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We ought to walk as Jesus walked. We are His hands and His body now. He is our Head - He directs us and we have His power being manifested through us to a hurt and dying world.
It is as the Spirit wills that the power gifts are in manifestation. We don't conjure them up by an act of our will but we need to be open for Him to use us as He sees fit.
Acts 10:38 (NASB)
[SUP]38 [/SUP] "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
It is as the Spirit wills that the power gifts are in manifestation. We don't conjure them up by an act of our will but we need to be open for Him to use us as He sees fit.
Acts 10:38 (NASB)
[SUP]38 [/SUP] "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
When Jesus was crucified there were two malefactors crucified with Him. One attempted to manipulate Jesus by tempting Him to exercise His power and get them down off the crosses so they could continue to live. The other sought not to have Christ misuse the power that was His but sought His mercy.
You are proof texting to support your position. Mat 10:1 Jesus gave the disciples power but He sent them to the lost sheep of Israel. Jesus specifically told them not to go to the Gentiles or to any city of the Samaritans.
Mat 10:5 ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Seems you are not really interested in being honest to the text.
If you really had what you boast about you would have sufficient wisdom not to boast. God speaks in the still small voice.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
You are proof texting to support your position. Mat 10:1 Jesus gave the disciples power but He sent them to the lost sheep of Israel. Jesus specifically told them not to go to the Gentiles or to any city of the Samaritans.
Mat 10:5 ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Seems you are not really interested in being honest to the text.
If you really had what you boast about you would have sufficient wisdom not to boast. God speaks in the still small voice.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Hebrews 2:1 ¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
The long ending of Mark 16 must be framed in the context of other scriptures.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
The long ending of Mark 16 must be framed in the context of other scriptures.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
To say that God has stopped the gifts of the Holy Spirit in these days is just spiritual ignorance gone to seed which has been fertilized with humanistic man's reasoning to get around things we don't understand with our natural minds.
When some one tries to rationalize that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not for today - it is the same thing to me as an atheist trying to tell me that Jesus is still in the grave. I know better despite what humanistic reasoning they use.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
[SUP]10 [/SUP] and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
When some one tries to rationalize that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not for today - it is the same thing to me as an atheist trying to tell me that Jesus is still in the grave. I know better despite what humanistic reasoning they use.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
[SUP]10 [/SUP] and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
If you are not interested in correct biblical context then you will have deceived only yourself.
It is His will not our will. God never operates outside of His word. No man is able to manipulate God into doing what God has said He is not going to do.
These discussions often leave me with the question of whether the folks protesting the most have ever even been filled with the Holy Spirit. What they seek is often foreign to what the scriptures say we should expect. I understand the zeal of heart that wants to serve God in great power. Going about to right the wrongs, heal the sick and convert the lost. The great desire to vanquish satan and end suffering but that is not Gods plan at this time.
Why not seek Gods mercy to have zeal to witness to the lost?
For the cause of Christ
Roger
It is His will not our will. God never operates outside of His word. No man is able to manipulate God into doing what God has said He is not going to do.
These discussions often leave me with the question of whether the folks protesting the most have ever even been filled with the Holy Spirit. What they seek is often foreign to what the scriptures say we should expect. I understand the zeal of heart that wants to serve God in great power. Going about to right the wrongs, heal the sick and convert the lost. The great desire to vanquish satan and end suffering but that is not Gods plan at this time.
Why not seek Gods mercy to have zeal to witness to the lost?
For the cause of Christ
Roger
[SUP]Why not lay hands on them and get them healed and they will see the love of God in action for them - just like Jesus did. Jesus is perfect theology.
Many times the scriptures are foreign to them that try to rationalize them to suit their humanisitic man traditions fueled by their religious teachings.
And the scripture below did say it is God - the Holy Spirit that wills..not man.
11 [/SUP] But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
But everyone can believe what they want. People can believe that Daffy Duck and Donald Duck are the 2 witnesses in the book of Revelation too - but they are unlikely birds.
