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NASB | Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, "I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief." |
Subject: How do you just let GOD? |
Bible Note: Greetings Jeff! I appreciate your desire to help another, but there are valid reasons for not giving counseling over such an impersonal medium as an internet forum. Allow me to list a few. 1) We have no one of knowing if the person is being truthful. Suppose someone is just looking for justification for beating his wife, but of course he doesn't tell us that part. He might say that wives should be submissive and seek Biblical guidance for that position. Everyone would jump on the band wagon to agree with him and then he might feel justified to go ahead and beat his wife - after all, she is in the wrong biblically. :-( 2) We don't know the real issues involved in the problem. Someone may think that their problem is one thing, but it could be something else entirely. 3) Many on this forum are not qualified to give counsel on complicated issues. It is difficult enough to counsel someone is one knows the person, is able to interact with them personally, and is qualified to do so. :-) In this particular case, there are certainly some Biblical principles that could be applied fairly easily, but in many cases, the solution is not so simple. So, I hope that you understand that it is not from a lack of desire, nor a lack of ability that the majority of this forum advise individual seek face to face counsel. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |