SICKNESS
(See HEALTH)
primary examples of:
♦ Jacob:
♦ David and Bethsheba's first son:
♦ the widow's son restored through Elijah:
♦ Ahaziah:
♦ Ben-hadad:
♦ Asa:
♦ Jehoram:
♦ Hezekiah:
♦ Daniel:
♦ Peter's mother-in-law:
♦ man by the pool of Bethesda:
♦ Lazarus:
♦ Tabitha (i.e., Gr. Dorcas):
♦ Epaphroditus:
♦ Trophimus:
♦ divine removal from Israel
causes of:
♦ divine judgment for disobedience:
• Deuteronomy 28:59-61; 29:22; 2 Chronicles 21:8-19; Psalms 106:15; Isaiah 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:30 (cf. Micah 6:13)
♦ an evil spirit:
♦ God's purpose to display His works in healing:
ministry to the sick:
by certain personnel
♦ by the Lord
• Psalms 41:3; 103:3; Matthew 4:23-24; 8:17; 9:35; 14:14, 35; Luke 7:2-10; 13:11-13; John 4:46-53; 5:2-9; 6:2
♦ by physicians
♦ by Christ's disciples
♦ visitation
♦ God's mercy
♦ to Christ's brethren
♦ lack of
♦ figurative use of
other uses:
♦ endurance of sickness:
♦ sickness as part of human experience:
♦ diseases of famine:
♦ deadly sickness:
♦ offering sick animals for sacrifices:
• Malachi 1:8, 13
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.