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1 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | PastorFloyd | 90480 | ||
No, my friend, I am not asking you to base your salvation or healing on my personal experiences from the Lord. I merely mentioned them as a reference point of which I can base my observations on. I agree that Salvation is the highest blessing we can receive from God. But why should we be crippled in our life after we receive Jesus as our Savior? or why should we allow sickness to come upon us even as we are Christians? Jesus did not have any sickness in His Body even though He touched people with leprosy and all kinds of sikness. Nothing in Scripture says that these things came upon Him. He says we are to be like Him. Well, why be sick if He gave us provision to be well? I just learned today that we are not to criticize one another or any other member of the human race because to do so will allow the demon forces to enter your spirit. Now, alot of people do not believe that a Christian can be overcome or be influenced by demons once they accept Jesus, but there I have to differ. Romans 6:16 tells us that to whom we obey, that is whom we will follow. (my interpretation). I'm not going to get into a discussion right now with whether we can or cannot be influenced by demons. That is a whole new doctrine and will open up a whole new can of worms. The way I see it, if you want to be sick then you can. God gave each of us a will. I personally want to build up my faith to the point where nothing can come upon my body that will cause sickness or an infirmity. I have been healed twice from cancer through the direct prayers and by FAITH that God would do as He said He would do. I have seen my wife, crippled from what the doctors did to her through major operations, accept what Jesus had to offer through FAITH and instantly become well. That is what I base my faith on. What Jesus taught us. He did not just teach us to receive Salvation, He taught us to use His Scriptures for what we need. The Bible is not just a book to read. It is a guide to our daily lives and if you want healing, it is in there also. So, if people do not want to believe God for what the Bible gives us, then they don't have to. It is like people blaming the minister for taking some old lady's money. No one forces that lady to give to their ministry. No one sticks a gun into her side and demands that she sends money to a ministry. God said he would cause people to give into our bosum. He did not say it would rain down from heaven, though I also believe if God wanted to do that, He would. The Scriptures say that if we give He will cause men to give back to us (Luke 6:38). People are always slamming the minister for taking millions of dollars from the people. God gave us a will and He can put it upon our hearts to give or not to give but no one is forcing us to give. By the same set of rules, He is not forcing us to accept healing, we can or cannot be sick, by participating in His guidelines for healings. It is our will. I know I am digressing from our conversation but it all falls into the same category. If you want to believe, God will allow you to believe. If you do not want to believe in being "slain in the spirit" you don't have to. I didn't believe in tongues until God showed me what a wonderful experience it is everytime I do and how close I can get to Him by doing so. Most people don't believe in that either. That is their perogative. We can go on and on by this doctrine but it all boils down to the same thing, do you believe in it or not. Personally I do. |
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2 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | Radioman2 | 90483 | ||
2. Healing...a gracious privilege [Note: The following is a direct quote from: (www.ag.org)] Divine Healing: The Privilege of All Believers [Part 2] Great faith then receives healing through the simple Word of the Lord. But Jesus did not turn away from those who had little faith or weak faith. Those who are sick often find it is not easy to express faith, and Jesus did a variety of things to help them. Some He touched (Mark 1:41; 8:22), took their hands (Mark 1:31; Luke 14:4), or laid His hands upon them (Mark 6:5; 8:25; Luke 4:40; 13:13). Others He helped by a variety of acts, some of which called for faith and obedience on their part (Mark 7:33; 8:23). Others found that to touch Him or His garments helped them express faith (Mark 3:10; 5:28; 6:56; Luke 6:19). Peter’s shadow had the same effect for a time (Acts 5:15). So did the handkerchiefs and work aprons from Paul’s tent-making shop (Acts 19:12). The faith, however, had to be in the Lord, not in the means used to help them express their faith. This seems to be the reason for the great variety of means used, lest people get their eyes on the means rather than on God. In the same class is James 5:14, which instructs the sick to call the elders of the church to anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. It is not the oil (a symbol of the Holy Spirit) that brings the healing, but the prayer of faith. The promise "anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing" is closely connected with prayer, asking in Christ’s name (John 14:12—14; 16:23,24). His name, however, is the revelation of His character and nature. We have that in us only if we abide in Christ and His words abide in us (John 15:7). Then our will lines up with His, and we can ask what we will, and it shall be done. Some have tried to limit healing (especially the promise of Exodus 15:26, the covenant of healing or health) to Israel. But the healing of the centurion’s servant and the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman show that healing is the privilege of Gentiles also. In fact, there is healing for those who desire it and will respond to Jesus, even though He has not yet dealt with their sins (as in the case of the impotent man at the Pool of Bethesda, John 5:2—9,14). Others have tried to set divine healing in opposition to or in competition with the medical profession. This need not be so. Physicians through their skills have brought help to many. It is true that the Lord is the Great Physician. It is also true that the Bible condemns King Asa because "in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians" (2 Chronicles 16:12). But Asa had already sought for help from Syria in an act of unbelief and disobedience when he refused to rely on the Lord (2 Chronicles 16:7). The emphasis is not that he sought physicians (which in this case may have been heathen physicians), but that he refused to seek the Lord. It is evident that the physician had an honorable place in Israel (Jeremiah 8:22). Jesus also presented the medicinal use of oil and wine by the Good Samaritan in a favorable light (Luke 10:34). When the woman with the issue of blood was healed, we are told she "had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse" (Mark 5:26). If it was wrong for her to go to physicians, this would have been the perfect place for Jesus to have said so. But He did not. Instead, He accepted the faith she now expressed and commended her for it. Even today God has performed many miracles for those given up by doctors. ( . . . ) We recognize that there have been abuses today. But we must not let that cause us to retreat from a positive proclamation of the truth of the Scripture. The apostles were able to say, "What I have I give you" (Acts 3:6). Gifts of healings are among the variety of gifts and manifestations of the Spirit set in the Church as the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:4—11,28—30). Like the other gifts, these seem to be administered through members of the Body for the edification of those who need them. (Just as the word of wisdom does not make a person wise, the gifts of healings do not make people healers. Rather as a fresh word of wisdom is given for each need, so a fresh gift of healing is given by the Spirit for each individual sickness.) ( . . . ) In humility we recognize that we do not understand all that pertains to divine healing. We still see through a glass darkly. We do not understand why some are healed and others are not, any more than we understand why God permitted James to be martyred and Peter delivered. Scripture makes it clear, however, that our part is to preach the Word and expect the signs to follow. ____________________ [Note: Edited due to space limitations. The above is a direct quote from: Assemblies of God Beliefs: Divine Healing (http://ag.org/top/beliefs/position_papers/4184_healing.cfm#top)] |
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