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Originally Posted by larrylyates
Digging, I echo your sentiments as well. I struggle over the disparity between what I read in the Bible and what I see in the Church today. Lively correctly points to one major issue: our lack of love. Jesus "was moved with compassion and healed their sick." The very presence of so many denominations and such fragmentation is proof enough that we don't love one another.
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Yes sir. As I often say... do you know why Jesus healed the sick? Because they were sick. Even when we seek and desire to see healing the reasoning behind it can be related to the growth of our local "kingdom" rather than the Kingdom at large and helping others.
Your thread has been thought provoking.