“What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? — [Matt 7:9,10]
Billy gave this commentary about this verse.
“…No loving father would give a stone or a snake to his hungry son if he asked for a piece of bread or a fish. Jesus used the absurdity of that analogy in Matthew 7 to underscore the heavenly Father’s readiness to give good things to His children when they ask Him….”
Ok. So far this is saying what the passage says and so its good. But then the bait and switch scam starts.
“…He wanted them to have complete confidence in the Father’s provision for their spiritual needs…”
Billy says Jesus refers to “spiritual needs.” Both words are not defined, but we at least know from the way it is used by Billy they are meant as non-material needs. See Vincent Cheung for why the idea of “need” is absurd when praying. The bible sees need as anything you “want.” Billy wants it to only be spiritual things like forgiveness or sanctification and so on; however, this is delusional when the direct meaning Jesus is conveying are material things like food. Even if moralized for spiritual things, it does not mean less than the direct meaning of material things like prosperity and healing.
Then Billy continues saying,
“…I asked for health that I might do greater things;
I was given infirmity that I might do better things.
I asked God for strength that I might achieve;
I was made weak that I might learn to obey.
I asked for riches that I might be happy;
I was given poverty that I might be wise.
I asked for power and the praise of men;
I was given weakness to sense my need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life;
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing I asked for but everything I hoped for;
In spite of myself, my prayers were answered—
I am among all men most richly blessed…”
Now the bait and switch scam is 180 degrees opposite from the original. If you ask for healing God drop kicks you in the face and you are bless for it?
This is nothing less than the shout of Satan. Satan asks for all authority and God kicks him down to earth and will soon body slam him to hell. Because Satan’s desire was answered, he is richly blessed? Supposedly we are the same. We ask for healing and God slaps our face. We ask for money and God round-kicks our stomach. We ask or a good spouse and God breaks our arms.
Every back and forth on this list is a bait and switch with definitions being changed to make you believe what he says out of an onslaught of nonsense. Basically he tries to bully you into believing what he says by mentally attacking with nonsense over and over. Oddly, this is something demons do when attacking people, but I digress.
Lastly Billy says,
“…Yes, God always gives us what’s best for us.
We ask amiss, but God answers aright…”
I only have time to say a few things. The Bible says what is best for us is faith in God’s promises and us receiving a fish for fish. Healing, as Vincent says, is about the “will of man.” Let man’s will be done. That is how the bible defines what is best for us. What is best for us is not divining circumstance like a voodoo doctor, but defining our identity by the promises of God in Christ. Healing, miracles and prosperity are part of the finished atonement of Jesus and scripture says they are guaranteed to us on the demand of faith. This is our definition and identity.
To admit that you ask “amiss” or for wrong things means you are not even God’s friend.
“You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask; 3 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions. Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.” (James 4:2-4 NET)
Scripture tells us you do not get your prayers answered when you ask for wicked things like adultery and murder. James defines “wrong prayers and passions” as adultery and murder. If you do this, then answered prayers are the least of your problems because you are God’s enemy.
If you ask for wicked things in prayer God will not give you a better spiritual thing, because you are now God’s sworn enemy. This is the only time the Scripture says God answers with a “no,” to our prayers, (with the exception to direct persecution for the gospel’s sake. But even then we are still equipped with powerful weapons.) Thus, people who keep admitting they are asking for wrong things and not getting prayers answered are admitting they are reprobates. If God keeps giving you a “no” to your prayers, then you are a reprobate and an enemy of God.
You need to repent and ask for good things that Jesus died for, such as healing, prosperity and constant miracles, both for yourself and those around you.
If you asked for healing and God gave you cancer on top of your diabetes, then God is a bad Father. There is no way around this logic. It is because of the logic is so unbendable that there are only two choices if it does not happen. Either you lacked faith, or God is a bad Father. Since these supper humble people are so good at debasing themselves and saying how sinful they are, then obviously the one thing it can’t be is their sinful unbelief, thus, God is a bad Father. But they cannot outright say it, so they combine Scripture with voodoo, masochism, Buddhism and personal experience to give you a bait and switch scam that even Satan would be proud of.
Excommunicate such people from your life at hyper-sonic speed. They are not your friends; they are not God’s friends. They are God’s enemies. You need to talk to them with apologetics as you do with outsiders.
