Big Healing Book - Acts 8:5-8

Acts 8:5-8:

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
And there was great joy in that city.

Notes on Acts 8:5-8:

Philip was another of the seven deacons appointed by the apostles to take care of physical matters, but he was obviously a man of faith and power like Stephen. His ministry had a great impact on Samaria. He was later referred to as an evangelist, but he had no responsibility other than serving tables before he went to Samaria. As far as we know, no one ever commissioned him to do this work in Samaria! This is another proof that laypeople can be used by God to do signs and wonders that impact cities!

Taken with palsies means “paralyzed.” There are “gifts of healings” and apparently there was a special grace on Philip to minister to the paralyzed, lame and demonized more than to people with other conditions. It is possible that God will use healing ministers today especially well in a certain “strong suit” as was the case with Philip. Different ministers have different “strong suits.” I’ve known two ministers with exceptional results with bad backs and one who never failed to get someone baptized with the Holy Spirit who wanted to be baptized. I knew another who saw exceptional results with blindness, deafness and cancer cases, and I’ve seen two people who have had a lot of teeth filled supernaturally when they preach. God likes variety! I believe that such specializations are why God says that there are gifts (plural) of healings, not “the gift of healing.”