The prayer of faith will heal the sick; how are we supposed to understand what James was saying in James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
Does it mean that when I pray and muster up faith in my prayer, the sick person I’m praying for will get well? If that’s the case, if the sick person does not get well as a result of my prayer, does that mean that I don’t or didn’t conjure up enough faith? These are things that have caused many people to discredit God’s work and create doubts. Sometimes people that don’t heal after being prayed for are told they didn’t receive recovery because of their lack of faith, and those accusing misquote scriptures to back up their claims. We really need to understand what James is conveying in this verse and to do that, let’s understand what faith means. According to Hebrews 11:1 faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we believe. So how do we acquire faith is the real question? I’ll invite you to watch the presentation below in its entirety.
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My name is Tayib Salami and I started Tayibs.com for the sole purpose of exploring difficult questions about the Christian faith that most of us shy away from. In 2017, I entered a very dark time in my life and it’s only by the grace of the Living God that I’m still alive today. It led me to really go deeper in my faith and consider a myriad of questions that I never thought about asking myself or others before. Welcome and enjoy the ride with me.