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1 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | inmyheart | 68039 | ||
gracefull, For many years, a certain part of the Body of Christ has been taught that faith is a powerful force. Faith can heal sicknesses, receive answers to prayer, and work miracles. For example, one popular verse for teaching this aspect of faith is Mark 11:23: "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him." Also, in Matthew 21:21 we read, "And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen." Notice that you will be able to do this "if you have faith and do not doubt." Apparently, faith has an inseparable connection with the release of God's power. If you have faith, you will be able to release the power of God in your life and in the life of others. Bible teachings that focus on this aspect of faith show Christians how to release healing, prosperity, and deliverance into their lives. Consequently, the entire Body of Christ is strengthened and made more effective. |
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2 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | BradK | 68072 | ||
Dear Inmyheart, I feel compelled to respond to your post, out of love and not with any intended malice. Nonetheless, I must take strong exception. That "faith is a powerful force" is both non-biblical and unfounded. God can and does heal, but "Faith" is not a power! I'll grant that the passages cited in Mark 11:23 and Matt. 21:21 are difficult to interpret. I don't necessarily have the correct interpretation. However, I'll offer what I see based upon my understanding of faith. There is a possible prophetic parable being eluded to here according to "Hard Sayings of the Bible". I take it to be a rather plain statement: IF you had the faith of a mustard seed you could move mountains(paraphrased). As I have yet to see any mountains literally moved by anyone's "faith",I believe that to tell me how little my "faith" is in relation to its' ability to accomplish the miraculous. You see, "...GOD has alloted to each a measure of faith".(Rom.12:3) Faithfulness is a divine attribute ( 1 Thess. 5:24, 2 Tim.2:13). God is faithful. It's not about my faith so much as about my placing my trust(i.e. faith,belief) in what HE has already accomplished and provided. Faith must have an object. You state "Apparently, faith has an inseparable connection with the release of God's power. If you have faith, you will be able to release the power of God in your life and in the life of others." My response is: "Now to HIM who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us" (Eph. 3:20) I also do not see the terminology of "release healing,prosperity, and deliverance" as being scriptural! A doctrine of men maybe, but taught in the Word of God, no. Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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3 | Is God's will prosperity/healing always? | Rom 8:28 | Hank | 68076 | ||
Excellent post, Brad. Scripturally sound. Faith in faith is fruitless. It is not we who do the releasing of power because of our faith. It is God, always God, in whom spiritual power is vested. What I see in this heresy of Word of Faith teaching is an underlying core of basic humanism dressed in the vesture of Christian orthodoxy. The outer trappings lure the undiscerning into the inner core of exceedingly false teaching. --Hank | ||||||