Also still waiting for you to deal with the OP. 48 pages and counting!
Jesus Heals at Peter's House
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them. 16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.…
Ok, first looking at Matt 8:17 to see the fulfillment of Isa 53 we can all agree on fact that it was fulfilled by a Physical healing, not spiritual. the word healed here is
iaomai and the context that this word is used in is a physical healing.
Matthew 8:17. in this context we would note, not merely that Jesus actually did remove diseases, but that He was minded to do so: such was His will. and sin when it entered the body brought both physical and spiritual death. see in the fall. but at the fall we don't see Adam and Eve immediately fall dead. no it was more akin to a physical decay that started leading to the natural death. He is the great Physician! in his Gospel's Jesus referred to himself as a "physician" or "doctor," in the sense of "spiritual healer" and in the sense of "physical healer."
but It is important to note that the healing power from Jesus went
beyond curing broken bones and ailing bodies. Sickness--and, therefore,
healing--is not simply a biological or physical phenomenon. It touches every level of our existence as a human being: physical, emotional, social, spiritual.
Matthew 8:17. Ὅπως πληρωθῇ, that it might be fulfilled) It behoved that the Physician of the soul should also remove bodily complaints from those who came in His way.[376] In this manner also, therefore, was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah. Body and soul together form one man: the corrupting principle of both soul and body is one [namely sin]; one and the same aid was given to both by this great Physician, as the case required.—ἔλαβε, took) i.e. removed from us.[376] And of whom the extraordinary numbers are from time to time noticed, Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35-36 (Luke 4:21), Matthew 12:15, Matthew 15:30, Matthew 21:14.
Now onto the quoted verse in 1 peter
1 Peter 2:24King James Version (KJV)
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
I want to focus on two words here, and there meaning in Greek and move one from there. first we know that Peter himself had an eyewitness account to the fulfillment of Isa 53.
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.[/h]now if Peter here is calling back to the moment at his mothers house he is referring to the manifestation of physical healing that took place and fulfilled the prophecy. now we know that the context of righteousness means a right standing or position with God, namely the Father. the thing is in the context of the Greek right between "by whose" and "wounds" that with the fact that the only other occurrence of healing mentioned in this verse is to James 5:16 that is speaking to a physical healing of sickness biased on the prayers of someone in right standing or right position. Now The fact that we are three part being a spirit born of God, a soul renewed by God, and a flesh that can be healed by God. all together form one man. the Lord redeemed us from our sins and sicknesses at the same time. Accordingly, if we believe that Christ redeemed us from our sins, we should believe that He redeemed us from our sicknesses also. If we cannot believe in both kinds of redemption, we must not believe in any kind of redemption, for Jesus carried away both! we are already healed. If we are sick it is because of a lack of the right kind of knowledge, the lack of a right position in Him. which is a lack of a belief in an area because we know it not, or a outright rejection of the belief, constituting a lack of Faith.
Let me ask this question, if a prophecy is made of a redemptive work that includes spiritual and physical healing.
and is fulfilled by a physical healing,
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He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.
And was mentioned in context again with both spiritual, and physical healing.
iaomai again to heal used 53 times referring to a physical healing.
The Prayer of Faith
…14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Andthe prayer offered in faith will restore the one whois sick. TheLord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.…
In context it is speaking of both the physical and spiritual needs being met by Christ in the context of the previously mentioned verses. the context of healing is All not some All of your needs, spiritual, physical, emotional. anything!
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. and the prayer of faith shall save the sick]
The context leaves no doubt that the primary thought is, as in our Lord’s words to men and women whom He healed, “Thy faith hath saved thee”—“thy faith hath made thee whole” (Matthew 9:22; Mark 5:34; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42), that the sick man should in such a case “recover his bodily health.” The “prayer of faith” was indeed not limited to that recovery in its scope, but the answer to that prayer in its higher aims, is given separately afterwards in the promise of forgiveness. and the Lord shall raise him up] Here, as in James 5:14, we have to think of St James as recognising not merely the power of God generally, but specifically that of the Lord Jesus, still working through His servants, as He worked personally on earth. So Peter said to Æneas, “Jesus Christ maketh thee whole” (Acts 9:34).
It is clear in the word that God, is still active in healing. Did HE not anoint you with the same spirit!
Acts 10:38King James Version (KJV)
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
The same Holy Ghost that was in Christ is active in us and in the world,
and if Christ healed by the Holy Ghost then, what makes you think that the Holy Ghost doesn't want to heal all now?
The primary way a believer receives God's healing power is through faith in God's Word.
Believers shouldn't require a sign or wonder to believe in God's healing power. Jesus got upset when people required signs and wonders from him to believe in his healing power [John 4:48, Luke 1:18-20]. He praised people who just received his healing power by faith [Matthew 8:10 and Luke 7:9].
If we would simple take his word and believe it true. i hope the format is better sister. i really would like to see what you think, and talk of this mutually.