This document discusses James 5:13-16 and provides context and analysis of key aspects in the passage. It addresses topics like original sin, personal sin, suffering, sickness, prayer, confession of sins, and divine healing. The overall message is that James advocates using medicine accompanied by prayer when sick, not faith healing alone. Prayer of faith can lead to physical healing, forgiveness of sins, or endurance if healing does not come.

1. James: Hands-On Christianity….James: Hands-On Christianity….
James 5:13-16James 5:13-16

4. refers to the sin nature
we inherited from Adam.

5. “Therefore, just as sin entered
the world through one man,
and death through sin, and
in this way death came to all
people, because all sinned ….”
[TNIV]
James 5:12….James 5:12….

6. is the daily disobedience that is
spawned by our Adamic nature.

7. “Original Sin” is
the root.
“Personal Sin”
is the fruit.

9. “Therefore, just as sin entered
the world through one man,
and death through sin, and
in this way death came to all
people, because all sinned ….”
[TNIV]
James 5:12….James 5:12….

11. The story of
David and
Bathsheba
in 2 Samuel 11 &
12….

12. “3 When I kept silent, my bones
wasted away through my
groaning all day long. 4 For
day and night your hand was
heavy on me; my strength was
sapped as in the heat of
summer.” [TNIV]
Psalm 32:3-4….Psalm 32:3-4….

14. “2 …. ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this
man or his parents, that he
was born blind?’ 3 ‘Neither this
man nor his parents sinned,’
said Jesus, ‘but this happened
so that the works of God might
be displayed in him.’ ” [TNIV]
John 9:2,3….John 9:2,3….

16. Trophimus was sick
in Miletus (2 Timothy 4:20).
Epaphroditus almost
died while ministering
to Paul
(Philippians 2:25-27).

17. Timothy, Paul’s spiritual son,
had a stomach problem and
“frequent illnesses”
(1 Timothy 5:23).

18. Paul asked God 3 times to
remove his own “thorn in the
flesh,”
but God said,
“My grace is
sufficient for you”
(2 Corinthians 12:9)
– in other words…
“NOT ALL HEALED!”

19. Those who claim that “it is
God’s will for everyone to be
healed” base their belief upon
the last phrase of Isaiah 53:5
that says,
“…. And by his wounds
we are healed.” [TNIV]

20. However, the context of
this verse refers to….
“spiritual
sickness and
healing,
not physical.”

21. “ ‘He himself bore our sins’
in his body on the cross, so that
we might die to sins and live for
righteousness; ‘by his wounds
you have been healed.’ ”
[TNIV]
1 Peter 2:24….1 Peter 2:24….

23. James’ prescription
for those who are
suffering, cheerful or sick.

24. James 5:13a….James 5:13a….
“Is anyone among
you in trouble
(suffering)?
Let them pray.…”
[TNIV]

25. “in distress” or
“to suffer trouble”
…. can mean mental illness,
anxiety, or some affliction from
which there is no immediate
relief.
Greek, kakopatheo
means

26. James is exhorting us
to pray for
“endurance!”

27. John 17:15….John 17:15….
“My prayer is not that you
take them out of the world
but that you protect them
from the evil one.”
[TNIV]

28. James 5:13b….James 5:13b….
“Is anyone happy?
Let them sing
songs of praise.”
[TNIV]

29. Don’t feel guilty
because you’re
not experiencing
the hardships
of others.

30. “Let it out! Sing praises
and thank God for the
blessings He has given.”
James says….

31. James 5:14….James 5:14….
“Is anyone among you sick?
Let them call the elders of the
church to pray over them and
anoint (aleipho) them with oil
in the name of the Lord.” [TNIV]

32. Greek, astheneo
means
“without strength, weak”
… is the idea of being
totally incapacitated.

36. “James did not write about
ceremonial anointing at all. ….
The ordinary word for a
ceremonial anointing was chrio
(a cognate of christos [Christ]
the “anointed One”). ….
points out in his book

37. …. The word James used (aleipho),
in contrast to the word chrio (“to
anoint”), usually means “to rub”
or simply “apply.”
The word aleipho was used to
describe the personal application
of salves, lotions, and perfumes,
which usually had an oil base. …

38. …. It was even used to speak of
plastering walls. …. An aleiptes
was a “trainer” who rubbed down
athletes in gymnastic school.
Aleipho was used frequently in
medical treatises. And so it turns
out that what James required by
the use of oil was the use of the
best medical means of the day.

39. ... James simply
say to rub oil …
on the body,
and pray. ….
In this passage he urged
the treating of sickness
by medical means
accompanied by prayer.

40. ….. The two are to be used
together; neither to the
exclusion of the other.
So instead of teaching faith
healing apart from the use
of medicine, the passage
teaches the opposite.”

42. Prayer of faith leads to
3 specific results
found in James 5:15 ….
Prayer of faith leads to
3 specific results
found in James 5:15 ….
“And the prayer offered in faith
will make them well; the Lord
will raise them up. If they have
sinned, they will be forgiven.”
[TNIV]

43. The context clearly indicates
a person who is suffering physically
as a direct result
of personal sin.

44. “Remember this: Whoever turns
a sinner from the way of error
will save them from death and
cover over a multitude of sins.”
[TNIV]
means “saved”
James 5:20….James 5:20….

46. James 5:16….James 5:16….
“Therefore confess your sins to
each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person
is powerful and effective.” .”
[TNIV]

47. Don’t let sins build up in
your life to the point that
they make you physically
ill!

48. “In a very real sense it is easier
to confess sins to God than it is
to confess them to men; and yet
in sin there are two barriers to
be removed – the barrier it sets
up between us and God, ….
writes….

49. …. and the barrier it sets up
between us and our fellow-men.
If both these barriers are to
be removed, both kinds of
confession must be made.”

50. Appropriate response to your
friends’ confessions would be to lift
them up to the Lord
in prayer.

51. Asking others to pray for your
physical healing while ignoring
proper medical treatment is
foolish.

52. When God heals,
remember to thank Him
and give Him the glory!

53. Did you notice that James never
once mentions
“faith healers?”
When we’re sick, we are
commanded to call for the leaders
in our local church.
When we’re sick, we are
commanded to call for the leaders
in our local church.

54. conclusion
on this important topic….
“I believe in divine healing.
I do not believe in divine healers.
I believe in faith healing.
I do not believe in faith healers.
There is a great difference. ….

55. …. I believe that God in His
sovereign grace and power will
in fact reach down in some cases
and change a condition. ….
And I am of the conviction that
God does that apart from any
individual who claims to have
certain powers.”