Great Prayer of the Writer of Hebrews

Samuel Chadwick said: “Holiness brings the soul into fellowship with the redeeming Son of God. When believers rejoice in its possession, sinners are awakened & saved”

The truth of the great prayer of the writer of Hebrews needs to be experienced by us all:

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. AMEN. HEBREWS 13:20-21

There is a winsomeness in the Greek word katartizo translated “make you perfect”:

MEANINGS: Matthew 21:16 - to set in order as in music

Galatians 6:1 - translated “restore” and carries the idea of putting back in place a dislocated limb

1 Thessalonians 3:10 – to supply what is lacking

Hebrews 11:3 - translated “framed” and implies setting in order as in a machine

Matthew 4:21 - translated “mending”. This carried a double idea; repairing what was broken and arranging for future use

( taken from “The Call of Christian Perfection” by Samuel Chadwick, page 90 (London, Epworth Press, 1936 )

These verses are just part of many that deal with divine healing