Comments on: What Faith is Not http://www.revivalblog.com/what-faith-is-not/ Didn't our hearts burn within us? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: carl http://www.revivalblog.com/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20362 carl Fri, 11 May 2007 16:12:11 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2007/05/11/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20362 I decided to add this example here: One of the young men in my small group was out evangelizing and came across a man in a wheelchair. He boldly declared that God would raise him up. He prayed in tongues and declared all kinds of things and then the guy could not walk. Rinse, repeat. The guy still could not walk. At this point there was a crowd. My young friend then declared that when the crippled man really wanted to walk he would be healed. To which the guy shouted, "I DO want to walk!" I applaud his effort if not his methods. I decided to add this example here:

One of the young men in my small group was out evangelizing and came across a man in a wheelchair. He boldly declared that God would raise him up.

He prayed in tongues and declared all kinds of things and then the guy could not walk. Rinse, repeat.

The guy still could not walk. At this point there was a crowd. My young friend then declared that when the crippled man really wanted to walk he would be healed. To which the guy shouted, “I DO want to walk!”

I applaud his effort if not his methods.

]]> By: carl http://www.revivalblog.com/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20361 carl Fri, 11 May 2007 15:58:09 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2007/05/11/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20361 I will add your feed to my reader and will surely check in in the next couple days. I have seen all kinds of nonsense "In the Name." Like they say, experience is wisdom gained right AFTER you needed it. Today I am able to teach on the gifts from a perspective most don't teach it from. <i>"True faith, IMHO, will wait on God without worry, or the nervous apprehension that causes a person to jump the gun and take things upon his or herself"</i> I think many people who operate in gifts today have barely more faith than fear and as soon as something does not work they drum up works to mask it. I am going to add something to my original post that highlights this. I have blogged before about that uncomfortable moment after you prayed for someone to be healed and they are not. The flesh wants to blame the person. When in reality they just didn't get healed. The real victims of this tragedy are the people who were sceptical of the prophetic and heard this false prophesy. I will add your feed to my reader and will surely check in in the next couple days.

I have seen all kinds of nonsense “In the Name.” Like they say, experience is wisdom gained right AFTER you needed it. Today I am able to teach on the gifts from a perspective most don’t teach it from.

“True faith, IMHO, will wait on God without worry, or the nervous apprehension that causes a person to jump the gun and take things upon his or herself”

I think many people who operate in gifts today have barely more faith than fear and as soon as something does not work they drum up works to mask it. I am going to add something to my original post that highlights this.

I have blogged before about that uncomfortable moment after you prayed for someone to be healed and they are not. The flesh wants to blame the person. When in reality they just didn’t get healed.

The real victims of this tragedy are the people who were sceptical of the prophetic and heard this false prophesy.

]]> By: slw http://www.revivalblog.com/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20360 slw Fri, 11 May 2007 15:48:16 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2007/05/11/what-faith-is-not/#comment-20360 Interesting post. I feel terrible for the family of that boy. I've been posting on the same subject myself, and am in the midst of posting another article in the series. If you have the time in the next few days, I would love to have you take a look and let me know what you think. As far as what you said here, it sounds like you've been exposed to what is all too common in charismatic/pentecostal circles-- folk wanting so much to experience signs and wonders that they take it upon themselves to manufacture them. They make up words of knowledge, cast out pretend demons (i.e. the spirit of jealousy) and see anything as a healing ("bless God, I rebuked that cold three days ago and now I feel great!"). Jesus said he did what God showed him do and said what God said to him. He didn't feel the need to make something happen, and wasn't undone if nothing happened(like in Nazareth). True faith, IMHO, will wait on God without worry, or the nervous apprehension that causes a person to jump the gun and take things upon his or herself, like Abraham and Sarah (it produced Ishmael) or like what you witnessed with that poor little boy. God doesn't need us to apologize for him, defend him, nor to bail him out of circumstances where he doesn't appear to have been up to the challenge. Would that we could all just let God be God! Enough with platitudes and "miracles" made of fog! Interesting post. I feel terrible for the family of that boy. I’ve been posting on the same subject myself, and am in the midst of posting another article in the series. If you have the time in the next few days, I would love to have you take a look and let me know what you think.
As far as what you said here, it sounds like you’ve been exposed to what is all too common in charismatic/pentecostal circles– folk wanting so much to experience signs and wonders that they take it upon themselves to manufacture them. They make up words of knowledge, cast out pretend demons (i.e. the spirit of jealousy) and see anything as a healing (”bless God, I rebuked that cold three days ago and now I feel great!”). Jesus said he did what God showed him do and said what God said to him. He didn’t feel the need to make something happen, and wasn’t undone if nothing happened(like in Nazareth). True faith, IMHO, will wait on God without worry, or the nervous apprehension that causes a person to jump the gun and take things upon his or herself, like Abraham and Sarah (it produced Ishmael) or like what you witnessed with that poor little boy. God doesn’t need us to apologize for him, defend him, nor to bail him out of circumstances where he doesn’t appear to have been up to the challenge. Would that we could all just let God be God! Enough with platitudes and “miracles” made of fog!

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