Healing
Do we have miraculous healings today as were done by Jesus and his apostles and prophets during his earthly ministry?
1. Healing was INSTANTANEOUS.
Acts 3:7-8 And He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.” Lame since birth, he stood, walked, and leaped!

Mark 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

2. Healing was UNLIMITED.
Matt 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Matthew 15:31 He made the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

3. Healing was COMPLETE.
Matt 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

Matthew 9:20-22 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
21: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22: But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

4. Healing was MIRACULOUS. Not only did Jesus heal the sick, but he also raised the dead.
Luke 7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

He healed Lazarus after being dead for four days!

If one is to claim promises for healing from the scripture, why then go to a doctor, or have surgery, or take medication? Scripture shows no examples of God using these things for healing.

Healing was not only miraculous in and of itself, it was for a SIGN. (I Corinthians 1:22 says, “For the Jews require a sign...” and John 4:48 says, “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.”) Mark 16:17-18 says, “These signs shall follow them that believe; ...they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Notice, it does NOT say, “Maybe they shall recover,” nor does it say, “Some of them will recover.”

We need to study the scriptures and see that the sign nation (Israel) and her prophetic program were interrupted by a mystery program which kept secret since the world began, BUT NOW is made manifest (Romans 16:25-26) The mystery program is what the apostle Paul calls the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed.“ (Eph 3:2-7)

In order to know God’s blessings and promises to us living in the dispensation of grace, we must study the scriptures rightly divided: they can only be found in Paul’s epistles (Romans through Philemon).

We also see in the age of grace in which we live that we will suffer.
Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us”

II Cor 1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Phil 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.

Phil 4:12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

I Cor 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it.

I Cor 9:12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

II Cor 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

II Thes 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer.

II Tim 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also shall deny us.

II Tim 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Phil 3:7-8 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.

How can one preach a healing message when we are being made conformable to his death?
II Cor 4:16 Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Can we be more specific? Can we not make blanket statements and general observations? I somewhat agree with you about healing in the "age of grace" but nobody is going to believe your arguments because they leave a-lot unanswered.

1 - Healing was INSTANTANEOUS?
If this is true then why was not healing instantaneous for Paul, or the Corinthians in I Cor 11 at the Lords Supper Table? In fact, at the Lords supper table many of them sleept (or died) in 11:30? I Corinthians was in the "grace age" right? Didn't the Corinthians heal, they probably healed more than all? If it was so INSTANTANEOUS, then why couldn't they heal those people? They healed otehrs, the gift of healing ran rampent among them.

2 - Healing was UNLIMITED?
Again, back to I Corinthians, how do you explain their sick? How do you explain that some of the people were healed, but some were not? You have to explain these things if you want people to believe your arguments. If I were charismatic, which I'm not, I wouldn't believe you for a second because of I Corinthians! Because yor Apostle says differently. Crazymatics are tuff to convince, and they do seem to be your target audience for this post.

Healing wasn't only a sign to Israel, it was a foretast of the kingdom blessing (see Hebrews 6 I believe it is). Healing also happened during "the mystery" which you fail to really explain. It seems that you proof text too much, but why should I believe some text dangling in fron of me with no context? This post actually sounds like exerpts from a Richard Jordan teaching (not that the teaching is bad or anything). I agree with much of what is said by Richard Jordan and their "Mid-Acts" camp. I don't really see what the purpose of your post is though. Are you trying to convince, persuade or motivate people who read your post to not believe in healing for today? I think you are, but you must have a more detailed explanation and reason why healing isn't a part of God's program for today. I'm not trying to beat you up or anything, merely make you sharper "iron sharpens iron" (Quote from Richard Jordan and Prov 27:17). Look forward to hearing from you!