This group has been around for almost 200 years. You would think in that space of time the men of that religion would have healed and eradicated most diseases from off the earth. Why haven't they? Jesus would have.
2007-04-02 03:09:18 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Same reason all the evangalists haven't "healed" anyone...........they can't.
2007-04-02 03:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Did Christ heal everyone when He was on the earth? Did the people then believe that He actually was Christ seeing all these miracles? It is obviously not God's will. A man cannot use the Priesthood contrary to the Father's will...keep that in mind.
One thing you must remember, it takes the faith of those healing and those being healed to actually happen. Even as powerful as Christ is, He could not heal a person that either did not believe in Him or believe He could. We must have the faith first, then come the miracles.
I myself have been blessed by the power of the prietshood which many men in my family, including my wonderful husband, hold. I have received many blessings in time of sickness, time of trials and time of worry. I know for a fact that the power these men hold is of God and is truly ordained of Him. I know the power is real. I know it is the power to act as if Jesus himself were performing the blessing.
2007-04-03 06:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
How can you be so sure that Jesus would have? Disease was not totally eradicated by Jesus in the Holy land. Leprosy existed before, during and after Christ's time.
Perhaps the existence of diseases and other trials and tribulations has a purpose. Like teaching us patience, a reliance upon God, and to trust in him.
Mormon men who hold the priesthood utilize that as a means of performing service to others, to comfort the recipient when faint, to calm a troubled heart, to assist in times of need. That is exactly what the Savior did. The priesthood is the ability to help others pass through the trials and challenges they face here upon the earth, without taking away from their opportunity to learn and grow and become more faithful.
2007-04-02 03:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by Kerry 7 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Jesus wouldn't have. The only people who were healed were those who had faith to be healed. There are a lot of people who don't have faith to be healed.
Besides which, God has allowed mankind to suffer from disease so that we may find cures. In this way, God shares with man the creative process. He allows us in some small way to understand the joy in creating, the joy in compassionate service the joy in doing good. He also allows us to understand the pain of losing a loved one. Without pain and sorrow, mankind would never know joy and happiness.
And God still does speak to man.
2007-04-05 05:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by Fotomama 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus would have healed the whole world? No he wouldn't have. Read the bible: he refused to do any miracles in Jerusalem, because nobody believed in him, or in his miracles.
Jesus only did miracles for those who ALREADY believed. Hence, we see no miracles today, because people lack the faith. Science has become people's new religion, and it has left them no room for miracles.
There were many miracles and healings recorded in the early history of the Church, but the world has lost its faith, generally, and most of the members of the Church have also decreased their faith in miracles, which is why we don't see them too often anymore.
Faith always precedes the miracle. Miracles are done for those who already believe; they are not given to help an unbeliever gain new faith. This is especially true of peopel who refuse to believe until they get a miracle. Jesus said that those who seek for a sign in order to believe are an "adulterous generation."
2007-04-04 12:02:19 · answer #5 · answered by NotWorthAStraw 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-09-04 08:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Healing in the manner you are talking about requires 3 things.
1. Faith sufficient to perform the miracle.
2. Faith sufficient to be healed.
3. it to be God's will for the person to be healed.
I have seen and heard of all manner of miracles.
The reason we have not eradicated most or all diseases from the face of the planet is because their is not faith sufficient to do so.
2007-04-06 14:51:08 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know many people who have been healed.
You said Jesus would have. Jesus was on Earth and did not eradicate most diseases off the Earth. He did not cure or heal everyone. There were many diseases on the Earth at the time of Christ that are still on the Earth now. There were many people sick and lame that were not healed at the time of Christ.
2007-04-02 04:46:48 · answer #8 · answered by J T 6 · 9⤊ 1⤋
They claim to have the Priesthood. I have recieved many blessings from LDS men who have the priesthood, including my husband. Just because they are not on TV claiming to cast devils out of people and make blind people see does not mean that they aren't healing others. If Heavenly Father wanted all the diseases off the Earth don't you think that would have happened by now? Is it not a sign that the end is near? Disease and famine?
2007-04-02 03:14:24 · answer #9 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 10⤊ 1⤋
Good Point, but why hasnt the gold plates shown up? WHy have mormons abandoned a lot of the fundamental doctrines? What really goes on behing those temple doors? It all adds to the wonderful mysteries of the LSD church.
2007-04-09 23:12:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am the LAST person to defend the Mormon's but Jesus did not heal everyone.
There were plenty of sick and crippled who were never healed by Christ. There were plenty of diseases then and Jesus did not eradicate them from the planet.
2007-04-02 03:18:17 · answer #11 · answered by Sister blue eyes 6 · 10⤊ 1⤋