The Prayer Helping the Person Who's Sick (TMF:2186)

Monday, September 25, 2023
Peace to Live By: The Prayer Helping the Person Who's Sick (TMF:2186) - Daniel Litton
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       Anyhow, the prayer that the elders offer up to God will indeed help the person who is sick. In the case of bodily sickness, granted, this may be in this life—that is, the person may recover. Or, that person may end up transcending—for James says, “the Lord will raise him up.” Since all that matters is God anyway, there’s no fear here. For the person who has Given Up Control, or surrendered, then whether they live or whether they die everything is fine. Really, transcendence means we get to be with God, in his presence, which I definitely think is better for us. There’s no more sin there, and we aren’t affected by anything bad anymore. If a person isn’t healed after the prayer from the elders, and rather transcends, this is not to say the person had unrepentant sin in their life. I think that’s presumptuous, and is missing the heart of the passage. Besides, the mere fact that the person is having the elders prayer over them certainly seems to indicate that the person’s heart is in the right place to begin with. If not, why would the person be calling for the elders?