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Jesus, the Healer Divine by CLARENCE H. ERICKSON Evangelist (With Portrait) Fifteen Sermons and Addresses to Seekers for Scriptural Healing (Third Edition) "Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.' —Matt. 8:17 Published by the Author REV. C. H. ERICKSON P.O.Box 1302 INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Copyright 1927, by the Author Printed in U.S.A. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. Are the Days of Miracles Past! 11 n. A Whole Gospel—Salvation for the Soul and Healing for the Body 27 III. God's Will Regarding Our Healing 35 IV. Healing in the Atonement 47 V. The Children's Bread 63 VI. Can We be Absolutely Sure About Divine Healing! 75 VII. What is Faith? 87 Vin. The Point of Contact 99 IX. Have Faith in God 113 X. How to Appropriate Divine Healing 127 XI. Sickness the Curse of the Law 141 Xn. The Use of Means in Divine Healing 153 XIH. Why Some People Miss Divine Healing 165 XIV. Instruction Service Discourse No. 1 179 XV. Instruction Service Discourse No. 2 193 v PREFACE The fact that a truth has been neglected does not invalidate it. Healing through the atoning power of Jesus Christ has attracted the sneers of the skeptic and the covert or open attacks of the nominal reli gionist until many good people have been fearful of accepting or practicing it. But through all ages the fact has remained—our living and mighty Lord heals those who come to him confiding in His will and be lieving in His Word. The reader of these pages will find no attempt at literary style or the ornate use of language. Our ob ject is to present the Gospel of healing in such simple terms and in the light of such plain Scriptural teach ing that our readers will be at once led to a clear understanding of their privileges in Christ. In order to accomplish this result many passages of Scripture have been used repeatedly and commented upon from several angles. The addresses which follow were all taken down stenographically just as they fell from the lips of the writer. This will account for considerable repetition and for errors in diction and language. We send this book forth, not as a model of English or composition but rather as a firebrand for the purpose of kindling renewed faith in Him who is the same "Yesterday, today and forever." And for any good that may be accomplished either for the souls or bodies of our readers we will ascribe all glory and praise unto the vii viii PREFACE King who ever liveth to abundantly fulfill all of His wonderful promises. CLARENCE H. ERICKSON, Indianapolis, Ind. June 8, 1927. I ARE THE DAYS OF MIRAOLES PAST? JESUS, THE HEALER DIVINE i AEE THE DAYS OF MIRACLES PAST? There was a time when I was afraid to devote any set service to the discussion of Christ's power to heal the body lest it would detract from the revival spirit of the meeting. But I have found that when we preach what is in the Word of God we can depend on God's spirit through the Word to convict men. When I am preaching on healing, I do it not only with the motive that people will get faith for healing, but I believe this truth convicts men of sin. I know there is a certain amount of alarm in the minds of the people concerning this subject—this is natural—and I would justify it to a certain extent. There is a fear on the part of many of fanaticism and wild fire. The danger is that we may be so afraid of it that we will have no fire at all. Never be afraid of God's Word. I believe we can very clearly show out of the Word of God that we have a right to believe today that God will do for us whatever he did for others in times past. The Greatest Miracle Tonight, my subject will be in the form of a ques tion, "Are the days of miracles past?" It seems that there is no other one thought that is causing more un belief in regard to healing than this one, with perhaps 11 12 JESUS, THE HEALEB Divara the one exception of the doubt that people have, "If it be Thy will." Those two I would claim as the out standing hindrances to faith for healing by Christ Jesus. Many people have a wrong idea about miracles. They think that they no longer can be expected today. First, let me say this, Salvation is the greatest miracle of all miracles, and if God can do that great and won derful miracle of changing a man's heart and taking out sin, why could he not do a lesser miracle—the healing of the body? A man came to me today where we were staying —he does not live here, he is a traveling man. He was here last night, and was very much under conviction. He said, "I am a backslider and I want God to save me, and I want you to pray for me." He began to tell me of a certain thing that was holding him from which he was unable to break away. I told him of the power of God to break every band and set men free. This is the greatest miracle for it is beyond human power. It takes a supernatural touch. No man can be saved without believing in a miracle. The Bible tells us that every man that comes to God for salvation must be lieve that Jesus Christ died and rose again, and there you have the most outstanding miracles of sacred his tory and every man who believes Jesus Christ for sal vation must accept a miracle for it. And then, as we explain salvation, we can only do so when we recog nize it as a miracle. One man took exception when I spoke of salvation as being a miracle. I said to him, "What is it?" He said "It is the forgiveness of sins." "Yes, what is it?" I said, "Is it not a new birth?''
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