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Healing Doctrine -
Survey of the Doctrine Sub-subject index to doctrine arranged by subject. Printer-friendly Page 03 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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1 Cor 11 27-30: A Christian must discern the body of the Lord which was sounded so that we could be healed. We must also identify with the sufferings and sacrifice of Jesus Christ which are vital elements in the healing Process. |
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1 Cor. 12: The initial surge of miracles healings ended. Though there are indications that some had a gift of healings, those in higher levels of responsibility in the church did not necessarily have the gifts of healing. |
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We are able to study God's Word and develop real spiritual faith without depending on the external crutch of physical evidence through miracles. |
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Isaiah 66:2: God is looking for he that is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at His word. |
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Romans 14:23: The scripture which states that "for whatsoever is not of faith is sin" does not refer to a lack of faith as sin. It rather means that when one violates his conscience, his own sense of right and wrong, then that is sin. |
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Blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord. -Rev. 14:13 |
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1 Cor. 13:13: Faith is not the greatest aspect of the Christian life. Love is. Therefore one weak in faith but strong in love is the far greater Christian in God's sight. |
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Matthew 4:5-7: Asking God to do something supernaturally for us that we could do for ourselves is a form of tempting God. |
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Luke 8:43-48 records the story of "a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any. Note that Jesus in no way unbraided the woman for having gone to the physicians. |
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Luke 8:43-48: Jesus did not withhold healing from the woman with an issue of blood because she used medical science or because she came to Him as a last resort. Indeed, He said she had faith to be healed. |
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Cause of sickness |
Physical sickness and illness can be caused by different factors. |
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Much if not most illness is self-generated through ignorance, error or neglect. |
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To be sick, therefore, is not necessarily to have sinned. Sickness is sometimes the result of sin and healing sometimes includes the forgiveness of sin. |
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The Body of Christ has members remaining weak and ill and some even having died due to having a wrong manner or attitude toward the body and blood of Christ. |
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Disciples - 1st century |
In the work of the disciples, healing was linked to and corroborated the preaching of the coming kingdom. |
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Disciples - 1st century |
Many healed of disease during the work of the apostles. |
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The healings they performed gave the apostles the opportunity to preach the gospel boldly and proclaim it loudly before large, hostile crowds. |