Many times the scriptures are foreign to them that try to rationalize them to suit their humanisitic man traditions fueled by their religious teachings.
And the scripture below did say it is God - the Holy Spirit that wills..not man.
11 [/SUP] But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
But everyone can believe what they want. People can believe that Daffy Duck and Donald Duck are the 2 witnesses in the book of Revelation too - but they are unlikely birds.
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Amen..preach the gospel to them!
.........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 is.
Let's not limit the Holy Spirit of God and the great salvation our Lord bought for us with His blood. Let's reach out to those in need as the Spirit of God directs us.
.........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 is.
Let's not limit the Holy Spirit of God and the great salvation our Lord bought for us with His blood. Let's reach out to those in need as the Spirit of God directs us.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the biblical gospel. What gospel are you presenting?
1 Cor 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
For the cause of Christ
Roger
1 Cor 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
For the cause of Christ
Roger
So, the scriptures were not telling us the truth?..which is it...that the man in Lystra was not really healed?....perhaps Paul never even went to Lystra in the first place?....
...the gospel was not really preached?..that Paul couldn't see the man's faith when he heard the gospel? ...that Jesus still doesn't heal today so let's not take what the scriptures actually say as being true?
Why don't we just say " I am not going to allow the scriptures to get in the way of what I believe"...that way we are at least honest with ourselves.
Just some things to ponder on....
...the gospel was not really preached?..that Paul couldn't see the man's faith when he heard the gospel? ...that Jesus still doesn't heal today so let's not take what the scriptures actually say as being true?
Why don't we just say " I am not going to allow the scriptures to get in the way of what I believe"...that way we are at least honest with ourselves.
Just some things to ponder on....
Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
God is healing of that there can be no question. Does God appoint healers to go about healing? Nope.
Paul was denied healing three times that he might glorify God in his infirmities.
Pondering the word of God is always profitable.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
God is healing of that there can be no question. Does God appoint healers to go about healing? Nope.
Paul was denied healing three times that he might glorify God in his infirmities.
Pondering the word of God is always profitable.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Paul's thorn in the flesh was a messenger of satan but that's a different thing entirely...let's not go on a "rabbit trail" now..
The gospel was it or was it not preached at Lystra and the man was healed from hearing the good news about Jesus?
What are the answers to the below questions about the text.
So, the scriptures were not telling us the truth?..which is it...that the man in Lystra was not really healed?....perhaps Paul never even went to Lystra in the first place?....
...the gospel was not really preached?..that Paul couldn't see the man's faith when he heard the gospel? ...that Jesus still doesn't heal today so let's not take what the scriptures actually say as being true?
Should we actually allow the scriptures to get in the way of what we believe?
The gospel was it or was it not preached at Lystra and the man was healed from hearing the good news about Jesus?
What are the answers to the below questions about the text.
So, the scriptures were not telling us the truth?..which is it...that the man in Lystra was not really healed?....perhaps Paul never even went to Lystra in the first place?....
...the gospel was not really preached?..that Paul couldn't see the man's faith when he heard the gospel? ...that Jesus still doesn't heal today so let's not take what the scriptures actually say as being true?
Should we actually allow the scriptures to get in the way of what we believe?
Really rabbit trail? Seems like that is where you are attempting to guide this conversation.
The gift of healing has not ended but God never made men the healer.
Souls are save through hearing the word of God not by what they see or believe they see in the way of miracles or signs. The faith that is needed to be saved comes from hearing the word of God and the Holy Spirit bringing conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment. There is no room in there for anything else.
You are seeking confirmations that are now present in the word of God. What brought you to saving grace?
For the cause of Christ
Roger
The gift of healing has not ended but God never made men the healer.
Souls are save through hearing the word of God not by what they see or believe they see in the way of miracles or signs. The faith that is needed to be saved comes from hearing the word of God and the Holy Spirit bringing conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment. There is no room in there for anything else.
You are seeking confirmations that are now present in the word of God. What brought you to saving grace?
For the cause of Christ
Roger