God heals, and He is a healer. In Exodus 15:26, right after crossing the Red Sea, God declares, If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you. This foundational statement shows that He is a God who heals His people, linking healing to living a godly life and maintaining a relationship with Him. Healing is conditional upon heeding His voice and keeping His commandments, demonstrating that an active relationship with Him opens the door to His healing. In Psalm 103:1-5, David proclaims the benefits of God, stating, Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things. Here, forgiveness of sins and healing of diseases are set in parallel as part of the same package of benefits God desires to give His people. These benefits, including healing, are available through trust in Him and being part of His covenant. Isaiah 53:4-6 speaks of the Messiah, saying, Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Similarly, in I Peter 2:24, it is written, who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed. Both passages link Christ bearing sins and healing by His stripes, showing that His sacrificial death made both forgiveness and physical healing possible through faith in Him. In Matthew 9:20-22, a woman with a flow of blood for twelve years touched the hem of Jesus' garment, believing she would be made well. Jesus said, Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well, and she was healed. Likewise, in Matthew 9:27-29, two blind men approached Jesus, and He asked, Do you believe that I am able to do this? Upon their affirmation, He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith let it be to you. These accounts emphasize that healing corresponds with faith in Him. Psalm 146:1-10 further illustrates this connection, declaring, Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. It lists God's acts, including opening the eyes of the blind and raising those who are bowed down, as acts of healing. Faith and healing go hand-in-hand, as we must believe that He can heal us, trusting in His decision and will. Our faith must be in God Himself, the Creator and Deliverer, for God alone heals.