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Originally Posted by Cindy
These examples are not faith based, IMO. My Mother was a woman of great faith, but she had no problem with going to a hospital or doctor in an emergency situation.
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thank you for pointing that out.
that is what I was trying to show in my post about the words of Jesus, the words from Proverbs, and the words from Ecclesiasticus capter 38.
In Isaiah chapter 38, King Hezekiah was told by the prophet Isaiah, "Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die and not live." The king turned his face to the wall and cried out to the Lord with weeping. He claimed the promise of God about God's covenant of healing found in
Exodus 15:22-26. Some think he may have even prayed in tongues because of the wording of verse 14 in
Isaiah 38. God spoke to Isaiah and told him to go back in there and give Hezekiah the good news that He had heard him and was going to heal him and add 15 years to his life. Isaiah delivered the message of healing and then told him to follow a home type medical procedure of putting on a poultice. I see no conflict between calling on God for healing according to His Word, receiving the anointing of oil and laying on of hands, and also using whatever medical means are available.
Over the years I have made lots of hospital calls. In some cases the nurses will join hands with us around the bed of a patient and pray. I tell them that we are all on God's healing team together and we just play different roles in the healing ministry.
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