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Enjoy... But remember
"Don't give in to winning the argument
and losing one of your eternal crowns..."
God bless you...
Enjoy... But remember
"Don't give in to winning the argument
and losing one of your eternal crowns..."
God bless you...
"GIFT OF HEALING?" (another view?) 
Healing (Wahshing)
HEALING ! (Wahshing)
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There is a tendency in man (from laziness I believe) to set a few people on pedestals and, through praise or some other means, to con those few into doing the work of the majority. By doing this, the majority can con themselves into thinking they are not so lazy after all. The Bible teaches that prayer and caring for the sick is the job of all of those mature (elder) enough to do it. It never tells the sick to send for one particular person and doesn't tell them to find someone with the "gift of healing."
JAM 5:14, "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." The Scripture never says "gift of healing." It uses the form "gifts of healing" as in: 1 COR 12:6-11, "And there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.... to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,... But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills." Healing is a gift received by the sick - not something possessed by the one praying. Each healing is another gift. Notice too that it says gifts not rewards. Healing is not a reward to be earned, it is a gift from God to be thankfully received.
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