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Doctrine:  Healing - Part 1 of 6

True and False, Yes and No Questions with answers

1] True or False:  People have not always been healed with the same regularity or for the same reason.     True 2] True or False:  The Old Testament records many healings.     False 3] True or False:  Jesus' miracles of healing helped establish His absolute credibility as one sent from God.  Healing also expressed Christ's power on earth.     True 4] True or False:  It is quite evident that God is not healing today in the same manner or to the same degree that He did in early New Testament times.     True 5] True or False: The use of the word "heal" in the Bible is rather narrow.     False 6] True or False:  God heals inanimate things.     True 7] True or False:  One can be healed of faithlessness or backsliding.     True 8] True or False:  Physicians and human healers are condemned in the Bible.     False 9] True or False:  Healing is limited to God.     False 10] True or False: "Healing" can include the physical body's normal mechanisms of recuperation and repair as part of its overall definition.     True 11] True or False: In the New Testament there is a link between healing and spiritual salvation.     True 12] True or False: If one approaches the scriptural references to healing without the full biblical context, and out of the context of human experience, he may fix upon them a meaning not supported by logic, common sense or proper biblical exegesis.     True 13] True or False: In Deuteronomy 28 we read that blessings come only with obedience; curses automatically follow transgression. True 14] True or False: Elisha's bones brought a man back to life yet Elisha died of a sickness.     True 15] True or False: Healing is an absolute and unconditional promise of God.     False 16] True or False: What God will actually do in any given situation remains unknowably beyond our limited understanding.    True 17] True or False: James 5:14-20 states that God's promise to heal is absolute.     False 18] True or False: While James in James 5 is primarily speaking of physical healing upon anointing by the elders, he is also alluding to spiritual salvation and the resurrection from the dead.      True 19] True or False: The Bible condemns ancient practitioners who relied on pagan gods, amulets, incantations or other forms of magic. This fact precludes a firstfruit from using doctors and the medical professions of today.     False 20] True or False:  Rather than relying on medicines, firstfruits should rely on God as his sole source of healing.     False 21] True or False:  Jesus denigrates physicians in the New Testaments.     False 22] True or False: Medicines used to heal sickness are condemned in the Bible.     False 23] True or False: The Bible gives basic principles of health which would prevent many of the health problems plaguing modern man. True 24] True or False: A regular program of routine physical examinations by a qualified doctor is also important in recognizing and solving any potential problems before they become serious.     True 25] True or False: Maintaining a positive mental outlook and a peaceful mental attitude is important to good health.     True

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