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Medical  Missionary  Work  What,  Why,  How?  

Don  Mackintosh  MDiv  BSN  

The  Sabbath  &  Healing  

1.  Mark  1:21-­‐28  –  Unclean  spirit  2.  Mark  1:29-­‐31  –  Peters  mother  in  law  3.  Mark  3:1-­‐5  –  Withered  (RLk  6:6)  hand    4.  John  9:1  –  Blind  man  5.  Luke  13:10-­‐17  –  Bent  over  18  yrs  6.  Luke  14:1-­‐6  –  Man  with  dropsy  7.  John  5:1-­‐9  –  Paralysis  (36  yrs)                

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Is  the  Sabbath  s*ll  healing?  

Adven*st  Religion  and  Health  Study:  2006-­‐

Present  (11,000)    

Source: Journal of personality and Social Psychology 1990, Vol. 58, No. 1, 164-171

Pleasant

Unpleasant

Daily  Pleasure  Level  

1   2   3   4   5   6   7  

The  Seventh  Day  

A  Strong  Connec*on  

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A  Strong  Connec*on  

Medical  Missionary  Work  What,  Why,  How?  

Don  Mackintosh  MDiv  BSN  

Medical  Missionary  Work  What  was  Christ’s  defini[on?  

“To  seek  and  save  that  which  is  lost.”  

Luke  19:10  

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What  was  it’s  purpose?  

And  she  shall  bring  forth  a  son,  and  thou  shalt  call  his  name  JESUS:  for  he  shall  save  his  people  from  their  sins.                          Maahew  1:21  

Sozo  

Medical  Missionary  Work  A  one  word  defini[on  

The  word  “save”  (salva[on)  is  Sozo  in  Greek.  It’s  the  same  word  that  translated  health!  

Salva[on   Health  

Medical  Missionary  Work  A  Case  study  –  Dr.  Luke  (Luke  5)  

Luke  5:12  –  A  powerless  leprosy  filled  man  Luke  5:13  –  A  powerful  healing  Luke  5:14  –  A  powerful  tes[mony  to  the  priests  Luke  5:15  –  The  powerless  mul[tudes  respond  Luke  5:16  –  The  place  of  power  revealed    

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The  Power  behind  the  Power  

“And  he  withdrew  himself  into  the  wilderness  and  prayed.”  Luke  5:15  “He  frequently  withdrew….”  Christ  was  “Asking  to  Give”    

Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

The  word  which  ye  hear,"  He  said,  "is  not  Mine,  but  the  Father's  which  sent  Me."  John  14:24…  Not  for  Himself,  but  for  others,  He  lived  and  thought  and  prayed.  From  hours  spent  with  God  He  came  forth  morning  by  morning,  to  bring  the  light  of  heaven  to  men.    

Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

Daily  He  received  a  fresh  bap[sm  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  In  the  early  hours  of  the  new  day  the  Lord  awakened  Him  from  His  slumbers,  and  His  soul  and  His  lips  were  anointed  with  grace,  that  He  might  impart  to  others.    

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Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

His  words  were  given  Him  fresh  from  the  heavenly  courts,  words  that  He  might  speak  in  season  to  the  weary  and  oppressed.  "The  Lord  God  hath  given  Me,"  He  said,  "the  tongue  of  the  learned,  that  I  should  know  how  to  speak  a  word  in  season  to  him  that  is  weary:  

Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

He  wakeneth  morning  by  morning,  He  wakeneth  Mine  ear  to  hear  as  the  learned."  Isaiah  50:4.        COL  139.1  

Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

Christ's  disciples  were  much  impressed  by  His  prayers  and  by  His  habit  of  communion  with  God.  One  day  amer  a  short  absence  from  their  Lord,  they  found  Him  absorbed  in  supplica[on.  Seeming  unconscious  of  their  presence,  He  con[nued  praying  aloud.    

