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NASB | Acts 5:15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:15 to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power]. |
Subject: How to Discern a Servant of God |
Bible Note: Hi Mark, Your comments are well taken and they do bring up a reasonable and sound basis for how we critique a ministry. Certainly, it must be biblical. This would go back to the foundations of her (or any other ministry). Personally, from what I've read and studied of her, she seemed bizarre- even mystical. As you know, I place many if not most of the modern claims of healing under the lable of "skeptical". Allow me to share some hopefully relevant comments. This past summer I challenged myself to read "Christ The Healer" by F.F. Bosworth. This book- written in 1924- was a (the) catalyst of many modern WOF and Healing ministries, like Kuhlman, and later Copeland and Hinn, etc. [It was soundly rebutted the same year by A.C. Gabelein in his work, "The Healing Question".] I read it to gain perspective and to better understand a doctrine that is so prevalent and that we deal with all too frequently on the Forum. It was a challenge because of my bias and my presuppositions. Nevertheless, I plodded through some 200-plus pages and did complete it. Here's my assesment of F.F. Bosworth: 1. He was sincere in what he believed. He did not delve into the other tangents like "name-it-and-claim-it", etc., but simply held that "it is God's will to heal the body as it is to heal the soul."; 2. He almost completely ignored any context; 3. He "proof-texted" his entire argument; 4. He ignored Church History and 2000 some years of scholarship. He also demonstrated little more than a cursory comprehension of NT Greek; 5. He blatantly said in many places something a verse said, that it plainly did not- scripture twisting. Now, what does this have to do with Katherine Kuhlman? Well, it's my studied conclusion that most of her persuasion fall into this same category. Not ALL, but most. Their basis is faulty. They start out with the wrong supposition, therefore their conclusions are faulty. They twist and misuse scripture as a basis for their ministry. This is where I place her ministry and work. Zealous, but without a solid foundation! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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