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Basic
Facts
Health
is always God’s will because it is part of the
atonement.
Isaiah 53:4-5, Matt.8:16-17, and I Pet.2:24
“By His stripes, you were healed.”
Gal.3:13,
“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
…” And
Deut. 28:15-62 lists the curses, and they involve all
sicknesses, early death, poverty, and every calamity
possible! A
horrible price was paid for you to be free from all
this; the precious blood of Jesus!
God
is good and Satan is bad.
John 10:10,
Satan’s purposes:
To steal, kill and destroy.
God’s purposes: To give you a wonderfully
abundant life!
III John 2, God wants above all else for us to
prosper and be in health!
Sickness
is Satan’s work
Acts 10:38 “Jesus went around doing good and
healing all that were oppressed of the devil.”
Luke 13:16, Jesus has just healed a woman and
said, “Should not this woman … be loosed whom
Satan has bound these 18 years?
John 10:10 under the preceding
headline could be repeated here, for it also
proves that Satan is the destroyer of
health and life. More on this is in brochures, What
you need to know about Satan, and God’s
Sovereignty.
We
have authority
Luke 10:19, “Behold, I have given you
authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing
shall harm you.”
Also,
Jas.4:7, Mark 16:17, and I John 4:4.
We
are supposed to win with our faith!
I John 5:4, “… and this is the victory that
overcomes the world, our faith.”
Clearly we are to be winners in this life in II
Cor. 2:14, Rom. 8:37, Rev. 12:11,
Rom. 5:17, and Eph. 6:16.
Who
caused it?
Much
is under our own control.
We reap what we sow.
Gal.6:7-8, Luke 6:37-38, and I Pet.3:9. Also,
God has given us choices,
Deut.30:19.
If we choose to seek Him and obey Him with all
our hearts, then we are blessed (healed and
prospered.) If
we don’t, then we will find ourselves under the
curse (Deut.28:15) and that would be our own fault.
We have what we say,
Mark 11: 23.
Words are the steering wheel, James 3:2-6, and
Joel 3:10. For
more on this, get my brochure, What does it matter
what I say? If we know how to live by faith, that is, confessing and
believing God’s Word instead of our feelings or
circumstances, then God is able to make His will
happen in our lives. There are several hindrances to
faith in the brochure, Faith Facts, and these
will actually keep God’s will from being done in
your life. These
are all points that make the trouble your fault.
Satan’s
fault
In the first brochure about hardships, I told
the story of my son’s problem with his gums, and
that I asked God what to do.
He told me that this was of Satan and I could
command it to go.
I did, and it did! You need to read the
brochures, God wants to make your life beautiful And Helps
in Hearing God’s voice. You cannot be sure you
are hearing God if you don’t do those things!
It’s
God‘s discipline.
Heb. 12: 5-11 talks about
that. The word chasten means training, and that is by the Word!
II Pet.1:3-4 tells we are to become partakers
of the divine nature by the promises. Eph.4:11-13
tells what God gave for the perfecting of the saints
(us), and it names five kinds of preachers!
II Tim.3:16-17, “All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine
(teaching) for reproof (scolding), for correction, for
instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may
be complete, (perfect, KJV) and mature!”
But does God ever have to spank us?
Early in our
marriage,
my husband
was seeking God
about the
handling of his
money, and God was leading him.
I didn’t know it, and just thought he was
spending too much money on stereo equipment. I
objected, but he went shopping anyway. I was angry,
but quickly noticed a spot in my vision in my right
eye as if a smear of grease was there. I rubbed and
rubbed my eye and made it all red.
I became panicky!
When he came home, I tearfully told him all
about it. He
told me to go ask God.
I went into our bedroom and knelt by our bed
and asked Him about the spot. He put the thought into
my head that I wasn’t letting Him lead T.A.!
I went back into the living room and fell into
his arms and cried.
I told him what God had said.
T.A. gently said, “I thought so.”
T.A. had me pray and ask God’s forgiveness
and then his. As soon as I did, the spot left.
I learned a good lesson.
If God did that, what else might He do?
The Word of Faith people say God will not hurt
His people, like was argued earlier. However, God
compared Himself to a good father in Matt.7:11, and
good fathers do spank if they have to.
Psa. 95: 8, God tested His people in the
wilderness. Psa.106:16-18, the people envied Moses and
the ground opened up and swallowed them! 28-29, they
worshipped other gods and a plague destroyed many of
them! Dan.9:13-14, God brings disaster when He’s not
obeyed. Deut. 31:16-18, “I will forsake my people if
they break my covenant and turn after other gods.”
So it all depends on how teachable you are!
Are you seeking God with all your heart,
spending time daily with Him in the Word and prayer?
Are you determined to do what you learn there? That’s
the way God wants to lead you.
Misunderstood verses
James 1:2-17 tells us to rejoice in hard times.
Neh. 8:10 says, “The joy of the Lord is your
strength.” So that’s why we are to rejoice--to
gain strength! James 1:3 says it is to test our faith.
In I John 5:4, our faith is supposed to win.
So if you look at trials as
opportunities to exercise your faith, then yes, you
can benefit from them.
I Pet.1:6-7 also says to rejoice when your
faith is being tested.
James 1:13-17 says that tests and trials come
from our own selfish desires. Then it says to don’t
be deceived! Every
good gift is from God.
Read these verses several times to understand,
and pray for revelation.
The issues of Job’s trials and Paul’s
“thorn” are ones that should rightfully be handled
under this subject of hardships.
But those are covered in my brochure titled, Healing…What
about Job? I
also give some study on the verses that say we are
supposed to suffer. A brochure that is helpful on that subject is one called, What’s
My Cross?
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