Asking For A Friend #11

Asking For A Friend #11

Part of Asking For a Friend—Finding Answers for Tough Questions

August 11, 2024

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I. I believe God is in control of illness – physical and mental – so how do we emotionally continue to have the strength of expectation that God will heal when years of praying have not changed a situation?
• Jesus included

,

, and

healing in his atonement for us on the cross. (Mt. 8:16-17)
• We should keep asking and hoping in prayer for healing because we are

. (Jn. 3:16, 1 Thess. 2:13, Heb. 11:6)
• Praying for

and

is a part of the Great Commission. (Mt. 10:7-8, Jn. 9:1-3)
• Praying for healing needs to be a regular part of a church’s

. (Jas. 5:13-16)
• We pray for God’s help to deny

and to not

. (Mk. 9:24, Gal. 6:9-10, 2 Cor. 10:3-5)
• Faith for healing is not having the correct amount of

or

as the pre-requisite to being healed, but rather is a gifted impartation from God. (Rom. 12:3, Lk. 16:10)

II. If you are divorced and remarry are you committing adultery?
• The person who

the divorce is guilty of adultery.
• God has been clear and specific in the Bible that divorce is only permissible for the reasons of

,

, or

. (Mt. 5:31-32, 1Cor. 7:1-16)
• Marriage is a designed

that reflects to the world God’s

and

of love to the Church that has always existed within the Trinity. (Dt. 31:6, Heb. 13:5)
• Divorce is not an

sin, but there will be judgment and loss. (Jn. 14:21, Mt. 19:6, 2Cor. 5:9-11, Jn. 4:15-26)
• It is impossible to have

or

sex which results in a “

” via the “one flesh” covenant. (1Cor. 6:18, Mt. 19:6)
• Love is like a fire because God is like a consuming fire and so when we don’t feel the “warmth” we need to

or

. (Heb. 10:29, SOS 8:6-7)
• A prescription for rekindling “want” and “warmth” in marriage: 1.

for each other weekly 2. Have

conversation weekly 3. Be

weekly 4.

together weekly 5.

monthly.

III. When Jesus says to turn the other cheek, that’s fine, I get that. But at what point does one decide that this cheek turning has just turned into abuse? There has to be some point we say enough is enough?
• “

” is something God prohibits Christians from doing because God reserves the right of

of justice. (Rom. 12:17-19)
• “Turning the other cheek” goes further than we would like it to according to Jesus’ into a “

” metric. (Mt. 18:21-22)
• “Turning the other cheek” does not mean allowing ourselves to be

. (Jn. 2:23-25)
• “Turning the other cheek” does not mean allowing ourselves to be

. (Acts 22:22-29)
• “Turning the other cheek” does not mean becoming a

. (Jn. 2:13-17)