Objection: No Gospel of Healing Is Mentioned in the Bible, So It Isn’t Emphasized

The objector’s point is that the New Testament describes the gospel as the gospel of: The grace of God, Jesus Christ, the Kingdom, God, His Son, Peace and your salvation, but the phrase “the gospel of healing” never appears.  Thus, there supposedly is no gospel of healing, and healing is not emphasized in the Church Age.

Based on this logic, I suggest that helping the poor is unimportant because there is no “gospel of helping the poor” in Scripture.  Then I suggest that purity is not such a big deal in our time because there is no “gospel of purity” mentioned in the Bible.  Love?  Nah, there is no “gospel of love” either, so love is no big deal in the Church Age either.

You can see where this will lead.

It’s hard to say that healing is not emphasized when you consider the sheer volume of passages dedicated to healing.  (See New Testament Scriptures About Healing.)  Many more verses describe healings than describe walking in love, for example.

Given that Jesus’ bearing of our sicknesses and pains is a key part of the great atonement chapter (Isaiah 53), I don’t see how anyone can consider healing unimportant in Scripture.

Given that healing was the calling card of the apostles, it is obvious that GOD thought healing was important.

Healing is an important part of the kingdom of God.  Jesus said that when you go somewhere, heal the sick and announce that the kingdom of God has come near.  These two were always intertwined.  Jesus even said that if He with the finger of God cast out devils, the kingdom of God had come unto people (Luke 11:20).  If He considered such signs to be an important part of His kingdom, so should we.