[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Do Your Friends See You as a Faith Person? - by Dr. Larry Ollison

[Jenny Keller]

Hello,

I have a response to this post.

I have always been faithful as a child.  I was brought up with faith.  

My mother took me to one of those large healing things where there was a big production and such and I went up to be healed.  I believed so strongly that I would get my sight for the first time.  I would see like everyone else.  

It didn't happen.  I was disappointed as most children would be, and when I went to my preacher and friends with my disappointment, I was told that I obviously didn't have enough faith or I would've gotten my sight completely.  

I also have had people lay their hands on me to try to heal me to the point where it was going on for an hour at least.  Over and over again, they prayed for healing and then told me to open my eyes.  When my sight didn't get better they would do it again.  Over and over, to the point when I finally said that I could see better to make them stop.  

It's not that people lack faith that they are not healed.  It's just not Heavenly Father's time or will for that to happen yet.  Those examples in the Bible happened because it was the will of Heavenly Father and Christ.  No other reason.

Yes, you have to have faith for healing to occur, but sometimes, no matter how much faith you have, it's just not Heavenly Father's time for that yet.  

There are healers that claim to be faith healers that do it for their own gain and fame.  It has been shown on various exposae programs that they have people who were near sick in the first place to pretend to be healed to have people give them money and of course, fame.

I'm not at all saying I don't believe in the power of healing and the need for faith, but sometimes, more often than not, those kind of faith healers that make a big show and things of that nature set it up that people aren't really sick and then they pretend to be healed for profit.

I can see why people would make fun of some of them.  I have even done it, only because I have been where some have stood.  A little child with all the faith in my heart, and still, after all these attempts, not been healed, when some healers who make a big show and production out of it make millions and live lavish lives.

They use people's belief that they will be healed and that they are healing others to obtain riches.

Never forget the words of the Lord's Prayer, "thy will be done."

Just my feelings on the matter.

Jenny
On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Eric Calhoun wrote:

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> Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Do Your Friends See You as a Faith Person?  -
> by Dr. Larry Ollison
> Date: 
> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:49:00 -0400
> 
> 
> 
> Do Your Friends See You as a Faith Person? 
> by Dr. Larry Ollison 
> 
> 
> 
> A few weeks ago I was talking with a man about the Bible. In the
> conversation he brought up a certain well-known minister and started making
> fun of him. He thought it was funny because this particular minister taught
> healing. Then he started going through the usual worn out jokes about faith
> healers. 
> 
> Then it hit me. That's just the way it was when Jesus was here on earth.
> He went from village to village teaching the gospel and healing the sick.
> Jesus was a faith healer. Let me explain. 
> 
> Mark 5 tells about a woman who had been sick for twelve years. She had
> gone to the doctors of the day and suffered many things. They had taken all
> her money and to top it off, she was in worse condition after her
> treatments than before. 
> 
> Then she heard about Jesus. She pushed her way through the crowd until
> she was behind him. Then she reached out and touched the hem of His
> garment. She knew that if she could just touch His clothes, she would be
> made well. As soon as she touched His robe, she was healed. She knew and
> felt the healing in her body at that very moment. 
> 
> The Bible says that immediately Jesus knew that power had gone out of Him
> and He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" (v.
> 30). When He saw the woman, she was trembling and she fell before Him at
> His feet. 
> 
> At that point Jesus turned to her and said, "Daughter, your faith has
> made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction". (v. 34).
> 
> 
> Jesus didn't say that her church attendance healed her. Her donations
> didn't heal her. Even her righteousness didn't heal her. What healed her?
> According to Jesus, her faith made her well. 
> 
> In Acts 14, Paul was preaching in Lystra. A man was there who had no
> strength in his feet, crippled from birth. The Bible says that this man had
> never walked, but he was there listening to Paul preach. 
> 
> Paul watched this man closely and in verses 9 and 10, the Bible says,
> "Paul observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
> said with a loud voice, 'Stand up straight on your feet!'" Immediately he
> was healed and he began walking and leaping. 
> 
> This was a great miracle, but did you catch what happened? Paul observed
> this man intently and, according to the Bible, Paul saw that he had enough
> faith to be healed. 
> 
> Is faith required for healing? Well, it sure looks that way. Any time God
> moves, faith is involved. 
> 
> During another conversation, a man said, "You aren't one of those faith
> people, are you?" That question put a smile on my face. It felt good to see
> that someone noticed I had a desire to walk in faith. My response was this,
> "Yes, guilty as charged! I am one of those faith people!" 
> 
> Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for
> he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of
> those who diligently seek Him." 
> 
> Faith is required by God to please God. What is faith? Faith is simply
> believing that God will do what He said He would do and believing it so
> much that you instinctively place all your trust in His Word. 
> 
> So today, I encourage you. Believe the Word of God and act on it. That's
> faith. And faith is the catalyst to the Word of God. 
> 
> God has promised us many things in His Word. As we reach out and touch
> His Word, it is our faith that activates it
> 
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