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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
I'd like to know too. The implications of someone not believing it is possible for a dying person to be saved are, to be quite honest, frightening.
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They'd step right over a man bleeding to death on the highway as he pleaded for prayer and for God to forgive him of sins. And then they claim they don't see any provision for the sick and infirm in Scripture. Hello... they don't believe in anointing the sick and infirm, praying for healing and the forgiveness of sins? Oh, but then they say it applies only to the church. So, if a saint's dying and unsaved spouse or child requested prayer... they'd deny it??? You know they don't.
Their position is just full of illogical inconsistencies. I chalk it up to this... God provided the anointing of oil and the prayer of faith for any sick and infirm person among us... including unsaved family and friends. And the benefits of this sacrement are:
-Possible healing.
-Being raised up.
-The Forgiveness of sins.
Let's review:
James 5:14-15 (ESV)
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. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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