Sick Christians
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30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
When someone is sick:
We will try to figure out the cause - the nature - of the illness.
We will try to help the sick person.
We will look for the cure to the sickness.
What about when someone is spiritually sick?
30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
14 Is anyone among you sick? 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.
The Cause of the Sickness
The Cause of the Sickness
In , the cause of the sickness was a corrupted worship ().
Their worldliness was being brought right into the worship services of the church!
Those who were guilty were “sick” because of their divisive and haughty spirit.
Those who were “weak” were being hurt by their divisiveness.
This weakness and sickliness will eventually lead to death! (cf. ).
In , the cause of the sickness was discouragement.
Unlike the “sick Christians” in , there were not in the assembly.
They had to “call for the elders,” because they weren’t with the elders.
The “anointing with oil” that they needed as that of grooming (cf. ); they needed to be “raised up.”
The Cure for the Sickness
The Cure for the Sickness
The cure for the Corinthians sickness was TEACHING!
Paul taught them the truth of the Lord’s Supper observance.
When we are “sick” because of corrupting the Lord’s worship, we need the teaching of God’s word to cure our sickness!
The cure for the sickness in was the encouragement of faithful brethren!
The elders were to visit that person and encourage them - anoint them with oil.
They were to bring that person to confession and repentance of their sins.
They were to pray for that spiritually sick Christian so they could be healed.