The God Kind of Life
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More scriptures on communing and abiding in God, who is our ZOE.
DAVID wanted to be in God's presence all the time.
"One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the presence of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His presence." - Psalm 27:4
ENOCH walked with God in such close communion that pleased God.
"Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." - Genesis 5:24
"By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God." - Hebrews 11:5
MARY wanted to sit with the Lord and hear His words.
"38 Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house.
39 And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His words.
40 But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]!
41 But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;
42 There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her." - Luke 10:38-42
DAVID wanted to be in God's presence all the time.
"One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the presence of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His presence." - Psalm 27:4
ENOCH walked with God in such close communion that pleased God.
"Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." - Genesis 5:24
"By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God." - Hebrews 11:5
MARY wanted to sit with the Lord and hear His words.
"38 Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house.
39 And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His words.
40 But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]!
41 But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;
42 There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her." - Luke 10:38-42
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Why would we leave the yardstick of scripture?
Why would we consider it a thing to aspire to,that is contrary to scripture,and it's balance of interpretation?
It would be more than a possibility,for me to deny revelation outside of God's word.
Hypothetical example: a person thinking they could manifest the power of God,by a formula
out side of God's control.
Witchcraft starts with a heart of rebellion and works by focusing on a distracter, a lie, which is some technique purported to release power. It is important to have "faith", to trust in the technique and not God. Believing in lies is an "acceptable sacrifice" to Satan, the father of lies, who honors his children with real power. The irony is, that due to the inherent deceptive basis of witchcraft, the practitioners of it often think they are serving God, while accessing a power from below (earth)--not from above.
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You know, I have that book, but I haven't read it. Your post has made me decide to do so!
Peace...
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1 Timothy 6:12 says, "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life."
I believe that a major aspect of the faith life should be seeking after the life that only the Holy Spirit can bring. However, it seems to me that many believers mentally assent to having the life of God, then set about living their life in the spirit in their own effort. Such people actually live according to the flesh - human effort.
Take for instance the sin issue. Most believers try to avoid sin through an effort of the will. I believe that sin typically falls into one of three categories:
I believe that a major aspect of the faith life should be seeking after the life that only the Holy Spirit can bring. However, it seems to me that many believers mentally assent to having the life of God, then set about living their life in the spirit in their own effort. Such people actually live according to the flesh - human effort.
Take for instance the sin issue. Most believers try to avoid sin through an effort of the will. I believe that sin typically falls into one of three categories:
- Lack of wisdom: the individual is consciously unaware that their course of action is sinful.
- Lack of love: the individual is motivated from their own selfish, carnal nature, thereby disregarding the wellbeing of others.
- Lack of life: the individual, being dead on the inside, is compelled to act according to their own lustful desires.
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I love this scripture...
These are good too:
My two favorite:
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
-Joshua 1:8
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
-Psalm 1:1-3
Peace...
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I do believe Wayne that we're on the same wavelength here
I really need to get back into walking in the Spirit, as you've mentioned. I became rather disillusioned with Word of Faith during the mid-noughties. I found that WoF didn't work for me. But I believe this was because, after studying what the Word said about spiritual promises - I tried to apply them to my life for the attainment of physical and material things, like money, promotion at work, etc.
It was at that time that I transitioned into the grace message, because I was fed up with preachers always going on about ethics and to-do lists. I was frustrated because the Bible said we had been given power to overcome sin -we had the life of God and the divine nature in us. Yet I still struggled with sin like most average people do. I recognized that preaching ethics did not impart the power required to fulfil those requirements. It was a great relief to hear the likes of Joseph Prince focusing on our righteousness by faith, rather than what we need to do to be accepted by God.
However, I do find the grace message rather lacking in that it focuses so much on righteousness - that it seems to miss all the other benefits that the Bible promises the believer, such as zoe life; I think it somehow misses out on what you said about walking in the Spirit.
