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spite this physical malady.
Sometimes the word “heal” is used in connection with troubles which are not physical. When the Bible says that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted (Luke 4:18) it is not referring to impending cardiac arrest or anything of the sort, but rather to overwhelming sorrow. When J esus was criticized for spending time with sinners, he answered that the sick ones are the ones who need the physician. He obviously was referring to sin-sickness.
The clause “by whose stripes ye were healed” in I Peter 2:24 is sometimes used to teach that physical healing is guaranteed to us. This is not true. This verse is not talking about physical healing, but about healing from sin. (Read the whole verse. It does not say one word about physical sickness, but is entirely about sin and deliverance from sin.) Compare Psalm 89:32, ‘Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.” This is a prophecy of the Lord Jesus and the stripes that he would receive in paying the penalty for our sins. Nothing is said about physical healing.
Yes, God can heal. Sometimes he does. Sometimes he does not. We cannot require that he do so, for he has not promised that.
Please feel free to contact us. You may write to the Sperryville Anabaptist Fellowship, P. 0. Box 248, Sperryville, VA. 22740 or phone us at (703) 368-4570 or (703) 896-3495. Ask for Allen or Tom.
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