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1 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | Ken hepting | 90848 | ||
Oh Boy, where to begin? Agreement? Between who? The disodedient with the obedient? How about disobedient with the disobedient? Of course you don't know who is and who isn't. First lets be clear about Satan and what he can and cannot do then you might want to re-examine what you saw as healings. Understand, I believe in devine healing. I am from Pentecostal persuasion. Satan can't heal. Satan, with God's permission, can afflict. He can also lift the affliction when people pray thus making it seem a healing from God. God also, in some cases, heals when the name of Jesus is invoked. He is honoring His Son's name regardless of the condition of faith of those who prayed. But that is His good pleasure to do so when He sees fit and not because of anything on our part. In Matthew 7 it says what: V22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never 'knew' you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 'Knowing' you/me in this case equates with intimacy. To know Him is to have His mind. If I came to you for healing and we both agreed for it do you think I should receive my healing if I am secretly living in adultery? If not, why not? We agreed didn't we? Perhaps the whole church was in agreement for that matter. Ok, lets assume God does heal me. What does that say to my mind/heart concerning my adulterous behavior and relationship to God? Now lets go beyond that to assume the whole church finds out about my adulterous behavior. Where does that leave them with God concerning their own untoward behavior? No, sorry, can't agree with your explanation of "unconditional" agreement. The examples you posit aren't valid either. Both were before Jesus and the cross and both from a different functioning of the Holy Spirit. If you are going to use Naaman as an example why use use Elisha? How about the floating axe head miracle? Seen any of that kind of thing lately? And the woman who needed healing but wasn't a Jew? How about the one who was who had an issue of blood for twelve years. She came to Jesus and He healed her. Her faith was no greater than the Syrophenician woman, was it? Why then should Jesus not heal them both? Both happenings were before the cross. Point is those healings had to do with a display by Jesus of the wonders and Glory of the kingdom of God Jesus spent 3 1/2 years explaining. "If you ask anything in my name you will have it". Really? Does He mean all we have to do is agree OR reside -abide in Him- in His Kingdom? At the center of Christianity is perfection and that by a discipline of the soul made possible by the healing of our spirit by Jesus' vicarious death that gives access for the Holy Spirit to quicken our mortal bodies but only as the Father sees fit to do so for His purposes and that Jesus Christ be glorified. Our responsibilty in the matter is to handle properly what God trusts us with, no matter what it is and it doesn't seem to be much, these days. Having His Mind in our daily lives is what that is all about. 2 Tim 4.2 "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine." Long suffering can come in may flavors, I'm afraid. But keep your face washed at all times. |
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2 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | PastorFloyd | 90851 | ||
Look man! We can hash this out until Jesus comes back and nothing either of us says is going to make a dent in our beliefs. Right? You believe one thing I believe another. My mother, who was a staunch Mormon died as a Mormon and a few weeks before she died, she and I had another argument about who was right and who was wrong. My interpretations of the scriptures or hers. I finally threw my hands up in anguish and said, "Alright, at the day of judgement we will find out who has the answer. Jesus or Moroni. Course if your wrong, Ma, you will be in the lake of fire and if I'm wrong I will be your servant for all eternity. No comapssion for my own mother? Wrong. I have been telling her the faith message for years. God said His Word does not return void. I can only pray she accepted Jesus before she died. I could not make her beleive me and I cannot make you believe me. Lets call it a draw and go on to something else. |
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3 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | Ken hepting | 90860 | ||
Sure, why not. Nothing we've said has done injury to the other. There will be times when we reflect back on words spoken that they may be helpful when in a quandry and need an answer.. I'd like to think I've given good Biblical reasoning that will challenge you to go deeper to see the kingdom and come away from subordinate issues that only clog up the works. There's much I see differently having seen it and understand what the "Pearl of great price" is. Believe me, I never knew and had no idea....and there hasn't been much fellowship around since. Do you read Oswald Chambers? |
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4 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | PastorFloyd | 90873 | ||
I've heard of him but haven't read anything he has written. At least I don't think I have. I read three hundred to four hundred books a year plus anything Christian I can get my hands on. So, I may have read him and not known it. | ||||||
5 | Ask for a cold, and ye shall receive it? | Matt 16:6 | Ken hepting | 90901 | ||
His book-s- should be lying next to your Bible. You'll read the Bible anew once you get into His "My Utmost for His Highest". That's a daily devotional you'll never tire of reading and will always call you up to a higher plain of Holiness. He'll give you answers to questions you never thought had answers. Try this www. myutmost.org July 28th. AFTER OBEDIENCE - WHAT? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . ." Mark 6:45-52 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end. What is my dream of God's purpose? His purpose is that I depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay in the middle of the turmoil calm and unperplexed, that is the end of the purpose of God. God is not working towards a particular finish; His end is the process - that I see Him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is all right because I see Him walking on the sea. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God. God's training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience; we get wrong when we think of the afterwards. What men call training and preparation, God calls the end. God's end is to enable me to see that He can walk on the chaos of my life just now. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present: if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious. See also July 27th |
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