Shawn eviscerates five scriptures to try and prove his false "divine healing" teaching...

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Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; - Psalm 41:1 (ESV)

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Consider this a discernment break from the wall to wall coverage of a bunch of Kentucky bible college students willing to stay in chapel past service end. I was pushing aside the daily influx of Asbury articles to make sure nothing was getting through such as the above linked article from Shawn Bolz. Shawn is the resident false prophet from Bethel Church and as such believes in the divine healing heresy that says God must always heal us. So many people have had their faith shipwrecked upon the shores of this heresy because when healing inevitably does not come, those weak in faith will blame God or themselves. This article finds Shawn scouring the bible for five verses he believes provide a prophetic promise for healing. To be clear, God can always heal. Why? Because He is God. Shawn teaches that God MUST heal. Why is this so wrong? Because this makes YOU God. The Lord is sovereign beloved and He shares His glory with no one! Let us reason once more together.

"There is about to be another global move of the healing gifts that will capture the attention of the media, both social and news. There will be some documentation of miracles and some sensational healings that will happen in such a way that will put God's healing nature on display, not only in the church but also in culture. God is putting a hunger in people around the world to resolve physical issues with His supernatural power. He is awakening humanity with a desire for Divine resolution. I wanted to speak over you and into you five prophetic promises for physical healing:" - Shawn Bolz

It is interesting that Bolz claims that there will be documentation to back up sensational healing claims because that is what is always missing. Even from the Asbury site we have individual claims of healing, but they are always of the "growing a shortened leg" variety. I saw a woman say that she had a serious dental problem including bone loss but that miraculously the bone had grown back. While I am sure that helped her immensely, it left me wondering if anyone in Kentucky had cancer? If God's presence is literally camped out at Asbury, why not go through the local hospital and bring people to the revival for healing that you claim God must provide? Putting that aside, let us review the five scriptures Bolz has decided to leverage for his false teaching.

"1. Psalm 41:3: "The Lord supports (will sustain, refresh and strengthen) me on my sickbed; He completely heals me from my illness." God never desired you to be sick. It was never His intention. Ask God for vision for what He really wanted when He dreamed of you before time began at this stage in your life. Was it to carry illness or injury? When we let God touch us with His love and vision for our bodies, we set ourselves up to receive His healing power." - Shawn Bolz

Yeah. No. Just horrible theology. First of all, I urge you to read some commentaries on this one verse and you will find it means more that God will provide comfort, not heal the way Shawn is selling. The truth is I do not even need to go that deep to debunk this. Psalm 41:1 is the key verse today because it provides the context Shawn is missing. Is this verse a promise from God to heal everyone? No! It is specifically addressing those who take care of the poor! That God will provide comfort for those who provided comfort for the least in society. This deception is what Bolz and Bethel do all of the time. They take one verse that they think supports their false theology. They do no research on it, provide it out of context and then start waxing deeply about God dreaming of you before time. Perhaps if they spent more time actually taking care of the poor, they would have a better understanding.

"2. 1 John 5:14-15: "Now this is the confidence that I have in Him, that if I ask anything according to His will, He hears me [sickness is not His will]. And if I know that He hears me, whatever I ask, I know that I have the petitions that I have asked of Him." Every time you feel sickness, flu, injury, debilitation in your body ask Him to heal it. Remind your inner man that this is not His will until you confidently believe that. Believe that He is listening and that your ask is important. Before you grab your prescription or go to physical therapy or take that rest"pray! Ask for your healing." - Shawn Bolz

So, is this a rebuke of Bill Johnson who ran to get corrective eyeglasses instead of demanding God heal him? Bill's wife Beni recently passed from cancer - was it her fault? Did she just not remind her inner man that sickness was not God's will? This is absurd and rude theology. While we are at it, let's dispel this garbage about God's will and healing. While the original creation of Adam was designed sickness free, we generally accept that sin brought death and sickness into creation. People got sick throughout the bible! Even people who did the Lord's will! This warped theology is an extension of the NAR dominionist teachings based upon an idolatry of this world.

