Originally posted by raphe
I hope you never get leukemia or have to listen to people tell you your faith is no good or that you are double-minded..........
I thought that the whole body of scripture was to be used to rightly divide the word of truth. If stripes was to mean that somebody would talk to you wouldn't Jesus have known to make the difference when He said:
Luke 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lords will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Are these scriptures to be done away with?
Hi Raphe,
I don't quite follow your ref to Luke 12. When I read it, it was referring to a servant who knows the right thing to do and does not do it because he does not think the master is coming back any time soon. That's paraphrased of course.
Anyway, I can fully understand how in our zeal we can come off to those who are hurting as judgemental and insensitive. I believe I can speak for not only myself in saying, that is not our intent at all.
I know for myself, that my heart reaches out to you. To share with you what I have learned in my sufferings. I am not totally manifesting my healing yet, but according to God's Word, I am healed.
I don't know how to link to the site where I shared my testimony but if you could find it, it's in the Non-denomination section, p 3 titled Sickness, Faith, and Healing, Page 3).
I tried to be as honest as I could about my quest for understanding. What we allow to come out of our mouths is extremely important. It DOES make all the difference in the world. Prov 18:21 says, "death and life are in the power of the tongue."
I remember an ex-pastor of mine who was explaining something to someone one day and I was sitting there with them. He motioned to me and he said, "take her for instance, she's like a bull dog, she gets ahold of something and won't let go until she understands it."
I knew that God did not want me sick so I set out to find out why I was. Granted, I eventually ended up in surgery where the doctor made it all go away. . .but I learned a lot about healing in the process. Painfully I came to the conclusion that not only was my faith not strong enough but I was not even willing to work at it any longer. As painful as that knowledge was, it was the truth.
I know that in your situation you don't have that option. If you did I know you would have chosen it already. But your situation is not hopeless. You are not doomed.
It's not wrong to admit to weakness. We all are weak, just on different issues. But it is in your weakness that He is made strong. Get all those verses together about bones, marrow, ect and begin speaking those over yourself. Let the only words that come out of your mouth be what God's Word says.
When you have to describe what's going on in your body word it differnetly. Say the report of the doctor's is. . . but the report of God is I'm healed.
I wish I could post more but my time at the computer is almost up. I don't have my own computer so I come to the local library to use their computer.
I will try and share more tomorrow. Also, I will respond to your PM.
Many blessing upon your head Raphe.
Lord I thank you that Raphe is drawing closer to You. And I thank You Lord, that the Fear of the Lord brings health to his bones. That's a promise from You, Lord, and You are faithful to see through to the end everything that You have started in Him. He will complete the work that you have called him to. In Jesus name.
Bye for now Raphe,
Barbara