One of the things I’ve seen repeatedly in other believers is that they wait until a major crisis occurs before going to God’s Word and claiming His promises to deal with it. In other words, when they or their loved ones get seriously ill or the husband or wife in a two-income family suddenly lose one or both… Read More »
Many are the times when I’ve heard objections raised against the doctrine of divine healing that go something along the lines of the following: Brother/Sister So-and-so believed God for healing and it didn’t work. He/she stayed sick for months/died/whatever. -OR- My aunt got prayed for by (famous healing evangelist’s name here) and she still died of cancer. Many… Read More »
Introduction Over the last 39 years I’ve been a believer, one of the topics that I’ve received an abundance of teaching on is divine healing. I’ve even taught on the subject myself occasionally, though not in the depth I’m about to undertake. So why am I approaching this topic at this particular time? Well, to be honest I’ve… Read More »
Over the last 9 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, inflicting sickness and disease on them, and causing disasters. I hope to make this the final post in this series and to move on to other topics as the Lord leads. In this article, I want to address the issue of… Read More »
The last 8 posts (sheesh I can be long-winded!) 🙂 I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, causing them disasters, and the like. We’ve covered the related issues of covenants, the sovereignty of God, the authority of believers, the promises of God in His Word, the role of Satan, and Jesus being “God-in-sandals,”… Read More »
Over the last 7 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing Christ-followers, inflicting them with diseases, stealing their jobs or homes, etc., etc. In these we’ve covered several aspects of this issue, such as our covenant with God, the believer’s authority on this earth, the promises of God, and the role of Satan… Read More »
