Healing

God as the author of healing

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General aspects of healing

Requests for healing

2 Kings 20:1–11 NRSV

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord: “Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly. Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.” Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of figs. Let them take it and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.” Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?” Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: the shadow has now advanced ten intervals; shall it retreat ten intervals?” Hezekiah answered, “It is normal for the shadow to lengthen ten intervals; rather let the shadow retreat ten intervals.” The prophet Isaiah cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back the ten intervals, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

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Quarantine regulations

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Healing results in discipleship

Mark 10:52 NRSV

Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

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Healing results in praise

Acts 3:8–9 NRSV

Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. All the people saw him walking and praising God,

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Miraculous healing

By Jesus Christ

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Through the prophets

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Through the apostles

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In the church

1 Corinthians 12:8–9 NRSV

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

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Healing of fever

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Healing of demon-possession

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Healing withheld

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Medical treatments to bring healing

Consulting doctors

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Taking medicine

1 Timothy 5:23 NRSV

No longer drink only water, but take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

Disinfecting the house

Leviticus 14:41–42 NRSV

He shall have the inside of the house scraped thoroughly, and the plaster that is scraped off shall be dumped in an unclean place outside the city. They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and take other plaster and plaster the house.

Using splints

Ezekiel 30:21 NRSV

Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

Using bandages and oil

Isaiah 1:6 NRSV

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they have not been drained, or bound up, or softened with oil.

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The spiritual significance of healing

As an image of salvation

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Heaven is the place of ultimate healing

Revelation 21:4 NRSV

he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.”

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