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41 | Good morning Bro. John! | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46544 | ||
Good Morning Brother John I have a friend, a sister in Christ. I spoke with her this morning and she has seen a man's leg healed. It was shorter than the other and she said he was prayed for and she saw his leg grow. She has also seen demons being casted out. I also heard John Hagee's testmony about a time when he casted out a demon. With that said, Veronica (my friend) believes that Mark 16:17 is for today. So if she has seen Mark 16:17 and you and I haven't, what is the conclusion? If you believe it is not for today because you have not seen it and she believes it is for today because she has seen it, how do we reconcile that? I am so glad you mention john 14:12. I was thinking of that this morning. Jesus said 'He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also'. And I'm not even going to get into the greater works. Let's just deal with the works he did. When I read this scripture, I consider the works Jesus did. Heal, feed the hungry, teach, preach (those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head). Now Jesus said 'He that believeth on me, the works that I do SHALL he do also'. He did not say they might do the works, he said they SHALL do the works. Now, IF I believe on him and I don't do the works, then as you said 'the promise has fallen to the ground unfulfilled'. So did Jesus make a promise and not fulfill it? And again, if he said the works that he did, those that believed on him would do, then to me that means if he healed, then we heal, if he preached, then we preach, if he taught, then we teach. And again, if these things are not manifested, can it be possible that the problem lies with us? because I am not convinced that these things past away with the early church. If we can find in scripture when it was stated that these things would pass with the early church, then I would have scripture to renew my mind. I really feel uncomfortable basing my faith on what I see or don't see. I need to base it on what the word of GOD teaches. Maybe we can discuss the greater works later. Abba Father bless you! |
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42 | First Question | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46477 | ||
Hey Brother John If we could, I'd like to take this one point at a time. If that's ok with you, here's my first question. Mark 16:17 caused you a great deal of trouble because you never saw it fulfilled in the lives of saints today. If you had seen it fulfilled in the lives of saints today, do you think your views would be different? I too wonder when I see something in scripture but then I don't see it in the lives of believers. Or the way I like to say it: 'When my life does not line up with scripture'. When my life does not line up with scripture, does that mean 'it's not GOD's will' or 'that went away with the early church'? I do not believe so. I have heard that explaination before, 'that went away with the early church'. I want to be sure I am not making excuses for why 'this or that' isn't manifested in my life when scripture says 'this or that' should be manifested in my life. After this point is exhaused, I'd like to talk about Mark 16:17 and it's connection to the gifts of the spirit. May you dwell in the secret place of the Most High. Abba Father bless and keep you. btw, just to let you know, I grew up in a Baptist church and still go to one. |
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43 | Greetings Searcher | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46387 | ||
Thanks for the scriptures Searcher. John 5:2-3 tells of a great multitude that lay in the 5 porches. John 5:6 tells me that 'Jesus saw him lie'. It doesn't not say 'He saw the multitude'. The reason I point this out is because in other places in scripture, it tells us that Jesus saw the multitute and healed them: But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; Matt 12:15 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Matt 14:14 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: Matt 15:30 ***************** I agree that if someone does not get healed, that does not invalidate Abba Father, the Lord that heals. ***************** How do we reconcile Mark 13:22 (false Christs and false prophets showing signs and wonders) with Mark 16:17 'And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover'? False Christs and false prophets shall show signs and wonders but they that believe shall have signs following them. I would really love to devle into this one so that I can learn how to discern whether false Christs and prophets or those that believe are showing the signs and wonders. Was Jesus rebuking the man when he said 'Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe'? The next thing Jesus says is 'Go your way, your son lives'. Did Jesus WANT this man to believe and thus he said 'your son lives' and the son lived? Also, I was not saying that I persay wants signs and wonders. I already believe in the Lord my GOD. I was just saying that if the Chruch as a whole exhibited the power that Christ did while he was here, would the unbelievers become believers? questions, questions, questions. I am full of them! :) Hope you are able to lend more scriptures to enlighten. Abba Father bless and keep you. |
