Leonardo Von Posted December 26, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1,265 Topics Per Day: 0.44 Content Count: 2,637 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 760 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/04/1972 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Paul was used many times to heal. However he couldn't heal Epaphroditus (Phil 2:25-27) and Trophimus (2Tim 4:20). Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted December 27, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,300 Content Per Day: 1.71 Reputation: 1,686 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted December 27, 2021 Because physical healing is not a right. God is not a 'sugar daddy ' granting us all our irrational wants and wishes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK1110 Posted December 27, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6,896 Content Per Day: 2.42 Reputation: 9,645 Days Won: 4 Joined: 07/18/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/10/1986 Share Posted December 27, 2021 The true-but-probably-too-simple answer is "it must not have been God's will for them to be healed." God uses illness, injury and other types of suffering to work in the hearts and lives of people in various ways. Paul's own "thorn in the flesh" is a prime example: https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-is-a-thorn-in-the-flesh.html Read and ponder the passage about Ephaphroditus. Doesn't it seem like God used this incident to inspire joy in the Philippians, and in Paul himself? Paul then writes about it in his letter, and we can learn and benefit from this story, even nearly 2000 years later. How many people over those 2000 years have read that and grown in their (1) desire to follow God even to the point of death in their ministry, (2) ability to recognize healing as a glorious gift from God and praise and glorify him for it? What an amazing use of Ephaphroditus' suffering by God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-B Posted December 27, 2021 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,974 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 1,636 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/03/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted December 27, 2021 Joni Earekson Tada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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