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The Ministry of Healing
me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall
mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about
me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of
joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.”
Psalms 27:5, 6
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On one occasion Christ anointed the eyes of a blind man with
clay and bade him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.... He went his
way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”
John 9:7
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could be wrought only by the power of the Great Healer, yet Christ
made use of the simple agencies of nature. While He did not give
countenance to drug medication, He sanctioned the use of simple
and natural remedies.
When we have prayed for the recovery of the sick, whatever the
outcome of the case, let us not lose faith in God. If we are called
upon to meet bereavement, let us accept the bitter cup, remembering
that a Father’s hand holds it to our lips. But should health be restored,
it should not be forgotten that the recipient of healing mercy is placed
under renewed obligation to the Creator. When the ten lepers were
cleansed, only one returned to find Jesus and give Him glory. Let
none of us be like the unthinking nine, whose hearts were untouched
by the mercy of God. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
James 1:17
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