Acts 10:36-38 - Healing all who were under the power of the devil

10:36

What we have here is almost certainly a very much edited version of Peter’s speech. The gospel is described as “the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all”, and the message was sent by God. There are enormously important points here. First, the gospel is the message sent by God, it is not made up by men, but originates in God Himself. Then it is peace through Jesus Christ, there is no other way. It is a message of peace with God. It is God-man centred. If we think it is all about man then we have missed it. It is about our relationship with God. Finally, Jesus Christ is Lord of All. He is not just a man, nor is He one god among many. He is the only way to the Father.

10:37,38

We have the message, then we have the events. Neither makes sense without the other. The message without the events would just be a theory, an idea, with no back up. The events without the message make no sense, we would never know their true import. Words and actions go together. The events started with John the Baptist. Then Jesus went about doing good and healing people. Jesus was anointed at His baptism by the Holy Spirit. Jesus healed “all who were under the power of the devil”, and He did this because “God was with Him”. There is a relationship between demonic activity and sickness.