God is not a respecter of persons means God loves everyone equally. In Amos 3:2 the word known goes beyond just head knowledge it refers to relationship God had a covenant with them he was closely familiar with them not just having a head knowledge of them. No, if you receive Jesus as your Lord and savior you are not a sinner. You can’t be a sinner and a child of God. The blood of Jesus makes us righteous not sinners. Yes, being born again is the most important thing, but that does not mean healing is not important to God. 3John 2 says, above all God desires you prosper and be in health. And I never said lack of healing meant a lack of faith that is what you got out of it and not what I said. I said God has done his part and now you do yours by receiving what He has provided. And the person you mentioned that was glad God did not heal her, Jesus shed his blood and had his body broken for everyones freedom from sickness and she is happy to stay sick. Jesus suffered and died to free us from the curse as stated in Galatians 3:13,14 for us to be blessed and she wants to stay in the curse instead of the blessing. Jesus came for us to have life and life more abundantly and she wants to stay sick. Acts 10:38 sickness is oppression of the devil and she would rather be oppressed of the devil than free from him. Do you think that is sound thinking. True God can work good out of misfortune, but don’t stay in the misfortune. My Bible tells me the devil kills, steals, and destroys not God. Don’t blame everything on God. Thank You
Frank,
In looking at the verse in scripture where Peter mentions that God is not a respecter of persons he is simply referring to the fact that the gospel is to go out to the gentiles as well as the jews. The Amos passage refers to God knowing Israel in a special way that He did not know other nations so yes He was in covenant with them not with others, Israel was the people He foreknew, foreloved, and yes not just in a head knowledge way BUT in a relational way that was just with the people of Israel at the time.
Even when we believe we are still sinners. We still sin. Yes we are righteous having the righteousness of Christ BUT we still have our old nature and as such we will still sin. Whether it be a matter of semantics or not we are still sinners in that we will still sin. As Luther would say we are “simul justus et peccator-—sinner and just” Paul even said Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom he is the worst, 1 John 1 mentions that he who say they have no sin are deceived. So if we still sin, and we do we are sinners BUT at the same time jsutified because of Christ and His righteousness.
3 John verse 2 is a stretch to say that ABOVE ALL that is what God desires that we be in good health. How many times is that mentioned as compared to living for Him, obeying Him, trusting Him putting off the old man of sin and putting on Christ??? Compared to how God wants us to live for Him the “health” and “prosperity” are barely mentioned.
Regarding the lady I mentioned did you watch the video at all??? Did you not understand the message she was saying? Did you not understand that what God values more is not a physical healing but rather a deeper spiritual healing? That she can praise God MORE because He is working on her life in a MORE POWERFUL way than just by a mere physical healing!! That the curse that REALLY needed or needs to be lifted is NOT a physical one but a SPIRITUAL one!! If you listened to the video did you not see the contrast how she was able deal with her husbands exasperation differently years later after God was able to change her heart and work on her? How previously she snapped at him and then later on as God dealt with her she was able to handle his frustrations more tenderly?? Thats God REALLY lifting the curse and REALLY performing a healing!!
A physical healing compared to a spiritual one is meaningless. The spiritual healing leading to salvation and a more Christlike character and life is the real miracle raather than a physical healing.