The Healing Covenant

The healing covenant refers to the covenant God has made with His people Israel.God revealed Himself as ''the God that healeth''(Exodus 15:26). So,healing and health belongs to the children of God.Through the healing covenant,God had made adequate provision for His children to be healed in times of sickness.

There's no sickness in heaven,so healing is for now.Healing is to the body what salvation is to the soul.Healing is therefore an integral part of God's plan of redemption.It is for life on earth.
Believers in the new testament are part of the healing covenant by reason of their faith in Christ Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.

Sickness is not from God.It came as a result of sin and man's rebellion against God.Sin and sickness are close pals,so are holiness and health.Healing is God's perfect will for mankind.As a good God,He is not willing that any of his children should be sick,oppressed or afflicted.Such words as healing,healeth,heal,healer,healed,healings and health occurs about one hundred and forty five times in the Bible.

However,believers receives healing by prayer and faith in Christ's healing power(James 5:13-15).Jesus is the same yesterday,today and forever(Hebrews 13:8).His power is the same even as in days of old.Believers body is the temple of God and not meant for sickness.The Spirit of God indwells the believer and as such cannot co-habit the same temple with sickness or diseases.

People of God should not seek after God only for healing for healing is just a fringe benefit.Healing should not be sought after at the expense of salvation.Healing is not an end in itself but a means to an end which is the salvation of the soul.In God's plan and package of redemption,soul salvation is the number one while every other thing follows after.It is salvation that gives eternal life not healing.Salvation is better and greater than healing.Salvation is superior to healing(John 3:14-17)