Theocast
Prayer for Healing
June 22, 2022
Summary
This is the first of at least two episodes from James 5. In James 5:14, the apostle writes that if a person is sick he should have the elders of the church anoint him and pray for him. Then he says that the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. How are we to understand this? What kind of healing is in view? What is the prayer of faith? Jon and Justin consider these questions and more.
Topics
- Episode focus: Prayer for Healing
- This is the first of at least two episodes from James 5
- In James 5:14, the apostle writes that if a person is sick he should have the elders of the church anoint him and pray for him
- Then he says that the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up
- Jon and Justin consider these questions and more
Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, we're going to record the first of at least two episodes dealing with the latter portion of James chapter 5, beginning in James 5, 13, there are some things written that cause a lot of angst and
confusion for many Christians.
We're told there that if people are sick, they should call for the elders to come and pray for them and anoint them with oil, and they will be healed.
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise this person up.
If he's committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Simple question: How are we supposed to understand that?
The prayer for healing, we're going to talk about that today on the regular episode.
And then over in SR, John and I are going to continue that conversation and go in depth, more about hermeneutics and how we go about interpreting fun.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a confessional, reformed, and pastoral perspective.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who's pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Springhill, Tennessee, and I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
We are meeting on a Wednesday morning, John, to do another double dip recording.
We're starting to do a little bit more of this because we're all about efficiency these days and trying to get as much accomplished in as brief of a span of time as we can.
Our churches are growing.
The podcast is also, and we want to steward our time well.
That's right.
