is it really `random`?
Psalm 103:1-5
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits --
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
All my sins, All my diseases.... By his stripes we ARE healed.
More thoughts about the 'finished' work of the cross of Jesus Christ in regard to healing; the link between grace for salvation, grace for redemption, and grace for healing. It is all one 'work'. It is all a finished 'work'. It is all a 'work' received by faith through revelation. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
We find it hard to pray with faith, when it seems to be that miraculous healings are so random, sometimes God heals, and sometimes he doesn't. But, I am beginning to believe that healing is not the only thing that can seem random. We preach salvation with absolute certainty. If we accept Jesus Christ as saviour, we are saved! Yet, we can preach to hundreds of people, hundreds of times, and still there will be some that will not be saved. Does this imply that, for that individual, God's will was not to save? Or does it imply that salvation is a gift, received by faith as a result of revelation? Is God's will to save in question? Is the gift of salvation 'random'? Or is our understanding of salvation the issue, the block?
The same questions can be asked of redemption. It is God's desire for us to be holy, as he is holy, to be free from sin, to be free of our addictions, our self-destructive patterns. It is God`s desire for us to live an abundant life! We preach this without question. We preach that the exchanged life, His righteous life, for my unrighteous life, life by the Spirit instead of life by the flesh is the source of this redemption. We preach that it is a finished work. Christ IN us! The hope of glory! We preach this to hundreds of people hundreds of times, and yet, there are still some who are desperately mired in sin. Does this imply that, for that individual, God's will is that he not have victory? Is God's will that he be redeemed in question? Is redemption, righteousness, holiness 'random'? Or are there truths that need to be applied, minds that need to be renewed, gifts that need to be received by faith as a result of revelation?
I'd like to continue the thought, saying that we preach healing with absolutely certainty, but sadly, we do not... The WORD teaches it with certainty, but there are precious few who preach this WORD with certainty. Even IF we preached the WORD with certainty, we could preach to hundreds of people, hundreds of times and still there will be some that are not healed. Does this imply..... you get the point....
Eph. 1:17-19
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the HOPE to which he has called you, the RICHES of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE."
We desperately need a revelation of Christ the Healer! Our society needs to know Christ our Saviour, Christ our Redeemer, AND Christ our Healer! Please God, reveal yourself to us... Please God, open our eyes to the truth.... Please God give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation...
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits --
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
All my sins, All my diseases.... By his stripes we ARE healed.
More thoughts about the 'finished' work of the cross of Jesus Christ in regard to healing; the link between grace for salvation, grace for redemption, and grace for healing. It is all one 'work'. It is all a finished 'work'. It is all a 'work' received by faith through revelation. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
We find it hard to pray with faith, when it seems to be that miraculous healings are so random, sometimes God heals, and sometimes he doesn't. But, I am beginning to believe that healing is not the only thing that can seem random. We preach salvation with absolute certainty. If we accept Jesus Christ as saviour, we are saved! Yet, we can preach to hundreds of people, hundreds of times, and still there will be some that will not be saved. Does this imply that, for that individual, God's will was not to save? Or does it imply that salvation is a gift, received by faith as a result of revelation? Is God's will to save in question? Is the gift of salvation 'random'? Or is our understanding of salvation the issue, the block?
The same questions can be asked of redemption. It is God's desire for us to be holy, as he is holy, to be free from sin, to be free of our addictions, our self-destructive patterns. It is God`s desire for us to live an abundant life! We preach this without question. We preach that the exchanged life, His righteous life, for my unrighteous life, life by the Spirit instead of life by the flesh is the source of this redemption. We preach that it is a finished work. Christ IN us! The hope of glory! We preach this to hundreds of people hundreds of times, and yet, there are still some who are desperately mired in sin. Does this imply that, for that individual, God's will is that he not have victory? Is God's will that he be redeemed in question? Is redemption, righteousness, holiness 'random'? Or are there truths that need to be applied, minds that need to be renewed, gifts that need to be received by faith as a result of revelation?
I'd like to continue the thought, saying that we preach healing with absolutely certainty, but sadly, we do not... The WORD teaches it with certainty, but there are precious few who preach this WORD with certainty. Even IF we preached the WORD with certainty, we could preach to hundreds of people, hundreds of times and still there will be some that are not healed. Does this imply..... you get the point....
Eph. 1:17-19
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the HOPE to which he has called you, the RICHES of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE."
We desperately need a revelation of Christ the Healer! Our society needs to know Christ our Saviour, Christ our Redeemer, AND Christ our Healer! Please God, reveal yourself to us... Please God, open our eyes to the truth.... Please God give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation...
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