"Healing isn't for today—that was just for Jesus' time to prove He was Messiah."
How it sounds in your head: The age of miracles ended with the apostles. Healing was a sign gift to authenticate the gospel. Now we have the completed Bible, so we don't need signs. Expecting healing today is Pentecostal emotionalism.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
-- Hebrews 13:8Source: Cessationist theology that limits God's power to the first century, making the gifts cease to explain current lack rather than examining unbelief.
His seminary-educated pastor taught this, and it explains why healing isn't common in their church. Accepting it removes the pressure to have faith for miracles.
He had been bedridden and paralyzed for eight years. Peter said to him 'Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed.' And IMMEDIATELY he arose—eight years of paralysis ended instantly after Jesus had already ascended, proving healing continued beyond Christ's earthly ministry.
I REFUSE the lie that healing ceased with the apostles. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever—He hasn't changed His mind about healing. Peter healed Aeneas AFTER Jesus ascended. IT IS WRITTEN that the prayer of faith will save the sick—present tense instruction for us. I am Abraham's seed under the eternal BARAK covenant. God's power didn't expire. Healing is mine NOW because Jesus' stripes didn't have an expiration date. I receive healing today because He is the same today.
Your Father didn't heal multitudes for three years then retire from the healing business. He's the same Father running toward you with the same healing He ran toward the leper, the blind, the paralyzed. The gift hasn't changed because the Giver hasn't changed.