Playlist: Healing, Spiritual (topic)
Faith and Healing (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Bible is replete with individuals applying physical remedies (balms, poultices, as well as a competent physician's counsel) in tandem with trusting God.
God Heals Today
Sermonette by Richard T. RitenbaughSpiritual healing involves the forgiveness of sins by Jesus Christ. Forgiveness of sin comes first and starts the process that opens access to other benefits because it establishes acceptance into the covenant relationship with God. Scriptures link Christ bearing sins with healing by His stripes and present both spiritual and …
Faith and Healing (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughBoth spiritual and physical healing require us to work intensely, asking for God's merciful intervention while working toward a solution, exercising wisdom.
On the Mend
Sermonette by Joseph B. BaityAs God has designed the physical healing process, God has also designed spiritual healing, requiring that faith, suffering, and healing be part of the same process.
A Misunderstood Characteristic of God
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPhysical healing is presented not as God's highest priority but as something granted according to His mercy and within His sovereign timing, always subordinate to the greater goal of spiritual healing and character development. God does promise to heal, but His intervention typically depends on conditions being met: trust in His …
Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsSpiritual healing is presented as a dimension of God's broader work of sanctification, in which He uses many methods—including illness and suffering—to train and perfect His children. Scripture consistently portrays good health as a mark of God's blessing and illness as sometimes indicating His disapproval or …
Unity
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughSpiritual healing, as developed in this study, is directly tied to the broader theme of unity within the Body of Christ and each believer's unity with the Father and the Son. Paul's teaching in I Corinthians establishes a crucial connection: the godly conduct that produces unity among members is the cause, and divine healing is …
Unity and Unleavened Bread
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSpiritual healing is understood through the same terminology used for physical healing, yet it addresses a different dimension entirely: rather than mending a part of the body, it restores the heart, mind, attitudes, and conduct. This healing is intrinsically tied to the restoration of unity between a believer and God, and …
A Contrite Heart
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsSpiritual healing, as presented through the concept of contrition, is directly tied to a qualifying condition of the heart. Isaiah 57:15 establishes that God dwells with those who are of "a contrite and humble spirit" in order "to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones." This requirement, …
Isaiah 58 and Fasting
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughHealing, as presented in this exposition of the Day of Atonement and Isaiah 57-58, functions as both a physical and spiritual blessing that flows directly from a properly humbled relationship with God. The foundation for understanding healing is laid in Isaiah 57, where God establishes a dichotomy between His own exalted nature …
John (Part Ten)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWhen God removes an infirmity or gives a blessing, He also gives a responsibility to follow through, using the blessing to overcome and glorify God.
Under Attack By the Amalekites
Sermon by Mark SchindlerThe theme of spiritual healing emerges powerfully in the account of Israel's journey from the Red Sea to Sinai, a period that corresponds to the fifty-day count to Pentecost. Just three days after Israel sang the triumphant Song of Moses celebrating God's deliverance, they arrived at Marah and found only bitter water, …
Thankfulness (1986)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWe need to give thanks for everything, blessings and trials. Christianity ought to be an exhilarating experience, but it depends on our outlook on life.
Matthew (Part Four)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughMatthew's encapsulation of the Beatitudes, the essence of Jesus Christ's teaching, contains the foundation of His teaching through the entirety of His ministry.
The Eyes of the Blind Shall Be Opened
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe healing of the blind man in Mark 8 serves as a deliberate parable illustrating the process of spiritual healing. Jesus led the man outside the town, applied saliva to his eyes, and placed His hands on him, after which the man reported seeing men like trees walking. This partial vision represented an intermediate stage …
Facing Times of Stress: Lack of Clarity
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsMany people called by God realize the world is wrong, but also cannot see the way of God clearly, having an inability of seeing or comprehending the truth.
Preparing to Rule (1993)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSanctification is both a state and a process—a time period between justification and glorification during which overcoming, purification, and holiness takes place.
How God Deals With Conscience (Part Four)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsAt times, God has to ignite our conscience and undermine our self-confidence to get our attention in a similar fashion as he did to Joseph's brothers.
Facing Times of Stress: Grieved by Various Trials
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsFaith from God will be required to endure and profit from trials, bringing about character and genuineness of faith, as well as patience and trust in God.
The Fourth Commandment (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Sabbath reminds us that God is Creator and that we were once in slavery to sin. The Sabbath is a time of blessing, deliverance, liberty, and redemption.