Chronic Illness
 

As many times as I've read these scriptures, I just noticed something about them, I never saw before.

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“ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray”

I would think, this is a chronic illness, and it does not say that God will heal that. I don't believe that God healed Paul.
Of course the “Positive Confessors” will deny that Paul had an illness. But look at the word, affliction.

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infirmitties----English Words used in KJV:
infirmity 17
weakness 5
disease 1
sickness 1
[Total Count: 24]
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from <G772> (asthenes); feebleness (of body or mind); by implication malady; moral frailty :- disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness

Paul's “thorn in the flesh” was his “infirmity.”

So what are we supposed to do? This is kinda bad news for me. I've been pretty weak, this winter, but still felt like that God would heal me. But since my problem is chronic, God has not promised to heal. I know, 'by His stripes we are healed” but everyone is not healed.

Is there more insight that I have overlooked?

Re: Chronic Illness
 

I think God ordained that everyone be healed by the New Covenant blessings through the blood. But so many factors and variables may be hindering that, so it is not so simply explained why some are not healed.

Re: Chronic Illness
 

Also, I believe that God spoke to Paul about his infirmity in a way not easily recognized. I think he implied that Paul ought to rebuke the thing himself, instead of asking God to remove it. GRACE is divine empowerment. It reminds me of Jesus telling us to command the mountain to be removed and cast into the sea, instead of asking God to remove it. So many ask God to heal them, when they are supposed to command the sickness to go, themselves.

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I never thought of this before, but it now gives validity to what I've witnessed from older people and from some of the over-zealous nutjob types.

"I rebuke this diabetes in the Name of Jesus!"
"I rebuke this sore throat in the Name of Jesus!"

Or even...

"I rebuked that cancer, that pain, etc. and in Jesus Name I can tell you it's gone!"

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Ooooops.....


Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psalms 34:19 KJV)

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And then there was.....


Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (Psalms 119:67 KJV)

Paul's thorn was the messenger of Satan...

very Word Of Faith of you

Re: Chronic Illness
 

Jermyn, I have always felt, that if they say, "It is gone." and it is not, they have just lied to the person or to themselves.

Re: Chronic Illness
 

And Houston, what was the messenger of Satan? A demon?
Paul had authority over demons. He would have just cast it out. Or off of him.