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Yaweh Rapha: Healing Promises

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Sherha

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One of the Lord's names is Jehovah-Rapha, which, is translated, "I AM the Lord thy Physician," or, "I AM the Lord that healeth thee."

"...surely He hath born our sicknesses and carried our pains." Isa 53:4.

"He...healed ALL that were sick, that, it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias (Isaiah) the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses." Mt 8:16,17.

The leper said, "If Thou Wilt, Thou canst make me whole." Jesus answered, "I WILL; be thou clean." Mt 8:2-4.

The word, "soteria," which, is the Greek word for salvation, also is defined as "deliverance, healing, health and soundness."

The Greek word, "sozo," translated, "saved," is also defined as "healed, made sound, made whole."

"...He is the Saviour of the body." Eph 5:23.

"Who forgiveth all our iniquities, who healeth ALL our diseases." Ps 103:3.

Jesus said, "Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you ask when you pray, BELIEVE that you receive them, and you will have them." Mk 11:24.

"With long life will I satisfy him." Ps 91:16.

"I have found a ransom (margin:atonement), his flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth." Job 33:24,25.

"Attend to My Words; incline ear unto My sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and HEALTH to all their flesh." Pr 4:20-22.

James 5:14 commands to "any sick" in the church, to ask for anointing and prayer, with the promise "...the Lord shall raise him up."

God does not promise, that,we will never die, but says, "I will take sickness away from the midst of thee...the number of thy days I will fulfill." Ex 23:25,26.

Ps 107:20 says, "He sendeth His Word and healeth them and delivereth them from their destructions."

"Great multitudes followed Him and He healed them ALL..." Mt 12:15,16; Lu 6:18,19.

"God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and power, who went about doing good, and healing ALL that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him." Acts 10:38.

The Lord says of fearing Him and departing from evil, "It shall be HEALTH (Hebrew-medicine) to thy navel, and marrow (Hebrew-moistening) to thy bones." Pr 3:7,8.

Isa 53:5 assures us, "By whose stripes, we are healed."

"...whatsoever ye ask the Father in My name, that, will I do, that, the Father may be glorified in the Son." John 14:13.

"Beloved, I wish above all things, that, thou mayest prosper and BE IN HEALTH, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2.

"...no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly." Ps 84:11.

"Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore, will I deliver him." Ps 91:14.

"Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the Most High and call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me." Ps 50:14,15.

Paul wrote to the Ephesians to obey the first commandment with promise, "That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." Eph 6:3.

"Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Ja 4:7.

"He was manifested to DESTROY the works of the devil." 1 John 3:8.

"And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal ALL manner of sickness and ALL manner of disease." Mt 10:1.

"And Jesus went about...healing EVERY sickness and EVERY disease among the people." Mt 9:35.

"...and as many as touched Him were made, perfectly, whole." Mt 14:36.

"And Jesus went forth and saw a great multittude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick." Mt 14:13,14.

Jesus said, that, BELIEVERS would lay their hands upon the sick and the sick would recover. Mk 16:17,18.

I, highly, recommend the book, Christ,The Healer by F.F. Bosworth.
 

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Although, I come from an extended family of six doctors and five nurses, Jesus has been my Healer for, almost, forty years. Medical science is fallible, His Word is not.

There is so much unbelief in Christians. "...he that believeth not God, hath made Him a liar..." 1 John 5:10.

I choose to believe His Word.

"For ALL the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him, Amen, unto the glory of God by us." 2 Cor 1:20.
 
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Although, I come from an extended family of six doctors and five nurses, Jesus has been my Healer for, almost, forty years. Medical science is fallible, His Word is not.

There is so much unbelief in Christians. "...he that believeth not God, hath made Him a liar..." 1 John 5:10.

I choose to believe His Word.

"For ALL the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him, Amen, unto the glory of God by us." 2 Cor 1:20.
Again, are you therefore proposing some sort of faith healing theology?
 
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Jesus said, "And these signs SHALL follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they SHALL speak with new tongues; They SHALL take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it SHALL not hurt them; they SHALL lay hands on the sick, and they SHALL recover." Mk 16:17,18.

Do you believe Jesus?

"...he that believeth not God, hath made Him a liar." 1 John 5:10.
 
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Jesus said, "And these signs SHALL follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they SHALL speak with new tongues; They SHALL take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it SHALL not hurt them; they SHALL lay hands on the sick, and they SHALL recover." Mk 16:17,18.

Do you believe Jesus?

"...he that believeth not God, hath made Him a liar." 1 John 5:10.
I'll take that as a "yes". May I also assume you assert that those of us who do not come from a faith healing bent are not true believers?
 
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Although, I come from an extended family of six doctors and five nurses, Jesus has been my Healer for, almost forty years.

The doctors in my family have been witness to some of the miraculous healings.

Medical science is fallible, His Word is not.

According to Mark 16:17,18, the Lord has used me to heal the sick, cast out demons, and in a group of three, to have raised one man from the dead.

Yes, I believe His Word.

2 Tim. 3:16 in the Greek says, "Every Scripture is God breathed..."

If you are not casting out demons, speaking in new tongues, healing the sick, it is because, you do not believe the Words of Jesus.
 
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Although, I come from an extended family of six doctors and five nurses, Jesus has been my Healer for, almost forty years.

The doctors in my family have been witness to some of the miraculous healings.

Medical science is fallible, His Word is not.

According to Mark 16:17,18, the Lord has used me to heal the sick, cast out demons, and in a group of three, to have raised one man from the dead.

Yes, I believe His Word.

2 Tim. 3:16 in the Greek says, "Every Scripture is God breathed..."

If you are not casting out demons, speaking in new tongues, healing the sick, it is because, you do not believe the Words of Jesus.
Thank-you. You have made your position abundantly clear. Are you suggesting that I am therefore not a born again disciple of Christ because I do not believe all Christians have the gifts of healing or tongues? Are you suggesting that absolutely EVERY Christian must cast out demons? Surely not!

"All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healing, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?" [1 Corinthians 12:29-30/NASB]

The obvious answer to Paul's rhetorical questions is, "NO". The context makes it clear that each Christian is uniquely and variously gifted in accordance with the Holy Spirit's wishes [1 Corinthians 12:11]. The best you could hope to argue is that every Christian should aspire to the so-called 'greater gifts' [1 Corinthians 12:31], and even this is dubious given the alternative translation, "...but you are eagerly desiring the greater gifts."

Your insistence that all Christians must manifest certain spiritual gifts is inconsistent with the broader testimony of Scripture. Like all born again Christians, I believe the Words of Jesus. However, I strongly believe the whole Bible -- all 66 books -- are equally inspired by God. I therefore build my theology on the whole counsel of God, rather than a few decontextualized passages. You would do well to carefully consider the implications of your statements.
 
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