When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon- possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word,and healed all who were ill. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:“HE Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases." Matthew 8:16
Jesus would not fit in many churches today. I mean, if He was really a prophet, He would have known the kind of sinners he was praying for. But it's amazing, the questions Jesus did not ask people.
Here's a multitude of demonized and diseased people lining up to get fixed. Jesus should have screened them a little better. He should have at least qualified them with some probing questions, like:
'Have you been holding a grudge against anyone?'
'Have you been regularly attending church?''
'Are you faithful in your devotions?'
'Do you give tithes and offerings?'
'What makes you think you should be healed or delivered?'
'Do you believe you are saved by grace or by works?'
'Have you been naughty, or nice?'
Nor did Jesus make exceptions or screen people who were not 'ready' to be healed. He did not tell some that God may be doing a deeper work in their lives and so they should bear their agony with dignity and courage. He never once said to others that this was not their day to be set free, that they'd have to wait and trust God's wisdom and perfect timing.
No! Jesus hated the notion that anyone languishing under the boot of the oppressor, who appealed to God's mercy should be thrust aside by religious technicalities, or excuses for unbelief colored with pretty words pretending to honor God's wisdom. God doesn't need our faithless excuses for inaction to be attributed to Him. He wants faithful men to act in power and mercy - to represent Him appropriately.
In a real sense, perhaps we're the ones who need healed - of proud, blind and unbelieving hearts. Proud, because we think we understand, and can spout all the high-sounding reasons why God won't do what His name declares: Jehova Rapha (I am the God that Healeth thee.)
Blind, because we cannot see how dishonoring this is.
And unbelieving, because we refuse to yield to, embrace, and apprehend by faith the inheritance freely given to us in Christ.
Let's face it, Jesus was indiscriminate, extravagant and ridiculously lavish in dispensing healing and deliverance to every single person that came to Him that evening. No matter the sickness, no matter the disease, no matter the torment, no matter the bondage . . . absolutely every malady bowed and broke before the words and touch of the Son of Man.
He was, after all, displaying God's will. He was, after all, only saying what He heard and doing what He saw. He was, after all, showing off the Father's heart.
You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38