RE: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request

[Slade Henson]

Yes I do. All I'm saying is that some diseases require Yeshua to say, "Be Healed." Some diseases require Yeshua to say, "Your sins are forgiven." Who are we to say which is required? A friend of mine recently discovered malignant cancer in her sinuses. Would anyone dare to say it's directly related to her malicious sin nature? Perhaps one would like to say her rebellion against God caused this sin? Personally I think it's my sin that's a partial cause. I think every time we deceive ourselves into thinking we're perfect, every time we [knowingly] rebel against God, every time a nasty/uncaring word or phrase comes out of our mouths or rolls off our typing fingers, we help my friend's cancer along. Every time we realize just how small/insignificant/imperfect/filthy we are before YHVH, every time we intentionally follow the/a commandment of YHVH, every time we say a kind word or phrase (especially when we really feel like sticking the knife in deep), we help her body fight that cancer.   Perhaps that's simplistic and I'm not going to fight this theologically, but I do believe in the Hebrew ideal of Tikkun HaOlam (repairing the world).   -- slade -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Tuesday, 29 June, 2004 07:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request Slade, You must admit that there are many people suffering from inherited physical or mental diseases, caused by genetic flaws? Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slade Henson Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 3:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request   This, too, is a minor point of difference. While I agree with Scripture that an "UNdeserved curse goes NOwhere," I do not necessarily believe the exact opposite occurs every time. If so, none of us would exist this very day. I trust the words of Yeshua who said that the man's plight was not the direct result of anyone's sin (i.e., parents/fathers equals forbearers or forefathers in general).   Let me ask you a question Judy.... If all A's are B's and all B's are C's, then all A's are C's... right? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Judy Taylor Sent: Sunday, 27 June, 2004 16:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request Hi Slade: Thank you for posting this scripture. I know a lot of people interpret Jesus' response to the disciples query to mean or to prove that sin and this man's blindness are unrelated.  However, the scriptures teach that the "curse causeless does not light" (Prov 26:2) so there was definitely a cause even though Jesus did not choose to discuss it right then.  It could have been grandparents, ggrandparents or gggrandparents. Jesus was wanting to focus on the works of God being revealed in the man that day rather than what caused his problem to begin with .. judyt     From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. His students asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Yeshua answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him. (John 9:1-3) -- slade