Bible Handbook

Sickness and Healing

• 3 John 1:2. God wishes us to be healthy. BHB 159.2

• Mark 2:5-11. Healing of body and soul closely united. BHB 159.3

• Psalm 103:3. God heals all diseases. BHB 159.4

• Jeremiah 17:14. Work perfectly done. BHB 159.5

• Deuteronomy 34:7. Freedom from disease does not insure freedom from death. BHB 159.6

• Genesis 25:8; 35:29. There is no mention of sickness in recording the death of many of the patriarchs. BHB 159.7

• Job 2:3, 4. Perfect life does not insure freedom from disease. BHB 159.8

• 2 Corinthians 12:7. Sickness sometimes draws one nearer to God. Early Writings, 21. BHB 159.9

• 1 Timothy 5:23. Timothy had poor health. BHB 159.10

• God permits sickness to draw us nearer to Him; but often He is disappointed. BHB 159.11

• Isaiah 38:1-8. Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery. BHB 159.12

• Isaiah 39:1-8. Instead of magnifying God, he exalted himself. BHB 159.13

• Luke 13:1-5. Sickness not always an evidence of sin. BHB 159.14

• Matthew 8:16, 17. Christ has borne our sickness as well as our sins. We may claim freedom from disease if it be for God’s glory and our good. BHB 159.15