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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. |
Subject: Am I ignorant |
Bible Note: Thanks for further insight Val regarding your position. The clarification did help since your prior post qualified the person as a "bible teacher" and that he/she "believes" what he/she was saying about God giving "impressions that they would be healed". These things taken together, for many of our readers, might easily be viewed as a teaching and not simply an opinion. It's why I peraonally have a hard time with these type of things being mentioned on the forum unless they are better qualified. For the respected bible teacher I would ask... What makes you believe such a thing? If there is nothing in Scripture to support it why even hold it as an opinion? I'm not splitting hairs here; there are significant implications. To begin with, Scripture tells us that God can and does heal physical health problems. It also tells us that He doesn't always do so, even when we pray faithfully. When we add to it that there is an impression given by God what does that even mean? Do the sick stay sick and wait for an impression? What is the impression and how do we know we're getting it? If we believe we got it and faithfully follow through wtih the passage in James and then are not healed what does that mean? Some might believe God played a cruel joke on them by giving them an impression and then not follow through with a healing. Anyway, I believe you get the point now. I know it's difficult to present things as properly as we might hope in this format. So we're required to be even more guarded that we don't misrepresent the truth of Scripture. God bless, Jeff |