You might ask the Lord to increase your faith and open your heart and eyes. What if he placed you where you work and you had the faith of the righteous and laid hands on those sick and dying children? Might I say your faith would grow. We are tobe the hope and light in this dying world. Try it ...it is wonderful our God Reigns!
JESUS IS WILLING, BE HEALED!
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Amen un2him., That is our daily hope as we wake up each day and prepare for the hours ahead Jesus has given. Being put in situations in life does grow our faith. We are also here to share the hope and truth we have been given.
I'm not exactly sure when this "step over" to believing in Jesus active hand in my every day life happened to me because it was a progressive revelation, but without knowing Jesus loves me this way, leaving the house would be impossible.
Not all Christians believe in healing or that God is involved in our lives to this degree and that is such a shame because it is our INHERITANCE from JESUS. As you wrote here, people look at life and see everything all in front of them and around them and in the seeing it ALL in the natural, lose sight of His ever presence in and for them. Psalm 91 is true regardless of what we see in the world.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty. (Whose power no foe can withstand)
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely and in Him I confidently trust!
For then He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day.
Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that suprisve and lay waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
Only a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place.
There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
For He will give His angels especial charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways (of obedience and service)
They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under foot.
Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness---trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no never).
He shall call upon Me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.
Amplified Bible
Whenever I dare to go out into the world and ask the Lord Jesus to supply my needs, it is a matter of faith. Just like today's devotional here about Ruth. She had nothing in the natural that could consistently sustain her and she had to make that choice to trust God for everything she needed for her survival. And she did and HE did. We have a choice to believe or not. Is God intimately involved and interested in me? YES. The Bible says God is for me who can be against me. Amen!! That is for all His children. We have these promises. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Wow.
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So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” [/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: left"] Do you look at yourself and see only lack in the natural? Do you say, “I don’t have a good education”, “I am poor”, “I am too old” or “I am a divorcee”? I have good news for you. As a blood-bought believer and child of God, you have the supernatural favor of God!
In the Bible, Ruth was a poor Moabite widow who went with her mother-in-law to live in Bethlehem, a Jewish town where the inhabitants considered Moabites outcasts. But she did not wallow in self-pity and moan about being a poor widow of the wrong race in the wrong place. Instead, she believed that God would favor her and she declared, “I will find favor in the field that I glean from.”
In the natural, Ruth had everything going against her. But because she trusted in the favor of God, she not only became the wife of Bethlehem’s richest man when Boaz married her, she also became the great-grandmother of David and had her name included in the genealogy of Jesus Christ even though she was not a Jewess! That is what God’s supernatural favor did for her. That is the kind of blessing God’s supernatural favor can give you.
A church member shared how, due to unforeseen circumstances, she was late for a job interview. But she confessed God’s favor on herself before the interview and miraculously, the interviewers shortlisted her for a second interview.
There were about 40 other applicants with the right experience. And though she lacked the relevant experience, by the favor of God, she got the job which came with better pay and a car allowance that fully subsidized her car loan. Her new company was even willing to pay for her petrol and cell phone expenses—all because she believed and confessed that she had the favor of God!
Do not look at what you do not have in the natural and see lack. Trust in the favor of God and you will see blessings which your natural abilities cannot bring!
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Amen un2him., That is our daily hope as we wake up each day and prepare for the hours ahead Jesus has given. Being put in situations in life does grow our faith. We are also here to share the hope and truth we have been given.
I'm not exactly sure when this "step over" to believing in Jesus active hand in my every day life happened to me because it was a progressive revelation, but without knowing Jesus loves me this way, leaving the house would be impossible.
Not all Christians believe in healing or that God is involved in our lives to this degree and that is such a shame because it is our INHERITANCE from JESUS. As you wrote here, people look at life and see everything all in front of them and around them and in the seeing it ALL in the natural, lose sight of His ever presence in and for them. Psalm 91 is true regardless of what we see in the world.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty. (Whose power no foe can withstand)
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely and in Him I confidently trust!
For then He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day.
Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that suprisve and lay waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
Only a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place.
There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
For He will give His angels especial charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways (of obedience and service)
They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under foot.
Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness---trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no never).
He shall call upon Me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.
