exactly Blain
you are being told that while you had faith, your atitude was all wrong and so it was YOUR fault after all, the woman was not healed
that gives me the creeps
no matter how they want to disguise it, WOF ALWAYS blames the person praying because if they don't, they will have to blame their own theology and that would be a major life crisis that might engender psychiatric care for some. I'm not making fun, I've seen a few things along the way. frankly, I think a person is deluded to keep insisting God ALWAYS heals and it is just as bad to say that God ALWAYS WANTS TO HEAL. that puts the blame solidly on the individual and destroys the faith of manhy
I have my own ideas about why people are not healed every time but I'll keep them between myself and God as I pray and trust He hears as the Bible says
not bad enough you went through what you did, not to mention the nerve pain the woman was suffering because it is my understanding that nerve pain is the worst and the only thing I know about that is a toothache which I guess pretty much all of us have had at one time or another
I want to say to you, do not be moved by this criticism and blaming or feel any guilt. I do not have the impression that you are, but I am saying it anyways.
In post 64, Denadii give the following verse as a proof of faith for healing:
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which workethby love.
Galatians 5:6 (NIV)
this is totally taken out of context and this chapter in Galatians is no more a proof text for healing than a gas station is for making ice cream. if you are familiar with Galatians or if you read the book, you will easily see that
look at the verse in CONTEXT, we can see this:
Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”
Galatians was written to COUNTER error in the church at Galatia. See how the WOF crowd rips things out of context and says there is your proof
there is more truth in what you say above, then an entire book full of WOF nonsense, lies and half truths
I am sure you do not need me to preach at you but I write this as much for anyone else as for myself because of the error of WOF, the accusations it levies and the unforgivable twisting of the word