Cool story bro.
Shame God couldn't be bothered when a dear friend of mine died recently from a brain tumour. A wonderful, loving woman who was greatly involved with her local church. Out of the blue was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour six months ago and died a couple of weeks ago.
Stories of apparent faith healings actually push me away from the idea of a personal, all loving, all powerful God. As far I can I see the healings are done completely in a completely random and arbitrary manner which is, frankly, unacceptable.
To tell you the truth, I am not a fan of the "faith healing" deal. There is too much hype, show, song and dance and drama. I think this gives the whole gift a bad name.
When Jesus healed, and He was God, it was a simple event, the transformation was the witness to Jesus' abilities and evidence as to the truth of His message.
My wife and I went to see the faith healer that healed our friend. I am not sick, I have nothing to take to this person for healing from. People there were fainting and being caught. I have no idea what this portion of the show is.
So, having said that, I think you will understand that I believe that God heals through other people. I believe that it better be extremely clear who the thanks and worship should be given to and it's not the healer. I don't like the abundance of wealth that these people acquire. It is a distraction to the One who should be given the glory.
As far as who gets healed and who doesn't. Who has control of that? Who says that you won't die tomorrow or that you won't live till your late 90's. Everyone has one life to live and so many days are allotted. We don't know when our time is going to run out. It is expected of us to live each day for God and as God would have us to. Love our neighbor as ourselves and be kind.
Tell me, if your friend was healed and the tumor disappeared, would you, then, believe? Maybe God knew that healing this dear women would not change the hearts of anyone. Maybe she had finished her work, touched the people she was to touch and may still having an affect on even after she has passed.
In the story of Lazarus, the beggar and the rich man, where both died and the rich man was in hell. The rich man wanted Lazarus resurrected and sent back to tell the rich man's family about the truth of what is in store for them after death. However, the answer to his request was that his family has Moses and the prophets to believe and if they won't believe them, they won't believe a man who comes back from the grave.
I have told the true story of my friend being healed, on the spot, from a sure early death. I have been ridiculed, called a liar, told "cool story bro", and generally my story is dismissed as an exaggeration and false. I am not a fan of faith healing agenda but I know for sure that God still heals through gifted people. I don't believe that if someone close to you was healed that you would make the connection of God in the equation, I really don't.
Others here dismiss the effect of magnets. Write it off as a placebo, hyperbole, snake oil and a way to separate a fool and his money. All this, dispite the fact that, others, besides myself, have given reasons as to why we believe they work. One poster even hinted that migraines or their causes are psychosomatic...... really?
How arrogant and pompous to tell migraine sufferers that they probably create this hell of an affliction on their own accord.
The understanding of the truth of God is behind a locked door. If you have the faith to believe that it will open for you when you turn the knob, it will. Then and only then will you be able to see the real truth and have real understanding.
If you slough it off and say "there is no evidence to say why the door opens for some and not others" then you are doomed to face a locked door.
Nobody in a lab coat, holding a beaker and a graduated cylinder is ever going to prove that God exists. They also cannot prove that He doesn't.......You won't find salvation in a petri dish. You will only find it by believing before you have the evidence.
... Just kidding!
