The Spirit inspired James to write to advice that
"...the body without the spirit is dead" (
James 2:26). The "spirit" of which James notes is referring to the "breath" which gives the body life, for in the absence of this energetic 'life-giving' element man's flesh perishes.
In like manner, the absence and lack of operation of the 'life-giving' elements of the "body of Christ" (the Church), which is the "gifts of the Spirit" (of which healing is an integral element), then the Church is also dead. As a manner of speaking, the presence and active operation of the "gifts of the Spirit" (see
I Corinthians 12) could be properly identified as the very "life-blood" of the Church that is present in the world today.
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