For example:
Who is doing the healing? Does our own spirit heal our body when Christ commands it? Or when He says it does our body obey? Or does healing power somehow go out of Him and heal us? Why is a mortal voice necessary? Isn't a prayer petitioning the healing the same thing as a blessing? Is healing tied to priesthood? How? Where did that tradition come from? Is it scriptural? Why were women allowed to heal in the early days of the church and even set apart to do so but not anymore? Was there a revelation from God discontinuing the practice?
So I turned to the scriptures to help answer some questions. I think I found even more questions.
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Matthew 9:35 And Jesus went about all the
cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
[He seemed very liberal with His healing. Why doesn't He do that now? We all come to Him likewise and ask to be
healed but something keeps us from being healed. What is it?]
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Mark 1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers
diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak,
because they knew him.
[How many of our problems are due to devils and
unclean/false/evil spirits/entities?]
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Luke 6:
17 ¶And he came down
with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a
great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the sea
coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their
diseases;
18 And they that
were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And the whole
multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed
them all.
[were those vexed with unclean spirits aware that they
had them? Or did they just think they were sick or diseased? So the virtue itself healed them? What does that even mean?]
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Mark 6:13 And they cast out
many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
[Why the anointing with oil? Is this the only scripture besides James 5
that mentions this?]
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3 Nephi 7:
21 And it came to
pass that the thirty and first year did pass away, and there were but few who
were converted unto the Lord; but as many as were converted did truly signify
unto the people that they had been visited by the power and Spirit of God,
which was in Jesus Christ, in whom they believed.
22 And as many as
had devils cast out from them, and were healed of their sicknesses and their
infirmities, did truly manifest unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the Spirit of God,
and had been healed; and they did show forth signs also and did do some
miracles among the people.
[The Spirit of God wrought upon the people and healed
them. Were there any blessings or
prayers required, or did the Lord just step in and heal them of His own
accord? Was this a spiritual healing or physical healing or both? Do both usually go hand in hand?]
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Moroni 10:
9 For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God,
that he may teach the word of wisdom;
10 And to another,
that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
11 And to another,
exceedingly great faith; and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
[The Spirit of God gives gifts of teaching and
healing. Is healing not tied to the
priesthood? Why don't the scriptures
ever mention healing having anything to do with priesthood?]
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Alma 15:
5 And it came to
pass that they went immediately, obeying the message which he had sent unto
them; and they went in unto the house unto Zeezrom; and they found him upon his
bed, sick, being very low with a burning fever; and his mind also was
exceedingly sore because of his iniquities; and when he saw them he stretched
forth his hand, and besought them that they would heal him.
6 And it came to
pass that Alma said unto him, taking him by the hand: Believest thou in the
power of Christ unto salvation?
7 And he answered
and said: Yea, I believe all the words that thou hast taught.
8 And Alma said: If
thou believest in the redemption of Christ thou canst be healed.
9 And he said: Yea,
I believe according to thy words.
10 And then Alma cried unto the
Lord, saying: O Lord our God, have mercy on this man, and heal him according to his faith
which is in Christ.
11 And when Alma had
said these words, Zeezrom leaped upon his feet, and began to walk; and this was
done to the great astonishment of all the people; and the knowledge of this
went forth throughout all the land of Sidom.
[Alma didn't perform a priesthood blessing or even
command Zeezrom to be healed. He just
prayed for him to be healed. Is it the
same effect? Can we always have the same
result by just asking for it? Can ANYONE do this, regardless of gender or age?]
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3 Nephi 9:13 O all ye that are
spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of
your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?
[repentance and conversion will lead to healing? Or is this a spiritual healing He's referring
to?]
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Mormon 9:
9 For do we not read
that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no
variableness neither shadow of changing?
18 And who shall say that Jesus
Christ did not do many mighty miracles? And there were many mighty miracles
wrought by the hands of the apostles.
19 And if there were miracles
wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an
unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would
cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles.
20 And the reason why he ceaseth
to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in
unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they
should trust.
21 Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth
in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of
Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth.
[so we should be expecting the same outpouring of
miracles that went on at the time of the Lord?]
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3 Nephi 17:8 For I perceive
that ye desire that I should show unto you what I have done unto your brethren
at Jerusalem, for I see that your
faith is sufficient that I should heal you.
[as soon as we have the faith will the Lord step in
and heal us?]
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Mormon 1:13 But wickedness
did prevail upon the face of the whole land, insomuch that the Lord did take
away his beloved disciples, and the work of miracles and of healing did cease because of the iniquity
of the people.
[is that the reason that miracles cease for us as
well?]
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4 Nephi 1:5 And there were
great and marvelous works wrought by the disciples of Jesus, insomuch that they did heal the
sick, and raise the dead, and cause the lame to walk, and the blind to
receive their sight, and the deaf to hear; and all manner of miracles did they
work among the children of men; and in nothing did
they work miracles save it were in the name of Jesus.
[is it only necessary to perform miracles in the name
of Jesus? Is priesthood involved? Did their ability to heal the sick come as a
direct result of having all things in common?]
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1 Nephi 11:31
31 And he spake unto
me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth
among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and
who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean
spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the
power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were
cast out.
[only Christ does the healing. If we are commanded to be healed, do our
spirits have any involvement in it, or does Christ alone do the healing?]
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1 Nephi 17:41 And he did
straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts,
even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He
sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they
might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look;
and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were
many who perished.
[Is there always a labor to be performed in order to
be healed? Is it a show of faith?]
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Matthew 8:
16 ¶When the even was come, they
brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the
spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities,
and bare our sicknesses.
[Is He able to heal us because He took upon Himself
our sicknesses in Gethsemane?]
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Luke 8
48 And he said unto
her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
[is there always some act of faith necessary to be
healed? Can Jesus heal a faithless
person?]
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James 5:
13 Is any among you
afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
[If we prayed for each other more often would we be healed more often? Are we generally forgiven of our sins when we are healed physically? Does one need to come before the other?
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So now I have a lot more questions. Next post: women and healing.
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