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Healing From The Word
It is the word of God.
We all can see that the church cannot play with this scripture. If any turn away from these clear instructions they are in a place of tremendous danger.
Those who refuse to obey, do so to their unspeakable loss.
James also tells us in connection with this,
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Jas. 5:19-20 KJV
Many turn away from the Lord, like King Asa who sought physicians in his sickness, and consequently died, and I take it that this passage means that if one induces another to turn back to the Lord, he will save such from death, and God will forgive a multitude of sins that they have committed.
This scripture can also have a large application on the line of salvation.
If you turn away from any part of God’s truth, the enemy will certainly get an advantage over you.
Does the Lord meet those who look to Him for healing, and obey the instructions set forth in James?
Most assuredly.
Let me tell you a story to show how He will undertake for the most extreme case.
Dying from Acute Peritonitis
One day, I had been visiting the sick, and was with a friend of mine, an architect, when I saw a young man from his office coming down the road in a car holding in his hand a telegram.
It contained a very urgent request that we go immediately and pray for a man who was dying.
We went off in an auto as fast as possible, and in about an hour and a half, reached a large house in the country, where the man who was dying resided.
There were two staircases in that house, and it was extremely convenient; for the doctors could go up and down one, and my friend and I could go up and down the other, and so we had no occasion to meet one another. [Thereby avoiding the unbelief, gloom, and inevitable scoffing of the medics. Ed]
I found, on arrival, that it was a case of this sort; the man’s body had been broken, he was ruptured and his bowels had been punctured in two places. This discharge from the bowels had formed abscesses, and blood poisoning had set in.
The man’s face had turned green. Two doctors were in attendance, but they saw that the case was beyond their power. They had telegraphed to London for a great specialist, and when we arrived, they were at the railway station awaiting his arrival.
The man was very near death, and could not speak.
I said to the wife, “If you desire we will anoint and pray for him.”
She said, “That is why I sent for you.”
I anointed him in the Name of the Lord, and asked the Lord to raise him up.
Apparently, there was no change.
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