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Healing Doctrine -
Survey of the Doctrine Sub-subject index to doctrine arranged by subject. Printer-friendly Page 01 Instructions: This page takes all the sub-subjects and key statements from the main Survey of the Doctrine page and lists them in doctrine order by subject. Click on the paragraph number to go back to the Survey of the Doctrine page to read the doctrine. |
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Few healings recorded in Old Testament |
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Healing scriptures should be taken in full biblical context. |
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The blessings and cursings of Deuteronomy 28 are national rather than personal. |
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Healing as such is not really promised in these verses except as it is implied in a general way in the promise to remove sickness. (Deuteronomy 28) |
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Psalms 103:3 is no more a blanket promise for unconditional physical healing than any of the other promises in the psalm, as other scriptures and the experiences of the Church show. |
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Several examples of non-healing are also recorded in the New Testament. |
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Not everyone is healed. 2 Tim. 4:20 and 1 Tim 5:23 |
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Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" that was not healed. |
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James 5:14-20: Although this one statement appears to be written without qualification, the condition, "if it be God's will," was no doubt tacitly understood. |
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"save" [sozo] used mostly in the spiritual sense of eternal salvation. |
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"raise" [egeiro] used mostly to represent the resurrection from the dead. |
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[James 5:14-20]: Thus, while James is primarily speaking of physical healing upon anointing by the elders, he is also alluding to spiritual salvation and the resurrection from the dead. It may have been James' intent to show that God will probably heal the faithful sick person, but certainly shall grant him salvation through the resurrection. |
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[James 5:14-20]: The promise of physical healing is conditional. The promise of the resurrection of the dead is unconditional. |
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It is true that the Bible often condemns ancient practitioners who relied on pagan gods, amulets, incantations or other forms of magic. |
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2 Kings 1:2: This passage does not mean that Ahaziah went to Baalzebub for healing. He was only trying to figure out if he was going to die. |
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Isaiah 38:21: Hezekiah seeks both God and medical science in dealing with his sickness. |
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Jeremiah 8:22: There is no sense of condemnation of medical science. |
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2 Chronicles 16:12: Asa is censured for not seeking God in his illness. He is not condemned for seeking physicians. |
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Luke was a physician, yet there is no reference to him giving up his practice. He is called the "beloved physician". |