Why Are We Sick?
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If we are healed - why are we sick?
If we are healed - why are we sick?
The bible says in that by His stripes we are healed! It says again in II Peter 2:24 that by His stripes we were healed! OK, then why are we sick? Let’s look at God’s Word and see what He has to say about this issue.
How did Sickness enter the world?
How did Sickness enter the world?
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 5
This is it, in a nutshell! Death entered into the world through sin and sickness is incipient death. Sickness is death in its earliest stage. Every sickness that exists has one purpose - to steal, to kill and to destroy! When entered the world - death and sickness entered also.
This is it, in a nutshell! Death entered into the world through sin and sickness is incipient death. Sickness is death in its earliest stage. Every sickness that exists has one purpose - to steal, to kill and to destroy! When sin
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Once again . . .
The bible says in that by His stripes we are healed!
It says again in II Peter 2:24 that by His stripes we were healed!
OK, then why are we sick?
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are a tripartite being
Spirit
Soul - the mind, emotions
Body
Each of these is susceptible to damage. You can liken this to the four tires on your car. If one of the four tires is not properly inflated - the car will not act as it should. Likewise, if one of the three areas of our body is not properly “inflated,” - our life/body will not act as it should! If any of these areas is not functioning properly, it will change the dynamic of my life. Back to the car/tire example. If your car has one flat, you have a problem; if your car has two flats, you have a serious problem! The same goes with your life - if you have one flat, you have a problem; if you have two flats, you have a serious problem. In our own life, we can have problems spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically.
Is one - or more - of my tires flat? Healing is God’s way of inflating the tires again! That is what Paul is referring to in when he said: “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, I need to get everything inflated again - everything working as God designed it! This means I have to live my life cognizant of the environment in which I live!
emotions
I am a spirit; I have a soul; and I live in a body! Faith is a spirit force - a spirit man issue - the core man! My body is to my spirit as my clothes are to my body. Spiritual forces come out of (are born in) the spirit man. These spiritual forces were in the seed of the Word when I got born-again! Now, zeroing in on faith - how does it come about? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
Health can be affected by the emotions;
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Spiritual forces come out of (are born in) the spirit man. These spiritual forces were in the seed of the Word when I got born-again!
Health can be affected by the mind;
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Health can be affected by a spiritual problem; and
Health can be affected by the body itself.
Now, zeroing in on faith - how does it come about? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The word is the seed. Words are containers . . .
There are empty words
My health is not just how is my body doing - rather, it is how am I doing - spirit, soul and body? It is possible to be born-again and yet still suffer in the body and the soul! The spiritual tire can be inflated, while at the same time, the physical or emotional tires may be flat!
There are fear-filled words
There are love-filled words
There are faith-filled words. . . and so on
Why are we sick - What does the Bible say?
Why are we sick - What does the Bible say?
Words are used for communication; but that is their secondary use! The primary use/purpose of words is for the release of spiritual power, or force! Faith is a spiritual force - born out of words - which are spirit and life. God's Word is full of His faith! God's words are filled with His faith!
1. Personal Sin
1. Personal Sin
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
The Spirit man feeds on spiritual food - which produces a spirit force called faith! The mental (soul) man feeds on mental food and produces mental force! The physical man (body) feeds on physical food and produces a physical force (strength, energy).
There is a potential for personal sin to create sickness. This does not say that every sickness is the result of a personal sin (i.e., sexual sin to name one)! Other types of sin can also open the door to sickness. So, is there a sin issue in my life that I need to deal with. Have I opened the door? If so, deal with the sin issue!
2. Interpersonal Relationships Gone Bad
2. Interpersonal Relationships Gone Bad
James 3:14-16
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Envy and strife lead to every evil work! Envy and strife is earthly, sensual and devilish! The bible says that Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy! This would include sickness.
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James is writing to Christians! Earlier, he talked about envy and strife! Here he is talking about lusts of the flesh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
The context of James is interpersonal relationships within the church. James goes through a whole litany of interpersonal issues! All of these things create an environment for “every evil work” (Verse 14)! These issues do not stop God from healing me! They do stop me from receiving the healing that God has already provided! If I am dealing with strife in my life - I will struggle with my faith! God has not changed - but I have!
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Take this in context (verses 18-22). There are interpersonal issues at play in this passage! Sickness can come from living in strife in the body of Christ.
11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
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