The document summarizes Jesus' healing ministry and provides spiritual and physical healing principles. It describes Jesus healing many who were lame, blind, crippled, and mute. It discusses how Jesus healed physical, emotional, and spiritual afflictions. Principles from the Bible like prayer, faith in God, and living according to His word are emphasized as promoting health and healing. The early church also saw displays of healing through figures like Peter and Paul. God continues to offer healing through prayer, anointing the sick, and following health reform principles.

1. Lesson 5

2. KEY TEXT
(Mat. 15:30, 31).
Great crowds came to him,
bringing the lame, the blind, the
crippled, the mute and many
others, and laid them at his feet;
and he healed them.
The people were amazed when
they saw the mute speaking, the
crippled made well, the lame
walking and the blind seeing. And
they praised the God of Israel.

3. “Surely He has borne our
griefs and carried our
sorrows; yet we esteemed
Him stricken, smitten by
God, and afflicted” (Isaiah 53:4)
“Christ alone was able to bear the afflictions of the many. “In all their
affliction he was afflicted” (Isaiah 63:9). He never bore disease in His own flesh,
but He carried the sickness of others. With tenderest sympathy He looked upon
the suffering ones who pressed about Him. He groaned in spirit as He saw the
work of Satan revealed in all their woe, and He made every case of need and of
sorrow His own… The power of love was in all His healing. He identified His
interests with suffering humanity” E.G.W. (That I may know Him, February 11)

4. “Which is easier, to say to the
paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven
you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up
your bed and walk’?” (Mark 2:9)
Jesus went about “all the cities and
villages… healing every sickness and
every disease among the people”
(Matthew 9:35)
But Jesus doesn’t heal physical sickness
only, but He also heals moral sickness;
that is, sin. Jesus always tried to heal the
whole being (spirit, soul and body)
Not every sickness is a consequence of
our sin. Nevertheless, mind and body are
closely related. Anguish, regret or shame
may provoke illness; they can only be
completely healed by the forgiveness of
our Savior.

5. “A merry heart does good, like
medicine, but a broken spirit
dries the bones” (Proverbs 17:22)
Jesus and the apostles gave some
advice to prevent many of today’s
modern diseases.
1. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth… but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven” (Mt. 6:19-20)
2. “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor about your body, what you will put on” (Mt. 6:25)
3. “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you” (Mt. 6:33)
4. “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Mt. 6:34)

6. 5. “casting all your care upon Him, for
He cares for you” (1P. 5:7)
6. “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but
not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed”
(2Co. 4:8-9)
7. “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Phil. 4:4)
8. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving” (Phil. 4:6)
9. “whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Phil. 4:8)
10.“And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His
commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight” (1Jn. 3:22)
“A merry heart does good, like
medicine, but a broken spirit
dries the bones” (Proverbs 17:22)

7. Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love,
promote health and prolong life. A
contented mind, a cheerful spirit, is
health to the body and strength to the
soul.
Gratitude, rejoicing, benevolence, trust
in God’s love and care—these are
health’s greatest safeguard.
E.G.W. (Our Father cares, February 12)

8. There was a great display of healing in the early
years of the Church.
First, a lame was healed (Acts 3:1-19); then, the gift
of healing began to emerge in the Church.
The sick were placed at the street to be healed
when Peter went past (Acts 5:15). Philip cast
demons out and healed lame and paralyzed (Acts
8:6-8). Paul also healed many sick (Acts 19:11-12;
28:7-9)
Even two resurrections were recorded in the Bible,
Dorcas (Acts 9:36-42) and Eutychus (Acts 20:7-10)
Those miracles showed that God’s presence was
among them. As the Gospel was spread, the
healing miracles began to gradually disappear.
“so that they brought the sick out into the streets and
laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow
of Peter passing by might fall on some of them”
(Acts 5:15)

9. “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is
anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 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. And the prayer of
faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him
up. And if he has committed sins, he will be
forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another,
and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man
avails much” (James 5:13-16)
God gave three powerful tools to the current
Church for physical and spiritual healing:
A. Prayer.
B. Anointing the sick.
C. The Health Reform.

10. “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and
the life. He who believes in Me, though he may
die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes
in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?””
(John 11:25-26)
Jesus raised the son
of the widow of Nain
(Lk. 7: 11-17)
Jesus raised the
Jairus’ daughter
(Mr. 5:21.43)
Jesus raised Lazarus
(Jn. 11:37-44)
Jesus proved that He has power over death. He didn’t plan to prolong this
sinful life; but He wants to raise us to a better life, to an eternal sinless life.
Sickness and accidents may prevail today, but eternal life is guaranteed to
those who accept Jesus as their Savior.

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