Is there a strong Scriptural basis for “claiming ones healing by faith?
” Often after an infirm believer is prayed over, he will proclaim that he is healed “by faith” even though the symptoms persist. Let us examine this practice in light of Scripture. Mark 11:12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” (Matthew 21.19 adds, “Immediately the fig tree withered away.”) And His disciples heard it . 20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in
