MikeBigg,
PastorMike presented a reason why we should take the Bible and apply it to all people. Now you have ignored that post. You thanked him for what he said and then ignored what he said. What about Nicodemus?
I didn't ignore what PastorMike said, I went on from that - the sort of thing you do in conversation.
Have you read the text in John 3? The language is inclusive. By that I mean that although it was spoken to Nicodemus the language includes everyone. For example, the "you" in "you must be born again" is plural meaning it wasn't just intended for Nicodemus but for everyone there and probably us.
I quote 2 Tim 3:16,17 and you say, "By quoting 2 Tim 3 are you suggesting that if it is written to a subset." When I said clearly before it is for all Christians. Yet you are completely ignoring what I say after thanking me for posting.
You do not answer my implied question. Why is not Scripture for all Christians?
OK - so the bit of scripture that is written specifically to wives, should that refer to me when I am not and cannot be a wife? That would be foolish. So, some scripture do indeed apply to only a subset of people which is why I asked what you are meaning?
And you come into our Word of Faith area and attack our belief that healing is for all. Now there is a place for debate on this topic.
Spirit Filled Charismatic Debate Why not invite us to listen to you tear down our belief over there?
I'm not attacking your beliefs, I'm simply asking questions about it. If your beliefs are so shaky that a simple country boy can come in and bring it down with a simple question, then your beliefs do need looking at. Seriously.
But I see you don't want to debate, you just state your belief ignoring what others are saying.
I do want a debate. I do want to find an answer to this question. The reason that it is valid here is because you guys should know the answer to these questions - the rest of the Charismatics won't because it is not such a crucial verse for them.
Would you like to answer the questions instead of getting angry with me?
Do you still think that all scripture is intended for all people?
Do you think that 1 peter 2: 24 was written specifically to slaves?
What makes it applicable to me and you (ie non-slaves)?
The reason I am asking this is that I have been studying healing in the atonement. When doing google searches I have been struck at how many sites there are that rank highly in google results that say that healing is not in the atonement. So I have started a website in which I will have articles on healing in the atonement and will attempt to get it high in the google results.
In order to do this I need to study the proof passages. That's what I'm doing here.
Incidently, I am partially WoF. I am WoF when it comes to healing - which is what this topic is about, so I am not here to bring down WoF teaching on healing and won't be commenting on any other subject.
Hopefully we can get on with the discussion now.
Kind regards,
Mike