> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:46 PM > To: ProFox Mailing List > Subject: [OT] God comes through again! > > Praise be to Jesus! > > http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5197489&page=1
This is a sad story because a boy died needlessly, and people with Ed's impeccable class use it to mock the name of Jesus, in whose name there is true healing. These parents were deluded by false doctrine of healing and a "spirit of religion" into a path that lead to death an disillusionment. This has been happening since the time of Christ and Scripture is full of admonition about false teachers. Their whole demonic purpose is to make the name of Christ look stupid so that people stay away from Jesus' true healing power. And so here's Ed, naturally, unwittingly cheering these spirits on. In this kind of case, people try to "prove" their faith by actively refusing any man-made treatment for illness whatsoever. God does not require such "proof" of faith of those who really have it--here again, the subtle lie about good works making you righteous rears its ugly head. They thought it would be a good work to let Jesus heal him instead of doctors--and certainly, He could have, but clearly they were not lead by discerning leaders to seek true healing, merely to refuse medical treatment. The mistake cost them their son. If Christ were against medical doctors on principle then I suppose Luke would have been barred from writing his gospel, or helping Paul out in his missions to the Gentiles. In reality, the healing that comes from forgiveness and the love of Christ heals all aspects of a person's being that are afflicted by disorders in the spirit and soul. This includes some bodily ailments, when indeed they are caused by demonic affliction of the spirit or soul, which is often but not always. There is nothing in the Scriptures that says you can't take medicine or see a doctor to treat bodily ailments. Sickness of the flesh is a fact of fleshly existence, and medicine can often relieve it. Sickness of soul and spirit is also very real--modern medicine addresses only the mind in this case, which is not the whole picture. I have witnessed broken people, people with failing organs or cancers, or horrible mental disorders, healed by deliverance in profoundly deep and wonderful ways--totally cured, inside and out--with the help of discerning spiritual leaders in the name of Jesus. Such leaders never tell a sick person to forego medical treatment of truly physical illnesses, but rather teach repentance, forgiveness and discipleship. Most of these folks came to this point after modern medicine failed to heal them, or gave them short time to live. One such person I know is 12 years after their six month lease on life. Nor do these discerning leaders take money for it, or make spectacle of it. Putting one's total trust in the lordship of Jesus means something very specific in the realm of spiritual discipleship, and clearly the key ingredient of spiritual discernment was totally lacking in this unfortunate case and others like it. Speaking of spectacles, there is going on right now in Lakeland, FL, a supposed "revival" that showcases ostensibly dramatic healings, signs and wonders right on stage, led by a guy named Todd Bentley (www.freshfire.ca). He is a deeply troubling person, many of whose "healings" have subsequently been shown to be frauds, and whose methods have more in common with New Age occult practice than anything Christ said or did when healing multitudes of people in Scripture. Since March this nightly "revival" has been going on, and it has been quietly getting a lot of attention, with some 8,000 people a night now going to his "services," and it is causing a lot of dissention in many denominations--which is its purpose, of course. Many erstwhile Christians are buying into it, but if you pay attention you see that he is not *really* preaching repentance or discipleship at these healings, but rather treats the healing power of God like a commodity that can be "gotten" and passed around like cotton candy. Just come "get some." How appropriate for our consumer culture these days. :( Here again we have an undiscerning leader--he seems really to have no clue what spirits guide his "ministry," and seems to me to be demonically possessed himself--leading people down a path that leads only to disappointment and mockery of the name of Jesus. To see these kinds of things--adherents of "faith healing" burying their children, false teachers of healing and deliverance duping large crowds of would-be believers--replay over and over is disheartening on one level, but on the other hand it verifies the admonitions of Scripture which called these kinds of frauds out from the beginning. - Bob > > -- Ed Leafe > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
