There's a difference between believing in the theory and reality.
I remember all the time suffering with asthma, and telling myself, "you believe God can heal, so why are you not healed?".
During this time I would have taken a pill if I knew it would heal me. I was already sucking in [/FONT]Salbutamol every few hours overdosing on it with heart palpitations. I was rushed to hospital three times where they filled my lungs with fluid.
For anyone who's ever battled with asthma, it is one of the most frustrating diseases you can live with. Sinuses totally blocked putting pressure in your head to where you want to go crazy. Unable to breathe, and trying to stop yourself from panicking which makes it worse. You would not believe the amount of times I banged my fist against the wall begging God to take this away. I believed God could do it, and I believed God wanted to do it, but didn't grasp the reality that God had done it (1Pet 2:24).
The last time I was rushed to hospital at 3 in the morning, I was sitting in emergency with an oxygen mask, and I remember I got off the bed, and instead of feel sorry for myself, I was angry. Righteous indignation raged through me, and I commanded asthma to leave in Jesus name(James 4:7). Then I laid back on the bed, and a peace came over me, and I knew it was gone. I knew it. That was 20 years ago. Never had another asthma attack.
Now....you guys LOL
You can't relate to this because you hate faith. If you don't actually believe God for anything, there's no fear of failure.
As long as you don't need faith, you won't exercise it. Which is why your mad journey is all theory based.
W is so lazy he can barely find the energy to get out of bed each day. It's nothing but useless theory with you guys.
1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
And where your above is concerned, ol Tim would not have had much of a choice, the poor guy, as earlier, the Apostle had had to say unto him...
1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
What you are doing is confusing the great power of our minds and emotions over every cell of our bodies, with the supernatural power of God that was at work back then; given its' intent back then.
I still recall once, while I was out on an extremely cold night; freezing to where my every word sounded much like that of a Pentecostal's supposed speaking in tongues.
At one point, I thought 'wait a minute; why am I freezing to death - it's 98 degrees inside me - I'm literally on a tropical island within...'
Next thing I knew; I was much better able to deal with that weather, broke a sweat as if I had been out sprinting under a ton of clothes in that biting cold weather.
Next morning, I get up; my sinuses blown up as result of my having ended up sweating under all that cold weather.
At first I thought "I must have caught a cold...'
Because we are raised to BELIEVE that kind of thing, right off.
But then, just as quickly, I put that automatic reading into things in check, and said to myself 'No I haven't; that's just my immune system. It's kicked into high gear to take care of business like it's supposed to, and my so called "symptoms" are nothing more than "a symptom" that my immune system is kicking butt like it's supposed to...'
IMMEDIATELY, my sinuses returned to normal...
Blew me away, these God given "abilities" given us in Adam.
Your asthma, andyc?
I'm glad for your sake that is no longer your problem. I really am.
At the same time, many forms of asthma are the result of a mistake made by the immune system. It takes what is actually "a false positive" as an actual attack, and responds accordingly.
A false positive it itself has accidentally generated.
As when a child dreams it owns a toy it does not really own and then gets up to play with it only to find it does not really own that toy.
As when we find ourselves looking for a passage we swear is there, only to find out ours was 'a false positive - here it is; in this other chapter over here, lol'
All that is the power of the mind over our physical behaviour, including; over every aspect of our physical body (skeletal; muscular; nervous; limbic, immune system; you name it).
Your belief and the ability of belief over all the above, accidentally set off its' opposite in your favor, or to your "salvation" from your "infirmity."
Nothing more.
That is NOT only NOT the supernatural power the Scripture is describing was in effect back then; but given the Scripture as to why such things were then in operation.
I "suspect...you are too superstitious..."
Me; "much study maketh" me "mad" - consistently so - as to the 100% Cessationism the Scripture clearly teaches is now "come."
Another time, I was at a home Bible study with a few people.
Sofas all around this big, low, living room table in the middle.
At one point I felt something at my feet; looked down; realized their family dog was fast asleep under the table, and left it alone.
Some 30-40 minutes or so into our study, the dog: a beautiful, full grown red Lab, wakes up and comes out from under the table.
Right off, one of the guys panics "I, I, I can't be around dogs" he blurts out "I'm allergic to dog fur!"
'That's interesting,' I thought 'the dog's been there all along...yet his allergy kicked in when only when he became aware the the dog was there...'
Later, I asked him a bunch of questions, curious about what was actually going on within him...
Turned out he had tragically lost a dog as a child "and ever since then I've been allergic to dogs," the poor guy said to me.
But; Believers not only being as superstitious as they often are, but often married to their ideas in their unawareness of thing or another; I left it at that.
Again, I'm glad your asthma is behind you...
