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Jan 4, 2022 · The elders anoint the sick person with oil and offer a prayer of faith, and God promises to “raise them up.” However, since the immediate context has to do with confession of sin and forgiveness, it may be that the sickness in view is the result of a specific sin.
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Oct 9, 2015 · How should we pray for healing? The Bible provides a few models but no formulas. Basically, ask God. It’s the prayer of faith that heals the sick (James 5:15). One of the clearest biblical instructions is to have elders pray for the sick (James 5:14).
- A Place to Begin
- A Four-Step Process
- Step 1: The Sick Person Calls For The Elders
- Step 2: The Elders Go to The Sick Person
- Step 3: The Elders Pray and Anoint with Oil
- Step 4: There Is Healing and Forgiveness
- A Proper Perspective
- Wanted: Men of Prayer
- Restoring A Noble Ministry
- Partial and Temporary
The Gospels record 41 separate healing miracles during Christ’s ministry on earth. Matthew 4:23-24 tells us that people with various maladies were brought to Jesus from Galilee and Syria, and he healed them all. Some were blind, others deaf, some were demonized, some paralyzed, and still others were sick with various diseases. He healed them all. J...
If we look at this passage carefully, we discover that it mentions four steps in the process of praying for the sick.
“Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him” (James 5:14). The process begins when the sick person calls for the elders to come to him. The word “sick” includes any serious physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual problem that has become too heavy to bear. There are many kinds of sickness, and when a believer ...
This step follows from the first. The elders go wherever the sick person is. They go together because there is strength in numbers. Praying in person makes their prayers much more fervent, heartfelt, and earnest. And their presence encourages the sick person with the message that “the church has not forgotten you.” Since elders lead by example, the...
“He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord” (James 5:14). Prayer is the key. When the elders come to pray for the sick person, they are to anoint him with oil. The word literally means to rub oil on him, almost like a massage. The kind of oil is not identified, but we can be sure it doe...
The fourth step is described in James 5:15: “The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.” This step is simply the expected result of steps 1–3: The sick person is healed, and his sins are forgiven. James uses an unusual phrase to describe the prayer. He calls it “the...
Not everyone we pray for is healed in the literal, physical sense. There are various ways of dealing with this reality, and none of them satisfy me completely. There is a mystery here I cannot fully explain. It helps to compare this passage with other statements about prayer in the New Testament where similar sweeping promises are made. Those state...
As I survey James 5:14-15 in light of the whole Bible, the following two statements seem absolutely true to me: 1. It is not always God’s will to heal physically, or no sick believer would ever die. 2. It is often God’s will to heal, or James 5:14-15 would not be in the Bible. Sometimes we focus on one statement to the exclusion of the other, but b...
Praying for the sick should be the normal work of the church. We must restore this noble ministry in our day. Perhaps we would see God’s power manifest in greater ways if we dared to believe and obey his Word. At the same time, we must let God be God. He knows what is best, and there are certain principles we need to keep in mind as we pray: 1. Sin...
One final word needs to be said. All healing in this life is partial and temporary. Ultimate healing will not come until the dead in Christ are raised when Jesus comes again (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Sometimes we speak of believers who died after a long illness as having been healed in heaven. But the Bible doesn’t say it that way. Those who die i...
Mar 11, 1990 · James 5:14–15, "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins he will be forgiven."
- Now today we turn to James 5:13–18. And the question is: Do thehealing instructions here fit in with what we said last week?Listen to what one Brit...
- In James 5:13–18 we see at least three kinds of praying notjust one. And all three of them are ways of praying for people whoare sick or suffering...
- God intends that in some circumstances the shepherds(=elders) be the channel of needed spiritual gifts to theflock.People ask: Why should not the s...
Pray not only for the specific illness, but for a renewal of shalom —wholeness, peace, and true prosperity. Pray in person, whenever possible, laying on hands as appropriate (and safe). Your prayers don’t need to be lengthy or filled with big, theological words. Keep it simple and heartfelt.
Jul 8, 2015 · One of the most intractable pieces of folk wisdom in charismatic circles, which I have heard time and time again, is that we shouldn't pray for the sick, but rather simply heal them.
Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
