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1 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | nthnobdvs | 218396 | ||
Thanks, this answers one aspect of my question but another aspect is, I think, more difficult. The men clearly brought their friend so that he might be healed of his paralysis. When they finally make their way to Jesus, however, He tells the man his sins are forgiven. It is not until the Pharisees grumble that He tells the man to get up and walk. Why did Jesus not tell the man to walk in the first place? If his condition was a result of his sin, why did forgiving his sins not result in his being able to walk? | ||||||
2 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | stjohn | 218402 | ||
1) Being God omniscient, He new what would come out of the hearts of the Pharisees, so His demonstration was to perhaps show them and all His deity. 2) Though the man didn't get up and walk, his palsy may well have been already healed when Jesus forgave his sins. The Scripture really doesn't say, so we would be reading into it what isn't there by assuming that the man was not already healed. We don't really know one way or the other, so the question is sorta mute. John |
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3 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | Wild Olive Shoot | 218404 | ||
Dear John, I think the question is far from being moot brother but rather a very relevant one. If sin is the cause and pain of our sicknesses, when it is forgiven, are we healed not only internally but externally as well? Henry states: "The way to remove the effect, is, to take away the cause. Pardon of sin strikes at the root of all diseases, and either cures them, or alters their property." In the case at hand, the man was healed physically as well, cured, or else he would not have been able to get up and walk. When that happened or what scars remained, are not discussed, but he was in fact healed physically so one can read into that and ask why it doesn't happen all the time. In most cases though, to be forgiven doesn't necessarily mean physical cure will follow but I think we can then focus on faith rather than the sickness that is upon us. After all, we know His grace is sufficient. I think we can see that our focus can be altered. I thought it was a very good question. Not moot at all. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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4 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | stjohn | 218408 | ||
um, sorry WOS, I think it must be my fault because I didn't communicate it well? I never said or even implied that the man was not healed. I agree with what you wrote, but I fail to see what you wrote having relevance to the question. Sorry Brother, but you lost me. And I don't really think the question hits on the thrust of the passage. It may be just me, but it seems kinda irrelevant, to ask why did or didn't Jesus do something this way or that way, instead of focusing on what He did do and try to understand from that perspective rather then trying to see it from a scenario perspective that never even happened. Sorry if it offends, but I think by there nature, those kind of questions are kinda moot. John p.s. thanks for the spelling correction. :-) |
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5 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | Wild Olive Shoot | 218412 | ||
John, No, you communicated it well, you said it was a moot question and I thought it very relevant. The question was why wasn't this man healed physically when the cause for his sickness, his sin, was forgiven and I expanded on that a bit as to why that doesn't happen in every case. I never stated you implied he was not healed, please re-read my post. We don't know when this man was physically healed, like you stated, but we know he was at some point very close if not at the time the words were uttered, is what I was stating. We also know that when we are forgiven, we are not healed physically as this man was. One can read the passage and easily assume that forgiveness can also mean physical healing and I wanted to point out that is not the case without simply disregarding the question as being moot. Are your sins forgiven John? Do you still have physical conditions that exist? When the underlying cause of those conditions were resolved, did they go away? Why not? That's where I think this question was relevant. You may think there isn't any relevance but to others, including me, it is a question well worth some time to look into. Stand in His grace, WOS |
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6 | Why? | Luke 5:23 | stjohn | 218413 | ||
Ok, I think I get it now. Still not sure where that fits in with the context, or that that was actually the trust of the question, but I 'kinda' get your point. kinda like, I think the question was 'kinda' moot... :-) Thanks WOS! John p.s. It's been a while since we've seen you posting at SBF. Good to have you back! :-) |
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