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Asking  to  Give    Christ’s  Object  Lessons  

The  hearts  of  the  disciples  were  deeply  moved.  As  He  ceased  praying,  they  exclaimed,  "Lord,  teach  us  to  pray."                              COL  140.1      

Atheist  –  to  –  Adven[st  through  prayer  

Comprehensive  MMW  Luke  5:17  –  Power….  to  teach  and  heal  Luke  5:18,19    –  Powerful  faith  filled  followers  Luke  5:20  -­‐  Physical  and  spiritual  healing  Luke  5:21,22  –  Aaempted  healing  of  thoughts  Luke  5:24  –  Purpose  –  to  show  spiritual  power  Luke  5:25,  26  –  The  powerful  results  amazed          

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Sozo  

Physical  &  Spiritual  Restora[on  

Salva[on   Health  

The  Results  Luke  5:25  And  immediately  he  rose  up  before  them,  and  took  up  that  whereon  he  lay,  and  departed  to  his  own  house,  glorifying  God.    26  And  they  were  all  amazed,  and  they  glorified  God,  and  were  filled  with  fear,  saying,  We  have  seen  strange  things  to  day.    

The  result    

They  “feared  God”  They  “glorified  God”  

 

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The  will  –  in  our  story  Luke  5:17  –  I  will  teach  and  heal  (Jesus)  Luke  5:18,19    –  We  will  take  you  to  J  (believers)  Luke  5:20  –  What  will  happen  –  healing  Luke  5:21,22  –  I  hope  they  will  change  (priests)  Luke  5:24  –  To  show  what  God  will  do  Luke  5:25,  26  –  God’s  will  revealed  tangibly          

Philippians  2:12,13  

12    Wherefore,  my  beloved,  as  ye  have  always  obeyed,  not  as  in  my  presence  only,  but  now  much  more  in  my  absence,  work  out  your  own  salva[on  with  fear  and  trembling.  13  For  it  is  God  which  worketh  in  you  both  to  will  and  to  do  of  his  good  pleasure.  

 Mind  Philippians  2:5  

The  Spirit  Colossians  3:10  

Reason    Isaiah  1:18,19  

         Conscience                        Romans  2:15  

   Worship      Maahew  4:10  Will  Philip  2:12,13;  Rom.  12:1,2  

2  Corinthians  10:3-­‐5  Thoughts  Jam.  1:13-­‐15;    Gal.  5:24  

Feelings   It  feels  good  1  John  2:16  

I  can  afford  it  1  John  2:16  

I  want  it  1  John  2:16  

The  Flesh  Colossians  3:9  

Gene[c  Vulnerability  Exodus  20:5  

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John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

“self-­‐control  researchers  have  developed  a  grudging  respect  for  the  prac[cal  results  of  religion…”  

Rediscovering  the  Greatest  Human  Strength;  WILLPOWER,    Roy  F.  Baumeister  &  John  Tierney  p.  170  

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Why?  

Rediscovering  the  Greatest  Human  Strength;  WILLPOWER,    Roy  F.  Baumeister  &  John  Tierney  p.  170  

“But  amer  looking  at  the  data,  we  have  no  trouble  believing  that  there’s  some  kind  of  power  working…”  

The  Power  of  Prayer  

Why  it  works?  –  Prayer  •  Prayer  increases  self  control  (will  power).  •  Brain  areas    -­‐  for  self-­‐regula[on  and  control  of  aaen[on  light  up.  

•  People  who  are  subliminally  exposed  to  religious  words  like  God  or  Bible  become  slower  to  recognize  words  associated  with  tempta[ons  like  drugs  or  premarital  sex.  

•  Prayers  and  medita[on  are  “a  kind  of  an  aerobic  workout  for  self-­‐control.”  

Rediscovering  the  Greatest  Human  Strength;  WILLPOWER,    Roy  F.  Baumeister  &  John  Tierney  p.  180  

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“…I  (Eric  Clapton)  asked  for  help,  and,  gerng  down  on  my  knees,  I  surrendered.”    Since  that  moment,  he  says,  he  has  never  seriously  considered  taking  another  drink…    That  night  …  Clapton  was  suddenly  blessed  with  self-­‐control.”    

