Textbook Analysis 3: Divine Healing

22. ISBN 9780963558145, 0963558145 pp. pp. 359-416
Construct your analysis with 1.5-2 pages of summary of the doctrine/reading and 1-1.5 pages of application of that summary. In total, your writing should be 3 pages. -Provide a clear introduction with a defined thesis (your thesis for these analyses is you goal to provide a summary and application of the specific doctrine being covered), followed by a clear conclusion to wrap up the paper. -The textbook and the Bible are your only resources for the Textbook Analyses. Therefore, parenthetical citations are sufficient.

An intervention of God that results in emotional, physical and spiritual recovery is the thing we refer to when we talk about divine healing. If you’re a Christian it is possible to be sure that God and the Holy Spirit as the source of supernatural healing. In one way or another divine healing is a fundamental tenet of almost every major religion in the world. By using Ruqya (incantations), Muslims attempt to counter evil spirits and expel Jinn to cure illness. Gso-wa Rig-pa is used by Tibetan Buddhists. It integrates medical practices with meditation and mantras. Modern pantheists who adhere to New Age thought or cosmic humanism draw from a vast variety of occult and spiritual practices to justify their beliefs. In the realm of divine healing each of these views have one feature in common significance of the ritual. In the case of non-Christian belief system it is necessary to perform an act of public display to either oblige a divine healer intervene or exert control over a healing power that is abstract. There are a variety of opinions on the importance divinity in the field of modern medical practice. The gift of tongues that is symbolic as well as the healing power is believed by certain Christians to be over in the same period (1 Corinthians 12:9). Cessationism is the name used to describe this belief. Other people of the Christian faith hold that all of the known miracles continue to be used even today. Our faith of God to be “the LORD who heals” doesn’t change because we believe in the cessationist paradigm (Exodus 15:26). Both His ability for healing and love for His people will never cease. Cont…