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ALL OF THEM WERE HEALED / ACTS 5:15-16

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(KJV) Acts 15:15-16

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed everyone.

All of Them Were Healed: The Overflowing Power of God’s Kingdom

Have you ever met someone so full of joy, peace, or energy that it felt contagious? Just being near them lifts your spirits. In the early church, the apostles carried something infinitely greater. They were so entirely filled and overflowing with the presence of the Holy Spirit that God’s miraculous power traveled with them wherever they stepped.

In Acts 5:15-16, we witness one of the most astounding displays of divine power in the New Testament:

“As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.”

The Power of a Point of Contact

Think about that imagery. People were lining the streets just hoping Peter’s shadow would brush against them.

Of course, Peter’s shadow had no magical properties. A shadow is simply the absence of light caused by an object blocking a source. The shadow itself couldn’t fix a broken bone or cure a disease. Neither did the aprons and handkerchiefs that touched Paul in Acts 19:12, nor the hem of Jesus’ cloak in Matthew 9:20.

These material elements were simply points of contact. When a desperate individual reached out—or lay waiting in the street—and mixed that point of contact with genuine faith, it unlocked the supernatural presence of God. It proved that the smallest shred of faith, meeting the absolute fullness of the Spirit, is enough to rewrite a person’s reality.

Continuing the Ministry of Jesus

These dramatic miracles were not random acts of showmanship. They were direct evidence that Jesus’ disciples were successfully continuing the exact work of their Master. They did just as their Lord had done: they healed the sick and emancipated those tormented by evil spirits (Mark 1:34).

This uniform, widespread healing—where all of them were healed—served as a massive billboard to the ancient world. It declared that the Kingdom of God had officially arrived, and it was operating with unquenchable power.

Our Invitation Today

God has not changed, and His desire to see people set free from the bondages of sickness and spiritual oppression remains the same. Acts 4:30 reminds us that it is always pleasing to God when we boldly pray for Him to stretch out His hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Jesus.

We are called to be those same vessels today. When we allow ourselves to be filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit, we become walking points of contact for a hurting world. God wants His presence to go wherever you go—into your workplace, your home, your grocery store, and your neighborhood—breaking chains and bringing wholeness.

A Closing Prayer for Healing and Empowerment

Heavenly Father,

We come before You in awe of Your unchanging, miraculous power. Just as You poured out Your Holy Spirit upon the early church, we ask that You fill us to overflowing today. Let Your presence be so tangible in our lives that we carry Your light, peace, and healing virtue into every room we walk into.

Lord, we pray according to Your Word in Acts 4:30. Stretch out Your hand to heal. We lift up every person reading this who is currently tormented by sickness, pain, or spiritual oppression. By the authority of Jesus’ name, we pray for complete wholeness. Free those who are troubled. Restore those who are broken.

Increase our faith, Lord. Help us to be bold points of contact for Your Kingdom so that a hurting world can encounter Your love and power. Let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done in us and through us.

In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. GREAT FEAR SEIZED THE WHOLE CHURCH / ACTS 5:11
  2. ANANIAS FELL DOWN AND DIED / ACTS 5:5
  3. WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF DOING SUCH A THING?
  4. LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 5:3
  5. WITH GREAT POWER / ACTS 4:33
  6. THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 4:31
  7. HEAL AND PERFORM MIRACULOUS SIGNS AND WONDERS /ACTS 4:30
  8. SERVANTS TO SPEAK … WITH GREAT BOLDNESS / ACTS 4:29
  9. WE CANNOT HELP SPEAKING / ACTS 4:20
  10. SALVATION … IN NO ONE ELSE / ACTS 4:12
  11. PETER FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 4:8
  12. TURNING … FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS / ACTS 3:26
  13. A PROPHET / ACTS 3:22
  14. TIME COMES FOR GOD TO RESTORE EVERYTHING / ACTS 3:21
  15. REPENT … AND TURN TO GOD – TIMES OF REFRESING / ACTS 3:19
  16. IN THE NAME OF JESUS … WALK / ACTS 3:6
  17. APOSTLES’ TEACHING … FELLOWSHIP … BREAKING OF BREAD … PRAYER / ACTS 2:42-47
  18. THIS CORRUPT GENERATION / ACTS 2:40
  19. FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR ALL / ACTS 2:39
  20. REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED / ACTS 2:38
  21. LORD AND CHRIST / ACTS 2:36
  22. THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD / ACTS 2:33
  23. IMPOSSIBLE FOR DEATH TO KEEP ITS HOLD / ACTS 2:24
  24. MY SERVANTS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN – IN THOSE DAYS / ACTS 2:18
  25. THE LAST DAYS / ACTS 2:17
  26. SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET JOEL / ACTS 2:16
  27. PETER’S PENTECOST SERMON / ACTS 2:14-40
  28. WINE / ACTS 2:13
  29. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 2:4
  30. A VIOLENT WIND … AND … TONGUES / ACTS 2:2-3
  31. PENTECOST / ACTS 2:1
  32. JOINED TOGETHER CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER / ACTS 1:14
  33. YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER / ACTS 1:8
  34. WITH [IN] THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 1:5
  35. GIFT MY FATHER PROMISED / ACTS 1:4
  36. MY FORMER BOOK / ACTS 1:1-2
  37. I WAS NOT DISOBEDIENT / ACTS 26:19
  38. PAUL’S GOD-GIVEN COMMISSION / ACTS 26:17-18
  39. HIS WITNESSES TO OUR PEOPLE / ACTS 13:31
  40. SAUL WHO WAS CALLED PAUL – PAUL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT /ACTS 13:9
  41. LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM / ACTS 6:6
  42. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 13:52
  43. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 9:17
  44. HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM AS HE HAD COME ON US AT THE BEGINNING / ACTS 11:15
  45. WASH YOUR SINS AWAY / ACTS 22:16
  46. PROVE THEIR REPENTANCE BY THEIR DEEDS / ACTS 26:20
  47. SUFFER FOR MY NAME / ACTS 9:16
  48. THEY BELIEVED … THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST / ACTS 8:12
  49. WHEN THEY HEARD THIS / ACTS 11:18
  50. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM / ACTS 19:6
  51. SPEAKING IN TONGUES / ACTS 10:46
  52. GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM / ACTS 10:34
  53. THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 8:17
  54. HAD NOT YET COME UPON ANY OF THEM / ACTS 8:15-16
  55. THEY WERE BAPTIZED / ACTS 19:15
  56. WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2
  57. KEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM PREACHING / ACTS 16:6
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