It's not God that needs the help. It's us.
Laying on of hands does something...which is part of the reason he warns us against doing it "suddenly".
1 Timothy 5:22 KJV
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Love in Jesus,
Kelby
I think suddenly means working it through explaining to all the witness the ceremonial uses of hands as a metaphor to represent the unseen work of God. We have the privilege knowing God heals without the use of Human hands . not as some say he needs flesh to heal flesh as if he who satisfies all needs needed something from the clay he is forming the seed of Christ in. Those who seek after a sign before they exercise faith seem quick to make it into a wonderment . They could be moving to fast not a way to make the morning last Like Simon and Garfunkel pick up a couple stones or time will pass you by. Feeling groovy has turned into feeling groupies. Like looking for something to hear . Jesus says the fields are white.
I would think we would not want anyone think that the showing of ceremonial shadows used as a gospel sign to the world shows the kingdom does come by observation . Our focus is on a hope of them knowing Him not seen a work he works in us and causes growth if any. .The church His bride are representatives of God, as Ambassadors sent from the Holy unseen place. ( the eternal city of Christ) as His bride. He called Christian . A word when defined and no other meaning added . that literally means; "residents of the city of Christ" named after her founder, husband Christ. A revealing of a righteous desire that it might be his will . But we do not need evidence of the things seen to believe in him who has no form . Its why he created form of language and wrote his law with his finger in stone so we could fill the prescription given in 2 Corinthians 4:18
Laying on of hands is a great ceremonial law if done carefully and prayerfully. I have witnessed it. If misunderstood and abused it can become a source as a stumbling block, making the work of Christ without effect. This is by attributing it to a "sign gift".
When the apostles experienced that in Acts (men making the apostles into gods in the likeness of men ) they covered themselves in ashes .They would be no part of blaspheming the Holy Spirit . As some men do when they attribute the healing of God with a little touch of human corrupted flesh. Their hand touching them had nothing to do with the healing. We walk by faith. Our flesh is considered or typified as dead it will return to the lifeless, spiritless dust and H20 from where it was formed of. Our new born again spirits will rise on the last day when we then receive the goal of our faith our new incorruptible bodies as the eternal wife of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for
the things which are seen are temporal; but
the things which are not seen are eternal.
Above...Our 20/20 prescription needed to rightly divide the parables.
Note...
(my addition )
For the Jews
require a sign,
(sign gift) and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
(philosophy) But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;1 Corrihtians 1:22-23