why do you need health insurance? Or, for that matter, car insurance, life insurance or home owner's insurance? Why are you worrying about your health in the future when: A) Jesus has told you specifically not to worry (Matthew 6:34), and B) Jesus has promised to cure any illness that arises (James 5:15)?
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2006-06-21 23:12:32 · 18 answers · asked by UCSC Slugmaster 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
cosmicwoman: Jesus was talking about life after death when he said he would heal anyone who was sick and answer your prayers???
2006-06-21 23:20:46 · update #1
so gentlemanfarmer then jesus wont heal the sick and answer your prayers? because if you think he does heal people who pray to him than again i ask you why do you need health insurance?
2006-06-21 23:26:02 · update #2
Tim: but if jesus or god doesnt want to answer your prayers then isnt it god's will that you remain sick??otherwise he wouldve healed you right???why bring doctors into it....
2006-06-21 23:43:41 · update #3
Good questions.
Firstly, Just because Jesus tells us not to worry, doesnt mean we shouldnt be prudent. Jesus promises that we will never have insufficient if we are true to HIm, but that doesnt mean we can just be reckless in our life, spend all our money, save none of it, and then expect Him to bail us out when it all goes wrong.
Secondly, yes I agree a lot of Christians seem to put more faith in doctors than in Gods ability to heal. In my travels to other poorer nations we see a great many more healings than here (in the UK), although praise God we are seeing a lot more healings here too now. I think we tend to come to God less for our healing because we know we have medicines. This isnt altogether a bad thing. After all, without God we wouldnt have medical care - this is a gift from God just as much as supernatural healing is. So i dont think we should just reject medical care.
2006-06-21 23:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by JFinlay925 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not have health insurance but I believe he gave us doctors to help us. In the Catholic Bible there is a verse that says;"Honor the physician for his skill comes from God."The other insurances I do not posess. I do not drive but I can tell you the why about that is the government requires it and Christians are told to"render to Caeser what is Caeser's" The future is never ours we only have today. As for healing all that arises sorry but I never heard of that. I was taught that when you pray for healing you may healing or you may receive the grace to suffer with Christ.
2006-06-21 23:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you need health insurance?
Because medical care is expensive and if you need a doctor you have to go otherwise you wouldn't be taking care of your body, which is a sin.
Or, for that matter, car insurance, Car insurance is the law of the land, and true Christians are supposed to follow man's laws as long as they don't interfere with God's laws.
life insurance or home owner's insurance? I don't have either lol so I am not sure, but I imagine that it would be considered caring for your family. That one's iffy though I think.....
2006-06-22 00:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by ~Donna~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you could consider your life a gift from God (such as many parents do upon the birth of a child) is it then not your responsibility to take good care of what you have been given. We were born into a world of "humanness", not into a sterile vacuum. There are many aspects to life and illness happens to be one of them. God would consider us foolish if we did not take advantage of benefits that were before us. If it was God we had to worry about damaging our home, our car, or our life we wouldn't need insurance as then we could be assured it would never happen. It then becomes a protection against the "bad choices" of others who choose not to follow the teachings of Jesus and live like He did on earth.
2006-06-22 02:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this time Jesus does not always heal by His power alone, but uses doctors also (it would be great if we could always be healed by His power), for what ever reason.
Jesus did not want us to constantly worry, but we are to do our part in taking care of a matter (if it is within our power to do so) but we should ask for His leading first, and then do our part and leave it in His hands.
2006-06-21 23:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are at least 45,000 Protestant churches in the U.S.
What caused all these different beliefs if the MESSAGE is so clear?
Virgin Birth - Was it a preconceived notion?
What is the Imacculate Conception?
An Imacculate Deception?
Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?
Jesus? Christianity? .
If Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.
Gods do not die? Do they?
If Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed?
If Jesus died for our sins, there should not be any more sins, else why go through with it?.
If Jesus really DIED, he should be dead, dead, dead!
2006-06-22 00:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
humans always get confused between what is called god's laws and what is called human laws.... Religion is a result of humans placing human law above God's law. Jesus is a fairy tale used by evil to keep humanity bound to religion. First there was fear... then there was guilt. There has never been proof of Jesus's existence because he never existed. EVERY TRUTH HAS LEFT A PHYSICAL IMPRINT ON THE EARTH. And evil relies on humans fascination with mysticism to keep us hooked... no human can walk on water???? Why because it breaks god' laws... which are the laws of nature. What human see as miracles are often the result of nature healing.
2006-06-22 00:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by Gyspy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What bout u?? u r not doing insurance?
Even though ppl hv faith in god they will do all these things for the next generation...
Y our oldies plant trees??
Believing god is a part of life..God is not a life..God is a part of life..
What we hv to do, we must do!!!
Paying insurance doesn't mean that u r going to die right!!..
w/o paying insurance u can't assure tht u can live forever..
Ther will be no answers for such queries..Plzz be meaningfull..
2006-06-21 23:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by Messi Pay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John 14:12
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these...
Contrary to popular Christian mythology, Jesus did not do any physical miracles. He made the "blind see" by opening their minds. He "fed" thousands with a single "bread" by feeding their minds with knowledge. Why don't people understand him, perhaps because his language is spiritual? No wonder mainstream Christianity is constantly attacked, since it's full of Roman Mythos.
2006-06-21 23:37:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You take things out of context. Read the whole Gospel of Matthew and the Book of James. Jesus was trying to get people to believe on Him so they could be saved.
2006-06-21 23:21:37 · answer #10 · answered by gentlemanfarmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