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That's how a lot of healing works. That's how we learn in these mortal bodies. It took us a long time in our unsaved state to be thoroughly convinced in our old minds about how to live life here on planet earth. Now as new creations IN Christ we have a new manner of living to learn about and as we put ON Christ., we put OFF those old habits of life that taught us to fend for ourselves, take care of ourselves by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
God works with us where we are and grows us up to be what we were called to be. We have the promises bought and paid for. Now we go forward and have them by grace through faith... the same way we were saved by grace through faith.
Lot's of junk is in the world but that doesn't mean that junk is for us. The world., the flesh and the devil will still come at us but we have the helmet of salvation and the shield of faith to fend off the fiery darts of the wicked one. We are supposed to "resist" but when it comes to many things coming at Christians in this life., they do not resist because they were never taught how. Some Christians live lives as if they have no helmet and no faith like Heb.11:1 speaks of. We have things the unsaved man doesn't. Why do so many Christians just put down their armor and act like they are at the mercy of the world?
That's how a lot of healing works. That's how we learn in these mortal bodies. It took us a long time in our unsaved state to be thoroughly convinced in our old minds about how to live life here on planet earth. Now as new creations IN Christ we have a new manner of living to learn about and as we put ON Christ., we put OFF those old habits of life that taught us to fend for ourselves, take care of ourselves by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
God works with us where we are and grows us up to be what we were called to be. We have the promises bought and paid for. Now we go forward and have them by grace through faith... the same way we were saved by grace through faith.
Lot's of junk is in the world but that doesn't mean that junk is for us. The world., the flesh and the devil will still come at us but we have the helmet of salvation and the shield of faith to fend off the fiery darts of the wicked one. We are supposed to "resist" but when it comes to many things coming at Christians in this life., they do not resist because they were never taught how. Some Christians live lives as if they have no helmet and no faith like Heb.11:1 speaks of. We have things the unsaved man doesn't. Why do so many Christians just put down their armor and act like they are at the mercy of the world?
Yes., I agree we get new bodies. And also while we are here we have an inheritance given to us that is applied by faith. No., unsaved people do not have this promise so no., the world does not have this healing unless one of us prays for them.
Some of us have faith for only a few things while others have faith for many things. Faith starts off as a seed and grows as we water it by the washing of the water of the Word. When a believer gets sick he has the Healer. Jesus died so we could have all the promises. The only condition is to believe by grace through faith that because of Jesus we have this treasure in earthen vessels.
Many Christians are not taught to believe for healing in the atonement and so they do not expect it. Their parents were good Christian people but they didn't believe in healing in the atonement and taught their kids not to believe in healing in the atonement.
It has been already stated before here on this thread as well as thousands of other threads and posts from believers... if we don't ask for and expect Him to do as He says., how can we expect God to follow through on promises we don't believe Him to do even though it says in the Bible He will?
People believe with their eyes and emotions and human reasoning and not by faith. Why? because it's HOW WE WERE TAUGHT TO LIVE HERE ON EARTH. It's how we were taught to get by. And sadly it's how many Christians teach Christians to get by when they should be teaching God will get us through IN Christ., not by ourselves through our own righteousness.
Good people who don't understand faith say "No healing of the child in the hospital..? can't be God heals then since God would heal innocent children if healing were real." If those innocents don't have Jesus believing people in their lives they are still under the inheritance of the world system and death and sickness and confusion is part of that system.
Innocent children and innocent people suffering at the hands of the "world., flesh..., devil" will occur. They need and Advocate. They need His ambassadors. They need us praying for them and telling them about Jesus so they can be ambassadors too. But sadly main stream religion teaches non of this. As a matter of fact., many good Christians teach against it like here on this thread.
Sure., this kind of faith is beyond human reality I agree! But God CALLS AND EXPECTS us to believe Him beyond human reality..., regardless of what this world., this flesh and the devil tell us. Read Heb.11:1 Faith in God is more than believing in a chair in our living room to hold us up.
Faith in God's love in Christ for us is a whole other reality that many don't dare walk into and so they don't see the daily miracles. They don't see the Good Shepherd lead them to safe and green pastures.
As much as we humans don't understand this., God has called for us to LIVE BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT in all areas of our lives not just in the healing area. It's by grace through faith how we have the promises. There is no other way. If we have not yet seen these promises come to pass., ask Him to lead you into this kind of faith and He will. We have the Holy Spirit in us to do just that.
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