Sickness
Sickness
Sent by God - De 28:59-61; 32:39; 2Sa 12:15; Ac 12:23
The devil sometimes permitted to inflict - Job 2:6,7; Lu 9:39; 13:16
Often brought on by intemperance - Ho 7:5
Often sent as a punishment of sin - Le 26:14-16; 2Ch 21:12-15; 1Co 11:30
One of God's four sore judgments on a guilty land - Eze 14:19-21
GOD
- Promises to heal
- Ex 23:25; 2Ki 20:5 - Heals
- De 32:39; Ps 103:3; Isa 38:5,9 - Exhibits his mercy in healing
- Php 2:27 - Exhibits his power in healing
- Lu 5:17 - Exhibits his love in healing
- Isa 38:17 - Often manifests saving grace to sinners during
- Job 33:19-24; Ps 107:17-21 - Permits saints to be tried by
- Job 2:5,6 - Strengthens saints in
- Ps 41:3 - Comforts saints in
- Ps 41:3 - Hears the prayers of those in
- Ps 30:2; 107:18-20 - Preserves saints in time of
- Ps 91:3-7 - Abandons the wicked to
- Jer 34:17 - Persecutes the wicked by
- Jer 29:18
Healing of, lawful on the Sabbath - Lu 13:14-16
Christ compassionate those in - Isa 53:4; Mt 8:16,17
CHRIST HEALED
Faith required in those healed of, by Christ - Mt 9:28,29; Mr 5:34; 10:52
Often incurable by human means - De 28:27; 2Ch 21:18
The Apostles were endued with power to heal - Mt 10:1; Mr 16:18,20
THE POWER OF HEALING
- One of the miraculous gifts bestowed on the early Church
- 1Co 12:9,30; Jas 5:14,15
SAINTS
- Acknowledge that, comes from God
- Ps 31:1-8; Isa 38:12,15 - Are resigned under
- Job 2:10 - Mourn under, with prayer
- Isa 38:14 - Pray for recovery from
- Isa 38:2,3 - Ascribe recovery from, to God
- Isa 38:20 - Praise God for recovery from
- Ps 103:1-3; Isa 38:19; Lu 17:15 - Thank God publicly for recovery form
- Isa 38:20; Ac 3:8 - Feel for others in
- Ps 35:13 - Visit those in
- Mt 25:36
Visiting those in, an evidence of belonging to Christ - Mt 25:34,36,40
Pray for those afflicted with - Ac 28:8; Jas 5:14,15
God's aid should be sought in - 2Ch 16:12
THE WICKED
- Have much sorrow, with
- Ec 5:17 - Forsake those in
- 1Sa 30:13 - Visit not those in
- Mt 25:43
Not visiting those in, an evidence of not belonging to Christ - Mt 25:43,45
Illustrative of sin - Le 13:45,46; Isa 1:5; Jer 8:22; Mt 9:12
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