[metmom]

James 5:13-18 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 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.

16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

Scripture gives us the pattern for dealing with sickness. I don't see the pentecostal/charismatic movement adhering to that Scriptural mandate.

So no one is saying that God doesn't heal any more. That lady in your church was healed of deafness and that's great news.

However, that in no way validates the false teaching that exists in the charismatic/pentecostal movement.

[smvoice]

So no one is saying that God doesn't heal any more."

This is what I'm not getting here. Not a single one of us has said this, and yet, it seems to be translated as such. We ALL believe that God CAN AND DOES heal, as HE WILLS. How is the translation going wrong between what we clearly SAY and what others hear us saying?

[Quix]

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AGAIN!