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BIBLE STUDIES
He HEALETH THEIR DISEASES.
Mark /, 29.45-March 10.
Himself took our infirmities, and
bore our sickness. Matthew


viii, II.
Today,s study follows closely the
one of a week ago. When Jesus lett the
Capernaum synagogue ne went 70 p.
PETERS home. There st. Peters motH-
er in law lay sick of a fever. IL was
the work Of but moment Tor the say
ior to take her by the hand ana -
raise her up to health. Meai Lin ZIG
fame or Jesus had spread and py even
ing there were crowds importuning ms
healing words and touch And he neal
ed many that were sick OF divers dls.
eases, and cast out many demons, and
suffered not the demons to speak, be-,
cause they knew him.
Nothing is more attractive 10 tne
human mind than the mlraculous poW
or of healing disease No one enjoys
disease and suffering. People Wouid De
clad to be healed Of disease, even II
thay were assured that the cures were
performed by the power Of Satan him.
self. It should not surprise us TO-DAY
that many false doctrines. wholly on,
of harmony with Gods word, commend
themselves to the poor. grooming cTea-
ton by promises Of relief from phys
ical ailments, without medicine, anu
theoretically by the power and favor
of God, and supposedly in proof OF the
doctrines advocated by the healers.
Gifts Of Early Church We're to Pass
Away.
But since these healers hold various
and antagonistic doctrines 1t IS mani.
fest that all are not of-God, If any OF
them are. TO our understanding, the
bible teaches that no miraculous
healing at the present time is author
ized by Gods word. st. Paul declared
by inspiration that the gifts granted 70
the early church, and exercised py
Jesus and the apostles and those 70
whom they personally communicated
them, would pass away. we beneve
that they did pass aWay-that they
gave place to the next and higher man
Hesitation of divine favor namely, the
fruits of the holy spirit-meekness
gentleness, long suffering and love-
as evidences Of Gods favor and OF
membership in the church of the frst-
born. The miracles which Jesus and the
apostles wrought were merely with a
view to the establishment of the early
church. Nowhere is it intimated that IT
was the divine will that all people
should be healed Of disease during this
age. a.,
The general healing Of disease will
doubtless be prominent feature of the
work of Messiah's glorious Kingdom.
after it's establishment Not only Will
the ailments Of the flesh be lifted, put
restitution processes will go on step by
stem, lifting humanity out of sin. dis
ease and imperfection, up to full and
absolute perfection, except in the case
Of those who wilfully and deliberately
oppose the divine arrangements, and
who, in due time. will be cut off from
life in the second death. All the re-
mainder will ultimately reach the glor--
ious condition Of perfection mentioned
in the scriptures, where there will be
no more signing, no more crying. no
more dying, because all the former
Times of sin and death will have pass
ed away: because he that stitch upon
the throne will make all things new
Revelation xxi, 4, 5.
Satan an Angel Of Light.
st. Paul intimated that Satan and his
messengers, the fallen angels, would
seek. to transform themselves SO as to
appear "as angels Of light that they
might exercise the greater Influence
over humanity and that thereby they
might inculcate the more successfully
false doctrines subversive Of true faith
in God and his word. We believe that
the apostles words are particularly
applicable in our day, and that many
conscientious and good people are be-.
ing deceived, and that miraculous heal
ings are part Of the adversary's bait.
1t would not be appropriate for us to
enumerate here the different doctrines
which we believe are thus Dalted. we
content ourselves by giving the scrip
tural reason for expecting no mirac-
ulous healings from God at the present
time.
1t is quite true that under the law
covenant which God made with Israel
he agreed that sickness would be a
penalty for violation of the law, and
health reward for the obedient. The
statement of the prophet, who heal