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1 | what's the name it claim it theory? | Gal 5:22 | kalos | 57876 | ||
Does God Always Heal? (I am posting this in reply to your question because the following is very much a part of the Positive Confession (Name It And Claim It) teaching.) 'We have been made disturbingly aware of a number of problems that predictably arise wherever the healing/prosperity/confession movement spreads. It finally reached a point where we no longer had any choice but to do something about it. 'One very real problem is that the emphasis that is placed upon Christ bearing our diseases at Calvary undermines the biblical emphasis upon Christ bearing our sins. Whereas the preaching that we read in the New Testament is always centered around Christ’s death or our sins and resurrection for our justification (Romans 4:25), one finds that the preaching, and even the casual conversation of this current movement is dominated by the subject of bodily healing. Followers of the movement display practically an obsession with the topics of healing and “confession,” as though these subjects were the gospel and there’s little else in the Bible worthy of much discussion. Even if these doctrines were Biblical many who hold them would be guilty of being extremely unbalanced, not giving enough attention to many important aspects of Christian faith and living. 'Another unfortunate result of the preaching of these doctrines is that people lose their victory in Christ, and become shaken in their faith, because someone gave them a “biblical” formula for success, and it didn’t work. (...) 'To have the audacity to tell one of God’s children that if they are sick it is because of their own sin or lack of faith is to abound in presumptuousness, and be bankrupt in compassion. I’ve known of more than one person who demonstrated this insensitivity until God dealt with him by laying him flat on his back, and when none of his “principles” would work he suddenly developed an empathy of those he had once judged. We never see it portrayed in Scripture that perfect health is the sign of spirituality. To set up such a standard is to divert God’s people from the spiritual standard that Scripture does set forth (such as in 2 Peter 1:5-9). 'Ken Copeland and others teach that we must resist sickness in the same way that we resist sin. This also disturbs us. We’ve seen too many good Christians striving to “believe” their sickness away, and finally collapsing into self-condemnation and utter discouragement over their “lack of faith” or the “sin” in their lives. Most likely, there was a divine purpose for that sickness in their lives, and it would have been a lot easier on them, after they prayed in faith and nothing happened, to have ceased striving and simply rested in the comforting sovereignty of God. 'After being forced to go to this extent to prove that it is not always God’s will to heal, we do want to close on the positive note that we do believe that divine healing is for today. We see no Scriptural basis to doubt that we can expect to see healing take place here and now. Healing should be a regular part of the life of all churches (James 5:14—16). We also believe that faith plays an important part in receiving healing, and that the Church has much to learn about faith, and how to more effectively receive it for healing. We feel that many who saw this need embraced the “healing in the atonement” doctrine because it seemed to offer a more solid basis for faith. Unfortunately, however, this basis is not the Scriptural basis, and therefore it has created more problems than was hoped it would solve. 'If we have no guarantee that it is always God’s will to heal, how then can we pray in faith for healing? In the same way that we pray in faith for other things which Scripture does not specifically promise us. We may pray that the Lord would give us a job at a certain company, but we cannot know for sure if it’s His will that we work there unless He personally assures us of it through His Spirit. Faith is a supernatural gift (Ephesians 2:8); it begins with God. Thus when it is God’s will for a healing (which I believe it often would be), if we are open and receptive to Him, a supernatural assurance from Him will come upon us. The Body of Christ needs to learn to be more receptive and responsive to the prompting of the Holy Spirit working in our faith, so that through a sovereign act of God’s healing will multiply in the land, and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified. — Elliot Miller' (Due to space limitations, this article has been edited to fit here. To read the entire article, see STATEMENT DH018, Healing: Does God Always Heal? [www.equip.org]) |
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2 | what's the name it claim it theory? | Gal 5:22 | retxar | 57918 | ||
Kalos, I pretty much agree with the article you have posted here. I particularly liked the positive aspect of the article that said: “We see no Scriptural basis to doubt that we can expect to see healing take place here and now. Healing should be a regular part of the life of all churches (James 5:14-16). We also believe that faith plays an important part in receiving healing, and that the Church has much to learn about faith, and how to more effectively receive it for healing.” This is something I feel we need more of from most apologetic organizations. No doubt scripture teaches, as the article pointed out, that it is not always God’s will to heal (2Co 12:7-9). Scripture also teaches that the reason for our sickness, or for God not healing our sickness, is not always a result of our sin or lack of faith (tho faith and forgiveness play a big part as the James 5:14-16 reference bears out). The article also made me examine my belief that Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 53 is speaking of the atonement providing for both spiritual and physical healing. Matthew 8:16-17 clears up any doubt for me that I may have had the wrong interpretation. I think that maybe a reason to deny that physical healing was indeed provided for in the atonement may be to justify the fact that our physical healing is not always complete. The reasoning is if Jesus had already provided for our healing that our healing would always be complete. I believe scripture bears out the fact that physical healing is indeed provided for and available now, but will never be fully realized until we receive our glorified bodies. This is no different than our spiritual healing which no one would deny was provided for in the atonement. We are saved from sin’s punishment and power but we will not be fully saved from sin’s influence and pain until we are in the presence of Jesus. Jesus is our Healer! retxar |
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3 | what's the name it claim it theory? | Gal 5:22 | geevee | 57919 | ||
Kalos Like Retxar, I liked the articles you posted. Appreciate you, Brother and God Bless U. GeeVee |
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