May 1, 2025

God established the New Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. (Jeremiah 31:31)

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However, Jesus was born under the law and so he ministered under the law.

(Galatians 4:4-5)

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The house of Israel and the house of Judah were living in covenant with God. Jesus ministered healing to the people of Israel and Judah because of the Old Covenant that was still intact. Evidence of this is found in the gospel of Matthew where Jesus is ignoring a Canaanite woman who is crying out to him to heal her daughter. He said to her, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel". However, Jesus acknowledged the faith in her response and healed her daughter. This was a foreshadowing of what was to come, meaning that people would receive by faith once the New Covenant was established. (Matthew 15:21-28)

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Once Jesus performed his redemptive work of the cross, the New Covenant was established. After the church was started, we see faith as the reason for healing. An example of this is when Paul was in Lystra and there was a man lame from birth. As Paul was speaking, he saw that the man had faith to be healed, so he called out to him, "Stand up on your feet". The man was instantly healed. (Acts 14:8-10)