Subject: A question for false teachers |
Bible Note: I do not intend to debate your point, but I will state the fact that Jesus bore our sins AND afflictions on the cross. Many like to make the statement "I was saved on such and such a date." I have news for them. They weren't saved on that date. Jesus died for our sins and afflictions over 2000 years ago. Our sins and afflictions were forgiven and lifted at that time. The date folks like to say they were saved, was simply the date that they accepted what our Savior did for them. 1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: --- by whose stripes ye were healed. --- Why some are healed and some are not, only the Lord Himself knows. I have heard many preachers preach what the bible says concerning healing. I know there are many who have recieved healing by faith. I am sure that there are just as many whos faith is as as great as any, yet they recieve no healing. Our Lord has His reasons for not healing, just as He does for healing. Accepting His will without "understanding why" is a matter of faith as well. Ecc 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Only too often we tend to think that things should happen in "our" time frame, forgetting about His. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. "conformed to the image of his Son." His Son was not sick or crippled. I don't believe our Lord intends anything other than what He stated in His word. What others believe is between them and our Master. Just as what I believe through the Spirit and the Word, is between me and my Master. Just because one hasn't recieved, dosen't mean that what is not recieved isn't there. If scripture says it. It is true. If one believes in Christ, one will also believe what is said in His word. Likewise, if one does not believe what is said in His Word, he makes him a liar. If one considers Him a liar, he does not believe in the first place. Belief and faith is more than skin deep. George |