This is a good point, some teachers in WOF, (as all religion is prone to do), got into alot of legalism regarding words and behavior. I even had one preacher that I listened to alot (since passed on) at one point teach that if you missed your tithe you needed to repent (quite possibly true depending on your heart) and make back payments (pure legalism). Another (that I still listen too and even partner with) said that you cant use words like fantastic (because it comes from the word fantasy). That doesn't mean that these men didn't have alot of good things to say otherwise, or that they weren't/aren't anointed or called etc. But like dad Hagin used to say, you need to eat the meat and spit out the bones. I have never become disillusioned with WOF, but that is because I dont buy everything I hear. I don't let people talk me into legalism or condemnation. God looks on the heart, and has provided great grace to us, His children. I try to keep my motives pure, stay focused on God and others first, and count on the grace of God for the rest. I cant make myself right anyways, only the cross can do that.
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A friend of mine, a charismatic, saw people weep tears of reverence, liberation and thanksgiving in Orthodox churches in Latvia and St. Petersburg. He had never...I repeat NEVER, seen such authenticity in the West. We cannot bottle and label what we have in Jesus. I appreciate so many of the above comments here.
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I'm reading "The Triumphant Church" right now and I started to think the 2nd and 3rd chapters were legalism, so I asked my Pastor to explain what KH meant on a few phrases.
I was trained in grace before I became wof, so the phraseology KH uses in "The Triumphant Church" was grating against my grace lifestyle.
I do everything by the grace of YHWH:
"[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight." - Philippians 2:13
Asking YHWH to change me inside and out, cause me to obey scripture, cause me to do what HE wants, etc, works really well for me.
This "I take authority over myself" stuff has never worked for me.
But KH, KC, CC, and my Pastor walk in a level of authority where they can say things like "I take authority over my flesh".
What I'm learning from my Pastor now is how to walk in the kind of authority KH describes in his book.
It's not the legalism it sounds like.
IT's SONS of GOD authority phraseology.
IT's walking as the Lord Jesus Christ walked.
I'm still learning and practising right now, but I'd ask you to consider how just as grace phraseology sounds like a license to sin to the untrained person, so does SONS of GOD AUTHORITY phraseology sound like legalism.
I'll post more as soon as I get a better grasp, and more experience, of what my Pastor is teaching me.
To tell the truth, every disagreement I've ever had with wof teaching has disappeared when I was taught what the founding teacher really meant.
As Capps says, "People disagree with what they THINK I said, because they misunderstand WHAT I said".
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GRACE VS LEGALISM
I was surprised to see grace in every covenant YHWH made, especially the Mosaic covenant.
I'd been taught that grace is only in the NT, and the Torah is pure law.
But YHWH never changes.
Grace, faith, the Holy Spirit, the Word, were the foundations of successful Torah life, just as they're the foundations of successful NT life.
It's been true since the creation of the earth that: "I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing." - John 15:5
Cut off from YHWH man could do nothing authoritatively as Adam was originally commissioned to, until the Lord Jesus Christ re-connected us (born again in the image of YHWH). "Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]." - 1 Corinthians 15:45
In the interim, YHWH accomplished everything through man (born in the image of Adam) by faith, grace, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Word. "When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them and named them [both] Adam [Man] at the time they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, after his image; and he named him Seth." - Genesis 5:1,3
Who the Lord Jesus Christ is, is who YHWH has always been. They're one, the same, in agreement in all things: "He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power." - Hebrews 1:3
"[Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]." - Colossians 1:15
The Lord Jesus Christ came to show us the truth about the Father, because man's impressions of YHWH became "legalistic", impersonal, unloving. The devil has been trying from the garden of Eden to deceive man on the true character of YHWH, and man has been falling for it even to this day.
I was surprised to see grace in every covenant YHWH made, especially the Mosaic covenant.
I'd been taught that grace is only in the NT, and the Torah is pure law.
But YHWH never changes.
Grace, faith, the Holy Spirit, the Word, were the foundations of successful Torah life, just as they're the foundations of successful NT life.
It's been true since the creation of the earth that: "I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing." - John 15:5
Cut off from YHWH man could do nothing authoritatively as Adam was originally commissioned to, until the Lord Jesus Christ re-connected us (born again in the image of YHWH). "Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]." - 1 Corinthians 15:45
In the interim, YHWH accomplished everything through man (born in the image of Adam) by faith, grace, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Word. "When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them and named them [both] Adam [Man] at the time they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, after his image; and he named him Seth." - Genesis 5:1,3
Who the Lord Jesus Christ is, is who YHWH has always been. They're one, the same, in agreement in all things: "He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power." - Hebrews 1:3
"[Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]." - Colossians 1:15
The Lord Jesus Christ came to show us the truth about the Father, because man's impressions of YHWH became "legalistic", impersonal, unloving. The devil has been trying from the garden of Eden to deceive man on the true character of YHWH, and man has been falling for it even to this day.
