Miracles: Temporal and Spiritual
Based on a doctrine that is being taught: "God's will to heal". Does that mean people who are healed are more superior than those who are not healed? Does this also mean people who are wealthy are more superior than those who are living in proverty? Bible clearly teaches that God do not compare Christians that way. He looks into our hearts and see how spiritual and obedient we are. How Christians who teaches such doctrine treat and worded words to those who are not healed or wealthy?
Let me say this: God does heal but only according to His will, not ours. Those who are not healed are not at fault. Its not about lack of faith or our sins or anything like that. By saying that those who are not healed are less superior spiritually than those who are healed, is mean and un-Christlike.
The Bible contains a number of examples of Spirit-filled people who were not healed. Paul admits that "Trophimus I left sick at Miletus" (2 Tim. 4:20). Paul had to rely on God's mercy that his friend Epaphroditus' deathly illness had run its course sparing his life (Phil. 3:25-26). It appears that Paul was unable to help Epaproditus himself. Moreover, Paul was unable to heal himself. In Gal. 4:13-14, he writes "As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you. Even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself." Paul also suffered from a "thorn in the flesh" which he unsuccessfully petitioned to have the Lord remove (2 Cor. 12:7-9).
Human emotions, the ways of God and His mysterious movings of His Spirit. In view of doctrine of healing and doctrine of faith, emotions are being used to place fear on those who "appear to be lacking faith" when God sees otherwise. God does not play on my emotions to bring me to the point of spiritual decision. People are using emotions rather than spiritual to make their decisions. Bible teaches that we are to walk by faith not by sight, mood or feeling. Faith is at the foundation of all Christian living, and because faith has to do with the character of God, not our feelings about God. God accepts our faith in Him and worship in Him spiritually soundly and effectively even when our emotional mood is low, so low that we arehardly aware that we are alive emotionally at all. I get more motivated from reading the Scriptures and prayers. When I read the scriptures and pray, God is with me spiritually. Emotionally and physically, I am motivated by people around me who loves me, like my wife, my kids, my co-workers, fellow Christians and other people. The scriptures where Christ says in John 14:16 (KJV): And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. This is scary when people are relying on temporal miracles more than eternal miracles to determine who spiritual a person is.
God is control and He will heal those that is part of His will.
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