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Jesus, Our Model for Caring for the Whole Person

Jesus, Our Model for Caring for the Whole Person. GMM – Chapter 2 HHP – Lesson 2. The names of Jesus. Yeshuwah – to save, heal, restore, make whole Sotera – Savior, healer, restorer Salvation includes healing Healing includes salvation

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Jesus, Our Model for Caring for the Whole Person

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  1. Jesus, Our Model for Caring for the Whole Person GMM – Chapter 2 HHP – Lesson 2

  2. The names of Jesus • Yeshuwah – to save, heal, restore, make whole • Sotera – Savior, healer, restorer • Salvation includes healing • Healing includes salvation • Both are on-going processes with a beginning and a final completion in eternity

  3. THE JESUS’ MODEL OF HEALING • He healed the whole person • Body, mind, soul, and spirit • He made the sick person whole • He was competent in physical, social, psychological and spiritual care • None of us are, but the Body of Christ can be • Thus we need a team approach

  4. The woman with bleeding – Mark 5 : 25 - 34 • Write out together all of the physical symptoms, social issues, psychological and spiritual problems of this woman • How did Jesus heal her in all these areas of her life?

  5. HER PHYSICAL PROBLEMS • 12 years of bleeding • Anemia due to blood loss • Weakness • Probably pain with the bleeding • Infertility

  6. HER SOCIAL PROBLEMS • She was Jewish and subject to Jewish laws • Bleeding causes uncleanness (Leviticus 15:19–30) • She had been unclean for twelve years • Divorced • Abandoned by her family • No friends • No money

  7. HER PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS • Grief • Anger • Fear • Sense of rejection • Despair – cut off from God • No hope

  8. SHE WENT TO JESUS BY HERSELF • This was socially unacceptable • It was morally wrong • She made Jesus unclean • She stole his power • According to Jewish culture, she should have been condemned and probably stoned • Jesus did not follow Jewish culture

  9. WHY DID JESUS EXPOSE HER? • He knew she had been physically healed • We doctors are happy when we have physically healed someone • Why was Jesus not satisfied? • Because the woman herself had not yet been healed

  10. HOW DID JESUS HEAL HER? • He used physical power • He listened to her story • He discerned her real problems • He spoke a healing word • He affirmed her as a person • He healed her as a whole person • We can do the same!

  11. HEALING • We have many interventions for healing the body • What heals the mind, soul, and spirit of sick people? • A WORD

  12. ISAIAH 6 : 10 • This people’s heart has become calloused • They hardly hear with their ears, and • They have closed their eyes. • Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, • Understand with their hearts, and • Turn to me and be HEALED.

  13. THE HEALING WORD • Is spoken to the heart • Is understood by the heart • Resolves the anguish and pain of the heart • Jesus knew how to speak such words • Do we?

  14. Great distance between head and heart • Head – cognitive knowledge • Heart – feelings, emotions • Much of head knowledge is not understood or accepted by the heart • Psychology speaks to the mind. That can help • Jesus speaks to the heart. That heals.

  15. WORDS THAT HEAL • A single word • An explanation • A story or parable • A passage from the Bible • A word spoken in prayer • A personal word from the Holy Spirit • A visual symbol, picture, or scene

  16. What does the Jesus’ model require of us? • A lot of time. We doctors and nurses do not have that time • Trained people. We have not been trained for this • Discernment, learned by training, prayer, and experience • An understanding of wholeness by all of the staff • It needs to be ‘evidence based’ and ‘patient directed’ - It can be

  17. THE SOLUTION • A team approach • Medical staff plus pastoral care staff • How do you see this working where you are?

  18. A story from Vanga in the Congo • A 16 year old boy with tuberculosis • Chapter 1 in God, Medicine, and Miracles

  19. ANALYSIS • His primary problem was social, a family conflict • Despair came into his spirit when he believed he would die • Fear and anger filled his emotions • These depressed his immune system and prevented his recovery • Jesus healed his inner problems and he recovered • We must move beyond witness to HEALING

  20. THE PERSON GOD spirit soul body NATURE PEOPLE

  21. JOHN’S PROBLEMS GOD spirit soul Uncle’s curse despair fear anger body NATURE PEOPLE Immune system was weakened He could not handle his tuberculosis – a physical disease

  22. How Jesus healed John’s problems GOD spirit soul Salvation hope peace body NATURE PEOPLE Immune system was strengthened With treatment he now recovered

  23. HOW WAS HE HEALED? • Jesus restored hope to his spirit - Salvation • Jesus healed his emotions of fear and anger • His immune system recovered • The immune system plus the medicines overcame the infection • He was made whole – body, soul, and spirit • Salvation and Healing must go together

  24. CONCLUSION Healing of the heart - mind, soul, spirit, and relationships - FAVORS [not guarantees] healing of the body.

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