Amplified Bible
Whenever I dare to go out into the world and ask the Lord Jesus to supply my needs, it is a matter of faith. Just like today's devotional here about Ruth. She had nothing in the natural that could consistently sustain her and she had to make that choice to trust God for everything she needed for her survival. And she did and HE did. We have a choice to believe or not. Is God intimately involved and interested in me? YES. The Bible says God is for me who can be against me. Amen!! That is for all His children. We have these promises. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Wow.
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So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: left"] Do you look at yourself and see only lack in the natural? Do you say, “I don’t have a good education”, “I am poor”, “I am too old” or “I am a divorcee”? I have good news for you. As a blood-bought believer and child of God, you have the supernatural favor of God!
In the Bible, Ruth was a poor Moabite widow who went with her mother-in-law to live in Bethlehem, a Jewish town where the inhabitants considered Moabites outcasts. But she did not wallow in self-pity and moan about being a poor widow of the wrong race in the wrong place. Instead, she believed that God would favor her and she declared, “I will find favor in the field that I glean from.”
In the natural, Ruth had everything going against her. But because she trusted in the favor of God, she not only became the wife of Bethlehem’s richest man when Boaz married her, she also became the great-grandmother of David and had her name included in the genealogy of Jesus Christ even though she was not a Jewess! That is what God’s supernatural favor did for her. That is the kind of blessing God’s supernatural favor can give you.
A church member shared how, due to unforeseen circumstances, she was late for a job interview. But she confessed God’s favor on herself before the interview and miraculously, the interviewers shortlisted her for a second interview.
There were about 40 other applicants with the right experience. And though she lacked the relevant experience, by the favor of God, she got the job which came with better pay and a car allowance that fully subsidized her car loan. Her new company was even willing to pay for her petrol and cell phone expenses—all because she believed and confessed that she had the favor of God!
Do not look at what you do not have in the natural and see lack. Trust in the favor of God and you will see blessings which your natural abilities cannot bring![/TD]
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I'm not exactly sure when this "step over" to believing in Jesus active hand in my every day life happened to me because it was a progressive revelation, but without knowing Jesus loves me this way, leaving the house would be impossible.
Not all Christians believe in healing or that God is involved in our lives to this degree and that is such a shame because it is our INHERITANCE from JESUS. As you wrote here, people look at life and see everything all in front of them and around them and in the seeing it ALL in the natural, lose sight of His ever presence in and for them. Psalm 91 is true regardless of what we see in the world.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty. (Whose power no foe can withstand)
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely and in Him I confidently trust!
For then He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day.
Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that suprisve and lay waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
Only a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place.
There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
For He will give His angels especial charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways (of obedience and service)
They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under foot.
Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness---trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no never).
He shall call upon Me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.
Amplified Bible
Whenever I dare to go out into the world and ask the Lord Jesus to supply my needs, it is a matter of faith. Just like today's devotional here about Ruth. She had nothing in the natural that could consistently sustain her and she had to make that choice to trust God for everything she needed for her survival. And she did and HE did. We have a choice to believe or not. Is God intimately involved and interested in me? YES. The Bible says God is for me who can be against me. Amen!! That is for all His children. We have these promises. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Wow.
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So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: left"] Do you look at yourself and see only lack in the natural? Do you say, “I don’t have a good education”, “I am poor”, “I am too old” or “I am a divorcee”? I have good news for you. As a blood-bought believer and child of God, you have the supernatural favor of God!
In the Bible, Ruth was a poor Moabite widow who went with her mother-in-law to live in Bethlehem, a Jewish town where the inhabitants considered Moabites outcasts. But she did not wallow in self-pity and moan about being a poor widow of the wrong race in the wrong place. Instead, she believed that God would favor her and she declared, “I will find favor in the field that I glean from.”
In the natural, Ruth had everything going against her. But because she trusted in the favor of God, she not only became the wife of Bethlehem’s richest man when Boaz married her, she also became the great-grandmother of David and had her name included in the genealogy of Jesus Christ even though she was not a Jewess! That is what God’s supernatural favor did for her. That is the kind of blessing God’s supernatural favor can give you.
A church member shared how, due to unforeseen circumstances, she was late for a job interview. But she confessed God’s favor on herself before the interview and miraculously, the interviewers shortlisted her for a second interview.
There were about 40 other applicants with the right experience. And though she lacked the relevant experience, by the favor of God, she got the job which came with better pay and a car allowance that fully subsidized her car loan. Her new company was even willing to pay for her petrol and cell phone expenses—all because she believed and confessed that she had the favor of God!
