Does God Still Heal? - Physical Healing - A Biblical Assessment, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 26 February 2025
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Summary
Throughout the New Testament, we witness the incredible miracles Jesus and the Apostles performed. But in today's world, how can Christians effectively support those who are suffering from illness and pain? We invite you to join us for an enlightening program as Chip shares valuable insights and practical applications from James chapter 5. We will explore the true meaning of divine healing in the 21st century and uncover prayer's transformative role in supernatural breakthroughs.
Main Points
A look at the problem: "Sickness" - 4 types:- Sickness for death. --1 John 5:16
- Sickness for discipline. --1 Corinthians 11:30-32
- Sickness for God's glory. --John 11:4
- Sickness from the enemy. --Luke 13:11
- Sensationalists
- Confessionalists
- Anti-Supernaturalists
- Rationalists
- Medical/Biblical/Spiritual Integration
- Who are the sick?
- What are the sick to do?
- What are the elders to do?
- What does God promise to do?
- What sin or other conditions might qualify God's promise to heal?
- What is the presumed relationship between sin and sickness in this passage?
- What are we all told to do regularly for our health?
- What kind of prayer has healing impact?
- Who qualifies to be heard by God for healing and the miraculous?
- The intervention of God. --Acts 3:1-9
- The interaction of God. --1 Timothy 5:23
- The enabling of God. --2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | In the New Testament, Jesus heals people, the apostles heal people, and there are numerous times in church history where dramatic, miraculous, physical healings have launched movements of God. |
| 0:15.0 | Here's the question, does God still do that today? And if so, how does it work? |
| 0:22.0 | Thanks for listening to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram, |
| 0:26.2 | an international teaching and discipleship ministry that encourages and equips Christians to live like Christians. |
| 0:32.8 | Well, in just a minute, our Bible teacher, Chip Ingram, picks up where he left off in his compelling series. |
| 0:37.4 | Does God still heal? |
| 0:38.9 | But before he gets going, if this is your first time listening to this daily broadcast, |
| 0:43.4 | and you want to learn more about what we do, go to living on the edge.org. |
| 0:48.9 | You'll find resources there on tons of topics and countless programs to enjoy. |
| 0:53.8 | Or if you prefer, the Chip Ingram map is also a great way to get plugged in with our ministry. |
| 0:59.1 | Okay, if you have a Bible, going out to James Chapter 5 for Part 2 of Chip's Message, |
| 1:03.9 | Physical Healing, a biblical assessment. |
| 1:07.2 | Can I be as bold to say to us in our current culture? |
| 1:11.2 | Things that the Bible clearly calls sin are so common among some of us. |
| 1:16.4 | We don't even recognize it. |
| 1:18.2 | And when it causes the consequences of sickness, |
| 1:20.6 | since we don't call it sin anymore, |
| 1:22.3 | like being a workaholic, have you thought of that as sin? |
| 1:26.4 | Or what about an addiction? I mean, I mean, how about this? |
| 1:32.0 | I get five hours of sleep. I drink nine cups of coffee. I work 85 hours. I eat mostly fast food. |
| 1:37.9 | I never work out. I don't take any vitamins. I'm really mad at my ex and I'm just about ready to go |
| 1:43.8 | through the, I have outbursts of anger. So what's the problem, God? Why won't you heal me? |
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