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Healing Doctrine -
Survey of the Doctrine Sub-subject index to doctrine arranged by subject. Printer-friendly Page 06 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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God vs. Medical Science |
Only God can "heal"-if we define "healing" as a miraculous, supernatural removal of an affliction or illness. Physicians are only mortal men and can only work with the laws God designed to function in the human body. Medical science can work to speed, enhance or aid recovery. |
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God vs. Medical Science |
There is no reason why the judicious use of physical methods should interfere with either one's faith or the ability and desire of God to heal. |
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God vs. Medical Science |
With the scientific and technological advances, man should give God the credit; for it was God who created the human mind, empowering it with the creative brilliance to constantly attain to new heights of achievement in the physical world. |
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God vs. Medical Science |
Faith in God for healing and the sensible, sagacious use of the most modern medical/health procedures do not clash. |
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God vs. Medical Science |
Healing through faith in God and through scientific medicine should, therefore, never be artificially opposed to one another, but should, rather, symbiotically reinforce one another to bring the greatest benefits to human beings. |
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Godly purpose |
God not healing today in same manner as New Testament times. |
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Godly purpose |
Most biblical instances are physically oriented on the human body. |
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Godly purpose |
Healing is an act of God's divine grace. |
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God healed for different reasons in different circumstances. |
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Despite the great powers bestowed and miracles performed through God's spirit, Elisha himself was not healed of some sort of sickness but actually died from it. |
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Godly Purpose |
God does desire to heal our diseases, to eliminate our afflictions, and to bring us out of distress. But what He will actually do in any given situation remains unknowably beyond our limited understanding. |
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Godly Purpose |
Paul writes that Epaphroditus was very ill, almost to the point of death (Phil. 2:25-27). But God had mercy on him. Healing was here given as an example of mercy, not of faith or obligation (or at least not of these alone). |
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God's earnest desire is for all human beings to live an abundant life in perfect health. |
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God has designed the human body to function in good health for the full span of one's allotted years. |
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Godly purpose |
The biblical record makes plain that God can intervene on behalf of the sick and heal them according to faith and/or other factors. |
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Godly purpose |
Healing is a "special benefit" which God has made available to His Church. |
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Godly purpose |
At all times, whether sin is involved or not, healing is a manifestation of God's mercy and an exemplification of God's love. |