impossible demons are not in a believer. thats an oxymoronThat was a demonic attack, a messenger of Satan. Nowhere does it say Paul didn't get healed. It's a lesson in how that healing took place, through deliverance from demons.
2Cor12v7..........Therefore, that I should not become conceited, a thorn in my flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me, so that I should not become conceited.
Paul was a theological scholar, and the above is obviously a reference to the OT.-
Numbers33v55“ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your flesh. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. 56And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ”
As can be seen, it was the responsibility of the Israelites to clear their new home of the enemy, and not to whine at God to do it for them. If they didn't get off their butts and fight, God just left them under the thumb of their enemies.
Likewise Christians today when it comes to demonic attacks.
Back to Paul's problems.
8Three times I begged the Lord for this, that it might depart from me. 9And He said to me, “My grace suffices you, for the power is perfected in weakness.”
This is entirely consistent with the OT and it took Paul three failed attempts to persuade God before he realised it.
The grace of God simply refers to the almighty spiritual power we have as sons of the king of kings. It has nothing to do with our personal prowess or training. Even a child can do it, as young David showed with Goliath, and as I have seen when small children cast demons out of people.
Therefore will I boast rather most gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, and difficulties for Christ; for when I might be weak, then I am strong.
And it's the same today, as I have found in over 40 years of casting demons out of Christians.
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