Subject: If we ask for healing does God answer no |
Bible Note: You yourself those you listed ended well, and thats what I'm saying too brother. I am saying that even though sickness may come, even though illness might come in your life, Christ has already redeemed us from it, all we have to do is let our faith recieve it for us. Yes, Christians still get sick, just like Christians can still fall into sin, but I can assure you if they do fall into sin, they have an advocate at the right of the Father who is pleading their case, and they can repent, and be made right with God again. The fact sickness comes on people, doesn't mean God wants it to, he might have had to allow it on certain people for the purposes of discipline, or perhaps some because they did not believe he was the healer, thus making his promise of no effect in their lives. I can't say for sure what happened to Job, but I can tell you, that Job was in fear before the bad things began to happen in his life, and living in fear, of course, is lacking faith, Jesus addressed that on the boat with his disciples. Take for instance John the Baptist, do you notice that he was offended at the Lord? Perhaps he would not have been beheaded if he had not doubted God, I can't say for sure, all I can say, is that I know in whom I have believed! :) And if God gets glory out of Christians being sick, then why aren't we praying that we get sick? And then when we do get sick, why aren't we praying that our children and our wives or husbands get the same wonderful blessing of an illness such as we have recieved. Not only that, but if God gets glory from people being sick, Jesus did all that he could, to make sure the Father got no glory in this life. And you said what you ahve is true faith, I'm not going to say you have no faith, but you said true faith doesn't dictate to God what he must do.. and you are right, true faith speaks the Word, and believes God, no matter how things around him or her looks. No matter how many Christians get sick, no matter how many peolple are poor, true faith says I don't care what the situation looks like, I believe God, and he has said by the stripes of Jesus I am healed, so glory be to God, get out of my way devil because I'm the healed of the Lord! I understand not everyone recieves their healing, but the key word there is recieve. I can buy you a brand new car, and if you won't recieve it, it won't do you any good. And if you dont know I bought it for you, it won't do you any good. If people don't get their healing which has been provided by the Cross, or if they refuse to put value on the Word, then it certainly won't do them any good, and they will perish in their lack of knowledge. And also let me try to make it clear, you dont' have to have a terminal illness , or any illness for that matter, to leave this earth. The end of your life, taking your last breath, can be at a very old age, for no reason other than your course has been run. God doesn't have to send something evil, such as sickness, to bring you home. He sent Christ for that. Mitch |