Well, to keep it simple I mean miraculous recovery from a medical condition which, under normal circumstances could not be expected. Such as our Lord healing a blind man or through the apostle Peter healing a crippled man at the beautiful gate of the temple. I suppose I mean the healings as in the NT.
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My apologies if I failed to communicate my point.
Said point being the need to get a hold of some awareness first, of just how and where one is to be looking at things from, before allowing one self to start looking at them.
The thing is, people read those accounts in Scripture and conclude what they conclude from them.
And they conclude what they want those accounts to mean in their own life.
Nothing wrong with wanting those accounts to mean something in their own life.
Nothing wrong at all.
At the same time, a basis for properly evaluating what those accounts mean, has to be established first.
More often than not, the basis most decide on is "okay, what does this mean to me, and for me, and in my life."
One hears this kind of basis is the very basis they are going by, by their very words about it all - by their assertion "okay, what this means to me is..."
And also, in phrases such as "and then I knew that the Lord was doing/leading in..." this, that, the other; that kind of language.
Again, nothing wrong with wanting to know, and all the rest.
But a sound basis for approaching that must first be sought out - in - the - Scripture - before one allows oneself one's "what this means to me" and or "then I knew that the Lord..." this, that, the other...
In this, the Bible is like a new job. It requires that one be walked around the place, be introduced to everyone, and the various departments, and how things work in each, in relation to one's own place at that company, and what is expected of one, and all that...
To simply open the Bible, read it, and say "this is for me," would be much like living in an apartment building with other residents, and concluding from that, that all mail that comes to that building is for you.
The place for this walking around in, and being introduced to how things work in Scripture, is found in Scripture itself - it is what It asserts "is able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus," for example.
Conclude what you will about my words here, but I sincerely doubt you would go see a Doctor who was not trained first, in how to look at things, before rendering his evaluation.
To expect less of ourselves when it comes to Biblical issues, is simply not wise.
Hebrews 5:
13. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
First, seek to learn how to properly exercise your senses in the proper discernment of sound and unsound as to an issue.
That; as you begin to exercise your senses through that standard, you gradually come to a place where, by reason of use, you have your senses, your sense of what's what, exercised to where you are now able to discern (identify) the difference between the one, and the other.
The Bible then becomes an open Book to you - you know how to approach it as to one issue, or another... you are, of full age...
You can hold your own.
And you can post on here, and have others disagree with you, lol
. However, one prob I see is that it can lead to a degree of inflexibility. One must (IMO) allow scripture to determine one's standpoint.
