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MARCH 16, 2022
STUDY NOTES
JAMES 5:14
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
THE PRAYER OF FAITH
INTRODUCTION
Most Bible scholars admit that James 5:14-15 are difficult verses to interpret
Interpretations vary among scholars and result in various applications of their interpretation
Some popular Bible teachers argue that James is not talking about physical healing at all
That his teaching concerns Christians who are spiritually weak and need spiritual restoration
Listen to the message, study it, pray about it, and come to your conclusion
Jas 5:14 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:
Do Christians ever get sick?
How many Christians do you know that are physically afflicted today?
Is there ever a time when we have prayer requests that the sick, are not mentioned?
There is always someone among our family, church family, or friends that are sick and need prayer
Just like in the previous verse James does not ask the question to find an answer
He already knows the answer, he knows that Christians do get sick
James also knows the answer when Christians get sick
Many religious leaders today cause a great deal of confusion concerning sickness
Teaching that Christians are not supposed to get sick or be physically diseased
Some go so far to say that if the Christian is sick, and not healed of their sickness-They have a lack of faith or an unconfessed sin and are out of the will of God
Then when Christians, who follow their teachings get sick, they experience defeat
They feel guilty, they become mentally and spiritually discouraged, and they face depression
And that is the very opposite state of what James just described in the previous verse, Jas 5:13 Is any
among you afflicted?
let him pray.
Is any merry?
let him sing psalms.
Regardless of our current circumstances of life or our present health, we must rejoice in Jesus
So why do Christians get sick?
Because we live in the same world that everyone else lives in
All suffering, physical and otherwise, is a result of original sin inherited from Adam
The same is true for physical death, Christians are not healed from every cause of physical death
Christians die from physical diseases just like the lost do and it is not because of a lack of faith
Just as sure as you are going to experience death, you will also experience sickness
All sickness or physical defect is not due to personal sin, Joh 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man
which was blind from his birth.
Joh 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this
man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Joh 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
His blindness was not caused by a specific sin, it like all other needs revealed our need for God
The word translated “sick” means “to be without strength,” to be weak and feeble
It is used to refer to any kind of weakness, it can be mental, moral, physical, or spiritual
Physical sickness often awakens the spiritual weakness in a person
When people get seriously sick, they seriously search their spiritual life and seek God’s help
People who were sick with serious diseases were brought to Jesus for healing, Mar 6:56 And
whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and
besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as
touched him were made whole.
Jesus is the One who heals, Luk 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick
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with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and
healed them.
(Here it was Jesus who touched them)
When Jesus sent out His disciples, He said, “Heal the sick,” Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
The word translated “sick” is the same word James used in James 5:14
John applied the word that James used to those who were sick in general, Joh 6:2 And a great
multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on “them that were
diseased” (same word translated sick)
It is important to see how the word translated “sick” is used in the NT
It is found 14 times in the Gospel accounts referring to “physical sickness”
In Acts we find the sickness and death of Tabitha, Act 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain
disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good
works and almsdeeds which she did.
Act 9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she
“was sick,” and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
In the NT Letters, there are three references which refer to “physical sickness”
Paul spoke of the sickness of Epaphroditus, Php 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of
heaviness, because that ye had heard that “he had been sick” Php 2:27 For indeed “he was sick”
nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should
have sorrow upon sorrow.
Paul also spoke of the sickness of Trophimus, 2Ti 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I
left at Miletus “sick”
Elsewhere in the Epistles the word is used to refer to emotional or spiritual weakness: Acts 20:35;
Romans 4:19; 8:3; 14:1-2; 1 Corinthians 8:9, 11-12; 2 Corinthians 11:21,29; 12:10; 13:3-4
The word translated “sick” in James 5:14 is often used in-reference to those who are emotionally,
mentally, or spiritually weak, but also used in reference to those who are physically sick
Regardless of which of the above, the Christian can become despondent, depressed, and defeated
In such a state of mind, many lose their desire for prayer, Bible study, and church attendance
They hit bottom spiritually and will then began to follow the old ways of life
Paul had those people in mind in, 1Th 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
“Warn” means “to give instructions” which must come from a heart of concern for them
It means guide them and encourage them to do what is right according to God’s Word
“Unruly” refers to those who are neglecting their Christian duties
They are spiritually lazy, spiritually idle, and not serious about their Christian life
They are like a soldier marching out of step with the rest of the troop
We must step up beside those Christians and help them to get back in line spiritually
The word translated “feebleminded” does not refer to those who have a mental problem
It refers to those who have a “spiritual problem,” the word means “of little soul”
It refers to those who are “fainthearted,” they are feeble or fretful spiritually
There are those who are easily worried, easily discouraged, and they give up in a hurry
They need “comfort” they need the guidance of God’s Word, they need spiritual strength
They need “kind words” from God’s Word, convincing words that they can do it
So, the “weak” are the Christians who need to be strengthened spiritually
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