- The Bible shows that through the laying on of the hands of the ministry, the church receive God’s miraculous intervention by healing through faith.
- The laying on of hands was practiced in the Old Covenant by God’s priesthood, as well as throughout the New Testament ministry.
- The laying on of hands in the baptism ceremony, facilitates the conveying of God’s Holy Spirit.
- The Bible instructs His people when they are sick to call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over them. During this prayer, the elder anoints them with oil and lays hands on them, seeking healing from God in prayer.
- The church today follows the biblical tradition as instituted by God in laying on hands to ordain into the ministry.
- God used the laying on of hands by His servants for a variety of God given roles, including, healing, ordaining into office, and begettal of the Holy Spirit.
- God’s Word shows the laying on of hands to be a foundational doctrine of God’s church.
Scriptures of Relevance: Genesis 48:14; Acts 6:6; 8:17; 9:17-18; 19:6; 22:12-16; 28:8-9; Numbers 27:22-23; I Timothy 4:14; II Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 5:22; Mark 5:23; 6:5; 16:18; James 5:14; Hebrews 6:2