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PHRASEOLOGY MATTERS
I would submit that today we're "grace" sensitive thanks to Prince, Wommack, and others, and watch our phraseology better than they did in the past.
The SONS of GOD AUTHORITY phraseology needs to be explained so that people don't think it's legalism and fall into bondage, like Prince's Pastors and deacons did when he was a youth. Their misunderstanding of wof founders pushed him into a breakdown when he was young.
I agree with you that we need to follow the Holy Spirit in everything and not man.
But I also hate to see people miss the power-life our founding teachers discovered simply because they misunderstand what the founders are saying.
GRACE ALONE
If a person lives entirely by grace, he'll be blessed.
If a person chooses to add to that a SONS of GOD AUTHORITY lifestyle, they'll change the world.
The grace teachers are awesome in their scriptural persuasion.
The wof founders (KH, KC, CC) are accomplished in their pursuit of the SONS of GOD AUTHORITY lifestyle.
I would submit that today we're "grace" sensitive thanks to Prince, Wommack, and others, and watch our phraseology better than they did in the past.
The SONS of GOD AUTHORITY phraseology needs to be explained so that people don't think it's legalism and fall into bondage, like Prince's Pastors and deacons did when he was a youth. Their misunderstanding of wof founders pushed him into a breakdown when he was young.
I agree with you that we need to follow the Holy Spirit in everything and not man.
But I also hate to see people miss the power-life our founding teachers discovered simply because they misunderstand what the founders are saying.
GRACE ALONE
If a person lives entirely by grace, he'll be blessed.
If a person chooses to add to that a SONS of GOD AUTHORITY lifestyle, they'll change the world.
The grace teachers are awesome in their scriptural persuasion.
The wof founders (KH, KC, CC) are accomplished in their pursuit of the SONS of GOD AUTHORITY lifestyle.
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Truth Frees, your post brought back something I had forgotten.
A year or more ago was a poster who continued to reference Word of Faith as Word of grace.
At that time I simply ignored it and made a comment once Reminding him our forum title.
In perspective to your post, it's a bit more than a name change.
Thank you for this reminder.
A year or more ago was a poster who continued to reference Word of Faith as Word of grace.
At that time I simply ignored it and made a comment once Reminding him our forum title.
In perspective to your post, it's a bit more than a name change.
Thank you for this reminder.
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About how we can effect others >
"'In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'" (Genesis 22:18)
"nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:3)
"'In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'" (Genesis 22:18)
"nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:3)
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Every time someone makes a unbiblical standard,and by control or manipulation then enforces it this is legalism.
Any one who by deception or ignorance imposes their will on others as a means of domination,is demonic.
Legalism is demonic.
We Have far to many modern day Pharisees in the pulpits today,who's words
mirror the ones 2000 years ago,in trampling the sacrifice of our Lord.
They said his works were of the devil,and they are still condemning righteous people of God today.
They are selective with God's Word twisting turning as if it's a cafeteria for their
amusement.
Ephesians: 2. 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Any one who by deception or ignorance imposes their will on others as a means of domination,is demonic.
Legalism is demonic.
We Have far to many modern day Pharisees in the pulpits today,who's words
mirror the ones 2000 years ago,in trampling the sacrifice of our Lord.
They said his works were of the devil,and they are still condemning righteous people of God today.
They are selective with God's Word twisting turning as if it's a cafeteria for their
amusement.
Ephesians: 2. 8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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I'm reading "The Triumphant Church" right now and I started to think the 2nd and 3rd chapters were legalism, so I asked my Pastor to explain what KH meant on a few phrases.
I was trained in grace before I became wof, so the phraseology KH uses in "The Triumphant Church" was grating against my grace lifestyle.
