This is different than the typical current prophetic or apostolic belief. It is a question regarding sickness. He states sickness can come at us one of two ways. Ether as a sickness in which cases we call for the elders and the prayer of Faith heals us. Or, they come at us as afflictions which are sometimes sicknesses allowed by God to come to us to draw us closer to Him in someway.
WE have all known devout Christians that believed for healing yet it never came. I knew a pastor in the Faith movement that got sick & died in his early 50′s & I felt his death was possibly premature.
Paul almost bragged of his afflictions.
Interesting that in James 5:13 (NAS)it reads “Is anyone among you suffering?(other translations read afflicted) Then he must pray”. Here we see the believer praying to God! Is it possible the believer is to find out what God wants in their life, etc.? ….It reads on then in James 5:14 (NAS) Is any among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; (15) and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up”.
What do you think? Haven’t you seen or maybe personally prayed over ind.’s in faith & yet not seen them healed immediately or even later? Yet per the Scripture they should or are healed! We make excuses when they don’t get healed, but doesn’t the word clearly state they will be healed by our Lord? I wonder if this brother was correct in his making a distinction between afflictions (with a sickness) & sickness? What do you think? God’s Blessings to you!

I believe recognizing the anti-Christ is important. We see in I Thessalonians 2:3 Paul in writing them to comfort the Thessalonians that they have not missed the 2nd return of Christ …writes of “man of lawlessness is revealed son of destruction”. He writes not to be shaken you have not seen him yet, leads us to understand we will see this being. Side note this is another reason i cannot accept a pre-trib rapture and are with agreement with all the Apostles, Church Fathers, etc.. Pre-trib rapture eschatlogy came into existance in the 19th Century from a 17 English girl that had a “vision” of this taking place.

I believe recognizing the anti-Christ is important. We see in I Thessalonians 2:3 Paul in writing them to comfort the Thessalonians that they have not missed the 2nd return of Christ …writes of “man of lawlessness is revealed son of destruction”. He writes not to be shaken you have not seen him yet, leads us to understand we will see this being. Side note this is another reason i cannot accept a pre-trib rapture and are with agreement with all the Apostles, Church Fathers, etc.. Pre-trib rapture eschatlogy came into existance in the 19th Century from a 17 English girl that had a “vision” of this taking place.

Temptation is not only to break the commandments, it is also to disregard the work in, among, and for us of the Holy Spirit. He adopted us, and still calls us son or daughter, desiring that intimacy of care, regard, and renewed purpose. We do not share the message of ourselves with others, in His love, but Him, and us as servants for His sake. Life does not offer the illment the Kingdom offers on the path with His love. To apprehend that love is the challenge of time spent in alone prayer closet placement with the Father.

We must resist the tendencies, that come with the cycles, to either think too much of ourselves, or be too hard on ourselves. He, not we, is the author of salvation, its plan for the Ages, and your present relationship with faith. Of course, I’ll pray for you, and ask that you pray for me and my family as well.