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NASB | Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
Subject: Is "slain in the Spirit" biblical? |
Bible Note: Hello Matt, You bring up some points which I believe hinder us from receiving from God His many precious promises. If I may, consider this scripture, Numbers 21: 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Matt, why did the people repent? It would seem that the reason is fear of punishment and the desire to not die from ther serpents bite. They repented for their sin against God, no doubt. Why do we repent and receive Jesus as Lord and saviour? Because we realize He loved us enough to die for us and that if we do not, we will go to hell. Is that a selfish reason? Matthew 14:14 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Why did Jesus heal? Compassion Mark 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. Why did this woman seek healing? She was at the end and death from this illness was about to take her life! She had no other alternative. Jesus did not say, that because she only wanted to bring glory to God she was healed..but rather He said, "Your faith has made you whole." Mark 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. What made this man whole? Now we know their faith was in Jesus ability and willingness to heal. Matt, all that Jesus did was to bring glory to the Father but this fact does not diminish or replace these folks, and indeed all that were healed, desire to be healed for the selfish motive of desiring to be free from the bondage of sickness and desease. The idea that if we want to be healed because we do not want to be sick is a 'selfish' motive is simply not true. This is false humility. True humility is submitting ourselves to God's care by faith and releasing our own sense of self reliance. The definition of humble i"Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit.2.Showing deferential or submissive respect. Submission to God's will is the believer's humility. "Which is to glorify God in it. If it is our faith that moves God to heal us, then I beleive that we should not ask for God to heal us for our selfish reasons, but rather to bring glory to God." Not one who came to Jesus said, or even implied, the statement,"If this healing will bring glory to God, heal me, but if you are healing me because I desire it for myself, do not..." Matt, please consider this statement in light of scripture. If God heals you, He will receive the glory! Who else would? Now, one last point to consider concerning it being God's will to heal. Look back at Numbers 21. Why did God tell Moses to hang the 'serpent' to the pole and for the people to LOOK UPON the serpent to be healed? We must look to Jesus' sacrifice for our healing. And according to Isaiah this healing is spirit, soul, body...be made WHOLE. Matt, false humility is bondage that keeps the children of God from receiving God's provision because we are affraid of our motives. I submit to you that it is HUMBLE to move into the promises of God through the humbleness of submission and gratitude. Let me cahllenge you to read Mark 16 again and consider Jesus' words of the 'commission' of believers. God bless, |