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hislastwalk
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Way to credit yourself.
Sanctification is a work of God.
I'm not crediting myself.
It's called running from temptation!!
Way to credit yourself.
Sanctification is a work of God.
God can't help us if we don't help ourselves.
True enough...
My faith runs deep for our Lord and Savior, however, I don't belive you can make sickness go away just because you say it so in Jesus' name. You may pray vigently and the Lord will answer your prayers but that is different than what you are saying in this thread.
I don't think you are being very fair to those christians who have died of a diseas. Do you think they did not have enough faith to live? God has a plan for each one of us and he is the one to allow us to live or die. The fact that you have been cured for two years is by the grace of God not because your faith is stronger than the one who is sick.
I know because I've been praying to God for years to get rid of a porn addiction I have and He decided not to help me.
Where is your sense of responsibility?
Why do you think that God has decided not to help you?
Don't make this an attack against Brandon. And unless you have ever struggled with a temptation of any kind, then you might not understand what he's struggling with.
Don't make this an attack against Brandon. And unless you have ever struggled with a temptation of any kind, then you might not understand what he's struggling with.
I been through the same struggle.
To Hislastwalk:
I'm not a Calvinist, Arminiust, or Catholic. I simply consider myself a Biblicist. However, for the most part, I agree with what both Brandon and Jimmy have been saying. That there is more to it then just saying, Heal and you are healed. Sometimes God allows us to go through things, simply to draw us closer to Him, to allow His Glory to shine through us. When you say that God always will do what you want, you begin to put God in a box. Don't forget God's ways are not our own, nor is His ideas our. And that comes straight from the Bible, Isaiah 55:8. And before you say that the OT is not relevant to today, don't forget, that Jesus Himself said:
"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished." Matt 5:17-18
There's more in that passage that you might want to look at.
Now, I do have a question for you, Hiswalk. How often do you study the Bible, without other people telling you what to read. And I don't mean thinking up an idea and seeing if the Bible supports it, but actually taking a whole passage, and studying it? Looking at each individual concept mentioned in the verses and comparing it to the rest of the verses.
Don't make this an attack against Brandon. And unless you have ever struggled with a temptation of any kind, then you might not understand what he's struggling with.
by the way not everything that happens is God's will. The bible says that it is NOT God's will that people should perish, yet.. People perish. He can turn a bad situation into a blessing, but He didn't cause the sicknesses.
I study it everyday actually.
It is as simple as commanding a sicknesses to leave in Jesus name. Simple truth. If it wasn't it wouldn't work.
I agree with you there, God does not want everything that happens to happen, but he allows it for our greater good, as in the case of Job. You are right, God did not cause Job's suffering, but He did allow it to happen. He removed His hand of protection from Job, so that Job's Faith would be tested. And while Job was suffering, all his friends were accusing him of some great crime and his wife was trying to get him to blaspheme God.