How Does Jesus Heal?

My last meditation was on the fact that Jesus did come to heal broken hearts. He came to heal people like King David who said, “A broken and contrite heart God does not despise.” Today I will go farther and ask, “How does Jesus heal?” But my question is not the question of a medical doctor asking Jesus what kind of surgery he performs to heal a particular physical injury, or what drug he prescribes to heal a particular physical illness. No, the question I am asking is about spiritual, not physical healing, and the sickness Jesus came to heal is more devastating than any physical illness that ever infected mankind. Every human being is born with this disease. It’s congenital. Here’s what Jesus says about the awfulness of this deadly disease and the only way it can be healed. Speaking to a Pharisee named Nicodemus, Jesus says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). Jesus is saying that the sickness we are born with is so deadly that we must be quarantined. We cannot enter the kingdom of God unless we are first healed. And the only way to be healed is by being “born of water and the Spirit.” With these words Jesus prepares to fulfill a prophecy found in the book of Ezekiel, where God, speaking through the prophet says, “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean … I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments (Ezek. 36:25-27). Jesus summed up his plan for treating the deadly disease of “sin” with these words “You must be born again.” My next post will continue this meditation on Jesus’ prescription for healing the deadly disease of “sin.”