FAITH CURES | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Oct 11, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 41.

FAITH CURES.

THERE are faith cures and faith cures. We speak of the genuine cure by faith in God, such as that recorded in Acts 3 or Matthew 9. "The faith which is by Him [Jesus] hath given him [the impotent man] this perfect soundness in the presence of you all." Acts 3:16. "Jesus turned Him about, . . . and said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour." Matt. 9:22.

Now the idea with many is that it is the faith, or fancy, or imagination, or the mind, or the will, or something else exercised by the person, which cures, whatever the object may be, in which or toward which the faith is exercised. And this may be the case in bogus faith cures or in imaginary difficulties, where the exercise of will is all that is needed. But not so in genuine healings to God's glory.

In the latter it is not faith which effects the cure; it is the power of God. Faith is that by which or through which the cure is wrought. It is the power of God, the life of God, which heals; faith is but the willing channel through which the current flows to the diseased person. It is not the trolley or the wire which propels the car; it is the electricity generated by the great dynamo at the power-house. The wire and the trolley are but channels connecting the power with the car.

So it is with faith and the power of God. Faith is absolute submission to God, bringing the soul and body into harmony with the law of His life, appropriating that life to the healing of a member. But the power is of God, and to Him belongs the glory.