Do men have the gift of healing today? The question is not focused on whether or not God can or does physically heal but are there people who have the ability (Gift) to bring about a physical healing?
Please, do not confuse the question with God healing! I will give all of you my personal opinion based on Bible Scripture and ask you to THINK before posting. I know some of you will say.....MY dad was healed by Benny Hinn or My mother was Healed by Richard Roberts or I have seen God heal.
Did you???? Or did you witness GOD working because of the prayers that were submitted to Him???
Some of you if not most do not remember the time before we had TV's in our homes. We had radios and the next door neighbors.
Then low and behold, During the golden era of televangelism, faith healers abounded. The 1st one I remember was Oral Roberts. I can remember my grandfather putting his hands on the old black and white TV and asking Mr. Roberts to heal him. He never did by the way.
He/They put on elaborate shows of placing their hands on the sick and crippled, rebuking the illness in the name of the Lord, and supposedly healing individuals of their illnesses. Whether it was the televised revivals or the massive crowds lined up for miracle crusades, these events promoted the idea that certain preachers had the gift to heal. And sadly, many faith healers exploited sick people to gain donations to their ministries and increase their own bank accounts. They were swindlers disguised as messengers of good news and wholeness.
We do not see as much now as we did, however the question still lingers – are there Christians who have received the spiritual gift to heal others?
What about missionaries and believers around the world who have seen miraculous acts of healing? Are these events genuine, or are they fabricated by more swindling preachers?
Now, before you post your thoughts, remember that Jesus healed the sick! However, HE WAS GOD!
Luke 7:22.......
"And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them."
Now also recall that that same God in the flesh, the Lord Jesus gave the sign gifts to His 12 Apostles and they could and did heal the sick, and raise the dead.
Please find and read Acts 9:8-19----Acts 3:7-----and Acts 9:36-41.
It is my understand that Although God does still heal today, I personally believe His healing through the gift of healing belonged primarily to the apostles of the first-century church to affirm that their message was from God as seen in the Scriptures posted for you to consider.
God still performs miracles. God still heals people. There is nothing preventing God from healing one person through the ministry of another person.
But there is NOTHING in the Scriptures which tell us that God must perform as He is directed or asked to do by a faith healers demand!
However, the miraculous gift of healing, as a spiritual gift, does not seem to be functioning today. God can certainly intervene in whatever manner He sees fit, whether in “normal” fashion or through a miracle. THINK! YOUR salvation itself is a miracle.
YOU and Me are destined for hell. We are sinners and only the grace of God saves us from the fires of Hell. We were dead in sin, but God entered our lives and made us new creatures. That is the greatest healing of all.
Please, do not confuse the question with God healing! I will give all of you my personal opinion based on Bible Scripture and ask you to THINK before posting. I know some of you will say.....MY dad was healed by Benny Hinn or My mother was Healed by Richard Roberts or I have seen God heal.
Did you???? Or did you witness GOD working because of the prayers that were submitted to Him???
Some of you if not most do not remember the time before we had TV's in our homes. We had radios and the next door neighbors.
Then low and behold, During the golden era of televangelism, faith healers abounded. The 1st one I remember was Oral Roberts. I can remember my grandfather putting his hands on the old black and white TV and asking Mr. Roberts to heal him. He never did by the way.
He/They put on elaborate shows of placing their hands on the sick and crippled, rebuking the illness in the name of the Lord, and supposedly healing individuals of their illnesses. Whether it was the televised revivals or the massive crowds lined up for miracle crusades, these events promoted the idea that certain preachers had the gift to heal. And sadly, many faith healers exploited sick people to gain donations to their ministries and increase their own bank accounts. They were swindlers disguised as messengers of good news and wholeness.
We do not see as much now as we did, however the question still lingers – are there Christians who have received the spiritual gift to heal others?
What about missionaries and believers around the world who have seen miraculous acts of healing? Are these events genuine, or are they fabricated by more swindling preachers?
Now, before you post your thoughts, remember that Jesus healed the sick! However, HE WAS GOD!
Luke 7:22.......
"And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them."
Now also recall that that same God in the flesh, the Lord Jesus gave the sign gifts to His 12 Apostles and they could and did heal the sick, and raise the dead.
Please find and read Acts 9:8-19----Acts 3:7-----and Acts 9:36-41.
It is my understand that Although God does still heal today, I personally believe His healing through the gift of healing belonged primarily to the apostles of the first-century church to affirm that their message was from God as seen in the Scriptures posted for you to consider.
God still performs miracles. God still heals people. There is nothing preventing God from healing one person through the ministry of another person.
But there is NOTHING in the Scriptures which tell us that God must perform as He is directed or asked to do by a faith healers demand!
However, the miraculous gift of healing, as a spiritual gift, does not seem to be functioning today. God can certainly intervene in whatever manner He sees fit, whether in “normal” fashion or through a miracle. THINK! YOUR salvation itself is a miracle.
YOU and Me are destined for hell. We are sinners and only the grace of God saves us from the fires of Hell. We were dead in sin, but God entered our lives and made us new creatures. That is the greatest healing of all.
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