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NASB | Matthew 8:5 ¶ And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 8:5 ¶ As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him [for help], [Luke 7:1-10] |
Subject: A FALSE TEACHING? Yes / No |
Bible Note: Hi Ed, You said... If your alive you received that life and your breath long before you had any faith. In context of my post I believe I was clear that the message that BELIEVERS or children of the covenant receive nothing from God/The Word/ the covenant apart from faith. If I was unclear on that I apologize. You said... "It would not require faith if they were cleansed, they would not be lepers. We also don't know if they went in or not, we do know only one returned in "faith" to say thank you" They were healed AS they went. They headed to the temple before they were healed. That is faith. You said... Life itself both physical and spiritual God gave it to us before we had any faith. God knew me before I was conceived in my mother's womb. That faith was present here is debatable. But Roman's 10 indicated that faith was necessary for spiritual rebirth. Romans 10:8 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. You said... God gave us health, He gave us prosperity (the poorest among us is richer that the richest in many countries), in many cases God gave us praying grandparents, parents, aunt and uncles, brothers and sisters that prayed for our salvation. God has given us a great nation, freedom, liberty and the right to preach His gospel. God has given us the sun to norish our planet, the moon to light our evenings, the stars to make us look skyward and wonder. God gave me two wonderful daughters when I was still without faith, from those daughters came 6 beautiful grandchildren. All that I have God has given me and much of it I recieved before I knew Him. Whether faith was active in all the blessings we received before we knew Him for ourselves or not, is debatable. I tend to believe based on the scriptures cited in my previous post that faith was at work even if it was not your own. Again, I did not say it had to be OUR faith. But I am speaking of, and thought I was clear in my post but maybe not, we receive nothing from the covenant apart from faith. Be that salvation, the Holy Spirit, healing, His provision as we serve, His gifts. Let's go at this from a different angle... Tell me what part of God's covenant I CAN receive without faith. God bless |