Often afflicted people are thought to be less intelligent. The Bible is not like that. An example is the leper mentioned in Matthew chapter eight. He was outstanding in acumen, and saw what few others ever expressed. He met Jesus and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean” (Matthew 8:2). Many put the cart before the horse, saying, “If you can, you will.” That is human thinking, not revelation, and certainly not Bible talk. God always can, but will He?
For the leper, it was a revelation. He saw that everything depended on Christ’s will. The leper’s faith was reasonable – “if You are willing, You can.” The Bible was not written to tell us what God can do. We all know that. God is Almighty, or we would not call Him God. The Bible is here to tell us what He will do. That is what we want to know.
So, what is He willing to do? The answer is, “His Word is His will;” a short answer, but it comes in a long book – 66 Bible books in fact. Each book gives us special help; it builds our understanding of God and His character. Then we know what He will do.
Rheinhard Bonnke
1 comment:
Yeppers, and eack book contradicts something in one of the others. Cool. You can make it mean anything ol' you please. You can pick the part that allows you to hate a certain people and ignore the part that says you can be killed if there is mildew in your house.
And your god of will, petty in his willfulness to 'save' only a few - oh what a strange strange story it is. So obviouly fabricated and yet, so many devote so much waste of time and energy into it. So so very very sadly sad.
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