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NASB | Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 115:3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. |
Bible Question:
okay, I understand about God, but you know how in the past the Jesus had his 12 deciples and they all followed Jesus well not Judas. You know how they all had power to heal. Why couldn't we have that same power, if we believe and God and do it for the right reasons, because Jesus is all that is right? Of course, then you think, is healing my grandma for the right reasons? You can always always ask God through Jesus. In Jesus Christ, Jason |
Bible Answer: Jason - Just one comment, faithful young searcher for the truth, before I retire to bed to rest my tired bones! ..... Far too much emphasis has been placed on physical healing in our time, chiefly by the religious quacks who promote the Word of Faith heresy, and before that, by Mary Baker Eddy and her Christian Science cultism. And if, as I contend, too much emphasis is being placed on physical healing, then it follows in logical sequence that far too little emphasis is being placed on spiritual healing. And it is precisely for the spiritual restoration of fallen man to a right relationship to God that Jesus came to earth and shed His blood on the cross. He died for our sins, not for our physical maladies! As BradK has pointed out, the miracles which, of course, included physical healing, that Jesus performed during His ministry on earth, and those He empowered certain of His followers to perform during theirs, were incidental to His mission, an adjunct, as it were, whose purpose was to authenticate who He was, the Messiah, and who His disciples were, His followers who were chosen by Him and sent out by Him to proclaim the truth of the Good News of the Christ. ...... Jesus' true mission was to give His life as a ransom for many, to seek and save lost souls, not diseased bodies. John 3:16 clearly states Christ's mission. And Matthew 28:19,20 clearly states the church's mission. Neither passage says a word about physical healing. ...... We can pray for the healing of friends and loved ones and even of ourselves. There is nothing unscriptural in praying IN GOD'S WILL for these things. But we must not be so presumptuous and foolish to think we have the power to heal, or so brazenly blasphemous to the Sovereign God to have the stupid audacity to ORDER Him to heal. --Hank |