There are people in fundamental religiondom that teach their believers needn’t go through the pain and suffering the remainder of creation must go through. If a person has sufficient faith, these people believe that God will remove those untoward circumstances in response to the prayer of faith. But, as these people insist, in order to have God take them away, one must first have the faith that he can and will take them away. We can see the expression “name it and claim it” and the expression “the power of a positive confession” comes from. These are the people that talk about casting out evil spirits and binding Satan. Of course, insufficient faith means no healing, thus the answer to prayer for those of insufficient faith would be NO, end of story. Show your faith - God will show you his miracle. Faith that God can and will heal is an absolutely essential component if that healing, that resolution is to take place in their life. And of course, these people often seek out “faith healers” in that God obviously works through these people of such great faith. You’ll also hear about the benefit of being able to pray in a special prayer language that they don’t even understand from these people, which is another beneficial avenue to having their problems resolved. This is how they believe God is working today. This group and it’s a large group and it’s expanding is actually the fastest growing movement on Planet Earth. You may have thought Islam was. No, this one is surpassing Islam. This is the one that will be in operation, the apostle Paul tells us in 1 Timothy Chapter 3 in the last days of this Age of Grace.
Another group in fundamental religiondom, they teach their believers there’s a power resident in the prayer itself “the power of prayer” such that in certain situations God will deliver certain people from certain suffering situations that for reasons known only to God. He allows other believers, as well as non-believers, to endure. But, if you go back to Israel’s program, you will see the prayer of faith. James 5:15, there James leaves no doubt about the power of prayer in Israel’s program. They walked by sight. God allowed their prayer life to work in connection with sight as that earthly kingdom was on their doorstep. The word SHALL didn’t leave a whole lot of wiggle room in this promise when it came to the power resident in what James called the prayer of faith. When we come to the apostle of the Gentiles during this age of grace, we see a shift in the manner in which God worked in time past and the manner in which he is working in the lives of believers today. From Paul we never hear the prayer of faith shall save the sick. Paul never states “whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do - ask anything...and I will do it.” Rather, according to Paul, God made this statement in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for thee.” Rather than outward, God took an inward direction. And that’s where he is working today. Philippians 4:6-7
Another group in fundamental religiondom, they teach their believers there’s a power resident in the prayer itself “the power of prayer” such that in certain situations God will deliver certain people from certain suffering situations that for reasons known only to God. He allows other believers, as well as non-believers, to endure. But, if you go back to Israel’s program, you will see the prayer of faith. James 5:15, there James leaves no doubt about the power of prayer in Israel’s program. They walked by sight. God allowed their prayer life to work in connection with sight as that earthly kingdom was on their doorstep. The word SHALL didn’t leave a whole lot of wiggle room in this promise when it came to the power resident in what James called the prayer of faith. When we come to the apostle of the Gentiles during this age of grace, we see a shift in the manner in which God worked in time past and the manner in which he is working in the lives of believers today. From Paul we never hear the prayer of faith shall save the sick. Paul never states “whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do - ask anything...and I will do it.” Rather, according to Paul, God made this statement in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for thee.” Rather than outward, God took an inward direction. And that’s where he is working today. Philippians 4:6-7