Why is it So Hard for God to do Miracles?

[Bro-Larry]

All those preachers etc, just added to the unbelief in the room. They just came to see the show. Jesus would have put them all out, before He healed him.

Bro. Larry,
Please explain this further. They were just there to see the show? I don't quite understand. Thanks.

Jesus did it at Jairus' house, Peter did it at Dorcus' house. Well meaning people of course, but they didn't believe those two would rise from the dead.

The more people you can get to beg and plead with God to do something, the better? HUH? YOU THINK? I had a thread here about a year ago, about a million UPC people praying for someone. Does God really operate like that????? Does He really have to be persuaded to do something His word says He has already done? Do we really have to "bombard heaven"? Is it really hard to get God to do miracles as this thread implies?? We probably need to reexamine the word to see where we are missing it. I know God does not miss it.

[Joie]

Originally Posted by Rico

Larry, you have completely lost your marbles now. He chose to trust God.

Rico... I am going to pray you get thru tonite and tomorrow without negative comments and thinking.....also, insulting words. Brother, I do not know how you can go on much longer with that spirit of bitterness surrounding you.

In the name of Jesus, I pray you drip with kindness and love from the Holy Spirit...

It just isn't right for Christians to insult people as you did above.... it just is not right! God is love!!!

Oh yes, you cannot possibly know anything for another person. There is no way you can read the spirit of another person.... to know what he has had to deal with in his life.....or how he has reacted with or without sin. Even if you are around another person 24 hours a day, you can not know what is in another's mind.

[AbundantGrace]

Originally Posted by Bro-Larry

You should never ask God to do something He has already done. Almost every post on this thread has some implication of God doing something.

Since Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, God has already bought and paid for healing for everyone. God always answers every request for healing. He never fails to honor His promises.

The problem being discussed, is always on the receiving end. It's not a lack of faith. It only takes a small mustard seed of faith. The person seeking healing must believe that "God "is: NOW. That's present tense. "Now faith is". You don't need much, but it must be "Now". The person seeking healing must not have "doubt". "If you have faith and doubt not,...you shall say,'......mountain, Be thou removed...' ." (Mat 21:21) It is possible to have faith and doubt at the same time, and one will neutralize the other.

That's just three simple rules. 1) Believe that God has already done it. 2) Don't doubt that it is done. 3) Say to the sickness, "Sickness, be thou removed".

God has never failed. God has never said no to any of His promises. If you don't see it happen, then the person seeking healing, did not follow one of these three simple rules. (Matt 7:7-8)

Sorry brother, but you're dead wrong! God does NOT heal everyone and it isn't because of a lack of faith!

Do you believe that Stephen was lacking faith in the book Acts when he was being stoned to death? Why didn't God heal him from the injuries that he was receiving?

What about James, who was decapitated? Why didn't God heal his neck injury?

I have a hip that was broken when I was thirteen years old. I was in a full body cast for over a year. Today, that leg is 2 1/4" shorter than the other and the hip is fused. The leg causes me a lot of pain and difficulty. I know that God can heal me right now. I have prayed and believed God and you, nor anyone else can tell me that I had a lack of faith. Yet, God has not healed me, for whatever reason. However, I know that my healing IS coming. It may be within my lifetime on this earth or it may be in my new resurrected body, but it's coming.

My grandfather was diagnosed with stomach cancer at the age of 58 years old. Our family fasted and prayed, along with this great Godly man. Our faith was extremely strong, yet we buried him at the age of 59. He's well today. He's no longer sick.

Brother, God does heal. I know that. I was diagnosed with Lymphoma Cancer when I was much younger in Houston's Texas Children's Hospital. The doctors did a biopsy and found the cancer. They opened me up, after the prayer of faith was prayed, and sewed me right back up. I was completely cancer free. God had miraculously and instantly touched and healed my body.

There's no doubt that God can and God does, but He don't always, at least not in the way that many preach it.

I know what it's like to be told as a 15 year old boy that my only problem was a lack of faith. Friend, all that does is destroy faith and drives people from God.

The bottom line is that God heals, but sometime the real healing comes through death and will be in our resurrected body. God is God and He can do whatever He chooses to do in order to fulfill His purpose.

I preached a message concerning this very subject a week ago. Anyone can hear it by going to http://www.abundantgraceofpetal.com/services.html and clicking on "God's Non-Intervention" and then clicking on the little Play Arrow.

God Bless,
Pastor Robbie

[Tim Rutledge]

Originally Posted by AbundantGrace

Sorry brother, but you're dead wrong! God does NOT heal everyone and it isn't because of a lack of faith!

Do you believe that Stephen was lacking faith in the book Acts when he was being stoned to death? Why didn't God heal him from the injuries that he was receiving?

What about James, who was decapitated? Why didn't God heal his neck injury?

I have a hip that was broken when I was thirteen years old. I was in a full body cast for over a year. Today, that leg is 2 1/4" shorter than the other and the hip is fused. The leg causes me a lot of pain and difficulty. I know that God can heal me right now. I have prayed and believed God and you, nor anyone else can tell me that I had a lack of faith. Yet, God has not healed me, for whatever reason. However, I know that my healing IS coming. It may be within my lifetime on this earth or it may be in my new resurrected body, but it's coming.

My grandfather was diagnosed with stomach cancer at the age of 58 years old. Our family fasted and prayed, along with this great Godly man. Our faith was extremely strong, yet we buried him at the age of 59. He's well today. He's no longer sick.

Brother, God does heal. I know that. I was diagnosed with Lymphoma Cancer when I was much younger in Houston's Texas Children's Hospital. The doctors did a biopsy and found the cancer. They opened me up, after the prayer of faith was prayed, and sewed me right back up. I was completely cancer free. God had miraculously and instantly touched and healed my body.

