The purpose of this is to provide short and quick answers to the
common "Why won't God Heal Amputees" collection of questions.
Target Audience:
1. Non-Christians who are sincerely seeking truth, who are looking
for objective and solid evidence to believe in the God of the Bible
(see especially question 7).
2. Christians who are looking to for answers to these questions
from the Bible, with the intended purpose of strengthening their
own faith.
This topic is not intended for:
People who have already decided beforehand that they do not want to
believe in God, regardless of the evidence. For such people,
I cannot help you. God Himself will deal with you.
Of such people, the Bible already says that they suppress the truth
by wickedness. Jesus said this in the Bible "This is the verdict:
Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of
light because their deeds were evil." Examine your own heart.
What is the true reason you want to reject God? Is
it because you have examined and tested the Bible? Or is it
because you are afraid that God will take up your time and make it
inconvenient for you to practice what you do in secret, in thought,
word and deed?
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A few biblical guidelines to keep in mind as we go through each
question:
1. God does not owe us anything.
* If God did not heal anybody,
He would still be perfectly good and righteous.
* If we were all in hell right
now without any chance of salvation, it would be exactly what we
deserve for our sins.
2. God is not a vending machine.
* Just because we pray for
something, even if we use the words "in Jesus's name" like a
magical formula, God does not have to say yes.
* In Jesus's name = Amen =
according to the will of God, because Jesus always did the will of
the Father.
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Question #1: Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
[Romans 5:12] Therefore, just as sin entered the world through
one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all
men, because all sinned.
[Romans 9:15] I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will
have compassion on whom I have compassion.
Sickness, death, amputations, wars. All these started
happening after sin entered the world through the disobedience of
Adam and Eve. It is exactly what we deserve. In no way
can God be blamed for a person having an amputation nor can He be
blamed for not healing an amputee.
God is the boss of the universe, and it is His right to do as He
wills. If God heals anybody, it is because He has mercy and
gives good things that the person does not deserve.
The very fact that we are able to breathe, to see and to be
on the Internet right now, it is a result of God being
merciful. In no way do we deserve any of these good
things.
If God were to give us exactly what we deserve, we would all be in
hell right now. But He delays His judgment and gives us time
to repent.
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Question #2: Why are there so many starving children in our
world?
[Romans 5:12] Therefore, just as sin entered the world through
one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all
men, because all sinned.
[Romans 9:15] I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will
have compassion on whom I have compassion.
Starvation and lack of food are not God's fault. God created
the world perfect. In his perfect world, there would never
have been any starvation, nor would there be any amputees.
But because of our sins, this is no longer a perfect world.
The question we should ask is why isn't everybody starving?
The reason anyone has food to eat is because God has had mercy and
compassion on him, and has provided good things such as food.
This is why Christians give thanks to God for a meal. This is
why Christians give thanks to God for every good thing, because
every good thing is from God.
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Question #3: Why does God demand the death of so many
innocent people in the Bible?
[Ezekiel 18:4] For every living soul belongs to Me, the father
as well as the son - both alike belong to Me. The soul who sins is
the one who will die.
[Romans3:10] As it is written: There is no-one righteous, not even
one; there is no-one who understands, no-one who seeks God.
[Psalm 51:5] Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my
mother conceived me.
The people were not innocent. They had sinned. The punishment
for sin is death. Every soul belongs to God, and it is His
right to decree when each person will die. If God decreed
that I died tonight, He would still be perfectly good and righteous
and just.
Surprise, surprise. All have sinned. Therefore, all
deserve to die. Do you know that you are doomed die? It
is God's right to decide the time and date. You have until
then to repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
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Question #4: Why does the Bible contain so much
anti-scientific nonsense?
[2 Peter 3:3] First of all, you must understand that in the
last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil
desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever
since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the
beginning of creation." But they deliberately forget that long ago
by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of
water by water. By these waters also the world of that time was
deluged and destroyed.
The Bible does not contain anti-scientific nonsense. If you
have trouble believing that God created the earth in six days or
that there was Noah's flood, I would recommend you take a look at
www.creation.com. They have some very scientific articles there
written by highly-qualified scientific people. And if you do
not like reading scientific articles, they even have videos that
make things easier to understand.
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Question #5: Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery in
the Bible?
[Romans 6:20] When you were slaves to sin, you were free from
the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that
time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in
death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become
slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the
result is eternal life.
Do you know that you are a slave? Everybody is either a slave
to sin or a slave to God. There is no middle ground. Slaves to sin
receive death. Slaves to God receive eternal life. Sin
is a bad master. God is a good master.
The references to slavery in the Old Testament clearly demonstrate
this concept. Slaves who had a good master even wanted to
stay with their master though they may choose to go away. I have
tasted and found that my Master, God, is good. Therefore I
will always want to stay with Him. It is my desire that you
be a slave of the good Master.
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Question #6: Why do bad things happen to good
people?
[Ezekiel 18:4] For every living soul belongs to Me, the father
as well as the son - both alike belong to Me. The soul who sins is
the one who will die.
[Romans3:10] As it is written: There is no-one righteous, not even
one; there is no-one who understands, no-one who seeks God.
[1 Peter 4:12-13] Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful
trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening
to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of
Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is
revealed.
[1 Peter 3:19] So then, those who suffer according to God's will
should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to
do good.
[1 John 5:19] We know that we are children of God, and that the
whole world is under the control of the evil one.
There are no good people. Bad things happen to bad people. I
am a bad person. So are you. We may not be bad according to
man's standards, but we are bad according to God's standards.
The very fact that we are not in hell right now is evidence of
God's mercy.
