"The nine disciples had failed to deliver the epileptic boy mentioned in the gospels. Some theologian of that day, if he were like may of the theologians of these days, might have seized upon that failure. He might say, 'There, now we have the proof that it is not always God's will to heal.' But the father wanted the boy to be healed. The boy himself wanted to be healed. The disciples, divinely commissioned to cast out devils and heal the sick, wanted him to be healed. Under similar circumstances today someone would say because of such a failure, 'It is not God's will that such a one should be healed.' They would make a theology out of the failure. But Jesus came down from the mountain and delivered the boy. This proves it to be God's will to heal, even when His accredited representatives had failed to heal. Why not make theology out of this?"
After witnessing the miraculous healing of thousands, I am convinced that the proofs of healing are as bright and convincing as are the proofs of regeneration. Yet I do not base any doctrine on these answers to prayer. I, for one, will preach all the Gospel if I never see another man saved or healed as long as I live. I am determined to base my doctrines on the immutable Word of God, not on phenomena or human experince."
-an excerpt from Christ the Healer, by F.F. Bosworth.
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