1st Corinthians 6:19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? 20 For you are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's.
The man with the infirmity in this instance headed straight to church, even though he knew not that it was The Savior of the world who had healed him. In other words, he must have felt a natural gratitude to God in his heart, and as a result, he gravitated to the nearest church, not only to thank God but hopefully to continue the journey of complete recovery. Sadly, in our day, there are wannabe faith healers to be found, who only address the physical aspects of man’s well-being, and as a result the root cause and the spiritual aspects of the person’s problem are not addressed.
Thus, many faith healings are advertised for all who so desire, and persons attend these meetings, with no intention of making things right with God. Once the body is healed, many go right back to those old habits, both physical, and spiritual, which triggered the adverse consequences in the first place. In other words, persons take the husk, without the kernel and leave Jesus holding the proverbial bag of salvation, with no interest whatsoever in giving their lives entirely to Christ, so that He could do His good work within them, and save the entire person.
Whenever God may heal you and me, and any other person for that matter, the first thing we should do is to follow the infirm man’s lead, and head straight to the nearest true church, so that God could finish the great work He started, when He first healed the physical body. This is enjoined without doubt, in the following passages of Scripture.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!