Condition: Lameness

Matthew 11:4-5 and Luke 7:20-23 state that the lame walking is a proof that Jesus was the Messiah who was to come.

Matthew 15:30-31 records that Jesus healed many lame people.

In Matthew 21:14, Jesus healed an unspecified number of lame people in the temple.

In John 5:2-19, a man who could not walk because of an infirmity he had suffered for 38 years was healed.

Acts 3:1-16 has the account of the lame man at the gate called Beautiful who got up and walked when Peter told him to do so in the name of Jesus.

Acts 8:5-8 tells how Philip healed many who were lame and paralyzed in Samaria when he preached Christ there.  Recall that Philip was a layman at the time, though he was later referred to as an evangelist.  He had only served in the physical aspects of the ministry at Jerusalem.  This shows that such healings are not just done by apostles!

Acts 14:7-10 tells how a lame man at Lystra got healed.  He heard Paul preach the gospel (the real thing, not the modern watered-down, powerless version) and from that got faith to be healed.  He rose up whole.  Any believer can preach the gospel and expect the lame to be healed.  (This beats making lame excuses about this not being for today.  Those who claim that the lame can’t be healed today don’t have a biblical leg to stand on.)  This verse is proof that no special anointing need be present for a lame person to be healed.  The lame can be healed when the gospel is preached to them and they believe it and act on it.

Isaiah 35:3-6 says that when God comes to Israel, the lame will leap like a deer.

If you are lame because of fear, both Isaiah 35:3-6 and Hebrews 12:12-13 tell you that you can be healed.  (Some people do get physically weak because they are in such great fear.)

See also Paralysis, which is an extreme form of lameness.