There's no doubt that God can and God does, but He don't always, at least not in the way that many preach it.

I know what it's like to be told as a 15 year old boy that my only problem was a lack of faith. Friend, all that does is destroy faith and drives people from God.

The bottom line is that God heals, but sometime the real healing comes through death and will be in our resurrected body. God is God and He can do whatever He chooses to do in order to fulfill His purpose.

I preached a message concerning this very subject a week ago. Anyone can hear it by going to http://www.abundantgraceofpetal.com/services.html and clicking on "God's Non-Intervention" and then clicking on the little Play Arrow.

God Bless,
Pastor Robbie

I agree. The greatest healing, is going to be with the Lord.

[shag]

Originally Posted by Bro-Larry

Jesus did it at Jairus' house, Peter did it at Dorcus' house. Well meaning people of course, but they didn't believe those two would rise from the dead.

The more people you can get to beg and plead with God to do something, the better? HUH? YOU THINK? I had a thread here about a year ago, about a million UPC people praying for someone. Does God really operate like that????? Does He really have to be persuaded to do something His word says He has already done? Do we really have to "bombard heaven"? Is it really hard to get God to do miracles as this thread implies?? We probably need to reexamine the word to see where we are missing it. I know God does not miss it.

Let me see if I comprehend what yur saying:
It all revolves around "the one needeing the healing" must believe that they actually were already healed as Jesus was taking his stripes. And then then @ that moment they will be healed? If that is what you mean, then why would we ever need anyone to pray 4 us?
Should we just skip someone ever praying for our healing, believe we were healed 2000 yr.'s ago, overlook the wheelchair (or predicament)we are in", and then we'll see the healing take place, which actually already took place, and the instance we believe that, we'll be healed?

What if we believed it before we were diagnosed w/ cancer or prior to an accident, would we not get hurt? Or would we not be healed just as quick as the accident happened, since we have a mustard seed of faith (that what we're seeing is not actually real), because he healed us 2000 yr.'s ago, with his stripes? I'm trying to understand exactly you mean.

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by nahkoe

But, if we can hinder God...that implies that we can control God. I disagree with that idea. I can't make God do or not do anything. Can you? Really?

I have a few different answers to this question that have run through my mind since I first read it. First, healing isn't the only miracle. I see miracles daily in my life right now. God does miracles, and plenty of them.

If you're asking specifically why God doesn't heal everyone, my answer seems trite. God is God. God knows everything. God loves us more deeply and passionately than we can ever possibly comprehend. If it's the best thing for us to be healed, we will be. If it's not, we won't be. I have to trust the very nature of God, that He is good, and leave those decisions up to Him.

Obviously, some people think they can make God heal, etc with their faith or whatever. God doesn't need us to make excuses as to why he does or does not heal, etc. It isn't about us; it's about Him.

[AbundantGrace]

Originally Posted by MrsMcD

Obviously, some people think they can make God heal, etc with their faith or whatever. God doesn't need us to make excuses as to why he does or does not heal, etc. It isn't about us; it's about Him.

Exactly... God is God and He knows that He's God and He can do absolutely anything that He wills to do. I'm certainly not about to make excuses for His judgment calls, because I simply do not know why He does somethings the way that He does. He didn't consult with me about it.

[1Corinth2v4]

If today Jesus was in physical form, and was approached by the sick, would he heal them or turn them away?

[stmatthew]

Folks, I find no where in scripture where anyone ever came to Jesus in faith for healing, and didn't get what they came for. I find nowhere in scripture where the anyone came in faith to the Apostles for healing (after Pentecost) that did not get their healing.

We can make all kinds of excuses why some do not get their healing, and the list would be longer than Stretch Armstrongs fully stretched arm. But it does not change the fact that God does not lie. He HAS placed within his Word a provision for healing to anyone that meets the simple qualification of believing, or taking God at His word. The bible states that people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. This is so when it comes to healing, as many are passing over solid scriptures that make provision for the healing of our bodies this side of heaven.


Ex 15:26: And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Ps 67:2: That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

Ps 103:3: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Ps 107:20: He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Ps 147:3: He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Prov 4:20: My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22: For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Isa 53:5: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

[Isa 53:4: Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5: And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. (YLT)]

Jer 8:22: Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Mal 4:2: But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

[stmatthew]

Mat 4:23: And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Mat 4:24: And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Mat 8:7: And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
Mat 8:8: The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Mat 8:13: And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Mat 8:16: When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

Mat 9:35: And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Mat 10:1: And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Mat 10:8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Mat 12:15: But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

Mat 12:22: Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Mat 13:15: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Mat 14:14: And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

Mat 15:30: And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

Mat 19:2: And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

Mat 21:14: And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

Mk 1:34: And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

Mk 3:10: For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

Mk 3:15: And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

Mk 5:23: And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Mk 5:29: And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

Mk 6:5: And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

Mk 6:13: And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

Lk 4:18: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Lk 4:40: Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Lk 5:15: But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Lk 5:17: And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

Lk 6:17: And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Lk 6:18: And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Lk 6:19: And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Lk 7:3: And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Lk 7:7: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

Lk 8:47: And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Lk 9:2: And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Lk 9:6: And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

Lk 9:11: And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

Lk 9:42: And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

Lk 10:9: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Lk 14:4: And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

Lk 17:15: And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

Lk 22:51: And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Jn 12:40: He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 4:30: By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

Acts 5:16: There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Acts 8:7: For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

Acts 10:38: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 14:9: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 28:8: And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Acts 28:9: So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:

Acts 28:27: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

1Cor 12:9: To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

1Cor 12:28: And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

Heb 12:13: And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

James 5:16: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

1Pt 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

3Jn 1:2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.