| Key Statement/Teaching |
Paragraph |
Divine healing is according to faith, as well as other
factors.
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1 |
Faith of the sinner and the mercy of God are intrinsic
to the forgiveness of sin.
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61 |
Jesus often responded positively through people's faith
in Him.
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67 |
Jesus healed according to an individual's faith.
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67 |
Faith is essential to the cleansing of sin at conversion
and the transformation of our bodies at the
resurrection.
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67 |
Regardless of the number and types of healings today, we
can know for sure the awesome spiritual meaning that
Jesus' healings have for us today - the confidence that
they generate, the faith that they give us.
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85 |
We
can know for sure that the same Personality who healed
the sick, cleansed the lepers and raised the dead has
promised, and has the power to forgive our sins, cleanse
our bodies and spirits, and eventually resurrect us from
the dead. This, in reality, is the ultimate miracle, and
this, indeed, is the ultimate faith.
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85 |
It
is through our faith in the reality of Jesus' healings
that we can be assured that, through this same power,
God has promised to forgive us of our sins, cleanse our
minds and, ultimately, to resurrect our bodies from the
dead.
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88 |
Faith is not the sole criterion for determining whether
a person shall be healed.
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90 |
The
Bible shows that there are different "kinds" of faith,
or at least different levels of faith. There is a faith
which all Christians are required to have for salvation,
but this is not necessarily the same kind of faith
needed for healing.
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96 |
It
is impossible to "work up" faith. Only God can supply
this faith.
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96 |
Faith is the belief that God shall heal.
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97 |
The
lack of faith is not sin, nor is the lack of healing a
sin.
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98 |
We
all, in some manner, lack faith. This is no more an
indictment than to say that we are all human.
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99 |
If
seeking external help in any way indicates a "lack of
faith," then such lack of faith is in no way a sin,
because it is God's responsibility to give us this
special faith, though we certainly have our part in it.
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100 |
Faith is total belief. However, there is also the will
and purpose of God and anything held in faithful belief
will not come about if it is contrary to God's will in
the specific situation.
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101 |
Healing is an extension of God's mercy; it is not an
absolute promise according to one's faith.
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102 |
A
Christian must walk in continual faith.
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109 |
If
God allows a person to die, this may be a demonstration
of faith.
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109 |
If
one can live many long and useful years in God's service
through an operation, rather than be debilitated by
disease or even die in agony, that cannot be condemned
as a lack of faith.
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109 |
One
of the biggest factors that blocks a person from
receiving more faith is his own erroneous belief that he
already has enough faith when he does not.
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110 |
One
reason people are not healed is because they do not have
the appropriate faith.
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110 |
Death may in some cases be a greater sign of faith than
life and healing.
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114 |
Going to a dentist, taking medicine or tending to a
wound is not an affront to God as our Healer; nor do
they contradict faith.
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120 |
Faith in God and scientific confidence in man are not in
conflict. Faith in God is a matter of the heart between
a person and God. It is entirely possible to receive
medical help - and even have a positive trust in that
technological help - without having this trust or
confidence supersede or negate one's faith in God.
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123 |
The
technical utilization of modern medical science is not
the factor that must decide where one's faith is. Faith
is fully determined by the person's attitude in his
private relationship with God.
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123 |
Faith says that God can heal; it is not a guarantee that
God shall heal in every individual situation.
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125 |
It
is surely not a sign of faith to neglect appropriate
physical methods which can cure a disease, slow an
illness or relieve suffering.
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125 |
It
is also not a sign of faith to seek obscure second-class
treatment when competent first-class health care is
readily available.
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125 |
If
one can live many long and useful years in God's service
through an operation, rather than wasting those years by
suffering in agony, how can that be condemned as lack of
faith?
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128 |
Faith in God for healing and the sensible, sagacious use
of the most modern medical/health procedures do not
clash.
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130 |