Bible Readings for the Home Circle Part 187

Visiting The Sick

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A Message Of Comfort. "I was sick, and ye visited Me." Matt. 25:36.

1. For what will Christ finally commend the righteous?

"I was sick, and _ye visited Me_." Matt. 25:36.

2. Why, in His earthly ministry, did Christ heal the sick?

"That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, _Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses_." Matt.

8:17.

3. With what is Christ touched?

"With the feeling of our infirmities." Heb. 4:15.

4. What relief did He bring to Peter's household?

"And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. _And He touched her hand, and the fever left her_: and she arose, and ministered unto them." Matt. 8:14, 15.

5. What example did He leave us?

"Who _went about doing good_, and _healing all that were oppressed of the devil_; for G.o.d was with Him." Acts 10:38. "As He is, so are we in this world." 1 John 4:17.

6. What should we not forget in our ministry for the sick?

"_Pray one for another, that ye may be healed._ The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16.

Healing The Sick

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Healing The Blind Men. "Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Matt. 8:17.

1. What does the Lord declare Himself to be?

"I am the Lord that _healeth_ thee." Ex. 15:26. "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; _who healeth all thy diseases_." Ps. 103:3.

2. What was promised Israel on condition of obedience?

"Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, ... and _the Lord will take away from thee all sickness_." Deut. 7:11-15.

3. When through disobedience Jeroboam's hand was withered, by what means was it restored?

"And the king answered and said unto the man of G.o.d, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy G.o.d, and _pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of G.o.d besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before._" 1 Kings 13:6.

4. When Miriam was stricken with leprosy, how was she healed?

"And _Moses cried unto the Lord_, saying, Heal her now, O G.o.d, I beseech Thee." Num. 12:13.

5. What mistake did Asa make in his severe affliction?

"And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease _he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians_." 2 Chron. 16:12.

6. How was a child restored to life by Elijah?

"And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and _cried unto the Lord_, and said, O Lord my G.o.d, I pray Thee, let this child's soul come into him again. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; _and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived_." 1 Kings 17:21, 22.

7. How was Hezekiah's prayer for restoration from sickness answered?

"Thus saith the Lord, the G.o.d of David thy father, _I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years_." Isa. 38:5.

8. What const.i.tuted a large part of Christ's ministry?

"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and _healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people_." Matt. 4:23.

9. In doing this, what prophecy was fulfilled?

"He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, _Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses_." Matt. 8:16, 17.

NOTE.-The essence of the gospel is restoration, or healing of body, soul, and spirit. See John 3:16, Luke 4:17-19; Acts 3:19-21; Rom. 8:21-23; 1 Cor. 15:51-55.

10. In the case of the woman healed of an infirmity, what gave effect to her touch of Christ's garment?

"And He said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: _thy faith hath made thee whole_; go in peace." Luke 8:48.

11. Before sending out the twelve, what power did Christ give them?

"Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and _to cure diseases_. And He sent them to preach the kingdom of G.o.d, and _to heal the sick_." Luke 9:1, 2. See Matt.

10:1, 7, 8; Luke 10:1, 9.

12. What notable miracle was performed by the apostles shortly after the day of Pentecost?

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The Great Physician. "And He healed them all." Matt. 12:15.