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NASB | Isaiah 57:1 The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 57:1 The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart; Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil. |
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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 |
Bible Answer: An article for you to consider from "Charisma " magazine. I've cut and editied in 2 installments! "Where Is God When You're Not Healed?" By Larry Keefauver Many Christians feel guilty or defeated if they aren't instantly healed after receiving prayer. It's time to take an honest look at how the Bible says we should respond to sickness. For years I have heard preachers imply that faith in some way is quantified. The myths seem to circulate unabated: "If Susan had just had enough faith, she would have been healed," or "When Bill's faith gets strong enough, he will be healed," or "If everyone in this room all believed at the same moment, then all would be healed." But is healing really based on your faith alone? What should be your perspective when God doesn't heal immediately? If you are to understand why God doesn't always heal now, you will have to peel away the layers of myth that have been so tantalizing to embrace. You will have to dig deep into the Scripture for yourself instead of consuming the "fast food" of your favorite popular name-it-and-claim-it theologian. And you will have to decide to walk by faith instead of simply mouthing the platitudes of faith that have so easily supplanted God's Word in your daily confessions. The truth is, while the lack of faith may hinder healing, healing does not depend on faith. I have witnessed both the faithful and the faithless being healed. And I have seen those of great faith die. In fact, everyone Jesus healed eventually died. Those around the tomb of Lazarus lacked faith, and certainly Lazarus was in no position to exercise faith--he had been dead four days (see John 11:39-40). Yet Lazarus experienced a wonderful healing: He was resurrected. We must avoid the myths of faith and healing and embrace the truth revealed in Scripture. The Myths of Faith Healing Some believers focus exclusively on faith as the key to healing. Yet Jesus healed many who apparently had no faith. Some were healed because their friends had faith. Others were bound up by demonic spirits and healed by exorcism, even against their wills. The truth is that God heals. The myth is that God always heals now at the initiative of our faith. The highest kind of faith is, "I believe in Jesus," not just, "I believe." It is true that faith must be our initiative. But even our initiative comes through the prompting of the Holy Spirit: "No one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). Our faith helps us receive healing, just as the lack of faith hinders healing. But healing does not depend on faith. Healing depends on the Healer. Healing is the will of God. Canadian evangelist Peter Youngren wrote: "Jesus clearly shows us God's will in healing...the Word of God declares that 'great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all' (Matt. 12:15). When Jesus healed all, He was obviously doing the will of His Father, because He only did that which the Father wanted Him to do." Youngren adds: "This is why you can come with boldness asking God for healing. God is on your side. He wants the best for you. He is good." So, if God wills all to be healed, then can your faith move His hand to heal you? "Not exactly!" Your faith moves Him to save you (see Rom. 10:9-13; Eph. 2:8). And in your salvation is your healing: "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 'He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses'" (Matt. 8:17; Is. 53:4-6). But your faith does not effect your healing now. When you are healed rests entirely on what the sovereign purposes of the Healer are. Consider this biblical example. In John 5 Jesus healed one paralytic at the pool of Bethesda though a multitude thronged that place daily to be healed. Why was one man healed at that moment while others were not? John 5:19 gives the answer when Jesus confessed, "'Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.'" Bible scholar Jack Deere correctly observes that the initiative for the miraculous in Jesus' ministry did not begin with Him but with the Father. "He healed only the people He saw His Father healing," Deere writes. "The only firm reason for the healing of the paralytic that we can derive from the context of John 5 is that the Father willed it, and Jesus executed His Father's will... We are ultimately faced with the conclusion that sometimes the Lord works miracles for His own sovereign purposes without giving any explanation for His actions to His followers." |