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HealingHealing Powers Were Not Usedby the Gifted One on SelfLuke 4 :23, 24 "At this he saidto them : 'No doubt you will applythis illustration to me, "Physician,cure yourself" ; the thingswe heard as having happened inCapernaum do also here in yournative territory .' But he said :'Certainly I tell you that noprophet is accepted in his nativeterritory .' "Jesus used natural means to recoverfrom fatigueJohn 4 :6 "Now Jesus, tired outfrom the journey, was sitting atthe fountain just as he was ."Mark 4 :38 "But he was in thestern sleeping upon a pillow ."Luke 8 :23 "But as they weresailing he fell asleep ."Mark 6 :30-33 "And the apostlesassembled before Jesus and reportedto him all the things theyhad done and taught . And hesaid to them : 'Come, you yourselves,privately into a lonelyplace and rest up a bit .' For therewere many coming and going,and it was not convenient evento eat a meal . So off they wentin the boat for a lonely place tothemselves . But people saw themgoing and many got to know it,and from all the cities they ranthere together on foot and gotahead of them ."Elisha had great healing powers,but died of sickness2 Ki . 4 :32-35 "And when Elishawas come into the house, behold,the child was dead, and laid uponhis bed . He went in therefore,and shut the door upon themtwain, and prayed unto Jehovah .And he went up, and lay uponthe child, and put his mouth uponhis mouth, and his eyes uponhis eyes, and his hands upon hishands : and he stretched himselfupon him : and the flesh of thechild waxed warm . . . . and thechild opened his eyes ."2 Ki. 5 :9, 10, 14 "So Naamancame with his horses and with148his chariots, and stood at thedoor of the house of Elisha . AndElisha sent a messenger unto him,saying, Go and wash in the Jordanseven times, and thy fleshshall come again to thee, andthou shalt be clean . Then wenthe down, and dipped himself seventimes in the Jordan, accordingto the saying of the man of God ;and his flesh came again likeunto the flesh of a little child,and he was clean ."2 Ki . 13 :14, 20, 21 "Now Elishawas fallen sick of his sicknesswhereof he died. And Elisha died,and they buried him. Now thebands of the Moabites invadedthe land at the coming in of theyear. And it came to pass, as theywere burying a man, that, behold,they spied a band ; and they castthe man into the sepulchre ofElisha : and as soon as the mantouched the bones of Elisha, herevived, and stood up on hisfeet ."Paul's gift of healing did notenable him to cure himself2 Cor. 12 :7-9 "Therefore, thatI might not be overly exalted,there was given me a thorn inthe flesh, an angel of Satan, tokeep striking me, that I mightnot be overly exalted. In thisbehalf I three times entreatedthe Lord that it might departfrom me ; and yet he really saidto me : 'My undeserved kindnessis sufficient for you ; for my poweris being made perfect in weakness.'"Natural Means of Healing WereUsed Even at Time GiftWas Present1 Tim . 5 :23 "Do not drink waterany longer, but use a littlewine for the sake of your stomachand your frequent cases of sickness."Col. 4 :14 "Luke the belovedphysician sends you his greetings."