IS THIS YOU ?
Afflictions - hardships and trials
- 1. Visited upon:
Israel in Egypt............................Genesis 15:13
Samson by Philistines...................Judges 16:5, 6, 19
David by God............................ Psalms 88:7
Judah by God.............................Lamentations 3:33
Israel by the world.......................Psalms 129:1, 2
The just by the wicked.......Amos 5:12, Hebrews 11:37
Christians by the world..................2Corinthians 1:6
- 2. Design of, to:
Show God's mercy.......................Isaiah 63:9
Make us seek God........................Hosea 5:15
Bring us back to God.....................Psalms 119:67
Humble us.................................2Chronicles 33:12
Test us......................................Isaiah 48:10
- 3. In the Christian's life:
A means of testing........................Mark 4:17
A part of life...............................Matthew 24:9
To be endured.............................2Timothy 4:5
Part of Gospel.............................1Thessalonians 1:6
Must not be disturbed by................1Thessalonians 3:3
Commendable examples of.............2Timothy 3:11
Momentary................................2Corinthians 4:17
Sometimes intense........................2Corinthians 1:8-10
Must be shared............................Philippians 4:14
Cannot separate from God...............Romans 8:35-39
Deliverance from, promised............ Psalms 34:19
Need prayer in.............................James 5:13
Terminated at Christ's return............2Thessalonians 1:4-7
READ JAMES 5:13-16
ARE YOU SICK ?
Diseases - physical impairments of health
- 1. Kinds of:
Ague (recurring chills, malarial)............Leviticus 26:16
Boil.............................................2Kings 20:7
Atrophy (body/organ will not grow/develop)......Job 16:8
Blindness.......................................Matthew 9:27
Boils and blains-(blister).....................Exodus 9:10
Consumption (a wasting away of the body)...Deuteronomy 28:22
Deafness........................................Mark 7:32
Weakness.......................................Psalms 102:23
Dropsy (edema, a swelling of tissues, tumor)...Luke 14:2
Dumbness.......................................Matthew 9:32
Dysentery (intestinal inflammations)........2Chronicles 21:12-19
Emerods (hemorrhoid).........................1Samuel 5:6, 12
Epilepsy..........................................Matthew 4:24
Fever.............................................Matthew 8:14, 15
Inflammation....................................Deuteronomy 28:22
Insanity...........................................Daniel 4:33
Issue of blood....................................Matthew 9:20
Itch................................................Deuteronomy 28:27
Leprosy..........................................2Kings 5:1
Palsy (paralysis)................................Matthew 4:24
Plague............................................2Samuel 24:15-25
Scab (skin disease).............................Deuteronomy 28:27
Sores.............................................Luke 16:20
- 2. Causes of:
Man's original sin..............................Genesis 3:16-19
Man's actual sin................2Kings 5:27, 2Chronicles 21:12-19
Satan's afflictions..............................Job 2:7, Luke 13:16
God's sovereign will............John 9:1-3, 2Corinthians 12:7-10
- 3. Cures of:
From God...........................2Chronicles 16:12, Psalms 103:3
By Jesus..........................................Matthew 4:23, 24
By prayer.................................Acts 28:8, 9, James 5:14, 15
By the use of means........................Isaiah 38:21, Luke 10:34
READ JAMES 5:13-16