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My faith runs deep for our Lord and Savior, however, I don't belive you can make sickness go away just because you say it so in Jesus' name. You may pray vigently and the Lord will answer your prayers but that is different than what you are saying in this thread.
I don't think you are being very fair to those christians who have died of a diseas. Do you think they did not have enough faith to live? God has a plan for each one of us and he is the one to allow us to live or die. The fact that you have been cured for two years is by the grace of God not because your faith is stronger than the one who is sick.
I don't think you are being very fair to those christians who have died of a diseas. Do you think they did not have enough faith to live? God has a plan for each one of us and he is the one to allow us to live or die. The fact that you have been cured for two years is by the grace of God not because your faith is stronger than the one who is sick.
K
Mark 11:23
"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Not to say that we can just say anything and get it, though (contradictory, I know
, although not so much)
"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Not to say that we can just say anything and get it, though (contradictory, I know
, although not so much)
V
To Hislastwalk:
I'm not a Calvinist, Arminiust, or Catholic. I simply consider myself a Biblicist. However, for the most part, I agree with what both Brandon and Jimmy have been saying. That there is more to it then just saying, Heal and you are healed. Sometimes God allows us to go through things, simply to draw us closer to Him, to allow His Glory to shine through us. When you say that God always will do what you want, you begin to put God in a box. Don't forget God's ways are not our own, nor is His ideas our. And that comes straight from the Bible, Isaiah 55:8. And before you say that the OT is not relevant to today, don't forget, that Jesus Himself said:
"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished." Matt 5:17-18
There's more in that passage that you might want to look at.
Now, I do have a question for you, Hiswalk. How often do you study the Bible, without other people telling you what to read. And I don't mean thinking up an idea and seeing if the Bible supports it, but actually taking a whole passage, and studying it? Looking at each individual concept mentioned in the verses and comparing it to the rest of the verses.
I'm not a Calvinist, Arminiust, or Catholic. I simply consider myself a Biblicist. However, for the most part, I agree with what both Brandon and Jimmy have been saying. That there is more to it then just saying, Heal and you are healed. Sometimes God allows us to go through things, simply to draw us closer to Him, to allow His Glory to shine through us. When you say that God always will do what you want, you begin to put God in a box. Don't forget God's ways are not our own, nor is His ideas our. And that comes straight from the Bible, Isaiah 55:8. And before you say that the OT is not relevant to today, don't forget, that Jesus Himself said:
"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished." Matt 5:17-18
There's more in that passage that you might want to look at.
Now, I do have a question for you, Hiswalk. How often do you study the Bible, without other people telling you what to read. And I don't mean thinking up an idea and seeing if the Bible supports it, but actually taking a whole passage, and studying it? Looking at each individual concept mentioned in the verses and comparing it to the rest of the verses.
V
I agree with you there, God does not want everything that happens to happen, but he allows it for our greater good, as in the case of Job. You are right, God did not cause Job's suffering, but He did allow it to happen. He removed His hand of protection from Job, so that Job's Faith would be tested. And while Job was suffering, all his friends were accusing him of some great crime and his wife was trying to get him to blaspheme God.