubtful. The problem isn't more powerful than God.  
4. Christ will decide what He will do. Every healing is a choice. God can't be compelled to do anything.
   1. He never said he would heal all diseases, of all Christians, at all times.
   2. Christ’s cross is not a water-faucet. We don't just turn it on and off at will.