"Healing miracles ended with the apostles. That was for establishing the church, not for today."
How it sounds in your head: I've seen so many prayers go unanswered. All those TV healers are frauds. Maybe God really did stop doing miracles after the Bible was finished. The doctors are my only real hope now.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
-- Hebrews 13:8Source: Cessationist theology twisting Scripture to explain away powerlessness in dead religion.
He's watched friends die despite prayers, seen no dramatic healings in his traditional church for 50 years. The medical system seems more reliable than faith, and his body keeps breaking down despite believing.
She suffered 12 years, spent all her money on doctors who made her worse, ceremonially unclean and untouchable. One touch of Jesus' garment and she was IMMEDIATELY healed - not gradually, not eventually, but in that instant her suffering ended.
I REFUSE the lie that healing died with the apostles. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus Christ is the SAME yesterday, today, and forever - the Healer didn't retire when John died. I am in covenant with the God who said 'I am the LORD who heals you' and that name hasn't changed. IT IS WRITTEN that by His stripes I WAS healed - past tense, finished work, already done. The same power that raised Christ from the dead dwells in me and gives life to my mortal body RIGHT NOW. I receive healing as my covenant right, not as a expired Bible-times phenomenon.
The Father is running toward you with the same healing power that flowed through Jesus in Galilee - it never stopped, never diminished, never became unavailable. He sees your pain and His compassion moves Him to heal NOW, not just then.