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44 | Question | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46268 | ||
'However again I believe it has to serve God’s purpose to heal them. Each healing in the Bible had a purpose. All showed the glory and power of God. In the New Testament most were to validate either Jesus or his apostles' I have a few questions. 1. We still have sick people in the world as they did in the gospels accounts. If the purpose of the healings showed the glory and power of Abba Father, does scripture say we can no longer see the glory and power of Abba Father thru healings like the ones performed in the gospels? 2. If most of the healings were to validate Jesus and his apostles, is it unscriptural for Jesus to be validated today thru signs and wonders (which include healing)? Some may never read the bible, so why can't we be living letters(doing signs and wonders) and maybe, just maybe, they will believe on our Father because of those signs and wonders. |
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45 | After reading about Naaman | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46261 | ||
Greetings Mommapbs I went and read about Naaman: II Kings 5:1-15 'Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman's wife. Then she said to her mistress, "If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy." And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel." Then the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. Then he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy. And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me." So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel." Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha's house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean." But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, "Indeed, I said to myself, "He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.' Are not the Abanah[1] and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, "Wash, and be clean'?" So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, "Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant."' Naaman did believe or have faith in what the little maid from Isreal said about the prophet in Samaria being able to heal him of his leprosy, didn't he? Otherwise, why did he depart to Isreal? And even before he was healed, he said 'Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his GOD, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper'. That sounds a lot like the woman with the issue of blood to me. He did believe there was a GOD in Isreal at this point, didn't he? After he got healed of the leprosy, he said 'Behold, now I know that there is no GOD in all the earth, but in Isreal'. Though he may not have submitted himself to the GOD of Isreal before his healing, he nevertheless believed that the GOD of Isreal existed. After he was healed, then he proclaimed that the GOD of Isreal is the only GOD there is (now that makes me want to shout!!). The Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established, so do you know of any more scripture passages that show someone who did not have faith to get healed be healed? What I want to do is read it in context and see what circumstances where involved. Thanks again and Abba Father bless you always!! |
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46 | Last question | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46134 | ||
So do you believe Jesus was taking the focus off the Healer and putting it on the woman with the issue of blood when he said 'thy faith has made thee whole'? Also, I pray that I don't sound as if I am condemning someone if they don't 'have faith' for healing. God forbid that I would do that. My simple goal in all of this was to find out from scripture, not from people's experiences, if my Father DOES NOT grant a request for healing. I don't like strife(but I don't feel strife with you Mommapbs) and after reading some of the posts, I feel like this may be getting a little out of hand. So this may be my last question on the matter. May we all be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God our Father. Thanks so much for listening and responding. |
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47 | Many headed, no faith | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46130 | ||
Are these many who are healed who have no faith in the Bible? Thanks |
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48 | May I ask | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46129 | ||
'I just hope for their sakes that the Lord doesn't give them a big dose of reality' What would that big dose of reality be that would shatter our ('those that get off on this healing kick') faith. Thanks for answering. |
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49 | points to address | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 46028 | ||
