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In the wake of the new hit movie Miracles From Heaven, based upon a true story, Bob discusses some Biblical accounts of miraculous healing. He also challenges certain types of faith healing ministries which make promises that are not really found in the Bible.
Questions answered:
-Who can heal? Elders? Those called to faith healing ministries?
-To what degree is the faith of a recipient important?
-To what degree is the faith of the minister/faith healer important?
-Do people get sick because of sins?
-Does the Bible guarantee that God will always heal?
Other Topics:
-Why do Christians spend so much time talking about the resurrection and the after life?
-Bob points out how Christianity is responsible for most of the major human rights advances in the past two-thousand years.
Satirical Sketch: Healed By Faith (even when you didn’t know you were sick)
Point of Interest: The picture used with this week’s radio post is an original piece of art created for the first production of Bob Siegel’s drama, The Dust of Eden.
A NOTE FROM BOB SIEGEL: We ran out of time and I was unable to add a very important point about what I referred to as “the proper usage of a healing gift.” When you are done listening to the program, please read the text below taken from my article A Biblical Case For Authentic Healing. You can also hear a continuation of this topic during part of the following week’s program that broadcast on 4-3-15.
The will of God.
Abraham’s faith was based on a reaction to what God had told him. His wife was beyond the age of bearing children and God spoke to Abraham to tell him that she would bear a son despite her many years (Gen 18). Abraham did believe God with great faith. However, (and this is very important) it was God’s idea not Abraham’s. Abraham did not merely “name it and claim it.” Certainly he may have asked God for a son at various times in his life and I would be surprised if he hadn’t but that is not the same as saying to himself one day, “Hmm…Even though Sarah is unable to have a son, I think I’ll just claim a son any way and have faith to trust that God will do as my faith commands.”
And so it is with modern healing. If God speaks to the person who is sick or perhaps speaks to the one called into a healing ministry and ACTUALLY TELLS THEM that He means to heal, then of course God wants us to believe Him and put our faith in his promise. But we do not claim promises God never actually gave.
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