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NASB | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. |
Subject: Is God's will prosperity/healing always? |
Bible Note: Steve: I hold that Mary Baker Eddy was not Jesus and that Jesus was not Mary Baker Eddy. Therefore, those who follow the physical healing teachings of Mary Baker Eddy are called Christian Scientists; and that those who follow the spiritual healing teachings of the Savior are called merely Christians. In my estimation, Steve, you are on the right track and are placing the emphasis of healing exactly where the New Testament places it: upon spiritual healing, upon justification, upon freedom from man's spiritual sickness that, by the grace of God, Christ made possible by his redemptive work on the cross. Those whom Jesus healed in New Testament times all eventually died. Even Lazarus whom He brought forth from death, even he died. Jesus never offered a potion, lotion or balm or any other kind of physical healing that was anything but temporal. But, as the hymn goes, "There is a Balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul." The Lord Jesus Christ IS that Balm. It is, I surely do believe, this living water, this bread of life, this balm, which Christ gives that should be prized above all things. As surely as night follows day, this leads us to embrace the conclusion that it is not physical but spiritual healing that the Bible emphasizes, and in like manner so should we. --Hank |