Posted on 07/01/2009 5:22:14 AM PDT by truthandlife
OK
It will happen but not until Christ returns. I wish it would happen sooner, too.
So all the dead people that prayed for good health, they didn’t really get their prayers answered, did they?
I had a 99 year old nun tell me something once about prayer. I was having a rough spell at work and not handling it very well. I said that my prayers were going unanswered. She said, “nonsense, God answers all prayers!” I told her that he didn’t answer mine.
She said that God had only three answers to all the prayers that he heard, and that he answered all of them. Answer 1) not now, but later. Answer 2) not now, but something better. Answer 3) Yes!
So maybe those that prayed for good health but then died received answer number 2?
Nope. But God answered them after they died, if they went to Heaven. No tears and no sickness there. Some people get prayed for and are never healed because of unforgiveness, bitterness, self-hatred, hatred of others, fears, etc. Some aren’t healed because it’s their time to die.
Maybe so, we’ll never know.
Well, I guess we’ll never know for sure...at least while we’re alive.
That was my son. He died of brain tumors in 1987 after 8 years of operations, one each year. We were blessed to have been his parents. Our church prayed for his healing, at the end he let them know to stop praying that, just pray. He knew he would be healed and made whole in heaven, and his life would be used by God as an inspiration for others. Miracles sometimes are for non believers, my son did not need a miracle as he was a believer. Kind of like Paul with the thorn in his side, God did not heal him of that, “My grace is sufficient for you”.
It is appointed once for man to be born and to die, during life we have the choice to accept or reject Christ as our Savior, God does not interfere with our choices, He gives us all Free Will, and free will is Love.
No one comes to the Lord except that God sent him. A mystery? No, think about it, read the posted thread through, read the Bible, and IF you have just a twinge of belief, God is talking to you at that moment. Don't reject Him, search Him out, prove Him, He will not fail you, NEVER.
It is ok to doubt,that means you are thinking, now explore and you will find your answer yourself. Doubting Thomas was a disciple, he had to touch the nail wounds in Christs hand before he fully believed.
While none of us knows the condition of a person’s heart at death (the bible teaches that death-bed salvation is quite possible), we do know that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and that no one comes to the Father but by Him.
Oh, what a beautiful testimony. I don’t WANT to hang around forever. I want to go home to be with the Lord when HE is ready to call me. I don’t fear death because I know I’ll be with Him when I die.
Just remember that no matter what we go through, God’s grace is sufficient for whatever is happening in our lives.
It certainly should be, since I believe He is ultimately responsible for whatever is happening in our lives.
Thank you. We will be there, I know for sure. I told my son just before he died, “I will see you in the morning”, then his spirit went home. Awesome.
Your testimony is such an encouragement. Thank you,dear sister in Christ. I know it too.
Great response! Amen!
The content of this article in not concerned with punishment and rewards in the hereafter. It is about location. Where will each individual soul spend eternity. It will either be in Heaven with God or apart from Him. The only thing that decides your location for eternity is faith in Christ Jesus as Lord. One’s eternal location is not at all dependent on how sinful/bad/evil a person was or how good/godly/saintly one lived. The verdict of where each person ends up is only based on did they or did they not believe that Jesus Christ was their Lord and was He God. Regardless of how much sin and how wretched the sinner - their faith is what decides the verdict.
That's pretty awesome. I'll remember that.
She said that God had only three answers to all the prayers that he heard, and that he answered all of them. Answer 1) not now, but later. Answer 2) not now, but something better. Answer 3) Yes!
So maybe those that prayed for good health but then died received answer number 2?
The way I heard someone else explain it once (not a priest or a nun, I think it was a pastor or minister) was God that answers all prayers, but sometimes the answer is "No."
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