Condition: Paralysis

Note: Paralysis is generally called “the palsy” in Scripture, at least in the King James Version.

As far as God is concerned, paralysis is simply another curse from which you are redeemed.  Modern man thinks of someone getting out of a wheelchair as a big deal to be publicized.  However, it is no harder for God Almighty to heal paralysis than it is for Him to heal a headache.  The issue is not what He can do, nor what He is willing to do, but what we can believe that He will do (see Mark 9:17-29).  If you are paralyzed now, read what Jesus did do.  Then realize that His will for paralyzed people is to be healed.

Matthew 4:23-24 tells how all sick people, including those who were paralyzed, were brought to Jesus and were healed.

In Matthew 8:5-13, Jesus heals a paralyzed servant through the mere speaking of faith-filled words.  Jesus never visits the servant or lays hands on him in person.

In Matthew 9:2-8, Mark 2:2-12 and Luke 5:17-26, a paralyzed man is let down through the roof by his friends.  When Jesus sees their faith, including the faith of the paralyzed man, He declares the man’s sins forgiven, and then (as a natural consequence and proof of his being forgiven) Jesus commands him to get up, which he does.

In Acts 8:5-8, many paralyzed people in Samaria are healed through Philip’s ministry.

In Acts 9:32-35, Aeneus, paralyzed for eight years, is healed by Jesus Christ through the ministry of Peter.

Jesus Christ is the same today (Hebrews 13:8)!  He heals paralysis today!