Do not look at what you do not have in the natural and see lack. Trust in the favor of God and you will see blessings which your natural abilities cannot bring![/TD]
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I also appreciate the depth in the kinsman redeemer concept.
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On the contrary,why would you purposefully attempt to disenfranchise the healer and his children,us?
I have seen his power.
You think mat 18;18 is a joke?
Mat 18;19? what is that? A lie?
When moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,a type of Christ,and ALL that looked on it were cured/healed,that was our clue as to the purpose of heaven.
Jesus did not become powerless,or weak,we did.
The only way you could say that,is if you never read your bible.
Your view is passive. A passive believer,gets as his reward, a passive walk.
So, you mean all the christians which are sick, are sick because of lack on faith?
Not we are the hope and light of this dying world. It was and is only Jesus. Where he gave us the task to heal the body. How much more important is to tell the gospel.
How many from the people which Jesus healed followed him? The task he gave us was to spread the gospel and not to heal.
I know people in india which came to christ because they saw that his power is greater then satans. And i saw many sick poor believer, without money for medicine. You would say to them you are sick. have more faith? They have more faith then we often, because they have only their faith in Jesus and not any inssurance which we have.
Your message is a faith destroying message, because Jesus never promissed us a life in physical health. Your message will leave back many disapointet believers.
Not we are the hope and light of this dying world. It was and is only Jesus. Where he gave us the task to heal the body. How much more important is to tell the gospel.
How many from the people which Jesus healed followed him? The task he gave us was to spread the gospel and not to heal.
I know people in india which came to christ because they saw that his power is greater then satans. And i saw many sick poor believer, without money for medicine. You would say to them you are sick. have more faith? They have more faith then we often, because they have only their faith in Jesus and not any inssurance which we have.
Your message is a faith destroying message, because Jesus never promissed us a life in physical health. Your message will leave back many disapointet believers.
Wolfwint I think you have made what I said into something other than what I said.
Faith is something you can ask for. God's word says without it you can not please God. Faith is the substance of things not yet seen. Yet you say you have seen people in India heald.
Your conversation is at best confusing. Do you believe in Jesus?
Faith is something you can ask for. God's word says without it you can not please God. Faith is the substance of things not yet seen. Yet you say you have seen people in India heald.
Your conversation is at best confusing. Do you believe in Jesus?
Yes, i am a believer since 1987 in my saviour Jesus Christ! I believe that Jesus heals today. But I see two groups. Non believers which he heales according his will and they turning because of this to christ. And believers. I think you are speaking from believers. I find in bible no promise that we as believers will live on earth in a health condition and never going sick. And also during apostolic time christians lived in sickness and stayed in this till they died.
Also today i see around me christians which are suffering about cancer, reuhmatism and many other deaseases. Where are prayed about. And a very few expierence healing miracusly. But the most of them not. If you are telling they are sick because of having lack of faith, then you judge them and giving them the blame. God will heal you, but you must believe it.
This doctrine i do not find in the word of god. You take the verses from the gospel 2000 years ago and put it in our today.
I dont believe that this is the right way to lay out the bible.
Yes, Jesus is healing today,too. But not in the way as he did in the apostolic time. If he would do it. Then sick people which visitet a healing service would went away afterwards still sick.
I believe it is more the Lords interest, that we live as christians and telling the gospel. Then to heal every believer. And i think it is really cheap to say:""You are still sick, because your faith is to small." Because the key here is then our faith. I believe the key to be healed is god himself. We ask him and he is free to do what he think is rigth to do.
Also today i see around me christians which are suffering about cancer, reuhmatism and many other deaseases. Where are prayed about. And a very few expierence healing miracusly. But the most of them not. If you are telling they are sick because of having lack of faith, then you judge them and giving them the blame. God will heal you, but you must believe it.
This doctrine i do not find in the word of god. You take the verses from the gospel 2000 years ago and put it in our today.
I dont believe that this is the right way to lay out the bible.
Yes, Jesus is healing today,too. But not in the way as he did in the apostolic time. If he would do it. Then sick people which visitet a healing service would went away afterwards still sick.
I believe it is more the Lords interest, that we live as christians and telling the gospel. Then to heal every believer. And i think it is really cheap to say:""You are still sick, because your faith is to small." Because the key here is then our faith. I believe the key to be healed is god himself. We ask him and he is free to do what he think is rigth to do.
Wolfwint okay having read your post a couple more times I think I see what you are saying.
