"A CALM, SCRIPTURAL ANALYSIS OF
HEALING."
JAMES 5 : 13-16
Ferling Luke a prisoner In hepe own body, Rita
longed to be Fred form The iron gains OF her
Cerebral palsy. One night, her Christian friends
gathered around her, saying. "If you have faith,
Rita, Gid will enable you to walk."
"If you have faith"---the words echoed in her
mind. If I just have faith. She shut her eyes
tightly, and the small group prayed with all
their might.
When the praying ceased, all eyes focused on
Rita. She grasped the armrest of the wheelchair
and slowly lifted herself up. Her heart bursting
with hope, she took one step, then two, three,
four,...Twenty steps before stumbling. The
group cheered and promised her that if she
continued to believe God, her healing would
soon be complete.
She did believe God in the days that
followed. But her healing never came.
Desperately, she tried and tried, but she couldn't
even repeat her triumphant steps from that first
hopeful night.
Had God forsaken her? Did He want her to
remain chained to her wheelchair? Was her
disease a result of some sin in her life? Was her
faith just not strong enough?
Every person, healthy or sick, has asked
similar question, question that well up when
diseases go unchecked and prayers seem to go
unanswered. There is a place, though, where
we can bring them: The Word OF God. Let's
open up this Guide and examine its answers
about two pertinent spirituality gift, working
miracle and healing.
The gift of working Miracle
In NewcTestament times, the gift working
miracle was God's seal of approval on a
person's ministry, proving that His presence
and authority rested on that person's words
and actions (see 2 Cor.12:12). To see this gift
of miracle at work, we need only to turn to
Paul Barnabas. On their first missionary
journey.
The Gift of Performing Healings
This gift we'll look at is healing, which is the
superhuman ability to restore health
immediately and completely for the purpose
of displaying God's power and presence.
As with miracle, healing should emphasize
divine power, not human expertise. Paul and
Barnabas again provide a good example.
While ministering in Lystra, they encountered
a man who had been lame from birth. So Paul
healed him, and immediately "he leaped up
and began to walk" (Acts 14:8-10). As a result
of the miracle,
HEALING."
JAMES 5 : 13-16
Ferling Luke a prisoner In hepe own body, Rita
longed to be Fred form The iron gains OF her
Cerebral palsy. One night, her Christian friends
gathered around her, saying. "If you have faith,
Rita, Gid will enable you to walk."
"If you have faith"---the words echoed in her
mind. If I just have faith. She shut her eyes
tightly, and the small group prayed with all
their might.
When the praying ceased, all eyes focused on
Rita. She grasped the armrest of the wheelchair
and slowly lifted herself up. Her heart bursting
with hope, she took one step, then two, three,
four,...Twenty steps before stumbling. The
group cheered and promised her that if she
continued to believe God, her healing would
soon be complete.
She did believe God in the days that
followed. But her healing never came.
Desperately, she tried and tried, but she couldn't
even repeat her triumphant steps from that first
hopeful night.
Had God forsaken her? Did He want her to
remain chained to her wheelchair? Was her
disease a result of some sin in her life? Was her
faith just not strong enough?
Every person, healthy or sick, has asked
similar question, question that well up when
diseases go unchecked and prayers seem to go
unanswered. There is a place, though, where
we can bring them: The Word OF God. Let's
open up this Guide and examine its answers
about two pertinent spirituality gift, working
miracle and healing.
The gift of working Miracle
In NewcTestament times, the gift working
miracle was God's seal of approval on a
person's ministry, proving that His presence
and authority rested on that person's words
and actions (see 2 Cor.12:12). To see this gift
of miracle at work, we need only to turn to
Paul Barnabas. On their first missionary
journey.
The Gift of Performing Healings
This gift we'll look at is healing, which is the
superhuman ability to restore health
immediately and completely for the purpose
of displaying God's power and presence.
As with miracle, healing should emphasize
divine power, not human expertise. Paul and
Barnabas again provide a good example.
While ministering in Lystra, they encountered
a man who had been lame from birth. So Paul
healed him, and immediately "he leaped up
and began to walk" (Acts 14:8-10). As a result
of the miracle,
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