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The Power of Prayer in Healing - Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone happy? He should sing songs of thanks to God. Is anyone among you sick? He should send for the church leaders and ...
- Should We Apply This Passage to Every Sickness?
- Why Should The Sick Call on Their Elders?
- What’s The Deal with The Oil?
- Humble Reliance on God’s Mercy
James isn’t suggesting you get on the phone with your elders and ask them to break out the oil every time your seasonal allergies act up or you get the sniffles. The fact that the sick person in this text has to “call for” the elders to visit him suggests that this person is significantly ill—unable to attend corporate gatherings or other functions...
Pragmatically, calling your elders to pray for you in a time of sickness puts your needs not only before them but, likely, before the whole congregation. As the shepherds of your church, the elders are best suited to know how to care for you, how to express your needs to the church, and how to minister the hope of the gospel. The end of verse 16 ma...
James’s mention of oil is certainly one of the most enigmatic parts of the passage. Let’s rule out what anointing with oil doesn’t mean. First, James isn’t teaching the Roman Catholic doctrine of extreme unction. He nowhere indicates that we should see anointing the sick with oil as a “sacrament.” Furthermore, the use of oil in this passage isn’t t...
Should we anoint the sick with oil? It depends on the situation. On the one hand, God doesn’t command Christians to seek out every sick brother or sister and anoint them. But if someone seriously ill desires healing, then yes—one way they can express their wholehearted reliance on and submission to God is by asking righteous men to intercede for th...
- Samuel Emadi
Then the prayer of faith shall save (heal) the sick man, and the Lord shall bring him up out of his sickness; and even if it were occasioned by some sin, that sin shall be forgiven him. Such is the simple and undeniable sense of the Apostle, arguing for the efficacy of prayer; and such the perversion of that sense by the Church of Rome."
Here, in verse 15, James describes the expected result to that "prayer offered in faith" by the elders: The Lord will raise the person up. Any sins he has committed will be forgiven. If these two verses are describing a person who is physically ill, the promise is of a physical healing.
In our passage, however, James cautions us to consider whether sin is part of what is causing the sickness, for he says about the sick person, "If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed."
Oct 4, 2017 · James has in mind either a person who is sick physically or is sick spiritually. In order to answer this question we will look at three lines of evidence: (1) the words that James chooses to use, (2) the immediate context, and (3) what other New Testament scriptures may shed light on the subject.
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Aug 5, 2024 · James 5:13-18 focuses on prayer and its effectiveness. Verse 13 addresses those who are suffering or cheerful, instructing them to pray or sing songs of praise. In this context, verse 14 shifts the focus to those who are sick, urging them to seek the prayers and anointing of the church elders.
