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9.18 Paul the great apostle left Trophimus sick in Miletus. Does
Trophimus’s illness prove God doesn’t heal sometimes?
2 Timothy 4:20, “Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in
Miletus sick.” Paul left somebody sick. Many people believe because of
this that he couldn‟t get all healed so therefore we can‟t expect to get all
healed. Or they say, it must not be God‟s will to heal everybody. Jesus is
our ultimate example. He healed them all and said we are to do the same
and greater. Did Jesus ever leave anybody sick? Yes, actually He did, a
few times. Ten men who had leprosy asked Jesus to have mercy on them.
He tells them to show themselves to the priests and as they went, they
were cleansed (Luke 17:12-19). The ten lepers were healed “as they went.”
That means the healing didn‟t manifest instantaneously, but only after
they left Jesus. So Jesus left them sick. As they went, they got healed.
Only one came back.
This pattern still repeats itself today. You pray for a sick person don‟t see
an instant or quick recovery, but after some time (weeks, months or
years) you hear their story about how they woke up the next morning
without any pain, not having any symptoms since then. Anyway,
Trophimus accompanied Paul on his third missionary journey and Paul
let him at the seaport of Miletus, sick. However, Trophimus must not
have remained sick very long since he was in Jerusalem at the same time
Paul was there, when Paul was falsely accused of having brought
Trophimus into the temple (Acts 21:29). Therefore, we can conclude that
even though he was left sick, he did recover soon after Paul left him and
got back to business, healthy.
9.19 Paul told his successor Timothy to drink wine for frequent
stomach problems. Does Timothy’s illness prove God doesn’t heal
everyone every time?
Paul said to Timothy, “no longer drink only water, but use a little wine for
your stomach‟s sake and your frequent infirmities” (1 Timothy 5:23).
Whatever sickness Timothy had was a stomach problem, and it was
related to the water. What happens when you travel to some third-world
country and drink the water? That‟s right, stomach trouble. When the
water somewhere isn‟t clean and save to drink, there are times when it‟s
better to drink something besides water. That‟s painfully obvious.
Any doctor will tell you “Prevention is better than cure.” Timothy didn‟t
have some chronic problem from which he never received healing. Paul
was counselling Timothy to quit drinking the water because that is what
was causing his stomach problems, and instead to drink a little wine. If
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CHAPTER 3
HEALING AND FAITH SCRIPTURES
This chapter contains healing and faith verses for your meditation. You
are to think and remember them day and night so that you can receive
healing from God. Literally you should feast on them long enough and
often because they are truly full of life. Take your time meditating
(ponder) on each verse until they move from your mind into your spirit
where they will bring transformation to your life.
These words are filled with supernatural (divine, healing, saving) power
and life of God (Zoe), hence Christ said It is the Spirit Who gives life (He is
the Life-giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in
it). The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life
(John 6:63 AMP). The power of God resides in His word; all things that
exist were created by the word of God, in that things which are visible
were made by things that did not appear (Hebrews 11:3)
“I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for
I am the LORD who heals you” (Exodus 15:26b NIV)
The Lord is our healer, He heals us by His word (medicine) when we
believe it in our hearts, meditate on the word of God and confessing
(decreeing) it by faith.
Worship the Lord your God and his blessing will be on your food and
water. I will take away sickness from among you (Exodus 23:25 NIV).
“No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfil the
number of your days. (Exodus 23:26)
Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and
mysterious things which you still do not know about. (Jeremiah 33:3)
You are supposed to offer your body (temple of the Holy Spirit) as a living
sacrifice on a daily basis (Romans 12:1), glorify Him in your body and
spirit, knowing that all things belongs to us, we belong to Christ and
Christ is of God (1Corinthians 3:21-23).
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