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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: God has purchased our salvation.. which is not spiritual healing, but rather.. spiritual resurrection. Healing is completely diffent than spiritual resurrection. Lazarus was not healed, but raised from the dead. Lazarus's resurrection is a beautiful prophetic foreshadowing of every believers resurrection of spiritual regeneration. This is my understanding on the matter. You can change the literal meaning of those verses to fit a cessasionist viewpoint, but I personally believe that is quite a stretch. Literally it is saying we are both spiritual raised from the dead with Christ and bodily healed by his willingness to take on our curse of the flesh through his punishment prior to his death. It was the wounding of his body that accomplished taking on our healing. It was his death and resurrection that bought us eternal spiritual life. And taken with the very numerous quotes by Jesus on the believer's authority over sickness, I find it hard to believe that anyone would deny that the bible promises us divine healing as believers. This is my understanding on the matter, and if we disagree.. well then, we disagree. Nonetheless, the verses can CERTAINLY be interpreted to mean exactly what they say, and that is that Christ purchased our healing by taking on physical wounds. Physical wounds for physical sickness.. spiritual resurrection for our resurrection (Col 2:12, Eph 2:4-6, Col 3:1, and many other such verses) As I have said before, this is what I believe the Scripture states very clearly, but I am willing to admit that I may be wrong. It is always important that where sincere and devoted followers of Christ who love his Word disagree, it is important to adopt an attitude of humility and be willing to be corrected. I just don't see any scriptures that cause me to doubt the validity of divine healing. Do you have any scripture to back up your position that healing is NOT provided for through Christ's and the Holy Spirit's work for us? |