Do I believe it is faith that enables healing and is it God who does it? Absolutely!
Why are some not healed only God knows for sure and I can trust him on that.
Do some today get healed? Absolutely!
Do I believe it is Gods will that all shall be healed and with the strips he took on the cross we are all healed? Absolutely!
Can one pray the prayer of faith and lay hands on another and they will be healed? Absolutely!
Has God given a believer this authority? Absolutely!
Is the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead alive and indewling all born again believers? Absolutely!
Do all believers know what God has done for them? Absolutely not!
Do I believe it is faith that enables healing and is it God who does it? Absolutely!
Why are some not healed only God knows for sure and I can trust him on that.
Do some today get healed? Absolutely!
Do I believe it is Gods will that all shall be healed and with the strips he took on the cross we are all healed? Absolutely!
Can one pray the prayer of faith and lay hands on another and they will be healed? Absolutely!
Has God given a believer this authority? Absolutely!
Is the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead alive and indewling all born again believers? Absolutely!
Do all believers know what God has done for them? Absolutely not!
Well brother than i give you an example! One brother quotet with the words "We have today the same task as Jesus to heal people" Matth. 10,8.
According my understanding from scripture, i cant take verses out of the context to create a doctrine or s teaching.
So, if you will set Math. 10,8 in our time then you have also to consider vers 5 to 15 (go only to the jews, without money, without bag and so on).
My bible is relevant for me, but i cant build my own doctrine in taking verses out of the context and out of the meaning.
Instead we find the promise that he will forgive our sins, if we confess them, (1. John 1,9) Who will follow Jesus will be persecutet (2. Tim 3,12)
I cant find the promise: Every believer will be healed and is living without sickness and deasease. If you can show me, please let me know.
As far as healing goes.....it is the will of the Father for all of us to be well physically...some don't get healed...the same way some people get saved and others don't.....some do get healed...
Whether people get saved or healed has nothing to do with what the Father's will is for us.....obviously there are "other reasons " why people don't get saved or healed. That's a question for the Lord.
..our outer body is getting older and decaying away and thank God we will get a new one some day..but sickness is not from God.
All who came to Jesus were healed..
You never see Jesus saying to those who came to Him for healing saying anything like the examples below:
1) I can't heal you today as you have sin in your life....
2) No healing for you until you repent of hating your mother-in-law
3) No can do..no healing for you...you have a generational curse that needs to be taken care of first.
4) Definitely I will NOT heal you - as the Father wants to "teach" you something
All these above are man-made traditions and religious beliefs not grounded on the word of God. We cannot make our experience change what Jesus did in His life here on earth to reveal the heart and will of our good, loving Father.
Jesus did the will of the Father. God does not cause sickness to happen but He sure can prove His love and grace for us in every situation when we are attacked and will meet us where our faith is at the time.
Jesus is perfect theology:
Jesus is the exact representation of the Father's nature and displayed His heart and will for us. Jesus said no one knows my Father. So, whatever understanding of God we get from the Old Covenant that doesn't line up with Jesus' manifestation of the Father will be inaccurate.
Hebrews 1:1-3 (NASB)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
[SUP]2 [/SUP] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Whether people get saved or healed has nothing to do with what the Father's will is for us.....obviously there are "other reasons " why people don't get saved or healed. That's a question for the Lord.
..our outer body is getting older and decaying away and thank God we will get a new one some day..but sickness is not from God.
All who came to Jesus were healed..
You never see Jesus saying to those who came to Him for healing saying anything like the examples below:
1) I can't heal you today as you have sin in your life....
2) No healing for you until you repent of hating your mother-in-law
3) No can do..no healing for you...you have a generational curse that needs to be taken care of first.
4) Definitely I will NOT heal you - as the Father wants to "teach" you something
All these above are man-made traditions and religious beliefs not grounded on the word of God. We cannot make our experience change what Jesus did in His life here on earth to reveal the heart and will of our good, loving Father.
Jesus did the will of the Father. God does not cause sickness to happen but He sure can prove His love and grace for us in every situation when we are attacked and will meet us where our faith is at the time.
Jesus is perfect theology:
Jesus is the exact representation of the Father's nature and displayed His heart and will for us. Jesus said no one knows my Father. So, whatever understanding of God we get from the Old Covenant that doesn't line up with Jesus' manifestation of the Father will be inaccurate.
