12 Tue POST Sunday, October 26, 200) Church & Community so] PASTORS "| CORNER Pastor Jim Pall Huntsville United Methodist ‘Healing and Forgiveness’ I am interested in the relationship between for- giveness and healing. I was working on a message about firgiveness recently. As part of that, I did an informal survey study of all four gospels. I did not find compelling evidence to support my view that healing and forgiveness always go hand and hand. Oh, it’s there. Especially in mathew 9:2 and 6. “Your sins are forgiven...get up, take your mat and go home.” But not every instance of healing is proceeded with forgiveness. What may surprise some is that none of the biblical healings by Jesus involved prayer. They do involve a variety of methods. It ap- ; pears that one or more of the following conditions are present at healings by Jesus Christ: Attentiveness, (the people listened to jesus preach the Gospel of the Kingsdom. Matthew 4:23). Desire, (John 5:6-8) Exorcism (the naming and driving out of a demon spirit). Faith, (Luke 18:42), Desire, (John 9:1-12). Obedience (Luke 17:11-14) and touch (even unintentional, Luke 8:43-47). The Gospels record Jesus as healing individuals (Luke 4:38 and 39). Small groups and large crowds (Mt. 15:29-31). He healed both in the public and in the private and even on the sabbath (Matthew 3:4). Healing is never the “main event.” ‘All healings were a sign that God’s Kingdom was dawning. The list of those types of ailments from which people are delivered includes: leprosy, seizure, disorders, blindness, deafness, fever, dropsy, or swollen legs, speech im- pediments, terminally ill children, bleeding (fe- male) and death. Although forgiveness many not be a require- ment for healing, it seems obvious that unforgive- ness is surely a roadblock on the highway of the soul, while forgiveness is like balm to any wound. If you need healing, why not explore first your need for forgiveness. Jesus is recorded as forgiving as a prelude to healing in another place in Mark (2:12). This much is clear, Jesus always sees the need of the person. He defends his method on that occasipn by saying “Which is easier, to say your sins are forgiven, or to say arise, take up you bed and walk?” There is a relationship between forgiveness and healing. “Healing sick bodies is only a manifesta- tion of a deeper healing that we all need — the healing of the soul.” Pator Fred Moore. Your sins are firgiven in the Name of Jesus Christ — be whole! Pastor Pall is also Chaplain at SCI Dallas. Pastor’s Corner is a weekly feature that rotates among leaders of Back Mountain churches. To reserve your spot in the schedule, call Erin Youngman at 970-7184. Painting dohated to church Recently, the Shavertown United Methodist Church celebrated the gift of the church land given 100 years ago. As part of the centennial, a painting by local artist Sue Hand was pur- chased anonymously and given to the church. 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