What does the Bible say about Sickness and Healing?

Reasons why people get sick

1. Did not heed to God’s commandments

Exodus 15:26 (NKJV)
and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

2. Partaking bread and wine without fully understanding the real essence of communion

1 Corinthians 11:27-30
²⁷ “Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and [a]blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. _²⁹ For he who eats and drinks [b]in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the [c]Lord’s body. ³⁰ For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many [d]sleep.“

Curative Actions and Character in the Bible who prayed and was healed

What should you do to be healed. Here the things you can do to heal.

1. Pray with deep faith

Hezekiah prayed to God, and He heard him and healed him. Hezekiah knew the truth and was following the commandments of God even before he got sick. When we pray, search for the truth about God, and obey it, He will listen to us.

Isaiah 38:1- 5
¹“In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
² Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
³ And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
⁴ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
⁵ Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.“

2. Serve God

Exodus 23:25
““So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.”

Psalm 41:3
“The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will [a]sustain him on his sickbed.”

3. Church elders must pray for the sick person in the name of the LORD

The Bible clearly stated IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, meaning not through Mary, St. Peter, Padre Pio, Manaoag, Carmel, or any other known saints who are believed to do miracles. These people cannot do anything without the power of God.

James 5:14
“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

4. Believers must pray for the sick person with faith

It must be a prayer with faith because the prayer of a righteous person is effective.

James 5:15-16
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

5. Confess sins

James 5:16
^{“16 [a]}Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.“

6. Anoint the person with oil

James 5:14
“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

7. Have a joyful heart

Proverbs 17:22
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”