Jesus healed according to the will of the Father, not based on popularity, fairness, or pressure. While He showed deep compassion and healed many, His miracles were never random. They were purposeful, confirming His identity, fulfilling prophecy, and calling people to faith and repentance.
“Then Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do…’”
(John 5:19)
Jesus never acted independently from the Father. Each healing served a divine purpose, whether it was to prove His authority, demonstrate compassion, or bring glory to God.
“And great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed… and He healed them.”
(Matthew 15:30)
But there were also times when Jesus did not perform many miracles:
“Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.”
(Matthew 13:58)
Healing was not automatic. It was often connected to faith, though not dependent on it in a mechanical sense. Jesus healed those who approached Him humbly, trusting in His power, but He also walked past others who were not healed at that moment. At the pool of Bethesda, He healed one man among many:
“In these lay a great multitude of sick people… Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years… Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’”
(John 5:3, 5, 8)
Jesus chose whom to heal, when, and how. His mission was not to eliminate all sickness from the world during His first coming, but to reveal the kingdom of God and the hope of full restoration through faith in Him.
Ultimately, physical healing pointed to a greater reality: the spiritual healing available to all who believe. Not everyone Jesus encountered was healed in their body, but the offer of eternal life was extended to all:
“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ… and that believing you may have life in His name.”
(John 20:31)
