Don't ever let someone tell you God won't heal you.
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Unless we have heard from God that he will not heal us, we are called to believe He may heal us.
Conversely, God is not obligated to answer us. Sometimes His silence is a reply unto itself.
Also, like many principals the bible points out, we can not just sit back and wait without doing our part.
Prayer of course is first and foremost key. Still, if your not aligning yourselves to Gods deliberate manner of physical lifestyle, in a fashion, your testing God.
You would not throw yourself off a bridge and expect God to break His law of gravity. would you?
So do some of you blatantly ignore His laws of would constitutes good health for your body?
You may be ignorant of them, true. Yet the bible says my people perish because of lack of knowledge.
Ignorance does not negate reality.
Live a life style that God endorses or prepare to live at a level lower then what God intended for your body, even in this fallen jungle of a world.
So while God may heal you, and prayer is our mandate, obedience goes a long way too.
Conversely, God is not obligated to answer us. Sometimes His silence is a reply unto itself.
Also, like many principals the bible points out, we can not just sit back and wait without doing our part.
Prayer of course is first and foremost key. Still, if your not aligning yourselves to Gods deliberate manner of physical lifestyle, in a fashion, your testing God.
You would not throw yourself off a bridge and expect God to break His law of gravity. would you?
So do some of you blatantly ignore His laws of would constitutes good health for your body?
You may be ignorant of them, true. Yet the bible says my people perish because of lack of knowledge.
Ignorance does not negate reality.
Live a life style that God endorses or prepare to live at a level lower then what God intended for your body, even in this fallen jungle of a world.
So while God may heal you, and prayer is our mandate, obedience goes a long way too.
From my years of experience and observations for the most part, most people in need of healing will be waiting for the rest of their lives for healing. For those that God does not directly heal there are doctors but their scope of healing is limited. I have known people of great faith that God chose not to heal in their lifetime. By all means, stay as healthy as you can possibly be.
I believe you when you say that. It seems like you've only seen people with faith that haven't been healed. I know a lot of people with faith who've been healed of things like cancer, brain malaria, tuberculosis, severe asthma etc.. So honestly, it seems to me that there is a lot of people being healed of their sicknesses by God and you're just not aware of it.
I agree that it is God's will for some people to die in their illness. But I've also seen God heal people plenty of times. Not just of the things I mentioned earlier, but I've seen crippled people in wheelchairs get up and walk after being in them for decades, blind people gain their sight back, deaf people get their hearing back, people with uneven limbs get them evened out, people get healed of arthritis, people healed of various kinds of disorders, relieved of constant pain from past surgeries etc.. God heals people all the time.
This is why its not a good idea to tell people "God doesn't heal a lot of people, so you shouldn't expect it." I'm not saying you said that but a lot of people have that mindset but God seriously promises healing in his Word. It seems like people on here act like I'm talking out my butt and disregard me as someone with stupid child faith.
This is why its not a good idea to tell people "God doesn't heal a lot of people, so you shouldn't expect it." I'm not saying you said that but a lot of people have that mindset but God seriously promises healing in his Word. It seems like people on here act like I'm talking out my butt and disregard me as someone with stupid child faith.
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The question is not whether or not God can heal you, but will He. Of course we know God is capable of healing any disease for He made up all the matter that is. He knows it inside and out, He speaks and it is so. All things are possible with God. All things. The question you need to ask is, "Will God heal me?"
This question is posed to understand God's will, and with that will often times there can be timing and purpose. When one asks this question its not to see if He can, but whether or not He will do so. Again, His capabilities are not in question, but His willingness to heal is.
Now, this point may bother some people. It may even ruffle some feathers, but read it carefully. This isn't blaming the sick person for a lack of faith. It is simply making a distinction between hope and faith. A person can pray for healing asking God to heal them, and in this prayer there is hope. Its a hope that is relying upon God's present mercy as opposed to His established will.
What I mean is that some Christians seek after healing (hoping for it), as opposed to commanding it (in the name of Jesus). They are asking and seeking for something that is already provided through Jesus Christ. The thing is, a person needs to stand up, step out in faith, and command healing. This isn't so much a critique of the sick, as it is the minister. A person must understand God's will in order to have faith for its attainment.
So, if a person doesn't believe it is God's will to heal them they then can only hope God heals them as opposed to having faith He will. Often times I read people's comments on the threads here (over time) and its like a double minded man. One moment they say they have faith, and in the next they say that God won't ever heal them in this life. So then, is their faith God will heal them at death? Considering Jesus words, about your faith doing it unto you, thats a little scary, haha.
What if instead of thinking God can heal you, you think it is God's will to heal you now? Then you can have faith, because you expect the healing. You do not only hope to be healed, and believe in His capabilities but you also expect God to heal you because He has revealed in His word that that is His very will (through Jesus Christ).
The point being, where people often claim to have faith it is not faith. It is hope. Hope and faith while often accompanying one another, are not synonymous. I can hope God heals me or I can have faith that He will. There is a difference. Hope, while it may get results, does not have the same results as faith. Faith, expectation, and belief these things lead to results. Even so, God's mercy if we lack faith.
All in all, God is faithful. Learn His will, then believe.
This question is posed to understand God's will, and with that will often times there can be timing and purpose. When one asks this question its not to see if He can, but whether or not He will do so. Again, His capabilities are not in question, but His willingness to heal is.
Now, this point may bother some people. It may even ruffle some feathers, but read it carefully. This isn't blaming the sick person for a lack of faith. It is simply making a distinction between hope and faith. A person can pray for healing asking God to heal them, and in this prayer there is hope. Its a hope that is relying upon God's present mercy as opposed to His established will.
What I mean is that some Christians seek after healing (hoping for it), as opposed to commanding it (in the name of Jesus). They are asking and seeking for something that is already provided through Jesus Christ. The thing is, a person needs to stand up, step out in faith, and command healing. This isn't so much a critique of the sick, as it is the minister. A person must understand God's will in order to have faith for its attainment.
So, if a person doesn't believe it is God's will to heal them they then can only hope God heals them as opposed to having faith He will. Often times I read people's comments on the threads here (over time) and its like a double minded man. One moment they say they have faith, and in the next they say that God won't ever heal them in this life. So then, is their faith God will heal them at death? Considering Jesus words, about your faith doing it unto you, thats a little scary, haha.
What if instead of thinking God can heal you, you think it is God's will to heal you now? Then you can have faith, because you expect the healing. You do not only hope to be healed, and believe in His capabilities but you also expect God to heal you because He has revealed in His word that that is His very will (through Jesus Christ).
The point being, where people often claim to have faith it is not faith. It is hope. Hope and faith while often accompanying one another, are not synonymous. I can hope God heals me or I can have faith that He will. There is a difference. Hope, while it may get results, does not have the same results as faith. Faith, expectation, and belief these things lead to results. Even so, God's mercy if we lack faith.
All in all, God is faithful. Learn His will, then believe.
Could you imagine someone starting a healing revival with that statement? "Hello ladies and gentlemen! God is a magnificent and merciful God. Believe and you will be healed, but keep in mind that most of you won't be healed in this life. He'll take care of you after you die." Who then will come forward in faith? You just cut the amount of miracles in half simply by speaking doubt instead of faith and life.