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045 Sickness among God’s people in the New Testament 1 of 2 – Godly Christians
Sickness among God’s People in the New Testament Although there is a close connection between faith and healing in the New Testament, we cannot automatically conclude that if a Christian is not healed it is because there is sin in their life or because they do not have enough faith. It is by no means as simple as…
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044 Healing and the anointing with oil – James 5
[Below is the chapter on which this episode was based. Click here for books by Dr David Petts] Lessons about healing from the epistles – James The passage in James 5:14-15 provides the clearest instruction to Christians who are sick to be found in the New Testament: Is any one of you sick? He…
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043 Christians and the use of medicine
[below is the chapter on which this podcast was based – click here for books] Medical Healing There are undoubtedly positive promises for healing in the New Testament, but if these are not balanced and understood in the light of the overall teaching of the Bible, there is always a danger of going to unbiblical extremes. One…
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042 Healing in the book of Acts – 2 of 2 – Healing on the Island of Malta
Lessons about healing from Acts – Part Two The healing of the sick on the island of Malta Last time: There are many references to healing in the Book of Acts. General references include: the disciples’ prayer that God would stretch out his hand to heal (4:30) the statement that on one occasion all the sick were…
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041 Healing in the book of Acts – 1 of 2 – The Lame Man (Acts 3)
There are many references to healing in the Book of Acts. Some of these are general, others are specific. General references include: the disciples’ prayer that God would stretch out his hand to heal (4:30) the statement that on one occasion all the sick were healed as Peter’s shadow passed over them (5:14-16) a description of Philip’s evangelistic…
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040 Lessons about healing from the first disciples
[Below is the chapter on which this podcast is based] In the last four chapters we have examined the healing ministry of Jesus as it is portrayed in each of the four Gospels. But Jesus did not only heal the sick, he commissioned his disciples to do so too. So in this chapter we will…
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039 Jesus the healer in the gospel of John 2 of 2 – The man blind from birth
The man blind from birth (John 9:1-25) We looked last time at a case where there was a clear connection between sickness and personal sin. We now turn to a case where there is no such connection. The story Seeing a man who was blind from birth, Jesus’ disciples asked him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents…
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038 Jesus the healer in the gospel of John 1 of 2 – The healing at the pool
Lessons about healing from John None of the Gospel writers tell us of all the miracles of healing Jesus performed. John has chosen to record only three (4:46-54, 5:1-15, 9:1-25) although he makes it very clear that Jesus did many more (John 20:30). His purpose in recording them, along with the other miracles he tells us about, is…
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037 Is healing part of salvation?
Healing & Salvation – Dr David Petts In recent talks we saw several occasions where Jesus said Your faith has healed you. The Greek word used here is sozo which can also mean save. Does this mean that that healing is in some sense a part of salvation? The answer to this question is…
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036 Jesus the healer in the gospel of Luke
[Below is the chapter from the book, Just a Taste of Heaven, on which this podcast episode is based] The Power of the Spirit Isaiah predicted that when the Messiah would come the Spirit of the Lord would be upon him in order that he might preach good news to the poor, proclaim freedom to those who were captive,…