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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: Knocked out by holy spirit |
Bible Note: Graceful You said, "Isaiah 53 says ,"He was wounded for our transgressions," Does this mean we no longer transgress? "He was bruised for our iniquities," Do we still commit iniquities? " The chastisement needful to obtain peace was upon Him" This is the renewed relationship with our Father, the rejoining of hands...and most of us recognize and hold fast to this one. "By His stripes we are healed." Are is not past tense but present but just for arguments sake, let's say past tense... Yes, healing has been provided but are some of us still sick? Yes Why? For the same reason we still commit sin and iniquities and do not walk in a relationship as we could and should and are sick.. because we accept them as unavoidable and as mere 'human' fact." Yes all these elements are past tense and yes we still commit many of them but we only have to be born again once to cover them. My transgressions are forgiven both the ones in past, the ones present, and the ones future by the bold of Jesus. They no longer make my spirit sick. If physical healing was included here then all sickness in the born again believers life would have to be gone, done away with, but it is not. Therefore the healed has to be talking about a healing separate from physical. Yes James does say will raise him up, but once again healing can be taking the body home where there is no sickness, pain or suffering. I know of no teaching in the true church that teaches us to accept sickness for anything other than what it is, the result of living in a fallen world. I also do not know of any teaching in the true church that says we embrace sickness as some gift. However many do hold to Romans 8:28 that says in all things God will work it to our good. Yes I have seen good come from sickness. I saw a man accept Christ because he was sick, I saw a man make a decision to go into full time ministry as he was coming through a sickness. I personally thank God each time I see a blind, handicap or afflicted person for His mercy on me. While you may not like this there is a saying. 'you would not understand light or appreciate it if you never knew darkness.' The same applies here if we never saw a blind person would we really appreciate our sight? If we never were sick sick would we appreciate our health. I don't know why God makes some people blind or deaf or lame but the Ex 4:11 says he does and I think it is so we appreciate what we have. It seems cruel to the those afflicted but our life is a mere vapor in eternity and God has promised special reward to those born blind, handicapped or deaf. Your whole premise on physical well being fades when we view it from eternity. If we were going to live for eternity this world our physical state would be important but we are only passing through. Our physical state in this world has little consequence when view from eternity's prospective. John said seek after the things that endure that is what is important. The things of this world are going to past on. Let us just say healing was as you say in the atonement, and we live 85-120 years sickness free, what effect would that have on us in eternity? Let's say God will give us anything we want and we live those years in the lap of luxury what effect on us will that make in eternity? They are meaningless when viewed from eternity knowing they this world is going to past away. What is important? Where we are eternity. You view God’s promises as promises for this physical world I view God telling us seek first MY Kingdom and the rest will be handled and have little of no importance to you. Look at Paul, he said something similar, “I have learned to be content in rich and need, in hot or cold, in sickness and in health. Isn’t what he really saying is I have learned what is really important, it isn’t how much money I have or where I live or if I’m perfect or handicapped nothing really matters in this world what matters is whether my name is written in the Lamb’s book of life. EdB |