Last night the reverend spoke on the subject of prayer. He mentioned it was ok to pray for sick. Do you know of any specific place in the bible where we are encouraged to pray for the sick and expect God to heal them in response to our prayer?
If Hezekiah had died as scheduled there would not have been a Manassa. If James was meant for us wouldn't you expect Paul to have called the elders to heal Timothy or even himself? There are no examples in the NT of Christians praying for healing so I wonder why we do it especially why we make it our primary requests of God. To me, the way I read it, James is a guarantee and does not allow for everyone has to die. I believe through praying for healing we learn that God does not ever say yes and therefore we do not expect anything. I think it makes us weak. If we were to ask what God has done for us we have nothing to say.
Perhaps James 5:13-16, but each version has a different slant on these verses. Brother Woods and others of our common belief disregard these verses as applying only to the first century. God gave Hezekiah 15 additional years. Not sure this should be applied to us today.
If Hezekiah had died as scheduled there would not have been a Manassa. If James was meant for us wouldn't you expect Paul to have called the elders to heal Timothy or even himself? There are no examples in the NT of Christians praying for healing so I wonder why we do it especially why we make it our primary requests of God. To me, the way I read it, James is a guarantee and does not allow for everyone has to die. I believe through praying for healing we learn that God does not ever say yes and therefore we do not expect anything. I think it makes us weak. If we were to ask what God has done for us we have nothing to say.
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