Do you ever wonder if anyone believes what they say they believe?
Christian Scientists believe that disease is a spiritual rather than physical disorder, that there is no death, and that the sick should be treated, not by medicine, but by a form of prayer that seeks to correct the beliefs responsible for the illusion of ill health. And yet they die and no one blinks an eye.
Snake handlers believe God commands them to do what they do. Mark’s version of The Great Commission includes: “And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Jesus says the signs will accompany those who believe apparently a dead snake handler was not among the believers. And no one blinks an eye. As a side note we “rightly divide” that Jesus meant one sentence for us but not the next and that we can send and not go.
I am told God answers prayers and that prayer works (whatever that means) and while he has never healed anyone in response to prayer no one blinks an eye. Al says we pray that it will be God's will for Dez to progress rapidly. Doesn’t that mean it must be God’s will for Dez to not progress rapidly? And no one blinks an eye.
When folks decide what they really believe they just might tell others.
John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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"It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshippers. They are constantly and for the most part sincerely assured of their greatness."
---Calvin Coolidge, upon leaving the presidency following five and a half years
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