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1 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | Jesified | 71968 | ||
John Reformed, You asked "How you counsel people who pray for healing for someone but do not receive it." Well, I'm going to be honest with you up front. I'm only a student on his way to becoming a pastor, but I know enough to answer your question because I have wondered the same thing. Let's say that a woman prayed for her 10-year-old boy who was hit by a car. First, why was he hit by the car? It's because mankind was cast out of Eden into a fallen world. Bad things will happen because this world is not perfect. As I explained in my last post, Jesus came to heal people. Read Isaiah 53:4-5. The same blood that was poured out for our sins was poured out for our healing also. Peter references this verse in 1 Peter 2:24 as does Matthew in Matthew 8:17. So we know that God is willing to heal and able to heal. Now we must ask, “Why don’t we receive what we pray for?” There are several potential reasons: 1) Lack of faith. In Mark 6:1-6 Jesus couldn’t heal people because they didn’t have faith in him. We notice the story of the centurion in Matthew 8:10, the woman with the issue of blood in Matthew 9:22, and the woman of Canaan in Matthew 15:28 all received what they came for because they had faith. 2) We don’t pray inline with the word of God. Nowhere in the Bible does it ever say that when you pray for healing that you should say, “If it be thy will heal so and so.” Only two places did Jesus ever tell us to pray that way. Actually, it’s two accounts of when He was in the garden praying the prayer of consecration. (Matthew 26:42 and Luke 11:2) James 5:14-15 tells us to pray the prayer of faith for the sick. There is no if in faith. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) So we can be out of line by being of little or no faith. I know there are still others, but none are coming to mind. If you still have questions I’ll be more than happy to do all I can to answer them. Jesified |
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2 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | John Reformed | 71969 | ||
Dear Jesified, Isa 53 is all about Jesus'sacrificial atonement for the guilt of His people; Not for their physical healing. Read v.5 in it's context. The entire chapter is about guilt and sin. As far as faith is concerned, it is a gift of God. Now who are you going to blame? By the way, I am still waiting for affirmative verses that state what God's will is for healing. All you have given me is instances of healing and one instance of no healing. Better get a hold of the Prof. ;D Your Friend, John |
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3 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | Jesified | 71972 | ||
Well, Jesus said that He only does the will of the Father (John 5:30) If all He does is God's will then it is logical that whatever He does is God's will. When He healed people in the scriptures I mentioned several posts ago many of them say, "..and He healed all.." and gave a condition of the sickness ie "..and He healed all that were sick." (Matthew 6:18) Now if God healed all back then and He doesn't change (Malachi 3:6) then He will heal all now. Examine what Matthew 8:17 says about Isaiah 53:4-5. Matthew 8:16-17 "When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmites and bare our sickness." To say that I have taken Isaiah 53:4-5 out of context is to say that the Holy Spirit through Matthew has also taken them out of context. How 'bout Exodous 15:26 "...I am the LORD that healeth thee." That tell us God's will for healing. Jesified |
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4 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | John Reformed | 72004 | ||
Dear Jesified, I do believe that Christ heals. All healing is a gracious work of the Almighty. I also believe if a person does not have faith, he may not expect to recieve anything from God; without faith it is impossible to please Him.But, from where do those who have faith recieve it? Afterall, all good things come from God. I am a member of the prayer chain at my church. It is wonderful to see our prayers answered and most of the time the answer is yes. But they are not always answered in the way we expected them to be and sometimes folk are not healed and even die. What then are we to believe; certainly it is not God who has failed. Why did God not stretch forth His hand to heal? Was it because the person lacked faith, or the prayer chain folks lacked faith; was there unconfessed sin involved? I don't know the answer to these questions. But I do know that God is soverign over all things that occur. If this was not true, then we could not believe Romans 8:28: "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." All things! That would include sickness; accidents; even death. Because I was a pentacostal for many years and became disillusioned by it's theology, I have a tendency to jump on doctrines like healing too quickly. Your question to me about the relationship of Isaiah 53 and Matthew 8 made me stop and re-examine what I believe. I kidded you about "seeing your prof", but wound up seeking information myself. A lesson in humility. God willing, we can continue our discussion after I have boned-up on the topic a lot more than I have. God Bless, John |
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5 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | Jesified | 72073 | ||
John, I grew up equally Catholic and heathen and was later saved in a Pentecostal service. Now I only call myself a follower of Christ and choose to avoid a denominational tag whenever I can due to the many misconceptions of what Pentecostal and Full-Gospel believers actually believe. Either way, some of what I wanted to say earlier came to me, so here’s some more food for thought and/or study. A lack of faith is not always what keeps people in sickness. Many times it's faith in the wrong things. If you have faith in God that He has the ability to heal you and know that Jesus already paid for our healing as well as our sins then I don't know why you wouldn't be healed. There are other variables, but they need to be examined case to case. One of the biggest problems is that people believe their own symptoms more than God. I have heard many stories where people did not receive healing because they were told, “Rise up and walk.” And they said, “But I can't walk.” And with that attitude they're right. 2 Corinthians 1:20 says, “For all the promises of God in Him (referring to Christ) are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” Healing was promised to us under the Old Covenant (Exodus 15:26) and we are now in the New Covenant, a better Covenant founded on better promises (Hebrews 8:6). So if Old Covenant people were able to be healed then New Covenant people are definitely able to be healed. Sorry, got of on a tangent there, but it’s all His word so it’s all good. Where was I? Too many people say, “When brother so and so lays hands on me I’ll be healed.” That’s true if they’re looking to God to heal them and not brother so and so. However, as humans we tend to exalt things that ought not be exalted and we begin to confuse big time preachers in with Christ Himself which is idolatry. All it took was for Moses to take a little more time than expected to come back down the mountain and the Israelites lost hope and started making idols (Exodus 32:4). I’ve sighed and shook my head while looking through Musician’s Friend magazine because there’s a T-shirt reading something like “Axe of the Gods” and it has a picture of Jimmy Hendrix playing a ’69 Stratocaster or something. The sin nature in man when not under control can very easily exalt anyone. Look at Luke 11:27-28, a woman began exalting Mary. Also Acts 14:10 is a good example. My point is although Mary or Billy Graham had a divine call on her life they are not to be looked to for help, only as a channel through which the help may come. I’d love to continue our discussion. I have some brushing up to do on healing also. In responding to your post I found myself fumbling through my notes saying, “It’s here somewhere.” And, “what was that scripture reference again?” If you’d like to do so outside of the forum you can e-mail me at greatsantero@aol.com. Jesified |
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