Hebrews 1:1-3 (NASB)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
[SUP]2 [/SUP] in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
.....healing is definitely in the true gospel message.....as can be seen when Paul preached the gospel in Lystra. in Acts 14.
Acts 14:7-10 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] and there they continued to preach the gospel.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well,
[SUP]10 [/SUP] said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and began to walk.
Paul was preaching the GOSPEL.... the man lame was listening to Paul and then he had faith to be made whole...where did this man get faith to be made whole in his body?
Romans 10:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
The man that was lame from birth heard in the preaching of the gospel of the grace of Christ that he could be made whole. He believed...Paul saw it in him and encouraged him to act on his faith.
Healing is a part of the gospel of the grace of Christ as the being born-again part is.
Acts 14:7-10 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] and there they continued to preach the gospel.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
[SUP]9 [/SUP] This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well,
[SUP]10 [/SUP] said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and began to walk.
Paul was preaching the GOSPEL.... the man lame was listening to Paul and then he had faith to be made whole...where did this man get faith to be made whole in his body?
Romans 10:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
The man that was lame from birth heard in the preaching of the gospel of the grace of Christ that he could be made whole. He believed...Paul saw it in him and encouraged him to act on his faith.
Healing is a part of the gospel of the grace of Christ as the being born-again part is.
A wonderful 59 year old Christian man shared his testimony at one Sunday service. It could be reduced to "I've trusted in God to keep me healthy all my life, and he has never let me down." About a year later, he passed away after a short illness. He prayed, the elders prayed and anointed him with oil, and he said that was sufficient to heel him. An autopsy was performed and a huge mass was found in his chest. His faith in God to keep him healthy led him to turn down a free annual physical that included a chest x-ray about 12 months earlier. The cancer would have been cured, and he would have been there to share his granddaughter's graduation and weeding.
God provided an answer to his prayers in two ways. He refused the first, an x-ray and treatment, and by doing so accepted the later, death in Christ. This is the decision that we must routinely make. God provides treatment offered in the form of medical care, and in the form consequences of not seeking medical care that He provided.
I have a special request of everyone here who believes that God has given him/her the gift of healing. Please visit the hospital nearest your home. Spend the next week praying for a miracle for each patient. You might just witness a few.
God provided an answer to his prayers in two ways. He refused the first, an x-ray and treatment, and by doing so accepted the later, death in Christ. This is the decision that we must routinely make. God provides treatment offered in the form of medical care, and in the form consequences of not seeking medical care that He provided.
I have a special request of everyone here who believes that God has given him/her the gift of healing. Please visit the hospital nearest your home. Spend the next week praying for a miracle for each patient. You might just witness a few.
I have found in my own life that if I make faith a point in time ( that is..I expect to see it manifested in my life instantly when I or others pray ) - then I will perceive faith as a hit, miss or lose thing.
Instead, if I make it a position of my heart to receive what He has already accomplished for me in His finished work - then I can stand...fully persuaded in His love for me.
Faith works through love. As I ground myself in the Lord's love for me - I can stand in any situation knowing that He will be there for me as He has promised even when circumstances are screaming the very opposite of what He has said.
Even if I die holding onto that position - I will know that it was not the Lord's finished work that missed it somehow - it was something to do with me. He will sort it all out when I see Him. I do not hold the Lord nor other people accountable for I am the steward of my own heart.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NASB)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Instead, if I make it a position of my heart to receive what He has already accomplished for me in His finished work - then I can stand...fully persuaded in His love for me.
Faith works through love. As I ground myself in the Lord's love for me - I can stand in any situation knowing that He will be there for me as He has promised even when circumstances are screaming the very opposite of what He has said.
Even if I die holding onto that position - I will know that it was not the Lord's finished work that missed it somehow - it was something to do with me. He will sort it all out when I see Him. I do not hold the Lord nor other people accountable for I am the steward of my own heart.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NASB)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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Another observation from my life...I cannot let circumstances or time to define for me what truth is or what God's nature is like and what His will is - I needed to let truth and God's true nature to define itself and it is clearly seen in the life of our Lord Jesus as He is the exact representation of the Father's true nature and will for His children whom He loves dearly and fiercely.
This is where the world and religious tradition will fight tooth and nail to persuade us otherwise to what truth is concerning the nature and will of our loving, good Father.
Ephesians 2:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
This is where the world and religious tradition will fight tooth and nail to persuade us otherwise to what truth is concerning the nature and will of our loving, good Father.
Ephesians 2:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.