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This is true. But the question is what should you believe, that is, hold as true, until that happens, even until the end. The point I have been trying to make is that we are to believe that Jesus has already taken all of our sickness and disease, and that is what we should hold as true in our hearts, regardless of what happens.
Good point and well taken, but not practiced on the internet. Tradition is <considered> more powerful and more accepted and more promoted and more defended than God's Word is , almost everyplace on earth.
Unfortunately true, people will often promote their own experiences and traditions above that of God's Word, which explains the awful state that the Church is in.
I've read testimonies from overseas that , for instance, the believers meeting together in China feel great sorrow and grief , and pray often, for the 'church' in the usa; they see the <spiritual> poverty of it, and they themselves, with only possessing the clothes they have on, yet they have glorious fellowship with Messiah Yahshua, Jesus, and with each other, while under threats of imprisonment and death over the decades, sometimes daily, but not in fear - rather increased boldness and joy in Jesus in the midst of much persecution seldom realized or seen openly in the usa. They truthfully as one with Jesus pray for suffering to accomplish in the usa what the Creator Desires, namely the working / perfecting of the saints in truth, in true love, as written in the Bible.
I've had dreams and visions that such a time is not far away from the US. Anyone who watches the news can see it's already beginning. Jesus will purify His people before He returns, one way or the other. But if it takes trial, tribulation, and refining by fire for people to finally put aside their own self will and ambition to seek the face of the LORD, then so be it
One way the church gets purified is through persecution. Pretenders will not hang around if it means suffering rejection and abuse. We have seen this to some extent in the last decade or so, as many have left the church. I do not think we have seen anything yet. As of today, the persecution has been due to hypocrisy and failures in the church world. In the future, the rejection will be solid because of the message itself. It will be because of the Bible's stance against sexual confusion of every kind. It will be considered "hate speech." We are seeing this already. Already, we have seen the Bible removed from schools for this reason. Wait til they figure out the Bible's teaching about our being "new creations" and the unbelievers are children of the devil. Even tho these aspects are not pushed by believers, you know the opponents will stick the knife in where it hurts the most, true or not. In another way, this persecution will place believers under the microscope. If you are not living right, the world will let everyone know about it. That is another reason fair-weather believers will flee.
A scripture that doesn't seem to get a lot of attention in this regard is:
I believe today, we are in a time of faith and hope. This is the means we are to please God. Without faith, it is impossible to please Him. So, things such as sickness may be present to test that faith. We need to hold fast to the truth and confession even in the face of outward, contradictory evidence. But that test is between the individual and God. Our faith stance should be that He has healed us. At the end of the "faith chapter" in Heb 11, we see OT believers who believed even tho they never received, even to their deaths. They believed, which in their case was the only evidence of the unseen thing. Faith was the only substance of the thing they hoped for. And despite never having received in the days of their lives, they pleased God. I believe this should be our faith stance regarding healing and, in many cases, prayer. We are to believe that we have received when we pray.
Truth. Some suggest that the quote in 1 Peter 2:24 is about "spiritual healing." Yet Matthew quoted the same verses as pertaining to physical healing.
Don't forget Jesus' own words in Luke 5
Exactly, Jesus authority to forgive our sins, and ultimately His power to save our souls are evidenced by His ability to heal. Not just in His own ministry, but in the ministry of those who believe in Him.
