- Are the wealthy blessed or those who endure suffering?
- Can a believer fall under condemnation?
- Will the prayer of faith heal the sick?
- Does the confessing of our sins one to another heal us?
- If the elders pray in faith for the sick will they be healed and any sins forgiven?
- Can a believer wonder away from the truth and someone bring him back, saving his soul from death? Jesus told us that the person who believes in him will never die John 11:26 and asked what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul Luke 9:25.
Is it important we believe God? Are the teachers deceived and deceiving us?
Soon an event will take place and a creature will be resurrected from the dead. In one day billions will believe a lie and many will turn from the faith. Many are already turning from the faith, but God has not yet sent the "strong delusion" that those who have rejected him will believe the lie.
2 Thessalonians 2: 11For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. 12Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.
It is about your soul.
James 5 ISV
A Word To Those Who Love God and Eagerly Wait For Him
7So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.
8You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door! 10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
8You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door! 10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Do Not Swear Oaths
12Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object.b Instead, let your “Yes” mean yes and your “No” mean no! Otherwise,c you may fall under condemnation.
The Power of Prayer
- 13Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying.
- Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.
- 14Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faithd will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
16Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 17Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months. 18Then he prayed again, and the skies poured out rain, and the ground produced its crops.
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