Christ Jesus brought immediate healing to those in need. One day when he was in Capernaum, an officer of the Roman army came to him. He told Jesus that his servant was sick with the palsy. Without any hesitation Jesus said that he would heal him—and he did.See Matt. 8:5-13. Jesus expected to heal. Why? He understood the Scriptures. He was convinced of his spiritual origin, and of his divine purpose as God's chosen Messiah to bring healing and redemption to mankind.
The Master was certain of the true man's coexistence with God as Spirit's exact emanation, and understood that man's spiritual existence and relationship to God are demonstrable truths. His consciousness of the ceaseless harmony of Soul's creative activity enabled him to prove that man's harmony can never be distorted by disease, impoverishment, deprivation. Such confident spiritual understanding brought God's law of healing to light for the multitudes around him.
Jesus taught his followers to heal. One day they returned to their Master overjoyed because of the beautiful healings they were able to accomplish as a result of Jesus' inspired teaching and example. Luke describes the situation: "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them . . . rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."Luke 10:17, 18,20. Jesus' response was to turn them away from any personal sense of accomplishment to a recognition of God's power as the only healer.
