Healing Seeds with Pastor Ryan Miller

04/06/2025

COPIED & PASTED from Barry Bennett

The Sacred Cow of Sovereignty

The biggest roadblock to the power of the gospel is the disastrous concept of the “sovereignty of God.” The misunderstanding of sovereignty and the teachings that have come forth in this regard have paralyzed much of the church and substituted fatalism for faith.

When the nature of God is described as mysterious, controlling and directly or indirectly involved in human suffering, there remains no basis for true faith. Faith must then be redefined as resignation.

Resignation decides that since God is in control, there must be a divine purpose in human tragedy and we must learn to let the mysterious ways of God play out. That fatalism is then packaged as "faith".

There can be no true faith if the nature of God is mysterious. There can be no true faith if God might be the source of sickness or tragedy. How can one believe God for healing if healing might not be His will? How can one ever know what they can believe for? They can’t. Every unanswered prayer and promise are thrown in to the “if it be Thy will” box and forgotten.

The only thing that pleases God has become impossible for the “sovereignty” Christian. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Heb. 11:6)

This verse is almost nonsensical to those who live by fate. God is a rewarder? Not for the fatalist. For them, God is the master puppeteer controlling the devil, controlling evil, controlling sickness, s*x trafficking, drug use, spousal abuse, child abuse, murder and so much more. The term “God is in control” makes God the greatest criminal in history, and yet, we are to have “faith” that He is doing this for our own good.

Can you not see the hypocrisy of this position? God decreed that civil government exists as a “terror to evil works” which “bears the sword…to execute wrath upon him who practices evil” (See Romans 13:1-7). And yet in the theology of “sovereignty” it is God Himself who is responsible for evil! He is at odds with Himself and that which He has decreed and established. Why would civil government be ordained to fight the very thing that God is “allowing” or controlling?

Until we understand that God gave the earth to man (Ps. 115:16, Ps. 8:3-6), and that only through victorious, faith-filled Christians can His will for our lives be accomplished, we will continue to let the powers of darkness run rampant and then lay the responsibility at God’s feet.

03/29/2025

Keep following...and looking to...Him. ❤️ Heb. 12:1-2

03/29/2025

03/20/2025

Are you regularly reading (and speaking) healing Scripture?

03/10/2025

Any time someone suggests that healing is not important, or is "just" a side issue, I know they have not taken the Gospel healing challenge.
You can hardly turn a page of the Gospels and not find Jesus going to heal someone, in the process of healing someone, or leaving from having healed someone.
But, regardless of that, His blood splattered at a Roman whipping post reveals the value of our human body in the economy of God.

02/27/2025

(Copied from my personal page.)
I know, because I have been a pastor for over 20 years, that some think I am too focused on earthly benefits of salvation versus the heavenly ones. I heard this back in the early 2000's. The problem is, I know what is available (As His Word reveals.) & I see too few walking in ALL that Jesus has made available to us today.
My ❤️ is to see Jesus getting ALL that He paid for with His blood. That includes a trip to heaven, but so much more!
Yes, thank God for heaven! But a believer does not have to do much to get there. I preach about the Second Coming of Christ & heaven.
But too few know the other benefits available to us now (Psalm 103). Too many don't even hear Jesus as Healer preached, sadly.
Or they hear but have to wade through a miry swamp of false doctrine & lies to even think about obtaining the things God has both promised and provided
Basically, as Jesus said in Mark 7:13, these teachings, such as Calvinism, are "making the word of God of none effect through your tradition."
I remember a preacher telling how his father watered down soda to make it go further. 🤮
Who wants that?! Too many, for any number of reasons, water down the Word to match their limited experience.
We are never called to bring the Word of God down to our experience. We are called to grow in faith so our experience matches that described in His Word.
We must not go beyond the Word of God; but, if John 14:12 is any type of Scriptural measuring rod, most of us have some growing in experience to do--on this side of heaven. 📏
I am enthralled with the writings of A B. Simpson. The themes of several of His books captivate me because He got it!
He just wanted Jesus, first & foremost (Deeper Life). Then, he wanted people to know Jesus, including as Healer (one of the four wheels on the cart). That was his missions motivation that burned 🔥 in him.
But he preached sermons & wrote books 📚 with titles like:
-A Larger Christian Life
-Life More Abundantly
And, of course:
-The Land of Promise
Titles long forgotten (If even ever heard of!), and messages easily swept under the rug & forgotten by the Church today.
I refuse to lower the standard, water down the Word, settle for my current experience, or wait for heaven to experience what God promised here, now.
And...I intend to continue to make those who are willing to remain uncomfortable by teaching & preaching the Word of God as Jesus demonstrated God's will in the Gospels.

