Many debate as to whether God desires to heal.
Here's one thing that needs to be considered and I think it answers various questions.
In Luke 13:14 we read,
Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
Many have suggested the only reason Jesus healed was to prove his deity. I wouldn't deny there isn't an aspect of that which isn't true BUT it lets go of the real core reason why Jesus healed. What really is the nature of healing or of staying sick?
Many say Jesus doesn't heal today. That's equivalent to saying we're living in a Sabbath age. The Pharisees said it was wrong for healing to take place on the Sabbath. God doesn't heal on the Sabbath or in this present time. But if God is not permitted to do so because men say so then why is it that they have a right to do so? Jesus wants people to KNOW what is the nature of HEALING. What is healing? It's MERCY! The religious leaders in Christ day didn't get this. They thought healing was fine but really not a big deal and should never go against their religious traditions....NO HEALING on the day or AGE where God isn't supposed to heal! You can see what Jesus called them above for thinking this way. What did he call them? Hypocrites.
He said look if your ox or donkey needs water DON'T YOU provide water for it? Well we see here that the Lord puts healing down as important as giving someone water. Is God not willing to give people water today and let them die of thirst? So really he's saying....HEALING... IS... MERCY! And what do we see today? Religious people are so VERY QUICK to tell someone with physical afflictions where they can get relief from their physical sufferings.
They say try this Doctor, that one or this! So they likewise like the religious leaders of old, are more than willing to provide the mercy of helping a person to become relieved from a physical affliction but NOPE sorry God won't and can't do that today! So what is that really? Isn't that really claiming that MEN are more merciful than God himself! You go and try to help people to get well and you don't think twice about it. You do so for you know it's a good thing to do! So God isn't as good as us?
In this time of covid I fear religious people will have to be accountable for what they didn't tell the people of this generation....that the Lord wants, longs and is more than eager to bring healing today. People either say that Jesus, God cannot bring healing in this sabbath type of age today even though their mercy would allow them to do so or they say if it's the will of God they'll be healed although they'll go right away to a doctor to get his mercy. They KNOW what they need. Mercy. In their way of thinking the Great Physician God might not do it. The human doctor not God, always has the mercy willing to help. Does this seem right?
Thoughts? Opinions?
Here's one thing that needs to be considered and I think it answers various questions.
In Luke 13:14 we read,
Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
Many have suggested the only reason Jesus healed was to prove his deity. I wouldn't deny there isn't an aspect of that which isn't true BUT it lets go of the real core reason why Jesus healed. What really is the nature of healing or of staying sick?
Many say Jesus doesn't heal today. That's equivalent to saying we're living in a Sabbath age. The Pharisees said it was wrong for healing to take place on the Sabbath. God doesn't heal on the Sabbath or in this present time. But if God is not permitted to do so because men say so then why is it that they have a right to do so? Jesus wants people to KNOW what is the nature of HEALING. What is healing? It's MERCY! The religious leaders in Christ day didn't get this. They thought healing was fine but really not a big deal and should never go against their religious traditions....NO HEALING on the day or AGE where God isn't supposed to heal! You can see what Jesus called them above for thinking this way. What did he call them? Hypocrites.
He said look if your ox or donkey needs water DON'T YOU provide water for it? Well we see here that the Lord puts healing down as important as giving someone water. Is God not willing to give people water today and let them die of thirst? So really he's saying....HEALING... IS... MERCY! And what do we see today? Religious people are so VERY QUICK to tell someone with physical afflictions where they can get relief from their physical sufferings.
They say try this Doctor, that one or this! So they likewise like the religious leaders of old, are more than willing to provide the mercy of helping a person to become relieved from a physical affliction but NOPE sorry God won't and can't do that today! So what is that really? Isn't that really claiming that MEN are more merciful than God himself! You go and try to help people to get well and you don't think twice about it. You do so for you know it's a good thing to do! So God isn't as good as us?
In this time of covid I fear religious people will have to be accountable for what they didn't tell the people of this generation....that the Lord wants, longs and is more than eager to bring healing today. People either say that Jesus, God cannot bring healing in this sabbath type of age today even though their mercy would allow them to do so or they say if it's the will of God they'll be healed although they'll go right away to a doctor to get his mercy. They KNOW what they need. Mercy. In their way of thinking the Great Physician God might not do it. The human doctor not God, always has the mercy willing to help. Does this seem right?
Thoughts? Opinions?