This is a fallen world. God made the world in a perfect
state. But now it is fallen, and it is not God's fault.
It is perfectly reasonable to expect bad things to happen to bad
people in a fallen world.
Guess who has control over this fallen world? The Bible even
describes the devil as the god of this world who blinds the mind of
unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the Gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God. But a time is
coming when God will create a new heaven and a new earth.
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Question #7: Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles leave behind
any evidence?
[John 20:29] Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me,
you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
believed."
Many people have believed in Jesus Christ without seeing any
evidence. But for those who need to see some evidence, He has
been kind enough to leave some evidence in various
categories. The following may be useful for you. Please
study, and then believe, for your own sake.
Archaeological Evidence:
http://www.formerthings.com/israelstele.htm
300+ Messianic Prophetic Evidence (things written hundreds of years
before Jesus was born were fulfilled by Him):
http://lastdayscalendar.tripod.com/messianic_prophecies.htm
Scientific Evidence:
http://www.creation.com
Scientific Foreknowledge:
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101science.html
Last Days Prophecies (things written in the Bible that you can
see fulfilled with your own eyes today):
http://www.eternal-productions.org/101prophecy.html
Historical Evidence (written by secular historians):
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/outside.php
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Question #8: How do we explain the fact that Jesus has
never appeared to you?
[Exodus 33:20] But you cannot see My face, for no-one may see
Me and live.
[1 Corinthians 13:12] Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I
shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
[Colossians 1:28] We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching
everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect
in Christ.
[Philippians 3:12]Not that I have already obtained all this, or
have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that
for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
[John 20:31] But these are written that you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have
life in His name.
One reason is because we are still connected to the sinful
flesh. With the exception of the time between Christ's birth
and His return to heaven, nobody has seen Him perfectly,
face-to-face. But the Bible promises that we shall see Jesus
face-to-face, when we are glorified after death.
For now, we have the Bible to help us believe. It has been
tested and found to be trustworthy. If you have not read the
Bible, and you are thinking that it is too thick to read, you can
limit yourself to just one or two books. I think the book of
Romans gives a pretty good description of the big picture of God's
salvation plan. And any one of the four gospel accounts gives
a good peek into the life of Jesus on earth.
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Question #9: Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and
drink his blood?
[John 6:51] I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever. This bread is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
[Luke 22:19] And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave
it to them, saying, "This is My body given for you; do this in
remembrance of Me."
[1 Corinthians 11:26] For whenever you eat this bread and drink
this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
[2 Corinthians 5:21] God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus gave His perfectly lived out life and offered it to us. To
His followers, His perfect righteousness is imputed to them.
Jesus gave His blood to atone for our sins. The followers of
Jesus have their sins erased from them, paid for in full.
God knows how forgetful we are. Therefore, the Lord's Supper
helps us to remember the focal point of the entire Bible - that
Jesus Christ gave His blood to atone for our sins and His life that
we have His perfect righteousness.
Whenever we partake of the Lord's Supper, we proclaim to all
witnesses that Jesus Christ has done this great deed for our
salvation.
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Question #10: Why do Christians get divorced at the same
rate as non-Christians?
[Matthew 7:13-14] Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is
the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that
leads to life, and only a few find it.
[Matthew 7:7] Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter
the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven.
[Luke 13:23-24] Someone asked Him, "Lord, are only a few people
going to be saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter
through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to
enter and will not be able to."
Not everyone who says that they are a Christian is really a
Christian. Just because a person's parents are Christian does
not make one a Christian. Just because it is printed on a
person's passport that the religion is "Christian" does not make
the person a believer, especially in today's modern world.
Church today has become fashionable. Pop and rock styles of
worship have made church attractive to the young people. I do
not mean to say that a certain style of music is necessarily a bad
thing, because the Bible actually encourages lively music to
worship God [Psalm 150].
However, with so many people coming in the front door, it is
difficult to tell the sheep from the goats. Many people go to
church for social reasons, or they want to make business
contacts. The preaching of a prosperity gospel results in
many people running around who think that Jesus wants to help them
strike lottery or wants to give them a BMW. There are many
who miss out on the main point, which is that Jesus Christ came to
die for our sins and purchase our life back to God.
There are many people who want to go to heaven. But not all
of these people want God to be there when they get to heaven.
In other words, they want a heaven without God, probably because
they have no desire to obey Him. But a true Christian will
want to please God. This happens as the Christian continues
to receive grace from God to grow in obedience, which makes him or
her less likely to get a divorce.
However, not every person who gets a divorce is a
non-Christian. Christians do go through times of
weakness. Or perhaps the divorcee was a new Christian who had
not yet learned to obey God. Nevertheless, unless we can look
into the hearts of people, we are unable to discern who is really a
Christian and who is just for show.
Now, the surveys conducted probably segregated Christians from
non-Christians based on what was printed on their passport, which
is not a very accurate indicator. If the surveys conducted
had segregated Christians based on whether a person desired to obey
Christ, then the results should show that Christians who get
divorced are very few indeed.
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CONCLUSION
1. God is holy, holy, holy.
2. You are evil, evil, evil.
3. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for your evil and gave you His
perfect righteousness
4. The evidence that number 3 is true is that, within this
lifetime, you repent of your sins and believe in Jesus
Christ.
Still think that you are not evil? Take the test to find out
if this is true.
The Good Test:
http://www.eternal-productions.org/thegoodtestvideo.htm
I plead with you, together with all the apostles and saints, to
come to Christ, urgently.
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Recommended Resources:
Searchable Database of Questions About God:
http://www.gotquestions.org
Solid, Biblical Video Repository (Videos arranged by questions
and topics):
http://www.illbehonest.com
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