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1 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | PastorFloyd | 90399 | ||
Just because it hasn't happened to you, don't use that as a criteria to condemn those that have. The Holy Spirit uses many methods to heal people. Slain in the Spirit is only one of many, which I might add, has always been a controversary to those who don't know. The Scripture in the Old Testament that says, "Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm," is appropo here. Theatrics? Have you ever poured anointing oil over a dead person and proclaim life into them by the Name of Jesus, and seen them rise from the dead? Have you ever laid hands on someone and proclaimed the healing power of Jesus Christ, and seen them rise to their feet, completely healed? Don't comdemn those who do. Theatrics? Dear God! If someone has been crippled all their life and Jesus heals them by any means, that is cause for celebration. For show and for money? You poor deluded fools, you have shown yourselves for what you are. Like the King told Paul during his trial. "All this learning has driven you insane." Maybe you should get back to the beginning and use a little faith. Sure people leave the meetings of healers the same way they arrived. They are asking the healer to heal them when they should be focusing in on the One who heals. I would like to see thousands of men and women use "theatrics" to heal people if that is what it takes. Jesus spit on a man and healed him. Is that theatrics? Not to many years ago there was an old farmer from the mid-west that would spit on his hand and place it on the part of a person's body that was sick. That person would be healed instantly. Is that theatrics? Give us more theatrics if that is what it takes to get people healed. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Get off your duffs and get out there and heal people by the Name of Jesus, instead of knocking others for doing so. You folks remind me of Emmaus, remember what happened to him. |
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2 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | Radioman2 | 90424 | ||
"Touch not mine anointed" '...if any individual Christian is to be considered anointed, then so every Christian must be as well. For this is the only sense in which the term is used (apart from Christ) in the New Testament: "You [referring to all believers] have an anointing from the Holy One" (1 John 2:20, NIV). Thus, no believer can justifiably claim any special status as God's "untouchable anointed" over other believers.' ************* 'Advocates [of authoritarian rule or unconditional authority for certain preachers and evangelists] assume that Scripture supports their view. Their key biblical proof text is Psalm 105:15: "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm" (KJV). But a close examination of this passage reveals that it has nothing to do with challenging the teachings of church leaders. 'It first needs to be noted that the Old Testament phrase "the Lord's anointed" is typically used to refer to the kings of Israel (1 Sam. 12:3, 5; 24:6, 10; 26:9, 11, 16, 23; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16; 19:21; Ps. 20:6; Lam. 4:20), at times specifically to the royal line de-scended from David (Pss. 2:2; 18:50; 89:38, 51), and not to prophets and teachers. While the text does also mention prophets, in the context of Psalm 105 the reference is undoubtedly to the patriarchs in general (vv. 8-15; cf. 1 Chron. 16:15-22), and to Abraham (whom God called a prophet) in particular (Gen. 20:7). It is therefore debatable whether this passage can be applied to select leaders within the body of Christ. 'Even if the text can be applied to certain church leaders today, in the context of this passage the words "touch" and "do harm" have to do with inflicting physical harm upon someone. Psalm 105:15 is therefore wholly irrelevant to the issue of questioning the teachings of any of God's "anointed." (...) 'Finally, if any individual Christian is to be considered anointed, then so every Christian must be as well. For this is the only sense in which the term is used (apart from Christ) in the New Testament: "You [referring to all believers] have an anointing from the Holy One" (1 John 2:20, NIV). Thus, no believer can justifiably claim any special status as God's "untouchable anointed" over other believers.' (This article first appeared in the Fall 1991 issue of the Christian Research Journal.) (www.equip.org/search/) |
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