Where are all the Acts 2:38 folks (3-steppers)??

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Aquila

A woman was dying. She had a series of heart attacks and they continued to stablize her each time her heart stopped. She was connected to so many machines keeping her stable it would have taken a truck to move her and all necessary equipment. These machines were assisting her with breathing, administering doses of medication to assist the heart, medication to thin the blood, etc. Moving her would kill her. She could nod her head and was crying. She could answer simple yes or no questions. She struggled to say one word, with tubes obstructing her ability to properly speak, she said, "...preacher..." The staff began the effort to track down the local chaplain. One of the staff, an Apostolic lay preacher, offers to pray for her while they paged the chaplain. This staff member held her hand and prayed with her that the Lord would hear her prayer, they pled the blood of Jesus over her and prayed with her for God to forgive her of all her sins. They ask that God would comfort her in her time of need and that all fear would be gone. Though she mostly gave weak nods and some gurgled words ("Amen,""Jesus save me,"'Sorry Jesus") she wept with tears streaming down the sides of her face. Shortly after closing the prayer she became unstable, her heart stopped, and they never could recover her.

Unbaptized and unable to "speak in tongues" was she saved? Should the Apostolic (a family member) have just stood by without praying for her?

I knew you would do this!

If this dying woman is being assisted by a breathing machine, a ventilator, then she would not be awake. And if she were dying they would discontinue all support and she would die quickly, maybe one breath. I am answering your questions by the things I have seen as a nurse.

It appears you have watched too many drama shows.

God is able to do what you think is impossible and heal any repentant dying person. We never know what is going to happen, so I would pray with someone who is dying and wanted prayer.

What if I prayed for this hypothetical woman and instead of dying she lived and was healed? What then? Is that a possibility? I'd rather discuss the scriptures than madeup scenarios.