MOV:Charismatic Demos Shakarian gets sick...

   The Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International. For years he
has taught the erroneous charismatic doctrine that healing for the body
is included in the atoning work of Christ -- that a believer may always
obtain healing for their body just as an unsaved person may obtain
salvation by coming to Christ. But in 1984, Shakarian suffered a stroke
which paralyzed his left side and now, two years later, he is forced to
accept God's sovereignty and admit that God will heal him IF that is
God's purpose. Shakarian admits that his physical affliction has caused
depression at times and that a "lot of people in the fellowship can't
understand why God hasn't healed him since so much of his ministry over
the years has focused on healing."

   The Apostle Paul learned that God doesn't always heal His children,
His servants. Often He uses the "thorn in the flesh" to demonstrate His
grace and strength. Read 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. God can heal anybody,
anytime. But it is not always God's will to heal everybody, everytime.
Those who teach otherwise are unscriptural in their ministry, and will
experience the same disillusionment of many in the FGBMFI.

