Acts 14:7-10:
And there they preached the gospel.
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
Notes on Acts 14:7-10:
Paul did not heal the man at Lystra. He preached the gospel to him. When the man heard the gospel, he received faith to be healed.
Note that a certain point, the man already had faith to be healed, but he was not healed. This shows that you can have faith to be healed and yet still not enjoy that healing in your body because you have not added corresponding action to your faith. Faith without works is dead (James 2:26). When the man acted on his faith at Paul’s command, his healing manifested. He did not acquire more faith between the last two verses. He simply acted on the faith that he already had at that point.
This shows that the problem is not always a faith shortage – sometimes it’s an action shortage!
See also:
Notes on Luke 9:6
According to YOUR FAITH Be It Done unto You!
How to Build Your Faith
The Healing Anointing
It Works!
Healing by Spoken Words
Don’t Preach a D- Gospel
What Are the Differences Between the Gift of Faith, the Gifts of Healings, and the Working of Miracles?
What Do You Do if You’re Ministering and There Are “Brick-Heads” Who Won’t Receive the Anointing When You Lay Hands on Them?
How Much Faith Does It Take to Heal a Serious Illness?
How Can Birth Defects Be Part of the Curse for Breaking the Law from Which We Are Redeemed? It Would Make No Sense for God to Say That If You Break His Law, He’ll Give You Birth Defects.
How Can Faith COME by Hearing When We Already HAVE the Measure of Faith?
Is It Wrong to Refer to Faith for Healing, Faith for Finances, and So On?
Objection: We Should Just Preach the Gospel, Not Healing
Objection: Healing Is a Side Issue That Does Not Deserve to be Emphasized So Much
Objection: God Wouldn’t Heal Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh
Objection: Paul Did Not Believe in Faith Healing Because He Had a Doctor (Luke) Accompany Him
Objection: We Should, like Paul, Learn to Be Content in Every Situation
Objection: Getting “Healed by Faith” is Too Difficult
Objection: Paul Told Timothy to Drink Wine Instead of Believing God for Healing
Objection: The Apostles Never Said, “By His Stripes You Were Healed” When They Preached Christ
Objection: Hebrews 11:39 Proves That You Can Have Faith and NOT Receive the Promises
Objection: Wesley Said, “Whatever Is True Is Not New, and Whatever Is New Is Not True.” Nobody Believed That Healing Was in the Atonement Until Recently, So It Is Not True.
Condition: Birth Defects
Condition: Lameness
Mistake: Inaction