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The Gift of Healing, July 9
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
James 5:14, 15
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The power of Christ to stay disease has been revealed in the past in a
remarkable manner. Before we were blessed with institutions where the sick
could get help from suffering, by diligent treatment and earnest prayer in faith
to God, we carried the most seemingly hopeless cases through successfully.
Today the Lord invites the suffering ones to have faith in Him. Man’s necessity
is God’s opportunity.
“And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his
disciples follow him. And when the sabbath day was come, he began to
teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From
whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given
unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Is not this
the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judah,
and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at
him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his
own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could
there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk,
and healed them” (
Mark 6:1-6
).
With all our treatments given to the sick, simple fervent prayer should be
offered for the blessing of healing. We are to point the sick to the compas-
sionate Saviour, and His power to forgive and to heal. Through His gracious
providence they may be restored. Point the sufferers to their Advocate in the
heavenly courts. Tell them that Christ will heal the sick, if they will repent
and cease to transgress the laws of God. There is a Saviour who will reveal
Himself in our sanitariums to save those who will submit themselves to Him.
The suffering ones can unite with you in prayer, confessing their sin, and
receiving pardon.—
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