Chapter 5—A Complete Ministry
Christ, Our Example
Christ has given us an example. He taught from the Scriptures
the gospel truths, and He also healed the afflicted ones who came to
Him for relief. He was the greatest physician the world ever knew, and
yet He combined with His healing work the imparting of soul-saving
truth.
The Physician as an Evangelist
And thus should our physicians labor. They are doing the Lord’s
work when they labor as evangelists, giving instruction as to how the
soul may be healed by the Lord Jesus. Every physician should know
how to pray in faith for the sick, as well as to administer the proper
treatment. At the same time he should labor as one of God’s ministers,
to teach repentance and conversion, and the salvation of soul and body.
Such a combination of labor will broaden his experience and greatly
enlarge his influence.
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One thing I know, the greatest work for our physicians is to get
access to the people of the world in the right way. There is a world
perishing in sin, and who will take up the work in our cities? The
greatest physician is the one who walks in the footsteps of Jesus
Christ.—
Counsels on Health, 544
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The Minister as a Medical Missionary
The minister will often be called upon to act the part of a physician.
He should have a training that will enable him to administer the simpler
remedies for the relief of suffering. Ministers and Bible workers should
prepare themselves for this line of work; for in doing it, they are
following the example of Christ. They should be as well prepared by
education and practice to combat disease of the body as they are to heal
the sin-sick soul by pointing to the great Physician. They are fulfilling
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