There is a lot in here but I would like to take one thing at a time. 'But is healing really based on your faith alone?' When I read this I thought of the woman with the issue of blood: 'thy faith has made thee whole' (Mt 9:22). Then I thought of Jairus: 'fear not, believe only' (Lk 8:50). Then the centurion (LK 7:2-10). Then of what Jesus said in Mark 11:22-23. Healing may not be based on faith alone, but from these scriptures, is not faith important? If faith is important, I wonder at the statement: 'But healing does not depend on faith'. The second part of that statement, 'Healing depends on the Healer' stirs this up in me: 1. I believe that the power to heal comes from The Lord that heals. I don't doubt that. 2. If I depend on the Lord that heals, what am I depending on Him to do? I am depending on Him to heal me in whatever area I am sick (ie physical, mental, spiritual) because He is the Lord that heals. Because of #2, some may say I am trying pressure GOD into doing my will. Well... I beg to differ because I believe it is my Father's will that I be in health (III John 2). So, if it's His will and I have asked according to His will... you know how the story ends (I John 5:14-15) 'I have seen those of great faith die'. Am I to base my faith on what brother Keefauver has seen or on what the Word of GOD says? Of course I am to base my faith on the Word of GOD and not what is seen by me or other brothers and sisters (Walk by faith, not by sight). So if brother Keefauver says he has seen people of 'great faith die', my question is were they sick and if so, did they have 'great faith' that physical healing had been provided by Jesus? 'In fact, everyone Jesus healed eventually died'. I would like to make it clear that when I speak of healing, I am speaking of a person having a disease (cancer, heart disease, diabeties, etc) and being cured or healed of that disease. The disease is no longer present in their physcial body. Everyone one that Jesus healed may have eventually died but did they die because of the disease Jesus healed them of? I'd better stop now because I didn't want this response to be too long. I think we can easily get away from our initial point when we keep expanding and bringing in other points. So, I'll be waiting to hear back from you. Blessings and peace to you |
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50 | Answers | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 45377 | ||
Answers to your questions: 1. No. I am basing that belief on the gospel accounts of Jesus' healing of people. 2. Playing the adversarial role here (no problem. I think it helps me dig into the Word, which is good for me! :) How can one assert that it is ALWAYS God's will to heal physically in this life ? Because of what Jesus did (went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil Acts 10:38) and I hadn't seen in scripture where Jesus healed someone and they did not walk away from him alive. In other words, I haven't seen where Jesus healed someone by letting them die. If it's GOD's will to heal me (and he provided that healing that by the stripes of Jesus) and not you, does that make Him a respecter of persons? Another scripture that leads me to believe in physical healing is Proverbs 4:20-22. Could you share those instances in Scripture where He does not heal (I already have the situation w/David and posted my response to that). How can one presume to know the absolute will of God in every instance? If it's an instance of healing, don't we already have GOD's will (WORD) on that (I think I listed scriptures in my very first post in this discussion)? 3. If I 'name' (ask) it and what I name is according to His will, then I 'claim' (know I have the petition I ask) it, am I unscriptural? Jesus said once(and maybe more than once) that he knew the Father heard him (John 11:41-42). And I wanna be just like Jesus! LOL OK, That's it for now for me. Hope to post with ya soon. Always in Him |
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51 | Thorn in the flesh | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 45317 | ||
Just one point I'd like to address. The thorn in the flesh that Paul had to deal with. Are you saying it was some type of sickness? He said it was a messenger of Satan. I read a book dealing with 'the thorn in the flesh' issue. In the book, the author went thru scripture and found instances where the term 'thorn in the flesh' was used and if I'm not mistaken, they referred to a person or a people. I will try and get the book and pull out those scriptures. Well maybe two points I'd like to address. If we always pray 'if the LORD wills', can we ever pray according to I John 5:14-15. Thanks again. Yours in Christ |
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52 | Me again | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 45276 | ||
