CESSATIONISM AND HEALING

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Sipsey

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#61
It seems the healing topic falls into two camps;
1) you don't have enough faith
2) God heals who He wills

Jesus said Christians would absolutely suffer. Physical healing seems to trump Spiritual healing in most of the debates.

God ultimately heals every single Christian of every infirmity.
 

notuptome

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#62
You: Why are unsaved people healed and saints of God go on in their infirmities?
The unsaved are healed because God is kind to the wicked also.
Christians go on in their infirmities because faith is tested.

You do not address the sovereignty of God in healing.
Sovereignty works through faith for the elect.

You lack a sufficient foundation in Christ to give an answer of merit.
What foundation you have? Explain. My foundation is faith in Christ's merits.
So the wicked have no faith and are healed?

The unsaved are not elect. God is sovereign in all things. God is good to both the saved and the unsaved. Longsuffering in mercy toward mankind.

You still have no foundation laid for your accusations that faith is required for healing.

Faith comes from hearing the word of God. Lack faith then go and study the word of God.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
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#63
2 Corinthians 11:17: "That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting".

Christ alone is perfect, paul is not.
You are not answering my question. Paul was given signs and wonders in Acts, to show the other 12 apostles that he was legitimately sent by God, and his gospel to the gentiles was valid.

But by the end of his lifespan, obviously even Paul himself could tell that those signs and wonders for healing are no longer avaliable. He could not send his hankerchief to Timothy to heal him, like he could have done in Acts.
 

wolfwint

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W (wolfwint): He sent his son to gave us far more then our health. Eternal life!! Read John 20,30-31.
And Think over it. All HE healed physcal died later. Even Lazarus died later again. So would be his Goal to heal mankind from there physical sickness His deeds where inperfect. His Goal was to give us eternal life and in this His deed was perfect.
M (Me): Do you have eternal life? If yes, won't you die? If you will die and yet believe to receive eternal life, why not let christians believe to receive healing?

W: What you are doing with your claime is bringing people in pressure. Because according your belief they are sick because of their own lack on faith. Thats heartless and bases on a false teaching.
M: By not teaching christians about faith to be healed, you are driving them to despair, trust in doctors & people like benny hinn who snatch their money. That's true heartlessness!

W: We should Trust our heavenly father in all things that is true. But HE never promissed us a life in health on this present earth.
M: Mathew 8:17 is for all believers and not just for the Jews. Allow christians be healed, so they could preach the gospel.
Let me make the answer in points.
To 1) Yes, I have eternal life. Yes, I will die, like all other believers do before me, except the rapture will come before.
The living hope of eternal life is a fact, because its given as promisse.
The living hope of a healthy wealthy life is a lie, because its not given as a promisse.

2.) So in your view, it is for Christians not allowed to go to doctors ore take medicine?
Luke was an doctor. Medicine is made from that what God has createt.
What is the different between you and Benny Hinn? You are talking the same, with the same result.
Anyway people should not trust in other persons. But this is an old problem!
Despair comes then when you promisse something what is not coming true. And in this case you give the blame to the one who search healing, because if he is not healed, then because of lack faith.

To3) I have nothing against believers who believes that God heals, as he is doing today.
But if you promisse them healing, and if they are not healed it is because of lack of faith, i am not with you.
Bye the way this happend often in Mission situation. That healed pagans which turned to Christ preach the Gospel and gloryfie God
 

Adstar

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#65
Yes healing does happen today.. But i have no confidence in guys like T.B.Joshua and may others who i suspect of being scam artists..

If it plays a part in Gods will to heal a person then that person will be healed.. If it does not play a part in Gods plan for a person to be healed then that person will not be healed.. I do believe Faith that God can heal opens a door to the possibility of that person being healed if God so wills..

Healing is not dependent on one being super religious or super good.. Being healed is not God making a payment to us because we are top notch Christians and not healing us because we are poor examples of Christianity..
 
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Yes healing does happen today.. But i have no confidence in guys like T.B.Joshua and may others who i suspect of being scam artists..

If it plays a part in Gods will to heal a person then that person will be healed.. If it does not play a part in Gods plan for a person to be healed then that person will not be healed.. I do believe Faith that God can heal opens a door to the possibility of that person being healed if God so wills..

Healing is not dependent on one being super religious or super good.. Being healed is not God making a payment to us because we are top notch Christians and not healing us because we are poor examples of Christianity..
Faith in what heals christians?
 
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Let me make the answer in points.
To 1) Yes, I have eternal life. Yes, I will die, like all other believers do before me, except the rapture will come before.
The living hope of eternal life is a fact, because its given as promisse.
The living hope of a healthy wealthy life is a lie, because its not given as a promisse.

