What About Those Whom God Wanted To Heal Didn't Get Healed?

Oscarr said:

I had a thought! I get these from time to time.

I wonder what Cessationist pastors are going to answer Jesus when they stand before Him, and He presents a whole crowd of souls and told them, "These are all the people in your churches whom I wanted to heal, but you wouldn't believe in My power to heal in your day, so these ones remained sick and died before their time, and so you robbed them of their future potential for me." And then He presents another whole crowd of people who spent their lives in wheelchairs and said to these pastors, "Here are the ones who would have got out of their wheelchairs and walked if you chose to believe that I could do that in your churches, but you refused to obey My Word."

I don't know whether that will actually happen or not, because I don't have any Scripture to back it up, but it should be a scary thought for those who ignore the supernatural and the gifts of the Spirit in their churches.

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Oscarr said:

I had a thought! I get these from time to time.

I wonder what Cessationist pastors are going to answer Jesus when they stand before Him, and He presents a whole crowd of souls and told them, "These are all the people in your churches whom I wanted to heal, but you wouldn't believe in My power to heal in your day, so these ones remained sick and died before their time, and so you robbed them of their future potential for me." And then He presents another whole crowd of people who spent their lives in wheelchairs and said to these pastors, "Here are the ones who would have got out of their wheelchairs and walked if you chose to believe that I could do that in your churches, but you refused to obey My Word."

I don't know whether that will actually happen or not, because I don't have any Scripture to back it up, but it should be a scary thought for those who ignore the supernatural and the gifts of the Spirit in their churches.

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Oscarr said:

I had a thought! I get these from time to time.

I wonder what Cessationist pastors are going to answer Jesus when they stand before Him, and He presents a whole crowd of souls and told them, "These are all the people in your churches whom I wanted to heal, but you wouldn't believe in My power to heal in your day, so these ones remained sick and died before their time, and so you robbed them of their future potential for me." And then He presents another whole crowd of people who spent their lives in wheelchairs and said to these pastors, "Here are the ones who would have got out of their wheelchairs and walked if you chose to believe that I could do that in your churches, but you refused to obey My Word."

I don't know whether that will actually happen or not, because I don't have any Scripture to back it up, but it should be a scary thought for those who ignore the supernatural and the gifts of the Spirit in their churches.

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Oscarr said:

I had a thought! I get these from time to time.

I wonder what Cessationist pastors are going to answer Jesus when they stand before Him, and He presents a whole crowd of souls and told them, "These are all the people in your churches whom I wanted to heal, but you wouldn't believe in My power to heal in your day, so these ones remained sick and died before their time, and so you robbed them of their future potential for me." And then He presents another whole crowd of people who spent their lives in wheelchairs and said to these pastors, "Here are the ones who would have got out of their wheelchairs and walked if you chose to believe that I could do that in your churches, but you refused to obey My Word."

I don't know whether that will actually happen or not, because I don't have any Scripture to back it up, but it should be a scary thought for those who ignore the supernatural and the gifts of the Spirit in their churches.

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Ttalkkugjil said:

Can God's healing power be stopped by the unbelief of pastors?

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Oscarr said:

But preaching the gospel in the Spirit, is manifesting the power of God through the gifts of the Spirit, so that people can not only hear the words, but they can see that God is real and He is present. That's how Jesus and the Apostles did it, and so should we.

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Oscarr said:

I had a thought! I get these from time to time.

I wonder what Cessationist pastors are going to answer Jesus when they stand before Him, and He presents a whole crowd of souls and told them, "These are all the people in your churches whom I wanted to heal, but you wouldn't believe in My power to heal in your day, so these ones remained sick and died before their time, and so you robbed them of their future potential for me." And then He presents another whole crowd of people who spent their lives in wheelchairs and said to these pastors, "Here are the ones who would have got out of their wheelchairs and walked if you chose to believe that I could do that in your churches, but you refused to obey My Word."

I don't know whether that will actually happen or not, because I don't have any Scripture to back it up, but it should be a scary thought for those who ignore the supernatural and the gifts of the Spirit in their churches.

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Oscarr said:

I'm not sure whether it is the Cessationists who are the biggest problem connected with divine healing. At least a person in a wheelchair is not given a false hope.

No. I think it is these "superdupers" who make claims of being a guaranteed healing ministry when the Holy Spirit may not have sent them. There are "healing ministries" that claim to be exercising the gifts of healing, but the majority of sick and disabled people remain that way. When I was in a Charismatic church in Palmerston North NZ, we had all the big name guys with "healing ministry" reputations, paid their expenses to come to NZ, gave them large "love offerings", and I didn't see one person getting healed! If these big-name "superdupers" were brought out at great expense (on our church's part) to show how the healing ministry is done and to get a whole lot of folk healed, then it was money down the gurgler as far as I am concerned.

These are the ones who are more the "anti-healing" brigade, than the Cessationists who are at least honest in their views about it! Except that false teacher John MacArthur who peddles his false teaching about Charismatics being demonic.

No, when the Holy Spirit manifests His healing gifts, people get healed instantly. No doubt about it, no "receiving it by faith"; they get healed in the same way that Jesus Himself healed the sick and cleansed the lepers. It was instant and on the spot. If a person claims to be manifesting a healing gift, and people don't get healed instantly when he ministers to them, then he is a fraud, a fake and a phony!

However, any of us can lay hands in faith and obedience on a sick person and trust God that the Holy Spirit will enable recovery. We would not be making any claims of having a guaranteed healing gift by doing that. We would be just acting out our obedience to God's word to "heal the sick". But if the sick or disabled person does not show immediate healing, then we know that we acted in obedience (not claiming a gift of healing) and all we can do is to trust God for the results. Sometimes God decides to heal a person right then, or a enable slow recovery, or resolve the medical condition through medical means.

But if God decides that the person is going to be instantly healed so that everyone around will know that He is alive and the gospel is really true and will turn to Christ, then He will manifest a gift of healing through that person to enable it to happen.

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