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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: You wrote: 'I experienced sufferings, do you think for one moment that this is coming from God, and I should say "I'm suffering for God?"' I am afraid I am not clear on what you are trying to say here. Are you claiming that suffering has no purpose? Does God allow His people to suffer without reason? You also wrote: "In those days, they dug holes in the ground outside of the city. Whenever they were to stone someone, they would push the victim into the hole. Then, a crowd would gather around the hole and throw big rocks at the person's head, until they were certain that it was completely crushed." What is your source for this explanation of the stoning procedure? I have never heard it before. "From biblical evidence, it seems that Paul was actually dead." What biblical evidence. "The timing would be about 14 years before he was to write 2 Corinthians, which would make Acts 14 the time when he died and temporarily went to heaven to see the visions mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4." Many consider the visions Paul experienced to be linked to the moment of his conversion in Acts 9. Do you have any other biblical support that Paul actually died and paid a visit to heaven? Acts 14 says that they stoned Paul and THEN dragged him out of the city. Luke does not say that he was dead, but that the Jews SUPPOSED him to be dead. Then he uses the conjunction "but" at the start of verse 20 to point out not that Paul was resurrected, but rather that Paul hadn't died like the Jews had supposed. You wrote: 'Then what happened? God raised Paul from the dead right on the spot and Paul marched right back into the same city! This is why Paul had an "infirmity of the flesh" ? His skull had been crushed and he was walking around looking like that.' Would you mind sharing with us where you got this "explanation," and why you hold it to be so much more compelling than the "eye disease" explanation? Mind you, I am not saying that the "eye disease" folks have it right, but you are stringing a lot of distant passages together and giving (with a great deal of conviction) what is in reality an unlikely interpretation of Paul's stoning experience in Acts 14. "So, instead of disproving the biblical teaching on healing, this passage in Galatians demonstrates God's supernatural healing and resurrection power. Paul was walking around supernaturally with this and many other injuries." Except for that last one, I suppose... --Joe! |