Well how is it prosperity gospel?
You said it here
It’s simple you said it . It’s not a bad endeavor.
Simple question why aren’t some healed ?
I lost my father more than a decade ago to cancer . We prayed until the last moment my father was with us . I lost my tia (aunt )last week . We all prayed for her hundreds in fact prayed for my tia ( aunt ) Lupe . What’s the reason ? according to y’all if we had strong enough faith it would have been done . Well why ?
Blessings
Bill
Well, to begin Laish, I'm sorry for your losses. I hope your spirits are lifted soon and God fills you with joy.
Where you quoted me, context needs to be stated. I asked how
what Cee said was prosperity gospel, not what I said. So there isn't really much more to be said in this regard, context is about Cee's post, not my own.
As for the passing of your relatives, and as gently as I can say it, such is life (we all will one day pass away). I do not know their ages, but suffice it to say, just maybe it was their time. Just because we have the faith for something it doesn't mean that God has called us to it. Not all are called to jump out of the boat, right? Even if they have the faith to do so, it is God who gives the command. God is sovereign.
It isn't so much a matter of how strong your faith is, but a simple matter of belief and stretching that belief to the acknowledgement that with God all things are possible. Faith is a matter of trust, and God is faithful ergo you can have faith in Him. As we become more familiar with God, acquainted, theoretically speaking, faith should become easier and easier as we continue to see Him hasten to do His word. To be faithful, since He is not a liar.
You ask why aren't some healed, but I, personally, find the question loaded and starts with a false premise. You see, healing is available through Christ just as salvation is, though both require faith. Am I stating some people aren't healed because they don't believe? Scripture itself gives testament to this. Think of Jesus in His hometown. Prayer itself requires expectation to be made, in order to receive ("believe that you have received"). Faith, expectation, and belief are concepts all wrapped up around our experience in this life.
I wouldn't be so arrogant and heartless to tell another that their relative died because they didn't have faith. I would console them, just as you, in the fact that they're with the Lord! How blessed are they! No longer are they dealing with the things of this life but are in the presence of God.
Yet for those living, those who can still be healed, I would encourage them to believe. To trust the Lord and His sovereignty, whatever that may be. We are not talking of the impossible here, because God has shown it can be done time and again. He is the Lord that heals us, in so many fashions.
Again, I am sorry for your loss and may God take your pain and fill it with joy. Remember the good times you had with your aunt and your father. Rejoice that they now, as believers (assuming) are in His presence. If you yourself need healing or know of others that do, go in the power of the Holy Spirit by the name of Jesus and administer healing. Have others pray over you. Not just prayers of request, but actually operating in the gift of healing.
God bless.
