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NASB | 1 Peter 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:24 He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] have been healed. |
Subject: Sickness Brings God Glory? |
Bible Note: Dear atdcross, If I may interject on this topic with a couple of comments. I first want to commend you for the humble attitude you display in approaching this debated topic:-) Your lack of a contentious spirit goes a long way toward amicable discussion. Agreeing to disagree in keeping with Rom. 14:1 is a sign of maturity! Here's a verse to consider: Job 2:10 "But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips." I think we would agree that God is sovereign ( Ps. 115:3) and He can and does heal all whom He desires. The major challenge I have with the doctrine of God healing all, always and that it's His will for us to be without sickness is twofold: 1. It lacks the support of the entirety of scripture. There are numerous instances of various diseases and infirmities given in both the OT and NT. Empirically, what of Paul and Timothy and even, Jim Elliot or Joni Erikson Tada? 2. It lacks the historical support of Orthodoxy and the Church fathers and divines of old. It is a relatively "newer" doctrine more or less fueled by F.F. Bosworth's, " Christ, the Healer". What did almost 2000 years of scholarship and exegesis miss? I believe we could safely say that God does not decree sickness, but by His permissive will allows it. While it is true that there are many verses where God grants healing, there are numerous examples of Him not (cf. Job. 2:10, 2 Cor. 12:8-9, 2 Tim. 4:20, Heb. 11:36ff). I might point to Deut. 28:22 as an example of God promising sickness (by Israel's disobedience): "The LORD will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |