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1 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Jesified | 72067 | ||
As the world of science teaches, for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. Though this is in referance to the natural world, the same holds true for the spiritual realm. For sin there is atonement. For Heaven (an eternity with God) there is Hell (eternity with out God). For faith we have fear. Faith activates God, however fear activates the devil. That is the lesson that everyone misses from Job. Why was Job offering the sacrifices for his children in the beginning? read Job 1:1-5. The answer is found in verse 5 "When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom." -Job 1:5 As you can see Job wasn't sure if his children had sinned, but just in case that maybe they did, he made offerings to God. The other fact that people miss is that God didn't CAUSE Job to suffer, he ALLOWED it. Look at the times where Satan asks God to strike Job (Job 1:11, for one), God doesn't. In effect, He tells Satan, "Why don't you do it?" If we keep reading you'll see that it was during one of his sons' feasts that messengers came telling Job of what was happening to him. Why is this? Because that was when Job was afraid. Fear gives Satan the legal right to carry out the acts which you are afraid of just like faith gives God the right to carry out what we have faith for. Jesified |
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2 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Hank | 72100 | ||
Jestified (or is it Justified?): If, as you say, "faith activates God," and if by faith you presumably mean human faith, or "creature" faith, if you will -- then who do you suppose "activated" God to do what He did in Genesis 1:1 and following, inasmuch as this was a time in the history of creation that predated the creation of human beings whose faith, in your economy, acts as a catalyst to activate God? I've tried, to no avail, to find some scriptural allusion to God's need to be jump-started by man's faith or by any other stimulus outside Himself. Perhaps it exists and I missed it. Can you lead me to it? --Hank | ||||||
3 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Jesified | 72134 | ||
I'm not saying that absolutely everything God does is something set in motion by His own creation. As you pointed out, creation would have been impossible. When I say that "faith activates God" I mean that when you have faith in God that He will provide a particular thing, that is when God sends it. For example, Jesus healed people. There are two separate instances where the Bible says Jesus saw someone’s faith (Mark 2:5, Matthew 9:22). In both instances the individuals got what they had faith for; healing. Also, this principle is seen indirectly in other stories, such as Naaman the Syrian in 2 Kings 5. God was just as able to heal him before he dipped 7 times in the Jordan as he was afterward, but God had Elisha tell Naaman to build and exercise his faith. The Brazen Serpent in Numbers 21 is a type of Christ. The brass and serpent are both representative of sin and the serpent was lifted up on a pole. All who looked at it were healed instantly. Christ was lifted up when he was crucified and sin was put on Him. Whoever looks to Him for their healing will be healed. Just as you have to believe (or have faith in) that God through Christ has forgiven you of your sins, you must believe (or have faith in) the fact that God through Christ has healed you. ALL of Christ went on the cross. The whole man was crucified, body, soul, and spirit. This is so that we may be redeemed, body, soul, and spirit. Well, I started preaching off in another direction, but I think you can see what I’m saying now. Oh, and I coined the term Jesified meaning, to act or be made more like Jesus (Galatians 2:20). Jesified |
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4 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Cyclist | 72338 | ||
Jesified, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever! I will praise and glorify the name of my GOD the day long! Blessed be the name of the Lord! Praise Him for His love and mercy and grace! This is my first exchange with you. I read your personal profile. I pray that the Lord our GOD bless you in your ministry. You write: "When I say that 'faith activates God' I mean that when you have faith in God that He will provide a particular thing, that is when God sends it. For example, Jesus healed people. There are two separate instances where the Bible says Jesus saw someone’s faith (Mark 2:5, Matthew 9:22). In both instances the individuals got what they had faith for; healing. If you will, please review John 5:2 through 5:14. Was this man's faith in the act of entering the water? His faith was not in Jesus' healing power prior to being healed because the man did not know who healed him until afterward. Why did Jesus heal this man? Was it just to prove that He had authority over the sabbath day? He does without a doubt! Why did Jesus heal this man without revealing himself to him? Why didn't Jesus say to the man "Your faith has made you well"? In Christ, Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |
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5 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Jesified | 72367 | ||
Cyclist, Thanks for your well-wishing. I pray that the Lord blesses you with whatever you put you hand and that you seek him earnestly and whole-heartedly. I've seen and read about many healing lines where the people were given a similar command. One in particular where there were four individuals in wheelchairs. The preacher said something to the effect of "Get up!" or "Rise up and walk!" Three walked, the other said, "But I can't walk." The difference in these two types of people is that when given the command those who walked were both obedient and believed that they would be able to walk when they got to their feet. However, the individuals who are not healed looked at their symptoms and didn't act. The man at Bethesda got up and walked. He was obedient and must have believed that his legs would support him. If you don't believe that a bridge can hold you, do you walk out on the bridge? Of course not, so this man had to have believed that his legs would hold him before he got up. Jesified |
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6 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Norrie | 72369 | ||
Since I've been seeing all these theories on divine healing and I got this today from CBN, I figured I'd post it. Too bad this forum doesn't have live links so you'll just have to copy and paste: When I pray for healing I don't always see or feel any immediate results. Should I pray again, pray a different way, or just pretend that everything is okay, that God heard my prayer and will answer someday in His time? http://www.cbn.com/partners/bringiton/Healing.asp |
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