Condition: Leprosy

In 2 Kings 5:1-14, Naaman the Syrian gets healed of leprosy by obeying Elisha’s God-given instructions.  Jesus refers to this in Luke 4:27.  In 2 Kings 5:27, leprosy is supernaturally given to Gehazi as judgment for sin.  In 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 and 2 Kings 15:5, Uzziah (Azariah) is stricken with leprosy as a judgment for intruding into a priestly function that he was not allowed to perform.  Nothing that is a judgment for sin has any right to exist in a believer’s body because the believer has been justified by the blood of Jesus and stands just as guiltless as Jesus in God’s sight.

In Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-45 and Luke 5:12-15, a leper worships Jesus and questions His will to heal him.  Jesus says that it is His will and He heals him.  The leprosy leaves immediately.

In Luke 17:12-19, ten lepers are healed when they obey Jesus’ command to go show themselves to the priests to demonstrate their healing.  (They were healed as they went.)

In Matthew 10:7-8, part of Jesus’ command to the disciples whom he commissioned to preach is explicitly, “Cleanse the lepers.”

In Matthew 11:4-5 and Luke 7:20-23, the fact that lepers are being cleansed is cited as proof that Jesus is the Messiah who was to come.

In Numbers 12:1-15, Miriam is struck with leprosy as judgment for having a complaining, mutinous attitude toward the God-appointed leader (Moses).

In Exodus 4:6-7, the supernatural giving and removing of leprosy was a sign for Moses to use.  This is not a traditional healing Scripture – God did not heal a condition that Moses lived with, but it does prove God’s ability to heal leprosy instantly.

We know that Satan gave Job his troubles, which included broken skin (Job 7:5, Job 30:18) and skin worms (Job 19:26).  Because Satan caused these things then, we know that Satan (and not God) is the ultimate cause of such troubles.  Under the New Covenant, you have authority over Satan.

Even Job’s counselor in Job 33:19-25 understood the concept of atonement bringing healing of skin disorders, the result being, “His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth.”

See Condition: Skin Disorders for more information.