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NASB | 2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
Bible Question: Why is there such opposition God wanting to heal His people? I'm baffeled at the number of people who believe this. |
Bible Answer: Jesified, There are many reasons as to why there is opposition. I will post why we should believe that God does in fact wants to heal His people. This post will be in 2 or 3 parts, because there is no short answer. Defining Biblical Healing. When we call something a disease, we are referring to a biological malfunction, in which the body is behaving or existing in a state different from and inferior to the body as God had intended. Physical healing, then, is a restoration of the body, returning it to the way God had created it. For example, if the physical sickness is due to a chemical imbalance, then a healing would be an act of God that restores the chemical balance of the individual, so that he may function normally again. Another area of physical healing has to do with the restoration of missing body parts. The restoration, whether instant or gradual, of an amputated limb may be considered a miraculous healing. By "biblical" healing, I intend to specify the source of this type of physical healing as the God who is revealed in the Christian Scriptures. I also include physical illnesses that result from psychological reasons and mental illnesses themselves into our definition, since God’s healing grace also applies to such. There are those physical malfunctions that are psychosomatic in nature; that is, the destructive mental and emotional state of the individual has caused a malfunction in the body. This implicitly acknowledges a relationship between one’s thinking and one’s physical health, and the Bible does not deny this connection, although it certainly does not endorse all the popular ideas regarding it. Biblical healing, therefore, includes these conditions. In situations where God’s healing power is active against these conditions, not only will the person recover physically, but the mental state that caused the sickness will also be changed, although the latter of which may not come only by a miracle as such, but through the willing submission of the individual to a process of renewing the mind through the Scriptures. God desires that man be whole and complete. There are exceptions to the above definition. There have been instances where the apparent condition of the person was not changed, but the bodily function that was impaired by the condition was restored. For example, there are examples where a given bone may be broken in a way that prevents a person from using a certain limb. After prayer, the person was able to use the limb again; yet, the bone was still broken according to the X-rays. However, since these are exceptions, we will not hesitate to use our proposed definition in these chapters. Some may object and say that such healing, and in fact all miracles, are impossible. However, if God exists, then miracles are possible. The existence of God can be demonstrated, but that belongs to the study of Christian apologetics. Since I am primarily addressing Christians, I will proceed with the mutual understanding that God exists, and that he had created the universe. If God has the ability to create and manipulate physical matter, as shown in passages such as Genesis 1-2, then miracles are possible. Whether he is willing to perform such in a particular situation is another matter— one that we will now proceed to investigate— but the possibility of their occurrence should not be in doubt. (con't) |