If my nose is running, I am coughing and my sinuses are swollen, I have a cold. If I say I have a cold, is that a bad confession or the truth?

"I think I am coming down with a cold." Is that a bad confession even if it is the truth?

Most people would not think twice about making that statement, while others would spiritually scourge them for their bad confession. I wonder if those people would be happier if I said, "My biological unit is malfunctioning."

If there is a fine line between a bad confession and the truth, there is possibly a finer line between a good confession and a lie.

Jesus never told us to lie about our faith.

For example, if you pray for healing and still have the "symptoms" of your illness, is it a lie to tell others that you are healed? Please don't cough on me while you are telling me how Jesus healed you. Mark 11:24
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." I have met those who stand on this verse as a reason for having a "good confession." If this is the basis for that confession, they are actually confessing they have no faith, which is worse than admitting they have a cold. If I avoid saying "I have a cold" fearing some satanic attack will follow because of my "bad confession" I do not have faith that God protects me. If I keep repeating "I am healed, I am healed, I am healed..." over and over again, it begins to sound like I am trying to cast a good spell upon myself. I just can't find this behavior in the scriptures describing healing, or anything else for that matter. In fact, what I do find is when Jesus healed someone, EVERYONE around them knew the person was healed. The blind man did not have to stumble around in darkness saying "I am healed! I am healed!" If he did, people would have ridiculed that man AND Jesus. People will do the same thing today no matter how good you are at finding the spiritual loophole to explain your coughing, headache, fever, broken leg, etc. No, sorry, if I have a cold, I have a cold. I will responsibly tend to my cold. To say or do otherwise is a real bad confession and a spiritual embarrassment. It is also irresponsible. Chances are it was my fault I got the cold in the first place. - - - - - - - His name was David. He had Multiple Sclerosis. One night he dragged his twisted body forward in a church meeting to be prayed for. The man with the "healing ministry" prayed for David, layed hands on him and told him he was healed. David went home and threw away all of his medication. David died. He had a seizure in bed one night and died. Did he die because of his faith or lack of faith? Neither. He died because of his confession. His faith was based on his confession and not the truth. The truth is God had not healed him of Multiple Sclerosis. I miss David. He used to come to Bible studies at our home every week when he was younger. I sang at his sister's wedding. We were friends with the entire family for many years. His family dearly loves the Lord. They were badly hurt by the outcome of this incident. They still love the Lord, but David is dead. According to some, God has healed them and they just have the symptoms. It was the symptoms that killed my friend David. If God heals, and I believe He does, some people must believe their god is powerless to heal them of their symptoms as well? I serve a different God than that. I serve the one who really heals when He heals. The symptoms are gone and the person is obviously healed. I have seen it. I have experienced it. I know it to be true. Measured against the standard that Jesus set when He healed people, some "good confessions" are obviously lacking spiritual validity. Will God forgive people of this sin? Yes, because we all do dumb things that He forgives if we ask Him and repent. I know David went home to be with the Lord. I don't know what God said to him when he got there. What will God say to you when you finally meet Him face to face? How will He address your good confessions? If you are full of good confessions, make sure they are the truth. Comments? Rod

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