Does Jesus still heal today?

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You said God abandon you. The Bible says: ""Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews13:5)

It does, yes. And yet I feel dead inside. :(

I should add that I suffered abuse as a child. I was full of love and trust and hope, and it was used to hurt me.
 
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Serious question, taking into account everything from a cavity to MS to Alzheimer's to mental illness -- does God heal? Should we even pray for healing or should we only be praying for the strength to endure?

Also, should Christians expect easier lives? Happier lives? Lives that are more blessed? (Or is this the sinful prosperity gospel, which leads me back to my questions above.)

Thanks in advance for your response.

Yes the Lord still has power to heal and does. People are usually afraid of their faith failing if they dont receive the answer they seek and thus are unwilling to ask.

Many people I know have been healed of various issues, from depression to pain, even a couple miracles.
 
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King David Exclaimed, Crying Out Loud (or silently in prayer?) WHY do the ungodly (wicked) PROSPER ? WHile I (a man after God's Own Heart) am in hiding , on the run for my life, with thieves hiding in the woods and caves .....


"THANK GOD God held my tongue (from speaking to others about this) .... God SHOWED ME THEIR END (destruction), and so I was quiet..... "

There seeming and real PROSPERITY was a sign of their coming destruction as stated by God to King David.
King David may have needed to hide after his raiding and killing Philistines.

Jesus testified those who live by the sword will die by the sword. Jesus also testified the meek will inherit the land. Who is meek, but one gentle as a dove.

If a man went to prostitutes, became drunk with alcohol, smoked cigarettes, smashed cars, used drugs and gambled away money, he might be poor. Any worse he might die young. His poverty is not a sign of righteousness.

Benjamin Franklin testified a man who has no inheritance might increase his wealth by diligence and austerity (Way to Wealth).
 
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John was expressing a hope that his friends would be blessed spiritually just as they were being blessed materially - it is not a text which teaches that Christians are promised easy lives.

We have promises that many do not act on. Mark 16:16-18

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

The reason why some to not act on promises is because of unbelief, but as your soul prospers and grows in faith, it is amazing.
 
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We have promises that many do not act on. Mark 16:16-18

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

The reason why some to not act on promises is because of unbelief, but as your soul prospers and grows in faith, it is amazing.

Thanks for sharing.
 
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I read a book about a Penn State student who broke two vertebrae and injured his spinal cord in his neck during a football game. He was quadriplegic and put on a ventilator, but eventually made a full recovery - despite his MRI not looking like he would ever walk again. The title is Miracles Happen.
 
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I read a book about a Penn State student who broke two vertebrae and injured his spinal cord in his neck during a football game. He was quadriplegic and put on a ventilator, but eventually made a full recovery - despite his MRI not looking like he would ever walk again. The title is Miracles Happen.

Thank you for sharing this book.
 
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Serious question, taking into account everything from a cavity to MS to Alzheimer's to mental illness -- does God heal? Should we even pray for healing or should we only be praying for the strength to endure?

Also, should Christians expect easier lives? Happier lives? Lives that are more blessed? (Or is this the sinful prosperity gospel, which leads me back to my questions above.)

Thanks in advance for your response.
To the first question, Christ has promised a perfect resurrection in a glorified body free of sickness and death and sin, so in that sense yes, there is guaranteed healing.
As for healing this flesh? His will, not ours determines that. You can ask, you can pray, but his plan supersedes our desires, even for health. Even the faithful will have their health fail and they will physically die someday. 2 Corinthians 4 is such an excellent chapter on both questions really.
It also addresses the 2nd question, no, do not expect an easier life! Expect hardship, persecution, affliction, tribulation!
Again 2 Corinthians, this time 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me."
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong
 
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I should add that I suffered abuse as a child.
The Grace of God is greater than whatever we have to overcome. In everything we are to give thanks because God is able to work all things for our advantage. He wants to rescue, save, heal and deliver us. The devil and his angels are outnumbered two to one. One third follow Lucifer in his rebellion and 2/3 stayed with God. We can put everything under the Blood. There is power in the Blood, wonder working Power.
 
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We have promises that many do not act on. Mark 16:16-18

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

The reason why some to not act on promises is because of unbelief, but as your soul prospers and grows in faith, it is amazing.

That may be so. It doesn't change the fact that 3 John 1:2 is a greeting and a hope that the recipient of the letter will be spiritually and physically healthy - rather than a promise from God that he will always heal.
It has too often been used by the WOF crowd as a proof text.
 
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That may be so. It doesn't change the fact that 3 John 1:2 is a greeting and a hope that the recipient of the letter will be spiritually and physically healthy - rather than a promise from God that he will always heal.
It has too often been used by the WOF crowd as a proof text.

You can believe, or not believe. The choice is yours. Personally, I wait until a scripture becomes a rhema. But it is good to memorize these promise texts.
 
