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1 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | Jesified | 67567 | ||
I struggled with these questions too, until I went to Bible School. Read Isaiah 53:4-5. The same blood that was poured out for our sins was poured out for our healing also. Peter references this verse in 1 Peter 2:24. Also, read in the gospels where Jesus was healing people. He healed all manner of sickness see Matthew 4:23-24, 8:14-17, 9:32-35, 10:1, 12:15, 14:14, 14:35-36, 15:30, 19:2, Luke 4:40, 5:15, 6:17, 9:11. That's probably almost too may references, but you get the point. Jesus healed everyone and God doesn't change, so He is still Jehova Raffa , the Lord that healeth thee. Also, in James 5:14 it tells us to pray for the sick. Why would we pray for the sick if it was going to be in vain? Even if we did pray saying "Heal them if it be you will..." then that's not the prayer of faith that we're supposed to pray. There is no if in faith. Faith is sure. Faith does not say "well maybe God will do it, but maybe He won't." Faith says, "I know God will because he told me so in His word." The only places where Jesus couldn't heal people was where the people did not have the faith to receive it and did not expect to be healed. There are at least 4 separate references in the Bible where Jesus told people, "Thy faith hath made thee whole." Matthew 9:22, Mark 9:34, 10:52, and Luke 17:19. So you see, the question is not, "Is God willing and able to heal us?" The question is, "Are we willing and able to be healed?" Now on prosperity, read Jeremiah 29:11, 3 John 1:2, Isaiah 1:19, and Philippians 4:19. God desires to prosper us. He desires for us to eat the good of the land. Is the good of the land sickness, poverty, and disease? No, of course not. God gives good things to His children, Luke 11:13. Besides, how would a poor man or woman be able to fulfill the great commission, Mark 16:15, and preach the gospel through out all the world. A plane ticket from New York City, New York to Cairo, Egypt costs between 800 and 2000 dollars on average. If you live in poverty, you can't afford to fly to Africa should the Lord call you to the African mission field. Jesus was prosperous. He had one man whose only job was to handle His finances, Judas. Now, I don't remember where it is in the Bible, but Judas regularly embezzled money from Jesus' ministry. Let’s say you were to steal a dollar from your work place every day. Would it be easier for you to steal from a place that only had 5 or 10 dollars or a place that had 1000 dollars? Also, remember that out of the money that Judas was in charge of came the funds to feed and clothe 13 men, Jesus and the apostles, for the 3 and 1/2 years of Jesus' ministry. Now, as my final point, read in the last supper when Jesus dismisses Judas, John 13:21-30. In verse 29 it says that no one knew for sure why Jesus sent Judas out. They assumed that he was sent to get more provisions for the feast, or to give to the poor. If they assumed he may be giving to the poor then that would lead us to believe that it was a regular thing for them to do. Not only does that show that Jesus had enough money to support Himself and 12 other men, but that He could afford to give some away on top of that. Also, you see that in this verse, Jesus is distinguished from the poor because if you were giving to the poor then chances are you're not poor. So if Jesus wasn't poor, why should we be? I hope I have answered your questions. If you would like further information on healing I recommend F.F. Bosworth's "Christ the Healer" and for prosperity, Kenneth E. Hagin's "The Midas Touch." Jesified |
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2 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | srbaegon | 67575 | ||
Hello Jesified As you have stated, Isaiah 53:4-5 and 1 Peter 2:24 both refer to healing. However, the context is in both cases a spiritual healing, not physical. It's healing from sin. To properly apply this to physical healing, the believer would expect to be healed of all ailments the moment he was saved. Steve |
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3 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | retxar | 67578 | ||
In reference to Isaiah, Mat 8:17, in context, speaks of physical as well as spiritual healing. retxar |
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4 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | srbaegon | 67644 | ||
Hello retxar I agree, but because 1 Peter was brought in, I assumed Jesified was speaking of healing by His stripes. Steve |
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5 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | retxar | 67657 | ||
Thanks Steve, Isa 53 in the Septuagint, which Matthew probably had access to, reads much like Matthew has quoted here of Jesus taking our infirmities and bearing our sicknesses. In context, Matthew is no doubt referring to spiritual as well as physical healing, but mostly physical. Since the bible does not contradict itself, we have to conclude that Isaiah 61 refers to physical as well as spiritual healing. 1 Peter, as you have correctly said, in context, is mostly referring to spiritual healing. However, if we take what it says and what it does not say, we cannot rule out the fact that Jesus’s suffering provided physical healing. By the same token, we cannot take James 5 and rule out the fact that sometimes God does not heal, (for what ever reason that He knows and we do not) even tho James 5 plainly says the prayer of faith WILL heal the sick, with no option of God ever not healing. Other scripture, as you and others have provided, will bear this out. We must balance scripture with scripture and interpret scripture in context of not only the passage we are studying, but also the whole bible. retxar |
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6 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | srbaegon | 67658 | ||
Hello retxar I agree that the LXX is the version Matthew is quoting from. And yes, there is the application of physical healing. See my last post to you. But even in Is 53:4 the the construction of the verse makes a distinction between the two halves of the verse. Isaiah 53:4 (ESV) Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Even though He took upon Himself our infirmities (physical healing), 53:4b-5 moves on to spiritual healing. Jesus' suffering is not related to physical healing. 1. What in Is 61 requires a physical aspect? 2. 1 Peter 2:24 is not speaking MOSTLY of spiritual healing, but ENTIRELY. Steve |
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7 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | Hank | 67660 | ||
Steve: I hold that Mary Baker Eddy was not Jesus and that Jesus was not Mary Baker Eddy. Therefore, those who follow the physical healing teachings of Mary Baker Eddy are called Christian Scientists; and that those who follow the spiritual healing teachings of the Savior are called merely Christians. In my estimation, Steve, you are on the right track and are placing the emphasis of healing exactly where the New Testament places it: upon spiritual healing, upon justification, upon freedom from man's spiritual sickness that, by the grace of God, Christ made possible by his redemptive work on the cross. Those whom Jesus healed in New Testament times all eventually died. Even Lazarus whom He brought forth from death, even he died. Jesus never offered a potion, lotion or balm or any other kind of physical healing that was anything but temporal. But, as the hymn goes, "There is a Balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul." The Lord Jesus Christ IS that Balm. It is, I surely do believe, this living water, this bread of life, this balm, which Christ gives that should be prized above all things. As surely as night follows day, this leads us to embrace the conclusion that it is not physical but spiritual healing that the Bible emphasizes, and in like manner so should we. --Hank | ||||||