Editing Faith healing (section)

====Overview====
[[File:FvfFaithhealing6177 15.JPG|thumb|Faith healing by [[Fernando Suarez]], Philippines]]
Regarded as a [[Christian]] belief that [[God in Christianity|God]] heals people through the power of the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]], faith healing often involves the [[laying on of hands]]. It is also called supernatural healing, divine healing, and [[miracle]] healing, among other things. Healing in the [[Christian Bible]] is often associated with the ministry of specific individuals, including [[Elijah]], [[Jesus]], and [[Paul of Tarsus]].<ref name="Village" />

Christian physician Reginald B. Cherry views faith healing as a pathway of healing in which God uses both the natural and the supernatural to heal.<ref name="Cherry">{{cite book |first= Reginald B. |last= Cherry |title= The Bible Cure |publisher= HarperOne |year= 1999 |orig-date= 1998 |edition= reprint |isbn= 978-0-06-251615-2}}{{Page needed|date=January 2014}} Citing: {{Bibleref2|John|9:1–7}} and {{Bibleref2|Mark|10:46–52}}.</ref> Being healed has been described as a privilege of accepting Jesus's [[Salvation in Christianity|redemption on the cross]].{{Explain|reason=This sentence assumes that a non-Christian reader will intuit a link between the man Jesus's death, the privilege of doing so, and healing.|date=August 2025}}{{sfn|Bosworth|2001|p=32}} [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] writer Wilfred Graves Jr. views the healing of the body as a physical expression of [[salvation]].<ref>{{cite book |first= Wilfred Jr. |last= Graves |author-link= Wilfred Graves Jr. |title= In Pursuit of Wholeness: Experiencing God's Salvation for the Total Person |page= 52 |location= Shippensburg, PA |publisher= Destiny Image |isbn= 978-0-7684-3794-2|year= 2011 }}</ref> After relating a story of Jesus's [[exorcising]] an individual and healing ill individuals who approached him,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Matthew|8:17|NRSV}}</ref> the author of the [[book of Matthew]] states that the miracles were a fulfillment of a prophecy from [[Isaiah 53]]:5.<ref>{{bibleref2|Isaiah|53:5|NRSV}}</ref>

Christian writers who believe in faith healing do not necessarily believe that an individual's faith presently brings about the desired healing. "[Y]our faith does not effect your healing now. When you are healed rests entirely on what the sovereign purposes of the Healer are," argues Larry Keefauver.<ref name="Charisma1">{{cite news |first= Larry |last= Keefauver |title= The myths of faith healing |date= June 17, 2009 |url= http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/charisma-channels/spiritled-living/20588-the-myths-of-faith-healing |magazine= [[Charisma (magazine)|Charisma]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090511085525/http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/charisma-channels/spiritled-living/20588-the-myths-of-faith-healing |archive-date= 2009-05-11}}</ref> Keefauver cautions against allowing enthusiasm for faith healing to stir up false hopes: "Just believing hard enough, long enough or strong enough will not strengthen you or prompt your healing. Doing mental gymnastics to 'hold on to your miracle' will not cause your healing to manifest now."<ref name="Charisma1" /> Those who actively lay hands on others and pray with them to be healed are usually aware that healing may not always follow immediately. Proponents of faith healing argue that it may come later, if at all, in this life. Keefauver argues that "the truth is that your healing may manifest in eternity, not in time".<ref name="Charisma1" />