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1 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | Jesified | 67594 | ||
I agree that Isaiah 53 is in reference to spiritual healing. However, in verse 4 when it refers to our infirmites I think of physical ailment, which leads me to believe that it is also about physical healing. The same blood that was poured out for our sins was also for our physical healing. In reguards to Ex 21:24, that was part of the Law that was set up for government before the Messiah came. When Jesus died, He redemed us from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:13). The Law is not just the 10 Commandments, it is the whole system that the Jews used to reconsile themselves to God. God has never changed how He deals with humanity, but He has clarified the basic element of how we are to deal with anything. The Law was put into effect so that we would have a model of how to deal with each other when situations arose because before Christ the Holy Spirit was not inside the Jews guiding them, so they needed a standard to refer to. Unfortunately, many Jews couldn't see that the central focus of the entire system was to walk in love, but that's a different subject. As for 2 Corinthians 12:7-9, Paul's thorn in the flesh is probably the most commonly misinterpreted subject in the Bible. When Paul says, "a thorn in the flesh," it is probably better translated to modern english as a "pain in the neck." There was a really good, in depth explanation of this on here the other day. If you can find it i suggest reading it, it's right on. Anyway, i'm not saying that Paul lacked faith. Paul's thorn, I believe, was the devil working so hard against him because Paul was doing the will of God. The devil won't persecute a spiritually lathargic Christian, he's got better things to do (such as causing dissention among those who ARE doing God's will). Finally, we need to define Biblical prosperity. Biblical prosperity is all of your needs being met with enough left over to put some extra in the offering with your tithe. Many times we confuse prosperity and wealth. Driving a Mercedes Benz, living in a big house, and wearing the finest clothes but not doing all you can for your brother or sister in Christ is not Biblical prosperity. Not to say that nice clothes, cars, and houses are wrong, but we must get our priorities straight. I don't believe that Jesus was wealthy, but I do believe that He was prosperous. Look at Matthew 9:13. If Jesus was not prosperous enough to feed Himself and the men who travled with him then how could the Pharasees say that the disciples never fasted. If He didn't have the money, then they would occasionally go without, which is not the case. Also, Jesus distinguishes Himself from the poor in Mark 14:7. Although I do agree that my reference in John 13 is an assumption, it is a logical course of reason. The Bible says to love thy neighbor, but does that mean that we stop with the house next to us? Of course not, you have to read into the intent of what the Holy Spirit is saying in these scriptures. I apologize if I have offended you, or come off as dogmatic, but I am simply trying to convey what I know to be the truth as best I can. Jesified |
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2 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | BradK | 67623 | ||
Hi Jesified, No, you most certainly did not offend me :-) I can believe that you are sincere in what you know to be the truth. Our area of disagreement is in matters of exegetical interpretation. I would have to challenge your assertion that "As for 2 Corinthians 12:7-9, Paul's thorn in the flesh is probably the most commonly misinterpreted subject in the Bible. When Paul says, "a thorn in the flesh," it is probably better translated to modern english as a "pain in the neck." I've never heard that this verse is commonly misinterpreted. Thorn is skolops (Gr.)and is only used here in the NT. None of the translations I've checked give it the rendering YOU suggest! This old word is used for splinter,stake, and thorn In the LXX it is usually thorn (A.T. Robertson- Word Pictures). Simply, we do not know the particular affliction that beset Paul. As Marvin R. Vincent offers in his Word Studies,"The explanations of the peculiar nature of this affliction are numerous. Opinions are divided, generally, between mental or spiritual and bodily trials. Under the former head are sensual desires, faint-heartedness, doubts, temptations to despair, and blasphemous suggestions from the devil. Under the latter, persecution, mean personal appearance, headache, epilepsy, earache, stone, ophthalmia. It was probably a bodily malady, in the flesh; but its nature must remain a matter of conjecture." That is conveying truth regarding this matter as best I can. I hope it helps. Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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3 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | Jesified | 67624 | ||
BradK, I'm sorry, I phrased that the wrong way. I didn't mean to say that the words are interpreted from the Greek wrong, I meant that the meaning itself is misinterpreted. "Thorn in the flesh" is Hebrew slang. As you know, slang can't be interpreted literally. If the shoe were on the other foot, Paul would probably have a difficult time interpreting some of our sayings. For example, "We were chilling in my crib." Now as a 19-year-old I interpret that as, "We were fellowshipping at my house." But if Paul, or even my grandfather, were to try to interpret that literally they would think that we were in low temperature where I used to sleep as a baby. As you can see, the point that I intended to convey is lost when it's meaning is not properly interpreted. I believe that is the case with 2 Corinthians 12:7-9. Jesified |
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4 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | mbooker | 67633 | ||
Jesified Your 'We were cilling in my crib' example gave me a chuckle! :). Generational slang can certainly sound Greek to those not of that generation. Meredith |
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