Faith healing today?

[TonyChanYT]

John 6:

2 A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick.

I.e., Jesus healed the sick to prove that he was sent by God.

Similarly for the disciples, Matthew 10:

1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

And for Paul, Acts 19:

12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

All of the above healings show that they were sent by God. Miracles are usually signs to demonstrate something. In this case, they showed that Paul was an apostle.

Later, however, Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 5:

23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

Paul didn't send Timothy his handkerchief to heal him. The healing miracles/signs were no longer associated with him.

Wiki:

Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice.[1] Believers assert that the healing of disease and disability can be brought about by religious faith through prayer or other rituals that, according to adherents, can stimulate a divine presence and power. Religious belief in divine intervention does not depend on empirical evidence of an evidence-based outcome achieved via faith healing.[2] Virtually all scientists and philosophers dismiss faith healing as pseudoscience.

Today, I believe that God still heals supernaturally by faith at times but other times, he uses doctors. When God heals miraculously, he is proving a point. It is a sign, Mark 16:

17 these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

 

[hawkman]

Later, however, Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 5:

23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

Paul didn't send Timothy his handkerchief to heal him. The healing miracles/signs were no longer associated with him.

There is so much we don't know . What if God told Paul this is the remedy that Timothy needed ? To say as you did that healing miracles/signs were no longer associated with Paul is a bit much . Do you have proof ? We don't need another thread to talk about this either .

 

[TonyChanYT]

23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

There is so much we don't know . What if God told Paul this is the remedy that Timothy needed ? To say as you did that healing miracles/signs were no longer associated with Paul is a bit much . Do you have proof ? We don't need another thread to talk about this either .

Sorry, I don't have any proof. Assume everything that I write in CF.net is just my opinion.

 

[hawkman]

Sorry, I don't have any proof. Assume everything that I write in CF.net is just my opinion.

You need to put the acronym IMO for In My Honest Opinion after posts where it is you opinion or you will get called out on what you are saying .
Can you do this please to help us understand where the truth ends and your opinion begins .

 

[Hopeful 2]

You need to put the acronym IMO for In My Honest Opinion after posts where it is you opinion or you will get called out on what you are saying .
Can you do this please to help us understand where the truth ends and your opinion begins .

I think we all need to do that. LOL

 

[TonyChanYT]

You need to put the acronym IMO for In My Honest Opinion after posts where it is you opinion or you will get called out on what you are saying .
Can you do this please to help us understand where the truth ends and your opinion begins .

Just assume that every letter that I type is my opinion unless I preface it with "Thus saith the Lord". I am sincere about this. I am not a prophet nor am I the son of a prophet. Who am I to declare that what I have written is the truth?

See Subjective (Bayesian) Probability

 

[hawkman]

Just assume that every letter that I typed is my opinion.

Just the parts of the post that are in your own opinion is needed to be labeled IMO .

Opinions we have plenty of , why not just share the truth that you know and cherish .

 

[for_his_glory]

Sorry, I don't have any proof. Assume everything that I write in CF.net is just my opinion.

Noting wrong with opinions, but one can not teach truth on opinions and scripture must be quoted for support so they can be discussed. Let's look at what Jesus spoke to the Disciples that even we today being Disciples of Christ are also given this commission as it was never the Disciples doing anything on their own, but that of the indwelling Holy Spirit working through them/we to cast out devils, speak in tongues, lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. It's like say that Spiritual gifts are no longer given today by the Holy Spirit, 1Corinthians 12.

Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

 

[hawkman]

Just assume that every letter that I type is my opinion unless I preface it with "Thus saith the Lord". I am sincere about this. I am not a prophet nor am I the son of a prophet. Who am I to declare that what I have written is the truth?

Don't you see we have a Guide ?

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.