Divine Healing
The difference between the spiritual gift of healing and praying for the sick as prescribed in James 5.
What is:
1 Corinthians 12:9 Certain individuals are given ‘gifts of healing’ as God determines for the common good.
James 5:14-16 The instruction is for all believers to pray for the sick, especially the elders of the church.
Definition of healing prayer
What is something in the realm of - Healing prayer is the act of inviting God's healing presence into a person’s life through prayer, often involving faith, scripture, anointing with oil, and the laying on of hands.
Definition of the Trinity.
What is God is one nature in three persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
Definition of regeneration.
What is Regeneration is an instantaneous (one time) act of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5) that makes us alive spiritually (John 3:1-15) when once we were dead in sin (Eph. 2:1-5).
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What the Bible says about sickness and disease.
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Sometimes sickness is brought on by our sin:
Psalm 38:3-5 “There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.”
John 5:14 “Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.’”
Sometimes sickness has nothing to do with our sin:
John 9:3 “Jesus answered, ‘It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God
(Alternative Scriptures: Deuteronomy 28:58-61; Psalm 41:4; Job 2:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
What the Bible says about healing occurring as a direct result of someone praying.
What is:
Genesis 20:1-18 Abimelek healed after Abraham prays for healing.
Numbers 12:1-16 God heals Miriam’s hand with leprosy after Moses prays for healing.
1 Kings 17:17-24 God raises the dead son of the widow of Zarephath after Elijah prays for healing.
James 5:13-17 Sick people are encouraged to seek healing through the prayer and anointing of elders.
Individual scripture that says God is one and that there are three persons
What is
One God: Deuteronomy 6:4-6: The Lord our God is one Lord or 1 Cor 8:4-6 There is one God through whom all things exist.
Three Persons: Ephesians 1:3-10 - Trinitarian concept identified.
Crisis and Progressive Sanctification (1 scripture for each)
Crisis Sanctification: A radical dedication to God often brought about my trial or suffering.
Romans 6:13-14 OR Galatians 2:20
Progressive Sanctification: The ongoing, continuous work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer.
Phil 1:6 OR Hebrews 10:14
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The scripture that links divine healing to the redemptive work of Jesus.
What is
Isaiah 53: 4-5
Matthew 8:14-17
1 Peter 2:24
The response to someone who has not received healing after being prayed in a manner consistent with James 5.
What is
John 9:3, 11:4 Healing is first and foremost about God’s glory
James 5:13-17 Immediate healing is not a guarantee that a sick person will be healed immediately; rather, through confession and faith, a sick person will be made well.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 We may not be healed even if we ask, but God often demonstrates His power in our weakness.
Trinity referenced in the Bible. (All three members implied or explicitly stated)
What is
Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’”
Matthew 28:18-19 “And Jesus came and said to them “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 1:2 “according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
Regeneration in the scriptures
What is
Titus 3:5 Regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit that gives new life to the one who believes.
John 3:1-7 Jesus explains new life in Christ through the shedding of His blood.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Regeneration brings with it a new nature.
1 Peter 1:23-25 We are ‘made alive’ through the Word
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What the Bible says about physical healing.
What is
God's name: Jehovah Rapha - God who heals
Exodus 15:26
God hears our prayers and petitions
Psalm 30:2
God partners with/ humanity to heal
1 Kings 17:17-24: Elijah
Mark 2:1-12: Jesus
The instructions regarding healing ministry from James 5.
What is
Context: Worship and prayer center our hearts and mind on Jesus, our healer.
Request: Healing is initiated by the sick person
Symbol: Anointing with oil is an important symbol of God’s healing power.
Response: Faith should be our response to God’s offer for healing
Practice: Confession of sins when appropriate
Historic heresies regarding the Trinity (3 required)
What is
Arianism: stating that the Son was created by God at a specific point in time and not divine or equal to God the Father in any way.
Modalism: taught that the three persons of the Trinity are different ‘modes’ and not distinct personalities.
Docetism: Jesus had the appearance of humanity only; in reality, his appearance on earth was only an illusion. These modes are consecutive and never simultaneous.
Definition of Substitutionary Atonement with key scriptures included.
What is
Definition: To atone means to make amends for man’s sin, enabling God and man to be in relationship again with God.
Leviticus 16 Establishment of an annual Day of Atonement. Through the blood of goats and bulls the Israelites experienced forgiveness of their sin.
Hebrews 9:11-14 Jesus became the final sacrifice for sin by shedding his blood for our sin.
Hebrews 9:22 Without the shedding of His blood there is no forgiveness for sin.
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The C&MA Statement of Faith Sec. 1.8
Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures as privileges for the Church in this present age.
Scriptures affirming the ministry of deliverance from the Gospels:
What is
Mark 1:34, where Jesus casts out many demons; Luke 10:17–20, where the disciples rejoice that demons submit to them; and Acts 16:18, where Paul commands a spirit to leave a slave girl—demonstrate the biblical foundation for deliverance ministry.
*Other scriptures are acceptable.
Trinitarian heresies in modern times.
What is
Arianism: Jehovah’s Witnesses teach a modern-day form of Arianism
Modalism: Oneness Pentecostalism modern-day form of Modalism
Tritheism: Modern-day Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
The dual nature of Christ (definition and key scriptures). Additional evidence of both natures.
What is
Definition: Jesus was fully God and fully man. Philippians 2:5-10 Jesus is God, but did not cling to His divinity, instead emptying Himself and taking on human flesh.
Evidence of humanity and deity:
Humanity: Hunger (Matt. 4:2); Weariness (John 4:6); Grief over loss of a friend (John 11:35); Agony in the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42); physical pain and suffering on the cross (end of each gospel).
Deity: Eternal (John 1:1); Creator of all things (Colossians 1:16); All the fullness of God exists in him (Colossians 2:9); In nature, God (Hebrews 1:3); His nature is to do the Father’s will (John 5:19, 30).
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“P967 OG Version of Daniel 7:13-14:” Possible Source for Author’s Argument in Hebrews 1-2
Also acceptable: Septuagint Studies, Hebrews' use of the Old Testament, and Reception of Daniel 7:13-14.