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NASB | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as Christ's sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must]. |
Subject: 2 Corinthians- What is 'suffering' |
Bible Note: Greetings Graceful! I firmly believe that God heals. I have seen blinded eyes opened. I have seen broken bones mended immediately. Now, if it is ALWAYS God's will to heal, why did my son die of congential heart defects? Why was he born with them? I prayed day and night for him! Many others were also praying for him, yet he still died at 9 months old - after 9 months of sickness. The church we attended at the time also taught this doctrine that it is always God's will to heal. The comment made to us afterwards was that we simply did not have enough faith. I love you my friend, but this doctrine is simply not true. It makes every Christian who has ever been ill to somehow be deficit in faith. It makes every Christian who has ever died of cancer to be somehow deficit in faith. It makes every Christian family who has ever had a miscarriage or a terminally ill child to be somehow deficit in faith. Please show me the verse which plainly states that it is always God's will to heal sickness! The problem I have with this doctrine is twofold. 1) First of all, it is not Scriptural. There isn't any verse which states that God will always heal. I read an article on the web site you recommended the other day, and that authors main arguement was that since God is no respector of persons, if He heals anyone, He must heal everyone. 2) Secondly, it makes a mockery of the geninue faith of those who serve God in spite of sickness. What my family went through made us stronger. It made our faith stronger. It was not a sign of a lack of faith. Those who lose a child and continue to serve God do not have weak faith! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |