"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and with power
who went about doing good and healing all
who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with Him."
Acts 10:38
In today's world, God is oftentimes erroneously accused of being the author of sickness and disease and many other evil acts. It is a misguided belief for the sick to believe that God is using the sickness to teach the individual piety, patience, or virtue. No, the Word says that the Holy Spirit is our teacher, not sickness and disease. (John 14:26) Be assured that God is not using sickness to teach you anything, to get your attention or to punish you. These are false beliefs that cannot be validated or supported biblically.
While it's true according to the Old Testament, sickness and disease were a curse and never a blessing. (Deuteronomy 28:15-68) They were a result of failing to obey God and all He commanded. God allowed disease in the Old Testament as a means of deterring sinful behavior and disobedience. Atonement for sin and its consequences had not yet been made through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament Jesus took the curse on His own body, so we could be free of the curse. (Galatians 3:13)
In the New Testament, Acts 10:38 clearly states that Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. Again, in the New Testament, we find where Jesus ministered to a woman who had a spirit of infirmity and had been bent over for eighteen years. He adamantly stated that this woman ~ whom Satan had bound ~ should be set free. (Luke 13:16) We can be sure that sickness and disease are not from God. Sickness comes from the devil with the intention to steal, kill and destroy. (John 10:10) Sickness is to be resisted by the born-again believer, just as sin is resisted. (James 4:7)
Nowhere in the Bible can you find where Jesus put sickness on anyone. He treated sickness and disease as demonic oppression, and so should we. Jesus came to give us life, and life more abundantly! The truth will set you free. Choose life!
DAILY DECLARATION
I declare today that I am a New Covenant believer. I have been delivered from Satan's dominion which includes every sickness and disease. Jesus Christ came to heal me and make me whole. I choose to allow this truth to penetrate my entire being and to prevail in my life.
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