It's me again! :) I did think of Moses when I wondered about David 'changing' GOD's mind about the child. But with Moses, didn't he ask GOD to remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the covenant he had with them? I now wonder if David had prayed as Moses and found a covenant promise to stand on, if the LORD would have repented. 'There are so many that we are lifting up before the Throne of Grace for physical healing, and the healing we ask for doesn't come' Right away, I ask, if 'the prayer of faith shall heal the sick', why didn't this prayer of faith(your statement above) heal the sick? When I ask this question, I am not questioning GOD's sovereignty. I am simply relying on the truth of his WORD because He said what ever He says, he'll do and whatever He purposes, He will bring to pass(Isaiah). I want to be a student of my Father's Word and for me that means asking questions when something I see does not line up with what the WORD says. So do you know of scriptures that may be a prerequisite to 'the prayer of faith shall heal the sick and the LORD shall raise him up'? Also, if I ask anything according to his will, he hears me and I know I have the petition I have asked (I John 5:14-15). So, I guess the first thing we need to know is if it is GOD's will for us to have physical healing. Would you agree with that? Again, thanks for listening and if I'm getting on your nerves :), I understand. I can be a pest sometimes! :) Oh and by the way, currently, I am not interceding for anyone for physical healing, but I do believe that it is His will for us to be healed physically in this life(not by death) as well as the next. And if what I believe is wrong, I need to have my mind renewed and that's what I'm after. I once heard someone say that those that disagree with you do you the most good. They force you to go to the WORD and you will either find error or confirmation in what you believe. Grace and Peace be multiplied to you. |
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53 | David's account | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 45247 | ||
Hey there Mommapbs! I know it's been a long time but I did want to get back with you on the accound of David. I went and read 2 Sam 12. Proverbs says 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue' and in v.5, David pronounces death to the man in Nathan's story. In v.13 Nathan told David that the LORD had put his sin away and he would not die. 'Howbeit, because by this deed, he gave great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child born shall surely die'. v.16 says David 'besought GOD for the child'. It does not tell us in this verse what David asked of GOD. After reading v.22, I will say that I make the assumption that David asked for the child to live. Now, let me go back to v.14. The LORD's judgment had already been given: 'the child also born unto thee shall surely die'. In this case, David had GOD's word on the matter. In our case, as born again believers and children of Jehoviah, the LORD that heals thee. What word from HIM do we have on the matter of physical healing? Thanks again for listening and may our Father richly bless you as you dwell in the secret place of The Most High. Your sister in Christ! |
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54 | the question again | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 39090 | ||
Blessed Greetings to you Mommapbs!! I do understand that "while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord... willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord" (II Corinthians 5:6b,8b) and I know that death to the child of God means to be 'present with the Lord' :) We, as children of the Most High have been delivered from the bondage that comes from fear of death (Hebrews 2:14-15). I too praise GOD that 'yeah though I walk through the valley of the SHADOW of death, I will fear no evil for He is with me'. However, :), I am looking for scripture that shows the answer to a request for healing is death. The bible tell us that death is the last enemy (I Corinthians 15:26) and Jesus said 'The thief comes not but to steal, to kill and to destroy but He came that we may have life and have it more abundantly' (John 10:10). And that is one reason I have a hard time accepting the idea that GOD uses death to heal us. I do believe it is our Father's will for us to be healed (Psalm 103:3, Isaiah 53:5, Acts 10:38, I Peter 2:24, II John 2) and all the promises of GOD in him are yea and in him Amen (II Corinthians 1:20). So given these scriptures, if God indeed says 'no' to a request for healing or if the answer to that request is death, I need to have scripture to confirm that. Looking forward to your response. Grace be multiplied to you! |
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55 | Healing in Death | Is 57:1 | mbooker | 39057 | ||
I have a question to an answer I saw posted to 'Divine Healing'. It was stated 'One more note. For the Christian, I believe the ultimate healing takes place when we enter His presence for eternity, either by death or upon His return. There are times where we pray for healing, and the Lord answers it by bringing that person home.' I have hear this before but it was said 'Their healing came when they died'. My question is are there accounts in scripture where our Father or our Lord Jesus answered someone who was asking for healing with the answer of death. I have read through the gospels and saw where many came to Jesus with a physical sickness/ailment or even death (Jarius and the Centurion) and Jesus granted them what they ask for in this life time. So, for me to believe that our Father answers his child's request to be healed here on this side of heaven (it is possible that some who are dealing with sickness may want to go one and be with our Father) with death, I would have to see in HIS Word (what I must base my faith on) where He has answered that way. So far I have only seen where HE and Jesus healed and the people still lived. Thanks and may our Father's peace to unto you all. |
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