I do everything by the grace of YHWH:
"[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight." - Philippians 2:13
Asking YHWH to change me inside and out, cause me to obey scripture, cause me to do what HE wants, etc, works really well for me.
This "I take authority over myself" stuff has never worked for me.
But KH, KC, CC, and my Pastor walk in a level of authority where they can say things like "I take authority over my flesh".
What I'm learning from my Pastor now is how to walk in the kind of authority KH describes in his book.
It's not the legalism it sounds like.
IT's SONS of GOD authority phraseology.
IT's walking as the Lord Jesus Christ walked.
I'm still learning and practising right now, but I'd ask you to consider how just as grace phraseology sounds like a license to sin to the untrained person, so does SONS of GOD AUTHORITY phraseology sound like legalism.
I'll post more as soon as I get a better grasp, and more experience, of what my Pastor is teaching me.
To tell the truth, every disagreement I've ever had with wof teaching has disappeared when I was taught what the founding teacher really meant.
As Capps says, "People disagree with what they THINK I said, because they misunderstand WHAT I said".
This is interesting as I started off in WoF and transitioned into grace. Now Im looking at WoF and seeing that there is something good and true about it. WoF is simply living according to the Word of God, which is the Bible. However, WoF people, just like any other charismatic Christian group, tend to put equal focus on the law as grace. So, they often say that youre right with God just as you are, but then theyll tell you that the Bible says dont do this or that so just stop it or youll come out of fellowship with God. It got on my nerves, to be honest so I just went with the grace message and it was a tremendous relief. I personally believe that some sort of balance between WoF and grace would be closer to the truth of Gods Word.
Life is not as simple as giving people a moral code to follow. I find that much of what we do, if not all of what we do, is driven by the subconscious mind; we are compelled to behave according to our natural instincts. Therefore, it can be very difficult, if not impossible, to simply switch your behaviour with an effort of the will. We often see behaviour modification, when someone pretends to behave a certain way. But Id say that its not just the action or behaviour that needs to be controlled its also the beliefs, desires, motives, attitudes, patterns of thinking and everything else that drives that action or behaviour pattern.
I find that when it comes to terms such as legalism and leven of the Pharisee: churches and believers usually have their own definition of those terms. With those Id class as legalistic, often believing that term to denote very obvious, extreme legalism. I suppose believers would see me as having rather extreme views when it comes to grace.
WoF is often associated with wealth and such like. But I do believe that many on this forum are wary of this and have more pure motives. Around ten years ago, I started looking to the Bible for more spiritual, mental and emotional promises. Instead of using the Word to seek wealth, I began to look to happiness, peace, wisdom, love and power over sin. But I think I deviated a little and sought to apply this power towards material things and achievement. I like the idea of using faith for taking authority over the flesh. I believe that the Word promises power over the flesh and bad habits. This is so much more refreshing and empowering than the out-dated, legalistic approach of preaching rules based on scripture with the threat of punishment. For me, one of the greatest texts in scripture is that of 2 Peter 1:2-4. We should be looking to scripture for power over sin - Christ's effort, not our own effort.
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Life is not as simple as giving people a moral code to follow. I find that much of what we do, if not all of what we do, is driven by the subconscious mind; we are compelled to behave according to our natural instincts. Therefore, it can be very difficult, if not impossible, to simply switch your behaviour with an effort of the will. We often see behaviour modification, when someone pretends to behave a certain way. But I’d say that its not just the action or behaviour that needs to be controlled – its also the beliefs, desires, motives, attitudes, patterns of thinking and everything else that drives that action or behaviour pattern.
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Our behavior is conditional upon salvation.
Why would people with wealth not have pure motives?
Does wealth corrupt or do we become corrupt due to a lack of Faith?
Romans: 14. 22. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
I do not know any core WOF teaching that tells us to seek wealth in the Word or to create wealth By a systematic method.
So rules given in scripture is Are out dated?
Rules and feelings of man becomes out of style but God's Word ,is eternal.
2 Timothy: 3. 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
When we are Christians we already have power over sin We put on the new man.
Why look for new ways to be free from sin?
Ephesians: 4. 21. If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23. And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Christ's effort was the cross,this is the only power over sin,to look or make our own effort would no longer be grace it would be works.
