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Are You
Sick?... What the Bible says to do?
This is what the Bible says you have to do if you are sick in Ecclesiastics
38 and James 5
(Ecclesiasticus or Sirach is a practical book, like Proverbs, but larger, 51 chapters, and
it is usually not in the Protestant Bibles
1- Ecclesiasticus or Sirach 38:9-15:
9- My son, in thy sickness do not get
impatient, but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.
10- Turn away from sin and order thy hands
aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
11- Give a sweet sacrifice, and a memorial of
fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
12- For the Lord created him: and let him not
depart from thee, for his works are necessary.
13- For there is a time when thou must fall
into their hands:
14- And they shall beseech the Lord, that he
would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation.
15- He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker,
shall fall into the hands of the physician.
2- James 5:14-16:
14- Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church
to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15- And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the
Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16- Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other
so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
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