MENGAPA
MEMPELAJARI
KESEHATANI?
Mazmur 139:14
Arti Sehat Menurut Alkitab:
2. Karena sedikitnya Ellen G. White (Nabiah bagi gereja yang sisa itu), telah
menuliskan tujuh buku yang berhubungan langsung dengan
kesehatan, antara lain:
Ministry of Healing (Hidup yang Terbaik)
Temperance (Pertarakan)
Counsels on Health
Medical Ministry
Spiritual Gifts
Counsels on Diet and Food (Petunjuk Diet dan Makanan Anda)
Testimonies for the Church
5. Karena setiap anggota Gereja ditugaskan agar ikut ambil bagian dalam melakukan pelayanan
Kesehatan.
Sementara hidup di dunia ini Kristus melakukan 3 jenis pelayanan yang saling berkaitan (tree-fold
ministry of Christ), yaitu:
Melawat (Visiting)
Berkhotbah (Preaching)
Menyembuhkan (Healing)
Alkitab mencatat bahwa Kristus mengunjungi kota-kota dan desa-desa. Dia mengajar di
Synagoge-synagoge, mengkhotbahkan khabar baik tentang kerajaan, dan menyembuhkan orang-
orang dari segala macam penyakit dan penderitaan.
PERAN PENDETA DALAM PELAYANAN KESEHATAN
Medical Ministry, 240
“Read the scriptures carefully, and you will find that Christ spent the largest part of
His ministry in restoring the suffering and afflicted to health . . . . Ministers, do
not confine your work to giving Bible instruction. Do practical work. Seek to
restore the sick to health. This is true ministry. Remember that restoration of
the body prepares the way for restoration of the souls.”
“Banyak berkat dan pengalaman indah yang akan diperoleh jika pendeta mau
menggabung penyajian tentang masalah kesehatan dengan segenap pekerjaan
mereka di gereja-gereja. Orang-orang harus memiliki terang tentang reformasi
kesehatan.”
Medical Ministry, 250
“Those who labor in our conferences as ministers should become acquainted with the work of
ministering to the sick.”
Medical Ministry, 245
“A gospel minister will be twice as successful in his work if he understands how to treat disease . . .
A minister of the gospel, who is also a medical missionary who can cure physical ailments, is a much
more efficient worker than one who cannot do this. His work as a minister of the gospel is much more
complete.”
Medical Ministry, 253
“The minister will often be called upon to act part of a physician. He should have a training that will
enable him to administer the simpler remedies for the relief of suffering. Ministers and Bible Workers
should prepare themselves for this line of work; for in doing it they are following the example of Christ.
They should be as well prepared by education and practice to combat disease of the body as they are to
heal the sin-sick soul by pointing to the Great Physician . . . Christ stands by their side as ready to heal
the sick as when He was on this earth in person.”
“Every gospel worker should feel that the giving of instruction in the principles of healthful living is a
part of his appointed work.”