Are there any Christian groups or denominations that make a distinction between the gift of healing and just praying for the sick to get healed?
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In informal conversations with cessationists, I've heard claims to the effect that the gift of healing is fundamentally different from just praying for a sick person to get healed. That someone with the gift of healing should be able to just lay their hands on a sick person and pretty much get them healed instantly, almost at will, like Jesus and the Apostles did in many occasions, whereas praying for someone to get healed follows a different approach and could possibly take hours, days, months of intercessory prayer, and if the person does get healed it doesn't mean that you have the gift of healing *per se* -- it just means that God answered your prayer, just like He would anyone else's, if it is His will to do so.
Are there any Christian groups or denominations that make a distinction between the gift of healing and just praying for the sick to get healed? What role does their interpretation of [Mark 16:17-18](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A17-18&version=ESV) play in this distinction?
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Sep 8, 2021, 01:59 PM
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