Divine Healing

This Blog is a response to a question posted on a facebook status, the question is "If a church (or any ministry) has a "healing service" but can't really verify any of the "healings", what does that mean?

My response,

I do believe that God still is at work supernaturally healing people through people, but we have to remember the original purpose for healing(s) that were done by Jesus. They were to demonstrate his authority over the diseases and prove his divine union with the Father. Today there... See More are people who get fanatical and say that God will heal anytime anywhere (sometimes for a nominal fee) I don't believe this. Jesus did not heal everyone, and the ones that he did heal eventually faced physical death even though they were healed temporarily. Therefore, sometimes people are not going to get healed physically no matter how much faith they put in Christ. And the people that do will end up dying one day anyway. Divine healing is a temporary benefit of the one healed, and a eternal benefit for the one who witnesses said event and believes in Christ as his or her Savior/Forgiver/Leader.

As far as verification for healing, I have seen people get healed and get a clean bill of health from the doctor. My grandma with congestive heart failure for example. However, she died a few months later. So I guess what I am trying to say is the eternal benefit is better than the temporal. And that yes, people should not make a "show" out of this wonderful gift that God sometimes gives.