2.) So in your view, it is for Christians not allowed to go to doctors ore take medicine?
Luke was an doctor. Medicine is made from that what God has createt.
What is the different between you and Benny Hinn? You are talking the same, with the same result.
Anyway people should not trust in other persons. But this is an old problem!
Despair comes then when you promisse something what is not coming true. And in this case you give the blame to the one who search healing, because if he is not healed, then because of lack faith.

To3) I have nothing against believers who believes that God heals, as he is doing today.
But if you promisse them healing, and if they are not healed it is because of lack of faith, i am not with you.
Bye the way this happend often in Mission situation. That healed pagans which turned to Christ preach the Gospel and gloryfie God
You: The living hope of a healthy wealthy life is a lie, because its not given as a promisse.
Me: Mathew 8: 17 is a promise for believers.

You: Despair comes then when you promisse something what is not coming true.
Me: You doubt faith in Christ's blood to heal?

You: And in this case you give the blame to the one who search healing, because if he is not healed, then because of lack faith.
Me: Faith is tested.
 
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You are not answering my question. Paul was given signs and wonders in Acts, to show the other 12 apostles that he was legitimately sent by God, and his gospel to the gentiles was valid.

But by the end of his lifespan, obviously even Paul himself could tell that those signs and wonders for healing are no longer avaliable. He could not send his hankerchief to Timothy to heal him, like he could have done in Acts.
Sign is for unbeliever. Sign leads to faith in Christ. Sign is not for Timothy. Timothy has healing as Epaphroditus had through his personal faith in Christ.
 

Adstar

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#69
Faith in what heals christians?
Faith as in the belief that God can heal me if he so wills to do so..
Faith that God can heal others through me.. Again if he wills to do so..
 
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Sign is for unbeliever. Sign leads to faith in Christ. Sign is not for Timothy. Timothy has healing as Epaphroditus had through his personal faith in Christ.
Why did Paul asked him to take wine for his sickness? You want to answer that?
 
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Faith as in the belief that God can heal me if he so wills to do so..
Faith that God can heal others through me.. Again if he wills to do so..
If God hadn't willed to heal, why would He have sent His Son to take all infirmities and bear all sicknesses as per Mathew8:17?
 

notuptome

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#73
If God hadn't willed to heal, why would He have sent His Son to take all infirmities and bear all sicknesses as per Mathew8:17?
A little thing called context will solve the pretext your proof verse creates.

What was the purpose for Jesus going to the cross of Calvary? To heal sickness or to redeem lost mankind?

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
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A little thing called context will solve the pretext your proof verse creates.

What was the purpose for Jesus going to the cross of Calvary? To heal sickness or to redeem lost mankind?

For the cause of Christ
Roger
So how was Epaphroditus, a believer, get healed? Was it not by faith in Christ's work of redemption? Why do christians do a prayer of faith to heal the sick?
 

notuptome

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So how was Epaphroditus, a believer, get healed? Was it not by faith in Christ's work of redemption? Why do christians do a prayer of faith to heal the sick?
Questions but no answers. James 5:14

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Roger
 
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Questions but no answers. James 5:14

For the cause of Christ
Roger
Answers are there in the questions because you try to deny faith in Christ's cross to heal the believers.
 

notuptome

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#77
Answers are there in the questions because you try to deny faith in Christ's cross to heal the believers.
You are focused on the physical body and healing a broken sin cursed body. The cross of Christ is about the Lamb sent from God to make a perfect atonement for sin. Your theology appears to be man centered and not Christ centered.

Better it is to enter heaven blind and halt than to be cast into eternal condemnation whole.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
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#78
You are focused on the physical body and healing a broken sin cursed body. The cross of Christ is about the Lamb sent from God to make a perfect atonement for sin. Your theology appears to be man centered and not Christ centered.

Better it is to enter heaven blind and halt than to be cast into eternal condemnation whole.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
Are you neglecting the physical body without which none can proclaim the gospel?

After He raised a girl, He said, "Give her to eat". Didn't Jesus care for the physical body?

Was the physical body alone corrupted by sin? Wasn't the soul & spirit also corrupted?

Bodily resurrection of the elect proves the importance of the body as well.

"Better it is to enter heaven blind and halt than to be cast into eternal condemnation whole". This was stated not to despise the body but to emphasise the importance of accepting grace to enter heaven.
 

miknik5

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#79
Does God heal today? If yes, on what basis does God heal? Do christians have to depend only on doctors or people like t.b.joshua for healing?
You may post your opinion.
Who is T. B. Joshua?
 

miknik5

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#80
When paul could no longer heal why did he put them on medicines rather than teach faith in Christ's blood?
Instead of cryiticising the charismatics why not teach about faith?
When Paul could no longer heal? Hmmm...where did you get this strange information?