Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
As I read this verse I am almost overwhelmed by the implications. How should we begin? Perhaps we should begin with being sick.
Who among us has not been sick at one time or another? Often our sickness passes and we get better. Some kinds of sickness affect the body for years. Other sicknesses lead to death. Sometimes quickly, other times very slowly.
As a Christian, we do not fear death. Yet almost no one yearns to be ill. We like feeling well. That is how we are intended to be.
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