Ok. I'm not religious at all. Religion is about getting as close to god as you can get. The closer you are to him, the more 'holy' you are.
I'm a Christian. Christianity is about having a relationship to Jesus.
I go to church every sunday to learn about Jesus and about all the miraculous things that he did, and to get to know him better and to be more like him.
Jesus was an amazing man who did amazing things. He healed people of sickness, raised people from the dead, released evil spirits from people, and forgave people of their sins so they could go to heaven.
Some Christians today do not beleive that God can heal them of illnesses. They think it was only appliable back then. But, of course, that's not the case. Before Jesus went to the cross, he was beaten severele. If anyone has seen 'The passion of the Christ', you would see him being beaten and ripped open with blades. But in the Bible (I don't know where exactly, I can look later and post it another time), it says he was beaten so badly, that he was not recognisable as a person. My point being, he went through all of this (and being nailed to the cross) for us and our sins. He does NOT want any of us to ever be ill, nor does he want any of us dieing before our time.
When I became a Christian, which was little over a year ago, I've heard and seen of so many miracles happen. I, myself, have had miracles. I've been healed of pain and inury and epilepsy instantly with prayer, and I've seen in my church people going through the same. On sunday evening just gone, I watched as my frineds leg grew an extra inch in length when she was being prayed for.
I also know personally, people who have been healed of cancer and other fatal things, just from being prayed for and their faith being strong.
Jesus said; 'When two or more people are gathered in my name, I will be present' This is more than true. Every week I can feel the presence of God and the holy spirit, which is what makes all the miracles happen. I, along with mostly everyone in my church, have been ministered to and ended up collapsing under the power of the holy spirit which is an incredible experience.
But it doesn't end at church on a sunday. It happens every day of the week. And so long as you live by the word of god, you no longer need to live in fear. There are times when you do become ill, but that's satan attacking you, trying to draw you away from god, and this is where your FAITH comes in to action. Knowing that god is there with you and he can help you through hard times such as illness, your relationshiop with him becomes stronger. And so long as you continue to love him and to praise him, he will never leave you.
There's so much more I can say about this and I will later on.
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