1. No sir, I do not believe what you said. First, let me say, I don't believe what I'm saying is truth, I KNOW it is. Faith is indeed a law even as all the promises are law. Again, I KNOW this as fact, mainly because it is written.
The bible says that Jesus is the Word of God and Truth. So if I command something to be done by the word of God, in the name of Jesus, I have in a sense, commanded God to do something. There's obviously more to it than that, but that's the gist of it.
Also, faith has nothing to do with "positive thinking" or manipulating the words that come out of my mouth. You are free to both think and say what you will, are you not? The same holds true for everyone. If I choose to verbally quote God's promises, reminding Him of His word, as He told us to do, how have I manipulated anything, or God, for that matter?
As I said in other posts, if we send or direct the word of God at, in, or toward something or someone, we are only doing what Jesus commanded, which is to learn of Him and follow His example, or do what He did.
It also has nothing to do with positive anything, even as faith has nothing to do with the head.
Faith IS the very thing you believe.
Believing is of the heart, not the head. You can think positively all you want, and it wont change a thing. If what you desire is not in your heart, then it ain't gonna happen. That's just the way God made it.
Again, there's more to it than that.
2. To say that a lack of faith is the only reason why people don't get their healing, would be a false and misleading statement.
There a are other reasons why most don't get their healing, but the main reason is because they lack faith. And one reason why they lack the faith is because they either doubt, or don't know, what God will do. And the main reason for that is because, one, they don't believe what is written, and two, they are constantly being taught things like, "you don't know what God's going to do", and "let us pray the will of God be done concerning your healing", and it goes on and on with all the doubt. Most can't stand on their own, when it comes to having enough knowledge of God's word to stand against so many savvy intellectual teachers.
You already demonstrated that you don't have faith for healing by what you said, and are you going to tell me that you do have enough faith?
Show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith BY my works.
3. That's because you're so critical of the doctrine to start with and you have yet to seek God and dig in His word. It's there.
I already showed some verses, as have many others here on CC, but everything goes over your head and everyone else's who are against the doctrine. So why would you even think you could find it, much less, be able to see it. Your eyes are still shut and your ears are still closed to the promises/truths of God.
4. That I don't know, but I suppose it would be for the same reason why the things that ARE written are not happening in your church. That being that they might not have know about the things we know today.
The important thing is, WHAT IS WRITTEN.
I don't follow people, and neither do I care what they say. I follow the leading of the Spirit. I don't HOLD ANY DOCTRINE DEAR to me, so I don't have any biases, UNTIL I KNOW OTHERWISE. When I get a revelation for any doctrine, I am forever settled. Until I know, I listen to BOTH sides, while seeking God with a pure heart. And because His word guarantees that He will not give me anything evil, corrupt, or a lie, when I ask Him for the truth, I know He will only reveal the truth, or that which is good, to me. Because He promised He would, with a holy solemn promise.
5. You are speaking out of both ignorance and bias, my friend.
Unlike you and many others who appose the doctrine, I don't argue about things I know nothing about, on the contrary, I speak both what I see and understand, as it was given to me.
I don't say things I can't back up with scripture.
No, I don't know everything, as I have said, I'm still learning, but concerning this doctrine and others like it, I am grounded and settled deep in the rock of my salvation. That rock being, the living Word of God.