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Many WOF teachers have referred to the accounts of evangelist Smith Wigglesworth:
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Thinking again of Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947) and a curious internet entry entitled, "The Sad Legacy of Smith Wigglesworth".
Sad? What could be sad about a world-wide service for Jesus shining with episodes of divine healing, salvation experiences, deliverances, creative miracles and call-backs from death?
[I remember one account in the book "Smith Wigglesworth Remembered" (Harrison House Publishers) where the author W. Hacking told of his first encounter. He and friends were late for a meeting and walked in to find the message in progress. The evangelist was speaking of the Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1-9) and illustrated with both hands fingering above his head. Back-light from an upper window was giving this gesture a glorious effect. A little bottle of Smith's anointing oil was on the platform floor and in the speaker's wanderings in the heat of the message the bottle remained unharmed. The author was mesmerized by the bottle and Smith's feet. Was every movement and sentence of the speaker according to a heavenly plan?]
But I digress. The curious internet entry above told the tale of some "full-Gospel" youths with a sick friend whom they took to a crusade featuring healing. They ushered the friend to the fore-front. He received prayer. Nothing happened. They told him of progressive healings as an alternative sometimes to instant miracles.
The friend went home and believed as he had been instructed. Over the weeks he was reminded that he had to press in harder, perhaps call a fast, recite the healing verses, "only believe" etc. His encouragers began to sound like his critics.
The outcome was a disaster. The affliction remained. The youth came to doubt the faith in general and walked away from Jesus. He had tasted, but ultimately he would not enter in.
So much for imitating what we see done by others. God will have original marks on each servant. Anointings will be different. Healings are not inevitable this side of Glory. God will be no man's errand boy just because a particular Bible verse is cited.
Praise God for the wonderful fruit of Wigglesworth. Praise God that the Christian annals are full of the mercies of healing. But praise God even louder for the better outcomes of His sovereign will.
Note: Readers will reply that the WOF posture is not accountable for this man's failure. What could be wrong about holding God to the promises of His Word? His Name is above all His Word. Even Jesus acknowledged that not all suffering or sickness of the the faithful will be delivered this side of Glory (Luke 18: 7,8).
Smith
Thinking again of Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947) and a curious internet entry entitled, "The Sad Legacy of Smith Wigglesworth".
Sad? What could be sad about a world-wide service for Jesus shining with episodes of divine healing, salvation experiences, deliverances, creative miracles and call-backs from death?
[I remember one account in the book "Smith Wigglesworth Remembered" (Harrison House Publishers) where the author W. Hacking told of his first encounter. He and friends were late for a meeting and walked in to find the message in progress. The evangelist was speaking of the Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1-9) and illustrated with both hands fingering above his head. Back-light from an upper window was giving this gesture a glorious effect. A little bottle of Smith's anointing oil was on the platform floor and in the speaker's wanderings in the heat of the message the bottle remained unharmed. The author was mesmerized by the bottle and Smith's feet. Was every movement and sentence of the speaker according to a heavenly plan?]
But I digress. The curious internet entry above told the tale of some "full-Gospel" youths with a sick friend whom they took to a crusade featuring healing. They ushered the friend to the fore-front. He received prayer. Nothing happened. They told him of progressive healings as an alternative sometimes to instant miracles.
The friend went home and believed as he had been instructed. Over the weeks he was reminded that he had to press in harder, perhaps call a fast, recite the healing verses, "only believe" etc. His encouragers began to sound like his critics.
The outcome was a disaster. The affliction remained. The youth came to doubt the faith in general and walked away from Jesus. He had tasted, but ultimately he would not enter in.
So much for imitating what we see done by others. God will have original marks on each servant. Anointings will be different. Healings are not inevitable this side of Glory. God will be no man's errand boy just because a particular Bible verse is cited.
Praise God for the wonderful fruit of Wigglesworth. Praise God that the Christian annals are full of the mercies of healing. But praise God even louder for the better outcomes of His sovereign will.
Note: Readers will reply that the WOF posture is not accountable for this man's failure. What could be wrong about holding God to the promises of His Word? His Name is above all His Word. Even Jesus acknowledged that not all suffering or sickness of the the faithful will be delivered this side of Glory (Luke 18: 7,8).
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