75 Hezekiah's Sickness, 1: The Mystery of Bodily Affliction

HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS, PART 1
TEXT: Isaiah 38:1-8

SUMMARY: Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery provide us a valuable text for considering biblically the mystery of bodily illness, and lessons we might draw from it.

I. THE MYSTERY OF BODILY AFFLICTION.
A. A Problem That Affects All.

B. A Problem that Defies Simplistic Explanations.

1. The random victim theory.
2. The retribution theory.
3. The devil-did-it theory.
4. The unhealthy choices theory.

C. A Problem that Requires God’s Intervention.