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Healing Doctrine -
Survey of the Doctrine Sub-subject index to doctrine arranged by subject. Printer-friendly Page 08 Instructions: This page takes all the sub-subjects and key statements from the main Survey of the Doctrine page and lists them in doctrine order by subject. Click on the paragraph number to go back to the Survey of the Doctrine page to read the doctrine. |
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God's Promise |
"If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in His eyes, and give heed to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord, your healer." |
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God's Promise |
"You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. None shall cast her young or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days." [Exodus 23:25-26] |
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God's Promise |
One should never forget that the real hope of all true Christians is eternal spiritual life through the resurrection and not prolonged physical life through healing. |
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Gospel |
Healing and Christ's message of the coming Kingdom of God were almost inseparable. |
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Gospel |
Healing returns the body to its original, pure, wholly sound state; and so it is with the Kingdom of God, which shall return the earth to its original, pure, wholly sound state (referred to as "the times of restitution of all things" in Acts 3:21). |
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Healing |
The resurrection of the dead is the ultimate miracle of healing. |
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Healing |
Healing foreshadows the resurrection. |
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Healing |
Healing is portrayed in the cleansing of our sins at conversion and the transformation of our bodies at the resurrection. |
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Healing Symbolism |
Healing is the physical representation of the spiritual cleansing. |
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Healing Symbolism |
The healing of the physical body, radically and miraculously altering it from a state of sickness to a state of health, symbolizes what God can do through Christ to our minds, hearts and spirits. |
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Healing Symbolism |
In the work of the disciples, healing was linked to and corroborated the preaching of the coming kingdom. |
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Healings today |
It is difficult to tell whether God's Church today is experiencing the same type and frequency of healings than the later New Testament Church had. |
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Healings Today |
To understand the Practical application of healing today, several complex interrelationships (such as between faith and healing, and faith and medical procedures) need to be considered. |
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Healings Today |
We see no evidence of the gifts of healings being bestowed on any individual. |
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Healings Today |
The Church vigorously teaches that there is no way of knowing in advance whether any person will be supernaturally healed. |
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Jesus |
Healings He performed demonstrate His compassion, forgiveness of sin, resurrection of dead and establishment of Kingdom on earth. |
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Jesus |
Healings established His credibility as being sent from God. |
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Jesus |
Healing expressed Christ power on earth. |