Imagine you are going about your day when suddenly, your phone rings. It is your doctor, and the news is staggering—a life-threatening diagnosis that changes everything in an instant. How would you respond? In this powerful program, Chip delves into James chapter 5, uncovering what Scripture reveals about physical healing. More importantly, he shares a profound message of hope for anyone facing trials and suffering. Learn the comfort and strength our Heavenly Father offers during life’s most challenging moments.
Main Points
A look at the problem: "Sickness" - 4 types:
- Sickness for death. --1 John 5:16
- Sickness for discipline. --1 Corinthians 11:30-32
- Sickness for God's glory. --John 11:4
- Sickness from the enemy. --Luke 13:11
A look at solutions: "Healing" - 5 views:
- Sensationalists
- Confessionalists
- Anti-Supernaturalists
- Rationalists
- Medical/Biblical/Spiritual Integration
God's specific instruction for the physically ill is James 5:14-15
- Who are the sick?
- What are the sick to do?
- What are the elders to do?
- What does God promise to do?
- What sin or other conditions might qualify God's promise to heal?
God's general application for physical health is James 5:16-18
- What is the presumed relationship between sin and sickness in this passage?
- What are we all told to do regularly for our health?
- What kind of prayer has healing impact?
- Who qualifies to be heard by God for healing and the miraculous?
Conclusion: Getting the "Big Picture" on healing. Three biblical models of healing:
- The intervention of God. --Acts 3:1-9
- The interaction of God. --1 Timothy 5:23
- The enabling of God. --2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Miraculous healing is never primarily about solving a physical problem – it is almost always to affirm, or clarify, or deliver a person.
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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
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