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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:9 to another [wonder-working] faith [is given] by the same [Holy] Spirit, and to another the [extraordinary] gifts of healings by the one Spirit; |
Subject: gift of healing same as prayer of faith |
Bible Note: Hi Makarios, As I said, I know that there are a great many that believe as you do, and I certainly respect your right to be one of them. :-) Since the Bible was written by God and not by man, certainly God would know whether or not 21st century man needed instruction in the spiritual gifts, wouldn't He? Would He set out to confuse us, by telling us these things would be, and by giving examples of people using them, and by instructing us in the proper use, without telling us that they weren't actually for us? I have the same wish as you, my friend! What a ministry that would be to systematically empty the hospitals! But only as the Lord wills. I see the gift of healing as a one time use, and that is why it is called "gifts of healings". Not that a person has the ability to lay hands on everyone and anyone, or, as Benny Hinn says "everyone who is even standing close to me cannot help but be touched by the power of God" - which is absurd for a mere man to say - but that God chooses specific times to act towards specific people. Always it is God that does the healing, whether through "natural" means, by answer to pray, by laying on of hands, annointing with oil, or whatever it may be. If you do not believe that God works through gifts of healings today, does it then surprise you that nothing happens when you lay hands on another? Now, certainly, I do not know whether God wishes to work through you in this way or not. I simply always encourage each to be open to the leading of the Lord, and follow in faith wherever He may lead. :-) But I do have one last question for you. You have heard from myself, Tim, perhaps others of healings that God has done. Truly, this is simply experiential, and does not carry the same weight as the Word of God, although it does not surprise me to see, because it is what the Word teaches. But by the same token, when you say that the fact thay you do not see this gift in operation negates the possibility that this gift is given as the Holy Spirit wills, is this not also pitting experience against the Word of God? That even though the Bible does not say these gifts end with the "apostolic age", we know they must because experience tells us so? I just offer this as some food for thought. As I said before, and I know you agree, all healing comes from God, in His time, in His way, and so the glory is His alone. God bless you! Love in Christ, Mark |