{"id":738,"date":"2019-01-27T22:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T03:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2019-01-27T22:02:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T03:02:47","slug":"faith-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everywhere I turn I see a need for healing. Yet, when the word of God is presented, people get greatly offended, Matthew 11:6. There is<\/g> a cause and effect for just about everything, Deuteronomy 28(!). When we sin and don\u2019t repent of it, it will manifest itself physically over time, James 1:15. Hidden sin eats away at the person. For example, hatred for another, cancer, bitterness, arthritis, anxiety (lack of peace) heart disease. This is the issue, dis-ease, i.e. not at peace. We\u2019ve all been there. This is why James says to believe and confess, James 5:15-16. Believe what? All God\u2019s promises are \u201cYes\u201d and \u201cAmen\u201d (Greek and Hebrew), 2 Corinthians 1:20. Confess what? Our sins, 1 John 1:9. First, we MUST MUST MUST understand Who God is. He is love, 1 John 4:8. Evil doesn’t befall us because of Him, but because of our actions and stupidity, Deuteronomy 28. We are under His protection when we obey Him, Psalms 91. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue is the belief, not so much confession, but that\u2019s equally as\nimportant. To believe something is to have a strong conviction about the\nsubject. If I say \u201cThe sun will NOT rise tomorrow.\u201d How many would have a\nstrong conviction that my statement is true? No one. Yet, the word of God says\nsomeday it won\u2019t, Isaiah 24:19-20. We live in a fallen world and all the\ninformation we gather is based on that fact. The truth is in the word of God\nwhich says we live in the shadow of the real, Hebrews 8:4; Colossians 2:7; 1\nCorinthians 13:12. What is the real? The things not seen, the invisible, not\nthe unknown, Hebrews 11:1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to quote Pilot, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d John 18:38. Jesus and the word of God\nwith the help of the Holy Spirit, John 16:13; 1 John 2:27. This question is\nlinked to \u201cWhat is faith?\u201d Faith isn\u2019t blind, Isaiah 1:18-20. The word faith\ndoesn\u2019t show up in the Hebrew Scriptures because it means actually \u201ctrust,\u201d\nHabakkuk 2:4. In the Greek, it means to have a \u201cstrong conviction.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immovable Faith is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Faith is NOT blind <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Faith is NOT taking a leap into the unknown <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u2022 Faith has to do with the invisible not the\nunknown <\/p>\n\n\n\n

               \u25cb Faith is seeing you\npay your bills on time <\/p>\n\n\n\n

               \u25cb Faith is seeing\nyourself healthy <\/p>\n\n\n\n

               \u25cb Faith is seeing\nyourself full of energy at the end of the day <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith is a strong conviction that the things we do not see (health and\npeace) are there, we just need to take it, Matthew 11:12; Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter\n2:24. Faith is built up like anything else, Romans 10:17. If we are to be good\na mathematics, we must work out the problems. The more we do the better we get.\nTo run a marathon, we must build up our stamina, Romans 1:17. The issue with\nChristians is they want microwave Christianity. We find out we’re sick and we\nwant instant healing. If we have the faith, it\u2019ll happen, if not, we need to\nbuild up that faith. To build up our faith is by hearing the word of God,\nRomans 10:17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every coach and motivational speaker has the proper understanding \u2013 see in\nour mind\u2019s eye of being healthy. This isn\u2019t easy believism, it\u2019s changing our\nmind to execute what we believe based on the promises of God, Philippians 4:8-10.\nImaging it helps us solidify the truth, Proverbs 23:7; Genesis 6:5. While the\nworld says \u201cSeeing is believing\u201d in the scriptures is \u201cbelieving is seeing.\u201d If\nthis were not so, the placebo effect would not be real. If you believe, you can\nchange. This is based on the scriptures I\u2019ve already posted above. But it\u2019s\nalso a choice. If we cannot get over the world view, we\u2019ll never take by force\nthe spiritual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miracles are not for the perfect, but for the believing, Matthew 9:29. Hope\nis confident expectation of good. If we maintain hope of being healed, we\ncreate the capacity to see the evidence that it’s possible, Romans 5:2-5. If we\nconfidently expect to prosper, our mind will begin to work in such a way that\nwe will begin to see the evidence that it is indeed possible. But if we think\nwe’re going to fail, then we’ll see all the evidence pointing to failing. The\nevidence is there that we’re going to succeed, and the evidence is there that\nwe’re going to fail. Literally, the tongue holds life or death for the path we\nchoose, Proverbs 18:21; 1 Peter 3:10. It is just that simple. Believe the\nevidence based on the word of God and the finished work of Jesus or not. Our\nchoice is whichever evidence we recognize for the outcome we expect. It’s not\nthat the “other” evidence isn’t there. If we’re not alive to the\nevidence for sickness, then sickness withers up and dies. If we’re not alive to\ndestructive things they eventually become unrecognizable in our environment.\nIt’s not that they don’t go away if just that they’re not going to have an\neffect on us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember something else about faith. Doubt is not the absence of faith.\nDoubt is the persuasion and deep belief in the evidence that is contrary to\nfaith. Our problem isn’t we don’t have enough faith, our problem is our\nattention is on the evidence that proves it’s not going to happen. When we have\nour attention on the evidence that says “I’m never going to get out of\nthis,” that’s what doubt is. Faith is when we have our eyes on the\nevidence that says “I’m coming out of this!” This is how one becomes\nfully persuaded like Abraham, Romans 4:20-22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, faith is not blind. We need to gather evidence of things. The\ngreatest misconception is “Just take it by faith – blindly”. Isaiah\nsays “Come let us reason together” which is what God wants to do and\nwhy we have 66 books in the scriptures written by 40 penmen over thousands of\nyears. It’s to prove God’s work through His promises. When people say\n“take it by faith” they’re saying “just take it without evidence.”\nIf God says we can reason (to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct,\nbe right) about our salvation, we can reason about everything else – get the\nevidence. Faith is not blind. Faith is based on very specific evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Creation, God knew what He wanted and decided the outcome before He spoke\nanything. The process is understanding the desired outcome in your mind’s eye,\nbelieving it in your heart and then speaking it into existence. We’re made in\nGod’s image, and whatever we imagine, all things, if we believe, and ask for,\nit shall be given. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 21:22 <\/strong>
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Romans 8:31-32<\/strong>
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The choice is ours to believe or not. Period. Any ifs, thans, or buts, are\njust us not believing the plainly written word of God, Galatians 3:7; 3:26;\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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