Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: garyh@crash.cts.com (Gary Hipp) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Doctrine vs. the Bible Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 03:26:11 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article ASC105@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >The bible says that Jesus Christ carried out sickness so that we don't >have to carry it ourselves. I know this for a fact, so when I get sick, >I just say "Satan, you don't put that on me! Sickness, Get off me in >the name of JESUS!"--and it goes. It had to go because I knew that >as a believer in Christ this was part of God's redemptive plan. > Where does the Bible say that Jesus carried out sickness so that we don't have to carry it ourselves? If you are going to tell me, "that by His stripes we are healed" all verses related to this have to do with salvation, not healing of the body. I won't deny miracles, but I can't deny suffering either. "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body (which is the church) in filling up that which is lacking in Christ's afflictions."--Col.1:24 Christ did not rid the world of suffering. Suffering is part of the process of sanctification. gary hipp