The Lord’s Healing Hand
November 5, 2023The Lord’s Healing Hand
James 5:13.
1. Why is there sickness?
- Genesis 3:19
- Job 2:5, Job 2:8, Luke 22:31-34
- 1 Corinthains 11:30, Acts 5:1-11
- To teach us to 2 Cor. 12:9
One of the great promises of Scripture is that we have a God who Heals.
Psalm 103:2-3, Malachi 4:2. Exodus 15:26
II. Does God Still Heal? (James 5:13-18)
Why do we doubt?
- (A view that healing and other spiritual gifts ceased with the Apostolic Age.)
Some specific examples of God healing.
III. Encouragements:
1. Focus on (James 5:13, James 5:14, James 5:15, James 5:16, James 5:17, James 5:18
Notice that God did miracles different each time. I think this is so that we would trust Him and not a formula. (2 Kings 18:4)
2. When God doesn’t heal —
Many people in the Bible were not healed; John the Baptist, Paul’s thorn in the flesh, Uzziah’s leprosy, Jacob’s limp.
. . . Don’t stop praying.
. . . Don’t get angry with God.
. . . Don’t judge someone else.
. . . Don’t assume God’s angry with you. (But check in.)
. . . Don’t get bitter.
. . . Don’t fail to rejoice with those who are healed.
3. Address (James 5:19-20)
We owe the world:
- Clarity about the Gospel.
- That the Word of God be preached accurately.
- Authenticity in Christian living. The World deserves to see what a Christian is.
We owe each other:
- To listen to sins unburdened. James 5:16
- To Intervene when someone strays from the Lord and into sin. James 5:19-20