Rediscovering  the  Greatest  Human  Strength;  WILLPOWER,    Roy  F.  Baumeister  &  John  Tierney  p.  168  

The  Power  of  Medita[on  

Meditate  day  and  night    "Just  three  hours  of  medita*on  prac*ce  led  to  improved  aMen*on  and  self-­‐control.”    “ANer  eleven  hours,  researchers  could  see  those  changes  in  the  brain.    The  new  meditators  had  increased  neural  connec*ons  between  regions  of  the  brain  important  for  staying  focused,  ignoring  distrac[ons,  and  controlling  impulses.”  "Medita[on  increases  blood  flow  to  the  prefrontal  cortex."  

The  Willpower  Ins[nct  –  pg.  24  

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Meditate  day  and  night  "When  you  ask  the  brain  to  meditate,  it  gets  beMer…  at  a  wide  range  of  self-­‐control  skills,  including  aaen[on,  focus,  stress  management,  impulse  control,  and  self  awareness.”  "Regular  meditators  have  more  gray  maMer  in  the  prefrontal  cortex,  and  well  as  regions  of  the  brain  that  support  self-­‐awareness."    

The  Willpower  Ins[nct  –  pg.  25  

“The  prac[cal  results  of  communion  with  God…  -­‐  “Peace  in  the  heart  will  shine  forth  in  the  countenance…”  

-­‐  “It  will  give  to  the  voice  a  persuasive  power.”  

-­‐  It  “will  ennoble  the  character  and  the  life.”  

-­‐  It  will  impart  “a  power  that  nothing  else  can  give.”   MH  512  

Psalm  1  1:1  Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor  standeth  in  the  way  of  sinners,  nor  siMeth  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful.  2  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  LORD;  and  in  his  law  doth  he  meditate  day  and  night.  3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers  of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his  fruit  in  his  season;  his  leaf  also  shall  not  wither;  and  whatsoever  he  doeth  shall  prosper.    

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Psalm  1  

4  The  ungodly  are  not  so:  but  are  like  the  chaff  which  the  wind  driveth  away.  5  Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  stand  in  the  judgment,  nor  sinners  in  the  congrega[on  of  the  righteous.  6  For  the  LORD  knoweth  the  way  of  the  righteous:  but  the  way  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish.  

Power  Sources…  The  Word  read  and  heard  Personal  Tes[mony  heard  and  given  Simplicity  Commandments    The  Sabbath  Church  Aaendance  &  worship  Day  of  Atonement  like  rituals  Prayer  Medita[on  The  Cross  Public  Vow  &  Confession    

Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the church is the one object upon which God bestows in a special sense His supreme regard. It is the theater of His grace, in which He delights to reveal His power to transform hearts. AA 12  

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Romans  10:9  

That  if  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy  mouth  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in  thine  heart  that  God  hath  raised  him  from  the  dead,  thou  shalt  be  saved.  

Luke  12:8  

Also  I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  confess  me  before  men,  him  shall  the  Son  of  man  also  confess  before  the  angels  (Heb.  1:14)  of  God:  

“When  you  rise  in  the  morning,  do  you  feel  your  helplessness,  and  your  need  of  strength  from  God?  and  do  you  humbly,  hear[ly  make  known  your  wants  to  your  heavenly  Father?    

MYP  90.1  

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“If  so,  angels  mark  your  prayers,  and  if  these  prayers  have  not  gone  forth  out  of  feigned  lips,  when  you  are  in  danger  of  unconsciously  doing  wrong,  and  exer[ng  an  influence  which  will  lead  others  to  do  wrong,  your  guardian  angel  will  be  by  your  side,  promp*ng  you  to  a  beaer  course,  choosing  your  words  for  you,  and  influencing  your  ac[ons.”  

MYP  90.1  

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

How  complicated  is  it?  

To  “work  as  Christ  worked”…  “helping  people  just  where    

they  are.”  

ChS  p.  136