02/27/2025

(Sharing from my personal page.)
The (usually Reformed ministers) who attempt to reduce the miracles of Christ into a theological box of being a foreshadowing of future (post-Cross) "spiritual" works is essentially the conservative branch of the Church (theologically) attempting the demythologization of the Gospels (The effect is the same.).
It is as wrong as the theologically liberal attempt several decades ago because it has the same end result: a limited, reduced Gospel that was less than God had the Holy Spirit move upon the apostles to write--and that He has supernaturally preserved for over 2000 years.
No, Jesus healed literal sicknesses because the Father is a Healer (Exodus 15:26) and He came to reveal Father's will (Heb. 1:1-3; John 14:6-13; John 8:28-29; John 5:19-20; Col. 1:15), because He loved (John 3:16--Google the Greek word sozo & 1 Jn. 3:8) & had compassion (Luke 13:10-17; Matt. 9:36; Mk. 1:40-41) on hurting people that Satan had bound & oppressed (Luke 13:16; Acts 10:38).
Yes, Jesus did also demonstrate Himself as Messiah (Mt. 11:1-19); however, it was not the only reason He healed (I just provided at least 3-4 reasons with multiple in context Scriptures.). In fact, there were occasions He specifically told those He healed not to tell, like in Mark 1:40-44.
All of these Scriptures align with the testimony of others throughout church history, like A B Simpson & myself, both being healed by Jesus of major heart conditions (Mine was medically verified.).

02/27/2025

Deep-diving into Scripture today concerning Jesus as the Bread of Life. The bread in Communion. The meat roasted at Passover. The manna in the wilderness. Life-and health-flow from His body!
🍞 ❤️

02/27/2025

I have been sharing some posts, "seeded" with Scriptures, on my personal wall. I will copy & paste some of them here today. More so than my conclusions, I hope people look up the Scriptures. Watch this page!

02/24/2025

I KNOW Jesus is the Healer!
Yes, many people have told me; but that is not why I KNOW.
I KNOW because I saw the Father through Jesus in the Gospels, first.
I KNOW because He healed me of a deadly aortic root aneurysm in 2021. Since, He healed me of a severe sinus infection in 2023. MANY times, I have EXPERIENCED Him as Healer over almost 47 years.
I KNOW because I have personally ministered to people with cancer, sinus infections, bone-on-bone knees, and pain (One lady was healed of over a decade of pain with no one touching her after a word of knowledge was released.), and more!
Yes, I KNOW Jesus is a wonderful Healer! ❤️

02/22/2025

By reading them with the Holy Spirit, you can experience Christ the Healer in the Gospels, still. 🕊️
He is a Risen Lord! 👑

02/21/2025

"Jesus didn't heal people to prove a point. He healed people because He was and is opposed to anyone being under or tormented by the devil."
John Wimber

"...how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him."
Acts 10:38

02/18/2025

This is a spiritual truth with very practical implications that are not spoken of enough. It needs to be taught today.
One of the best books on the subject, in my opinion, is The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillan.
MacMillan was a Christian & Missionary Alliance missionary & Bible college instructor who lived out the Biblical truths he taught in The Authority of the Believer.

(Link to the Kindle version on Amazon is in the comments. At the time of posting, it was only .49 cents.)

02/14/2025

I had an uncle, Charlie, who was "supposed" to have died after a medical error during a "routine" surgery.
I remember, after God healed him, sitting in Gram Gower's living room the following Thanksgiving.
Charlie had already served as a policeman for a city, had a career in the FBI, served years as a skilled Bible teacher, and had just earned a doctorate that had led him to Oxford for research.
I remember him saying something to the effect of God still having something for him to do.
Gram Gower, in her gentle way, piped up with, "Charlie, God healed you because He loves you."
Theology does not have to be complicated. ;)

02/14/2025

One of my heroes of the faith graduated to His reward on Valentine's Day 12 years ago today. Dr. T.L. Osborn
His teachings are a part of the reason I am still alive today. He took the time to handwrite a response to me years ago.
I dedicated my testimony book to him & another minister whose teachings impacted my thinking on divine healing.

02/11/2025

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