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Doctrine:  Healing - Part 5 of 6
 
True and False, Yes and No Questions with answers
101] True or False: The fact that one person decides to seek anointing for the healing of a physical condition while another suffering from the same condition, does not, can in no way be taken to mean that the first person is necessarily righteous or that the second person is necessarily unrighteous.     True

102] True or False: We all, in some manner, lack faith. This is no more an indictment than to say that we are all human.     True

103] True or False:  To say that a person lacks faith is not necessarily to blame him in any way, since faith comes from God.   True

104] True or False: Having a lack of faith is a sin.     False

105] True or False: There is sometimes the misconception that if something did not happen as hoped, it was due to lack of faith. As a blanket assumption, this is very true.     False, it is abundantly untrue

106] True or False: Absolute belief in something contrary to God's intention will not bring it about.     True

107] True or False: Healing is not an absolute promise according to one's faith.     True

108] True or False: Paul, who was never healed of the "thorn in his side" once said, "For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong."     True

109] True or False: Faith was definitely a factor in Paul not being healed.     False

110] True or False: It is in no way "godly" or "spiritual" for a person to overestimate his own faith.     True

111] True or False: A person's faith-even one's own faith-is difficult if not impossible to assess.     True

112] True or False: "Hoping" or "wishing" to be healed is the same thing as having the special faith that God must give to really be healed.     False

113] True or False:  Faith must not be confused with desires, fears or pressures.      True

114] True or False: To act based on fear, and convince oneself that it is based on faith, is brutal self-deception which can yield no good result either physically or spiritually.       True

115] True or False: Pride, stubbornness, peer-pressure or having a martyr complex can be confused with faith.     True

116] True or False: A Christian must walk in continual faith.     True

117] True or False: One of the biggest factors that blocks a person from receiving more faith is his own erroneous belief that he already has enough faith when he does not.      True

118] True or False: One reason people are not healed is because they do not have the appropriate faith.     True

119] True or False: For a person not to acknowledge his lack of faith would be folly indeed.       True

120] True or False: A Christian who is realistic enough to soberly assess his own faith and find it wanting is a "weak" Christian.  False

121] True or False: Healing and faith are totally private matters between a person and God.      True

122] True or False: To anoint for every sniffle or mild ache makes a mockery of divine healing and Christ's suffering.     True

123] True or False: A minister is to respect the judgment of the sick person who feels that he needs anointing.     True

124] True or False: It is rather easy for a true Christian to ascertain why a person was healed or not healed.     False

125] True or False: Death may in some cases be a greater sign of faith than life and healing.      True
 
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