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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: Hello RJJ, You said.. "Leaders of the Word of Faith Movement use the Scriptures to attack the faith of the sick and the poor that they are sick and poor because, not for their lack of faith, but they have not reached the right level of faith which is not in Holy Scripture." I apologize for my post not directly addressing your point. Let me try again.... I said... "And it is also written that faith grows through in spiritual entrance of God's Word." Some take offense at the teaching that healing comes through faith, especially whn they hear this and are still sick after praying for healing. The offense, I believe, comes from not understanding that 'perfection' is what we move toward and not what we have attained. While some do teach that healing is by faith IN A JUDGEMENTAL MANNER, but the message is not judgemental. The message is one to encourage us to spend more time in he Word, more time in prayerful meditaiton allowing the Holy Spirit to BRING LIGHT of the Truth to our spirit thus transforming us and increasing our faith in God's promises. Christians are FULL of contraditions of beliefs that break down or water down our faith. There is only one remedy for that. WOF teaches the remedy for unbelief...EATING, BREATHING, WALKING OUT God's Word. Miracles happen when we believe God and obey, not when we are 'taught about God'. The WOF message is not negative, condemning, any more than Jesus' words when He walked the earth, yet these truths were rejected because they brought condemnation on them that did not want to hear. The Gospel of God'w desire to heal and provide for His people and is to be received by faith in His Word is GOOD news. But if we hear through the filter of bitterness or rebellion we will not be encouraged, but will reject the very truth we need to set us free. Bitterness is the product of harboured grief or unforgiveness. The Word in inerrant, God's faithfulness is sure. So why when things do not go as we anticipated or even as we believe the Word states do we reject the belief and replace it with bitterness? I submit that the problem DOES lie with US. Why should we be surprised when WE fail? Why should we be angry when WE fall short? The disciples in the boat did not become bitter when Jesus rebuked them for their lack of faith... Why? Notice the words of Jesus in verse 22 of Luke 8.22 Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. Then the storm came... Luke 8:24-26 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. 26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. Notice what the disciples did NOT say.. " How dare him criticize us for our lack of faith. We are mere men and doing the best we can!" The lesson is clear. Jesus told them to go to the other side. While we take into account that He knew what they would do when faced with this challenge, He also saw fit to rebuke them. Likewise when the Word rebukes us, do we 'take offense' or do we humbly remind ourselves we must continue forward learning and growing up in Him. We could all 'beat ourselves up' for failures or we can use those as opportunities to be challenged to greater levels of understanding. Sorry for the length, but many times I have desired to express this here on the forum and only now see clearly how to do so. God bless |