James 5:13 - Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

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• James 513 - Is any among you afflicted? let him
  pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
• What does it mean to be afflicted?
• kakopatheo suffer troubles, hardness,
  misfortune
• Seems related to James 510-12 doesnt it.
• Why is this in the active tense doesnt it
  appear passive?
• The result - let him pray, an imperative do it!
• And when we pray, put this all into context.
• II Cor 1210 - Therefore I take pleasure in
  infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in
  persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake.
  For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• II Cor 417,18 - For our light affliction, which
  is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
  exceeding and eternal weight of glory While we
  look not at the things which are seen, but at the
  things which are not seen for the things which
  are seen are temporal but the things which are
  not seen are eternal.

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• Psalm 505 And call on me in the day of
  trouble I will deliver thee, and thou shalt
  glorify me.
• Is any merry?
• to be of good cheer, literally to have the mind
  well
• I certainly hope so.
• The result let him sing psalms, also an
  imperative
• psallo literally to pluck off
• Thus, this could be done by voice or instrument
• And after the shipwreck they were all encouraged
  Acts 2722, 36
• And remember Paul and Silas who as prisoners
  turned affliction into merriment Acts 1625
• James 514 - Is any sick among you? let him call
  for the elders of the church and let them pray
  over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
  the Lord

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• Define sickness
• astheneo feeble, weak, without strength,
  physically ill
• In context could be spiritual or physical
• Which do you think fits best here?
• James 520 suggests spiritual
• Moreover, it is unlikely that every physical
  illness is cured
• James 515 more physical but raise him up could
  also pertain to spiritual revival Rom 1311
  Eph 514
• Whatever, let him call on the elders of the
  church
• aorist tense imperative mood
• The verse doesnt say not to call a doctor!
• Again, perhaps this is more spiritual than
  physical
• and let them pray over him - aorist, imperative
• And how should the elders pray?

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• For healing
• Acts 288 - And it happened that the father of
  Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul
  went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands
  on him and healed him.
• Does God miraculously heal today like during the
  apostolic age?
• I Cor 129 - to another faith by the same
  Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same
  Spirit,
• I Cor 1310 - But when that which is perfect has
  come, then that which is in part will be done
  away.
• Rom 826 - Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
  weaknesses. For we do not know what we should
  pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself
  makes intercession for us with groanings which
  cannot be uttered.
• anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord
• anointing physical refreshment after washing
  (OT), of the sick (NT), or a dead body (Mark
  161) with oil or ointment.
• Does the oil have therapeutic value or is it
  symbolic?

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• JFB Oil in the East, and especially among the
  Jews (see the Talmud, Jerusalem and Babylon), was
  much used as a curative agent. It was also a sign
  of the divine grace. Hence it was an appropriate
  sign in performing miraculous cures.
• Also used in many pagan societies
• Notice that the elders were and are church
  leaders and presumably Spirit-led.
• Thus, their prayers and anointing were appointed
  of God to be His spiritual representatives.
• in the name of the Lord
• Barnes When we do anything that tends to
  promote virtue, to alleviate misery, to instruct
  ignorance, to save life, or to prepare others for
  heaven, it is right to feel that we are doing it
  in the name of the Lord.
• James 515 - And the prayer of faith shall save
  the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up and if

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven
  him.
• Notice the prayer of faith!
• save, sozo
• From danger or destruction vs. spiritual
• Danger or destruction could be related to
  physical sickness
• Spiritual
• from the penalty of sins or
• making one the partaker of the Christ nature
• Physical and/or spiritual?
• What kind of sickness is this?
• Is physical sickness a result of committing sins?
• Sometimes but certainly not always.
• and raise him up again physical and/or
  spiritual

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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• Phil 121
• For to me to live is Christ and die is gain
• Either way you win!

September 22, 2013 Bob Eckel
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