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. A WORD HEALING We have many interventions for healing the body
What heals the mind, soul, and spirit of sick people?
A WORD
Jesus spoke a healing word to this woman.
With her ears, she heard him say, “My Daughter.”
With her heart she heard him say, “I love you. I accept you. I invite you into my family. You are worthy, clean, and whole. Come and celebrate.”
This one word healed the agony of rejection, the anguish of uncleanness. And the pain of loneliness. She was now accepted, loved, and restored to her place among people and with God.
A magnificent word in Isaiah explains this.
Isaiah in the temple; saw God’s glory; recognized his own uncleanness, and was healed.
He then heard god calling, and he responded.
God commissioned him to take Good news to the people of Israel, but explained how difficult it would be. Listen to God speaking to Isaiah – in your handout.

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.
If there is time, tell the story of Debbie to show that Jesus continues to heal people today by speaking a word to their heart.

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 body NATURE PEOPLE
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.