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What we Believe
Divine Healing
God’s salvation provides for soul and body, there
is healing as well as forgiveness with Him. The Lord revealed himself to Israel
as the divine physician - Johovah Ropheka “the Lord that healeth
thee”. When the prophets spoke of the coming deliverer - the Messiah -
they predicted that he would heal the sick. In some strange and wonderful way,
healing would be wrapped up in his atonement.
All this the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled in his
ministry, and by his death and resurrection. As by sin came sickness and death,
even so by redemption came forgiveness and healing. Divine healing demonstrates
the Lordship of Christ over disease; emphasises the provision of the atonement;
shows that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever; extols the victory
of Christ over the works of the devil; endorses the word of the gospel;
exhibits the triumphs of the Spirit of life over morality; magnifies the mercy
of God; and, as gifts of healing, glorifies the grace of God.
There are two aspects of healing: evangelistic
healing, where signs follow the preaching of the word; and ecclesiastical
healing, where believers pray for one another. With this latter is associated
the simple ceremony of anointing with oil, accompanied with the prayer of the
Elders of the church. Two requisites for receiving healing are prayer and faith
- that is, the approach to God and the appropriation of his provision. Over
all, however, is the sovereign will of God, who dispenses blessing according to
his own wisdom and purpose.
Scripture references Psalm 103:3; Exodus 15:26; Isaiah
35:6, 53:4,5; Matthew8:16,17; Acts 2:22, 10:38; Matthew 4:23,24; Romans 8:11;
Acts 10:38; Matthew 9:2-5; Hebrews 13:8; Luke 13:16; 1 John 3:8; Mark 16:17-20;
Hebrews 2:4; Romans 8:11; Philippians 2:27; 1 Corinthians 12:9; Acts 3:6,
4:30,33, 5:12-16, 6:8, 8:6,7, 9:33, 34, 40,41, 14:3, 8:10,19,11-12,20,9-12,
28-8,9; James 5:14-16; Matthew 9:29; 1 Corinthians 12:11; Hebrews 2:4; 2
Timothy 4:20; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 |
