its Gods will to Heal
he then tells who to do so ?
US ..
why are so many more not healed then.. because "we " are not doing what we have been told to do .
if a person is not healed when "I" pray for then that is a lack in my faith and its activation ..it is not a lack in them - i assure people this is the case ..
so what do we do if someone doesnt get healed ?(and yes christians are sometimes more difficult when it comes to healing ,they are often bound up in layers of religiosity theory theology and demons )whereas the non chrsitian are often more open and unhindered in receiving.
so what do we do if someone doesnt get healed...? we go find a person with even greater faith then our own to disciple us how .
in james it says "call for the elders " ..but in that setting who were the elders seeing that the church over all was incredibly young ? simply people who had been praying and laying hands on folks for healing for longer then you have yourself .. they are elder in experience .. not years bible training seminar ..but hands on experience .. and these folks with more developed faith then come and lay hands on them and pray and the person gets healed -
what DONT we do when someone doesn't get healed when "I " pray . ? we DO NOT discredit the word of truth by making up a theology based on what did not happen and in opposition to the word of God . we DO NOT go looking for "reasons ' .. we already have the reason ..- our own faith is not developed enough yet .. so keep doing it ! so that it can develope .
the lord JEsus showed this when the deciples could not cast a evil spirit out .. -he did not ask the man if he had someone he needed to forgive ,he did not look for some genetic trait he did not look for some heredity issue ...instead .. he told the deciples off for .."their lack of faith " and then he went and cast it out .so displaying it was "none " of the other excuses we often drag up .. but only lack of faith in "us"
I agree that faith is the key to healing. But if you remember when Lord Jesus was healing, sometimes he would not allow too many people around. Look at this.
Luke 8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Luke 8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
See here you can see where Jesus would not perform in the presence of unbelief. The crowd was with him but there those there that did not believe, so Jesus just made them stay out doors.He told the parents, in so many words, "hold on to your faith". when he told them to fear not, believe only and she shall be made whole. However, there was a crowd there at the healing of the woman with the issue of blood. So, how could she be healed in a crowd? She could be healed because she was just doing what all the others were doing and nobody knew her problem except her. That is why Lord Jesus told her that that her faith had made her whole. Well you might say that others were touching Him and they were not made whole. There goes your unbelief. I am sure some in the crowd said the same thing. "I touched Him first, how come I didn't get healed?" Yeah we see the same thing happening today. They were probably part of the crowd laughing Lord Jesus to scorn.
Yes there are cases where people who are not believers get healed. But they do present themselves for healing, and God sees that act as faith.My cousin is a pastor and he remarks about how people come in off the street who are not believers, he pray for them and they are healed instantly while believers who are in church every time the doors are open don't receive healing. But, I digress.