24.49 Summarizing The Christ My Healer, Christ My Health Series (Part 2)

In part two of the Smith's summary of their series on Divine Healing and Divine Health, Craig and LaDonna remind us how this revisit to the last 8 episodes was an important thing to do.  It came from Craig's third trip back to death's door in 2024 as he battled four serious outbreaks of infections in his body.  That, along with his battle with Covid and the aftermath of the accident in 2009 has taken them much deeper into the truths of Divine Healing and Divine Health.  And they don't want their listeners to miss these important truths for tragedy and trauma can hit anyone of us at any time.  It was their commitment to the authority of the Scriptures that enabled them to handle all the challenges that have come their way.  But before they could affirm the Divine Health God has sustained them in, they wanted us all to know they continue to believe firmly in the doctrine of Divine Healing.  Why, because all throughout Scripture, in both the Old and New Testament, God is described as healer.  All the way back to Exodus and His word to the Children of Israel, in David's heart in the Psalms, in the Prophet Isaiah's strong words that affirm healing in the Atonement, and even spoken of as integral to Christ's earthly ministry, which often involved healing of so many, and in the promise of the Great Commission's fulfillment, healing was included as part of the gospel message.   It didn't stop there, though, as it was also given to the church as part of the spiritual gifts Paul wrote to the Corinthians about, and continues to this day through the faithful involvement of local church elders in the anointing and praying for the sick.  But with such strong doctrinal truth affirmed throughout the Scriptures, the Smiths remind us that a twisting of doctrinal truth is always something to be careful about.  Such is the case with the faith healers promoting a health, wealth, and prosperity gospel that is not the same as biblical Divine Healing.  That's further supported by Scripture addressing the question, Is it God's will that everyone should be healed?  Once again, the timeless truths of God's Word brings such clarity to this and all other important doctrinal teaching given to the Church of our Lord until He comes again!  Let's continue to live in Divine Health, all while we continue to seek Divine Healing!  It's the full message of the gospel that continues to transform lives across the world until Christ returns!