Friday, June 24, 2022

Feed on the Word by R.A. Torrey

 

“….if we will feed upon the Word of God daily and trust in God, we can resist the Devil at every point. Though the devil is cunning and strong, God is stronger, and God imparts His strength to us through His written Word.” 
Torrey, R. A.  The Answer (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 1999), p. 141

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Friday, June 17, 2022

Are You Willing to Be Healed?

 

Are You Willing to Be Healed?
 
By Troy J. Edwards
 
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? (John 5:5-6)
 
When it comes to supernatural healing of bodily ailments, one of the main points of contention among believers is God’s will. The following is a summary of the debate:

  • It is never God’s will to heal in this dispensation.
  • It is God’s will to heal some but not all.
  • It is always God’s will to heal.

Those who are familiar with our ministry know that I support the third viewpoint, and I have ample teaching in the form of books and videos to support my position. Jesus confirmed it. In my opinion, Jesus answered the question once and for all in His interaction with a leper:
 
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. (Mark 1:40-41)
 
Jesus was the “will of God” in action (John 5:19; 8:38; 14:7-11; Acts 10:38). He said, “…. I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me” (John 5:30b). The life, words, and actions of Jesus sufficiently demonstrate that it is God’s will to heal today and it is His will to heal all (Matt. 4:24; 8:16; 12:15; Acts 10:34, 35, 38).
 
The true question to be asked is not about God’s willingness, but about our own willingness. It’s no longer a question of whether or not it’s God’s will for you to be healed: instead, God wants to know if it’s your will to be healed. We can see how Jesus had to incorporate this man's will in the process in John 5:5-6.
 
Regardless of what God was willing to do, the man had to accept it. God is willing to accomplish a lot of things, but He will not do them against our will. Jesus clarifies once more:
 
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matt. 23:37)
 
Jesus offered to safeguard Jerusalem from the threats they were facing, but they turned Him down. God may want to intervene in our lives, but He will not kick down our closed doors or try to force His will through clinched teeth (Rev. 3:20; Psalm 81:10-16). As a result, the issue with divine healing is not one of God’s will; rather, it is one of ours.
 
God will not intervene if we want to hold on to concepts about miracles vanishing or Calvinistically influenced ideas about God’s sovereignty in which God is believed to play favorites (and save your breath with the standard assertion that “he just doesn't understand Calvinism”). He respects our right to make our own decisions far too much to do so (Deut. 30:15, 19; Isa. 1:18-20). As a result, the first step in receiving healing is to comprehend both God's willingness to heal and your willingness to be healed.

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Monday, June 6, 2022

Seeing Christ is Seeing what God is Like

 


"To know God is to understand his character, and to know Christ is to understand his character. If then to know Christ is to know God, the character of Christ must be the character of God."
C. Otway, M. M. The Word of God Weighed against the Commandments of Men, in Six Controversial Letters (Dublin: William Curry, 1825), p. 130

If Jesus never afflicted people with sickness, poverty and other painful things, then neither would the Father. To See Jesus is to see exactly what God is like (John 14:7-9; 2 Cor. 4:4).

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