"3. Proverbs 4:20-22: "I give attention to God's words; I incline my ear to His sayings. I do not let them depart from my eyes; I keep them in the midst of my heart; For they are life, and health to all my flesh." Read the Bible in a way that is actionable. Read stories that inspire you for breakthroughs in your health. Also, think about the things God has promised you or the destiny you feel like you have. When I had a debilitating back injury that could result in a wheelchair, I reminded God that I had a call to go to nations that didn't have handicap ramps to minister. I gave attention to the prophetic words and the sense of calling I had for His sake. I appealed to Him to heal me. These words became the foundation of my faith to receive His healing." - Shawn Bolz

Sigh. How does anyone follow someone so badly learned in scripture? As a general rule, proverbs are lumped together. Proverbs 4, has nothing to do with healing and everything to do with following a righteous way as opposed to wickedness. When scripture says that the words of God are life, it is because we are saved through them. Romans teaches us that only the preached gospel has the power of God unto the salvation of man. His words are health to our flesh because through Him we can resist the power of Satan and sin! Once again, when you idolize this world you miss the awesome true power of scripture. Look at the ridiculousness of Bolz' own testimony. God had to be reminded that He had called him? Really? With all the money Bethel has would it be so impossible to minster to the nations in a wheelchair? In the end he tries to make himself indispensable to the creator of the entire universe. The calling was for His sake, so Shawn just had to remind Him who was boss, got it.

"4. Isaiah 54:17: "No weapon [sickness is a weapon of the enemy] formed against me shall prosper... This is my heritage as a servant of the Lord..." Recognizing this sickness is not God's will. It is a thief to your purpose, relationships, creativity, and life. It keeps you from being fully present with what God has for you. When you recognize it as a battle against God's will in your life you can pray against it and claim that it will not prosper. Yes sometimes we suffer, but sometimes we allow the suffering out of a false mentality that God wants this for us, but it is HIS enemy not just ours. Jesus came to bring you life, health, and wholeness. Nothing that is part of the fall is His desire for you." - Shawn Bolz

The passage from Isaiah was written to the remnant in Babylon and showed the promise of the Lord that when they would rebuild Jerusalem, that no weapon formed against them would succeed. It is appropriate however to apply this to believers today but once again Shawn misses the point. This is meant to build our faith in God. No matter what comes against us, the shield of what? Faith - extinguishes all fiery arrows from the enemy. You can pretend to name it and claim it all day long but when God wants you home, He will take you home. Look however at how evil Shawn's theology truly is. Sometimes we allow the suffering in our lives out of a false mentality? How despicable does he make God out to be? That a believer would be suffering to the point of death, with God ready and willing to heal them, only to let them die because they did not say some magic set of words or claim something that robs God of His sovereignty. Disgusting. Pray? Absolutely and without ceasing. Have hands laid on you? Absolutely, and consistent with scripture. At the end of the day though God remains God and He is sovereign. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. What an evil teaching from Bolz and Bethel.

"5. Deuteronomy 3:22: I do not fear...for the Lord my God Himself fights for me." If you are afraid, tired and weary, no longer in faith that it will change, tell Him! Let Him fight for you but don't be passive in your heart. Don't accept this as His fate for you. Be honest with Him and don't let people put guilt and shame on you for not being healed. At the same time acknowledge He can do it! That He wants to do it! That He has done it for others in the world! That you are a worthy candidate! Then wait on Him." - Shawn Bolz

This was as close as Shawn would get to the truth. If we are down, depressed, tired and weary we should turn to God! We should be strengthened by Him! We should be assured by Him! We should take refuge in the fact that He will fight for us. Then Shawn goes off his dominionist rails again. Don't be passive with God? Don't accept your condition as your fate? Who the heck do you think you are Shawn that you can dictate to the Almighty? Beloved, pray, entreat God. Petition the Lord but we must be just as accepting to the answer of "no" otherwise we are praying our will be done, not His. The healing God has provided for the world is salvation. That deals with eternal life. Shawn Bolz worships this life and that is why he fights so hard to force God to keep him alive. His theology is that of a petulant child, stamping his feet and demanding his parents give him what he wants. Like any good parent, God sometimes answers no and one last time, will mean we stand before Him for judgment. Shawn should think about that the next time he wants to tell the creator of everything what He "must" do.

Reverend Anthony Wade - February 17, 2023

Authors Bio:
Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.