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Yes, lets belittle. Come on Didymous, not nice.
As I understand Lancelot, he believes healing is part of the Gospel because the apostle Paul was preaching and someone out of the blue had faith for healing.
Acts 14:6-10 King James Version (KJV)
6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
7 And there they preached the gospel.
8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
How in the world does someone hear the Gospel and then, having been a cripple from their mother's womb (never walked), believe that they can be healed and walk? What part of the Gospel was the Apostle Paul sharing on that caused this man, impotent in his feet, to all of a sudden believe he could walk, right then and there?
If healing is not part of the Gospel, if it isn't a fringe benefit, how in the world does the thought cross a person's mind that they can be healed? What inspired that faith within them? It says the apostle Paul perceived he had the faith to be healed, after hearing the Apostle Paul speak.
There is a correlation being made, between what Paul preached, and how the man responded in faith, for healing.
As I understand Lancelot, he believes healing is part of the Gospel because the apostle Paul was preaching and someone out of the blue had faith for healing.
Acts 14:6-10 King James Version (KJV)
6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
7 And there they preached the gospel.
8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
How in the world does someone hear the Gospel and then, having been a cripple from their mother's womb (never walked), believe that they can be healed and walk? What part of the Gospel was the Apostle Paul sharing on that caused this man, impotent in his feet, to all of a sudden believe he could walk, right then and there?
If healing is not part of the Gospel, if it isn't a fringe benefit, how in the world does the thought cross a person's mind that they can be healed? What inspired that faith within them? It says the apostle Paul perceived he had the faith to be healed, after hearing the Apostle Paul speak.
There is a correlation being made, between what Paul preached, and how the man responded in faith, for healing.
So how about not belittling someone just because you think that's your turf?