JOHN 8:44 MATTHEW 16:1-4 JESUS UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE CRAVED

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2 MATTHEW 16:1-4 JESUS UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE CRAVED AND DEMANDED, PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF JESUS. MATTHEW 7:15-23 MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE NOT PROOF POSITIVE THAT GOD IS AT WORK. IN FACT, THE NT REPEATEDLY TELLS US THAT THE ENEMY WILL DECEIVE MANY IN THE LAST DAYS BY SIGNS AND WONDERS.

3 SOME BELIEVE, IN LIGHT OF MARK 8:16, THAT WE AS BELIEVERS SHOULD SEE PHYSICAL HEALING FOR EVERY PERSON THAT WE PRAY FOR. IF WE CARRIED THIS LOGIC INTO OTHER AREAS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE, WE D HAVE ISSUES. JESUS ALSO TAUGHT PERFECT DOCTRINE. SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL TEACH PERFECT DOCTRINE IN THIS LIFE? JESUS ALSO LIVED A SINLESS LIFE. ARE YOU WITHOUT SIN IN EVERY WAY, EACH AND EVERY DAY? MARK 7:37 JESUS DID ALL THINGS WELL.

4 MATTHEW 8:14-17 JESUS FULFILLED A SPECIFIC PROPHECY FROM THE 53 RD CHAPTER OF ISAIAH: HE TOOK UP OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED OUR DISEASES. THE CONTEXT HERE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW, IS THAT THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS SEEN IN THIS PASSAGE, FULFILLED THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH 53:4. HOWEVER, THOSE OF THE HEALTH AND WEALTH CAMP WILL SAY THAT ISAIAH 53:4 WAS FULFILLED AT THE CROSS. THEY LL CROSS REFERENCE MATTHEW 8:17, WHICH HAS THE CONTEXT OF PHYSICAL HEALING, IN ORDER TO DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT THE CROSS SECURES ALL OF OUR PHYSICAL HEALING.

5 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-10 MUCH SPECULATION AS TO WHAT THIS THORN IS. THE WORD THAT S USED HERE, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12, FOR WEAKNESSES OR WEAKNESS OR WEAK IS THE GREEK WORD ASTHENEIA AND MEANS DISEASE, INFIRMITY, SICKNESS, MALADY, FRAILTY, WEAKNESS. USED IN VERSE 5, TWICE IN VERSE 9, AND TWICE IN VERSE 10. IS IT USED ANYWHERE ELSE IN PAUL S WRITINGS, WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT HE MAY BE REFERRING TO? ACTS 28:9

6 GALATIANS 4:13 IN MY OPINION, THIS CAN BE NOTHING OTHER THAN A PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR DISEASE (AND MANY BELIEVE THIS IS THE THORN THAT PAUL WAS REFERRING TO). 1 TIMOTHY 5:23 PAUL USES THIS WORD TO DESCRIBE TIMOTHY S STOMACH ILLNESS/DISEASE 2 TIMOTHY 4:20 PAUL LEFT TROPHIMUS (SICK OR DISEASED) IN MILETUS

7 THE WORD ASTHENEIA, USED 5 TIMES IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12, AND ONCE BY JESUS HIMSELF IN VERSE 9, I BELIEVE, IS IN THE CONTEXT OF PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND OR DISEASE. MATTHEW 8:17 THE WORD USED FOR INFIRMITIES IS THE GREEK WORD ASTHENIA, SAME WORD USED BY JESUS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9. THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL PROPONENTS WILL TELL YOU CORRECTLY THAT THE WORD ASTHENEIA IN MATTHEW 8:17 SPEAKS OF PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR DISEASE, AS THAT S THE CONTEXT OF WHAT JESUS JUST DID. BUT THEY LL REJECT THAT THE SAME GREEK WORD HAS THE SAME MEANING IN 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9.

8 WHAT WE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF, IS THAT WHATEVER THIS THORN WAS, IT WAS VERY CLEARLY FROM THE ENEMY. IT WAS ALLOWED, BY GOD, TO CONTINUE, THOUGH IT WAS FROM THE ENEMY. GOD IS SOVEREIGN. GOD CAN AND WILL USE ALL THINGS THAT COME INTO MY LIFE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND GROW ME. ESPECIALLY MY WEAKNESSES!

9 BUT WE DON T SEE ALL THE EFFECTS OF SIN ERASED IN THIS WORLD, BECAUSE GOD HAS ALLOWED THE ENEMY TO BE THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, FOR A SEASON. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4 REVELATION 21:1-4