A mighty combination

Colossians 4:14

Luke the beloved Physician. Greek – ιατρος = A healer by normal or physical means.

Luke wrote the gospel bearing his name and the Acts of the Apostles.

He was a faithful companion of Paul, as Paul was a faithful companion to him.

Not at all a strange combination. i.e. Preacher and Doctor.

These relationships are of the Lord.

I. The spiritual combination of this type does much for the Kingdom of God.

A. It raises the level of discussion and conversation regarding the work of the Lord.

B. It keeps the other spiritually acute. (Iron sharpeneth iron)

C. It provides opportunities for ministry.

II. The Duty of the Physician finds ultimate fulfillment in the care for the man of God.

A. The physician studies many years for the ministering of physical healing.

Who better to heal, than the man God has chosen to teach and preach His word.

B. Proves that even the mightiest among God’s servants require human assistance.

III. The Physician is a Model After Christ.

A. Who is the great Physician.

B. Who doing His earthly ministry saw to the physical healing of so many.

C. The Physician has responsibility before God.

Matthew 9:12 (KJV)

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [1]

Mark 2:17 (KJV)

17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mark 5:26 (KJV)

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Luke 4:23 (KJV)

23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

Luke 5:31 (KJV)

31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Luke 8:43 (KJV)

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

Colossians 4:14 (KJV)

14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

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[1] The Holy Bible : King James Version. electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version. Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1995.