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You can believe, or not believe. The choice is yours. Personally, I wait until a scripture becomes a rhema. But it is good to memorize these promise texts.

Taking Scripture out of context and building a doctrine on proof text is not good practice, but that's up to you.

I believe God heals, but not because of that verse, which does not say so.
 
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Taking Scripture out of context and building a doctrine on proof text is not good practice, but that's up to you.

I believe God heals, but not because of that verse, which does not say so.

I believe in healing, many don't. Why? It is the difference between belief and unbelief. But as I said, I don't just stand on the logos as WOF, I stand on when the logos becomes rhema.
 
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Taking Scripture out of context and building a doctrine on proof text is not good practice, but that's up to you.

I believe God heals, but not because of that verse, which does not say so.

That's only one of many, and the key to it is soul prospering - going from unbelief to belief. The main one is Mark 16:16-18 which you hardly acknowledged.
 
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Serious question, taking into account everything from a cavity to MS to Alzheimer's to mental illness -- does God heal? Should we even pray for healing or should we only be praying for the strength to endure?

Also, should Christians expect easier lives? Happier lives? Lives that are more blessed? (Or is this the sinful prosperity gospel, which leads me back to my questions above.)

Thanks in advance for your response.
Sickness in the Epistles. God was withdrawing the Apostle's signs and wonders gifts by this time. But the prayer of faith still heals IF God provides the faith. If he doesn't provide faith in the matter, it's not his will.

“Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.” (2 Timothy 4:20) (KJV 1900)

“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.” (1 Timothy 5:23) (KJV 1900)

“Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.” (Galatians 4:12–15) (KJV 1900)

(alternate translation of the above passage) “you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a physical illness. You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.” (Galatians 4:13–14)(HCSB)

“What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.” (Galatians 4:15)(HCSB)

“For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.” (Philippians 2:26–27) (KJV 1900)

Paul left Trophimus in Miletus when he was sick (II Tim 4:20), and Epaphroditus was sick to the point of death (Phil 2:27). Timothy was encouraged to use wine for his stomach ailments (1 Tim 5:23). God never removed Paul's thorn in the flesh (II Cor 12:1-10).
 
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I believe in healing, many don't. Why? It is the difference between belief and unbelief.

Not entirely.
Jesus did not ask all people if they had faith before he healed them. I have read of non Christians, with no faith at all, who've been healed - and lovely Christians who have not yet received the physical healing they prayed for.
If healing was earned by faith, it would be a work; something we had got for ourselves by our belief.
 
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That's only one of many, and the key to it is soul prospering

No, the key to it is understanding that it is a greeting at the beginning of a letter. "I pray that you may enjoy good health" is not at all the same as saying "God has promised that all believers will have good health, prosper and never be sick."

The main one is Mark 16:16-18 which you hardly acknowledged.

I didn't acknowledge it because I was discussing 3 John 2 with you.
If you are saying that Mark 16:16-18 is the main passage that promises prosperity, I'm afraid you are on shaky ground.
1. There are many passages where Jesus says that those who follow him with face difficulties - Mark 8:34-38, Luke 9:57-62, Matthew 24:4-14, John 15:18-20, John 16:1-4. There are also passages where Jesus says we should not desire riches or put money first, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:33, Luke 12:13-21.
2. There is a note in my Bible which says that early manuscripts do not have Mark 16:9-20. Most commentators that I looked at say that this is a comment that was later added by the early church and summed up their ministry, rather than something Jesus said.
3. Even if Jesus DID say it, it is addressed to the 11 disciples; signs that would follow them to confirm their preaching and show that the Gospel was true.
4. It is not a promise from God that all believers will be healed and have trouble free lives. If it was, then believers would have just that; be in great health and be materially well off, because God keeps his promises. Yet there are believers who are in financial trouble, are struggling, have depression, an illness or disability. There are Christians who have not been physically healed, yet they witness for God IN their disability and would still say they are prosperous.
 
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Not entirely.
Jesus did not ask all people if they had faith before he healed them. I have read of non Christians, with no faith at all, who've been healed - and lovely Christians who have not yet received the physical healing they prayed for.
If healing was earned by faith, it would be a work; something we had got for ourselves by our belief.

Hmmm...this is interesting. Thanks for sharing.
 
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Hmmm...this is interesting. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome.

I do believe that Jesus heals today - 10 years ago he healed me from M.E, which I'd had for 18 years. It's natural when we become ill to seek God for answers, or to ask why we have a particular illness/are going through a bad time.
What I dislike, though, is when other Christians sometimes make it all about the sufferer - "you don't have enough faith/haven't prayed hard enough/haven't confessed past sins/don't believe these verses which say that healing is for every Christian." That is almost like spiritual abuse, imo; it is not true and only makes the sufferer feel guilty.
 
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