The Gifts of Healing: A Gift for Some or a Sign for All?

About this episode

Dr. David K. Bernard explores the nature of the gifts of healing in relation to divine healing and spiritual gifts.

In this episode of Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, Dr. David K. Bernard addresses an important question about divine healing and the gifts of the Spirit. In 1 Corinthians 12, the apostle Paul lists the “gifts of healing” (verse 9) among the spiritual gifts and makes it clear that not every believer operates in this gift (verse 30). Yet in Mark 16:18, Jesus said believers would lay hands on the sick and they would recover. Is healing a special ministry given only to certain individuals, or...

People in this episode

Host: David K. Bernard

Topics covered

• divine healing
• gifts of the Spirit
• spiritual gifts
• Christianity
• faith healing

Keywords

• gifts of healing
• divine healing
• 1 Corinthians 12
• Mark 16:18
• spiritual gifts

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