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| Doctrine: Healing - Part 6 of 6 |
| True and False, Yes and No Questions without answers |
| 126] True or False: One should not assume his sickness is terminal
and avoid seeking medical care. 127] True or False: If God's will is for a person to die, it should be in spite of his best efforts to recover and not because of his stubbornness in avoiding professional aid. 128] True or False: It is both offensive and inaccurate to say that one who is not supernaturally healed (or who seeks medical aid) is a "Weak" Christian. 129] True or False: It is entirely within biblical principles and common sense to seek competent medical help and still rely on God for healing at the same time. 130] True or False: Asking God to do for us what we can do for ourselves is tempting God. 131] True or False: Both God and doctors can heal. 132] True or False: Going or not going to a physician is not a test of righteousness. 133] True or False: One's use of medical professions is a clear indicator of the level of faith he has in God. 134] True or False: Faith is fully determined by the person's attitude in his private relationship with God. 135] True or False: The account in Luke 8 of the woman having an issue of blood twelve years is a prime biblical example of one lacking in faith. 136] True or False: Faith says that God can heal; it is not a guarantee that God shall heal in every individual situation. 137] True or False: It is surely not a sign of faith to neglect appropriate physical methods which can cure a disease, slow an illness or relieve suffering. 138] True or False: It is not a sign of faith to seek obscure second-class treatment when competent first-class health care is readily available. 139] True or False: Christians should thank God for the positive advances in medical science. 140] True or False: Church members should look to their ministry and church for the best advice in regarding treatments and procedures. 141] True or False: James wrote that "faith without works is dead." This applies to all aspects of the Christian life including health maintenance, health care, disease prevention, regular checkups by a qualified doctor, and healing and/or medical procedures in times of illness or injury. 142] True or False: Asking God to bless the skill of the doctor in his diagnosis and treatment would be taking our faithfulness too far. 143] True or False: No physical procedure is intrinsically more righteous or spiritual than any other, though one may well be more effective and have fewer side effects than another. 144] True or False: One physical method is not more godly than another; one physical method is not necessarily more in harmony with the Bible than another. Physical healing-of any and every sort-must be distinguished from divine, miraculous, supernatural healing. 145] True or False: The efficacy of different physical treatments is evaluated by their results, not by their degree of spirituality. 146] True or False: Proper health care should include periodic physical examinations for all Christians and their families by a qualified medical doctor. 147] True or False: In seeking out medical professionals, understand that one is about as good as another and therefore it matters not who you use. 148] True or False: Christians must never judge one another, nor compare themselves among themselves. 149] True or False: It is carnal, but nonetheless common, for many individuals to consider their own particular approach to physical health and healing as the best or the most spiritual. 150] True or False: While everyone has the full freedom to make their own decisions in such deeply personal matters as health, basic human decency and comity [atmosphere of social harmony] dictate that one should never try to impose his will on others. 151] True or False: The minister should faithfully teach what the Bible says about health and healing, and he should also encourage his people to seek the best professional advice available when needed. 152] True or False: By virtue of his ordination, a minister is a medical or nutritional expert. 153] True or False: The minister must be truly neutral on medical matters. 154] True or False: One of the minister's more important duties is to be sure that members of his church are not judging each other and are not comparing themselves among themselves with respect to health procedures and healing. 155] True or False: Divine healing is a miraculous intervention by the creator of the universe in our lives; it is a special blessing from God given according to His mercy and our faith, and represents God's power through Jesus Christ to forgive our sins, cleanse our minds and, ultimately, establish the Kingdom of God on earth and resurrect our bodies from the dead. |
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