Statement of Faith
Directory

1. The Scriptures Inspired

2. The One True God

3. Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

4. The Fall of Man

5. The Salvation of Man

6. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

7. Divine Healing

8. The Ordinances of the Church

9. The Church

10. The Second Coming of Christ

11. The Judgement and the Future State

Statement of Faith

7. Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel and wherever the gospel was preached, both by Jesus and His followers, the sick were healed. In His sufferings on the cross, Jesus fully paid the penalty of the broken law and all its consequences including sin, sickness, and death. His resurrection demonstrated His Father's approval of the completeness of His finished work. The Lord Jesus commissioned His followers to go and declare to all the world that men may now be freed from slavery to sin, delivered from the wrath of God, and healed of their diseases. James further directed that sick believers should request prayer from elders, who were to anoint them with oil, believing that they would be healed; therefore, we commit ourselves to pray for any who are sick and to care for their practical needs as our resources allow.

"Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:4-5)

"When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." (Matthew 8:16-17)

"I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." (Matthew 25:36)

"Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." (Mark 6:13)

"Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man "is powerful and effective." (James 5:14-16)

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21)

"...and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 1:4)

"And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me." Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." (Hebrews 2:13-15)

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