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The future for believers:
Revelation 21:4
King James Version
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
I've always had great interest in well-being.
Perhaps, that comes from having a father as a doctor.
Whose brilliance, I delighted in.
Plus, my natural desire to see people well.
As a columnist once, I was tasked to write about wellness.
And did tons of research on health and fitness.
All the while, marveling at how GOD made the body so intelligent.
And that, given the right care and prevention, we should all be well.
But my understanding was largely incomplete.
Only when GOD made me born again did I understand better.
SPIRIT led me to Scripture.
Showing me how JESUS healed.
JESUS was the missing piece to my research.
Now, I can look at health in a different light.
Comparing how JESUS healed, and how the world did.
Suffice it to say, I am in great awe of the MAGNIFICENT Healer.
Making sure I abide by His commands.
Scripture can answer these:
Why do people get sick?
How do they get sick?
How do we get well?
Who can heal us?
What gives lasting healing?
Never again will we wonder why we get sick.
Or if we will ever get well.
Or why we suffer, as we do.
Let's turn to the WORD of GOD.
That Scripture may reveal the source and reason for illness:
For GOD's purpose, and judgment.
Exodus 7:3-5
King James Version
3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart,
and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you,
hat I may lay my hand upon Egypt,
and bring forth mine armies, and my people
the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt,
and bring out the children of Israel
from among them.
Exodus 8:16-19
King James Version
16 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Say unto Aaron,
Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,
that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so;
for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,
and smote the dust of the earth,
and it became lice in man, and in beast;
all the dust of the land became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments
to bring forth lice, but they could not:
so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh,
This is the finger of God:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them;
as the Lord had said.
Exodus 9:1-7
King James Version
9 Then the Lord said unto Moses,
Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him,
Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them go,
and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold,
the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle
which is in the field,
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels,
upon the oxen, and upon the sheep:
there shall be a very grievous murrain*.
4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel
and the cattle of Egypt:
and there shall nothing die
of all that is the children's of Israel.
5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying,
To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow,
and all the cattle of Egypt died:
but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold,
there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead.
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,
and he did not let the people go.
(*murrain is a pestilence/plague affecting domestic animals)
Exodus 9:8-11
King James Version
8 And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron,
Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace,
and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven
in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt,
and shall be a boil breaking forth
with blains upon man, and upon beast,
throughout all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the furnace,
and stood before Pharaoh;
and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven;
and it became a boil breaking forth with blains
upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses
because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians,
and upon all the Egyptians.
Exodus 9:13-17
King James Version
13 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him,
Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For I will at this time
send all my plagues upon thine heart,
and upon thy servants, and upon thy people;
that thou mayest know
that there is none like me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my hand,
that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence;
and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up,
for to shew in thee my power;
and that my name may be declared
throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people,
that thou wilt not let them go?
Exodus 11:1
King James Version
11 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh,
and upon Egypt;
afterwards he will let you go hence:
when he shall let you go,
he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exodus 11:4-7
King James Version
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord,
About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
from the first born of Pharaoh
that sitteth upon his throne,
even unto the firstborn of the maidservant
that is behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there was none like it,
nor shall be like it any more.
7 But against any of the children of Israel
shall not a dog move his tongue,
against man or beast:
that ye may know how that the Lord doth put
a difference between the Egyptians
and Israel.
Exodus 13:15-16
King James Version
15 And it came to pass,
when Pharaoh would hardly let us go,
that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both the firstborn of man,
and the firstborn of beast:
therefore I sacrifice to the Lord
all that openeth the matrix, being males;
but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand,
and for frontlets between thine eyes:
for by strength of hand
the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
We have been wicked.
2 Chronicles 7:14
King James Version
14 If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
We have not sought GOD, the fountain of life.
Psalm 36:9
King James Version
9 For with thee is the fountain of life:
in thy light shall we see light.
We have been evil.
Jeremiah 18:8
King James Version
8 If that nation,
against whom I have pronounced,
turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil
that I thought to do unto them.
That Scripture may be fulfilled regarding JESUS.
Matthew 8:16-17
King James Version
16 When the even was come,
they brought unto him
many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word,
and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying,
Himself took our infirmities,
and bare our sicknesses.
We have sinned.
Matthew 9:1-2
King James Version
9 And he entered into a ship,
and passed over, and came into his own city.
2 And, behold,
they brought to him a man sick of the palsy,
lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith
said unto the sick of the palsy;
Son, be of good cheer;
thy sins be forgiven thee.
We have been possessed with a devil.
Matthew 9:32-33
King James Version
32 As they went out,
behold, they brought to him a dumb man
possessed with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out,
the dumb spake:
and the multitudes marvelled,
saying,
It was never so seen in Israel.
Matthew 12:22
King James Version
22 Then was brought unto him
one possessed with a devil,
blind, and dumb:
and he healed him,
insomuch that the blind and dumb
both spake and saw.
We have not believed in JESUS, the Son of God.
Matthew 13:58
King James Version
58 And he did not many mighty works there
because of their unbelief.
We need to repent of our sins.
Luke 5:32
King James Version
32 I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
As disciples of CHRIST, we take up our cross daily -- without complaint.
Luke 9:23
King James Version
23 And he said to them all,
If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily,
and follow me.
We have a spirit of infirmity.
Luke 13:11
King James Version
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.
We are lost.
Luke 19:10
King James Version
10 For the Son of man
is come to seek and to save
that which was lost.
We must stop sinning.
John 5:13-14
King James Version
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was:
for Jesus had conveyed himself away,
a multitude being in that place.
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.
That the works of God may be made manifest in us who suffer.
John 9:1-3
King James Version
9 And as Jesus passed by,
he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying,
Master, who did sin,
this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered,
Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents:
but that the works of God
should be made manifest in him.
We love our lives in this world too much.
John 12:25
King James Version
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it;
and he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it unto life eternal.
Being in the world calls for tribulation.
John 16:33
King James Version
33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.
All of us have sinned.
Romans 3:23
King James Version
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
As Adam sinned, death entered our lives.
Romans 5:12
King James Version
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:
We have not glorified GOD in our bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
King James Version
19 What?
know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
All men die.
2 Corinthians 1:9
King James Version
9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves,
that we should not trust in ourselves,
but in God which raiseth the dead:
We need to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. We need to be holy.
2 Corinthians 7:1
King James Version
7 Having therefore these promises,
dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
We frustrate the grace of GOD.
Galatians 2:21
King James Version
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God:
for if righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain.
We remain the "old" men that we are. We need to be born again in CHRIST.
Ephesians 4:24
King James Version
24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created
in righteousness and true holiness.
We have given ourselves to the world's vanities.
Colossians 2:8-9
King James Version
8 Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth
all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
We have fallen into many foolish and hurtful lusts.
1 Timothy 6:9
King James Version
9 But they that will be rich
fall into temptation and a snare,
and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction
and perdition.
We seek money too much.
1 Timothy 6:10
King James Version
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil:
which while some coveted after,
they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
We are under the snare of the devil.
2 Timothy 2:26
King James Version
26 And that they may recover themselves
out of the snare of the devil,
who are taken captive by him
at his will.
We have turned away from GOD.
2 Timothy 3:1-7
King James Version
3 This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded,
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof:
from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses,
and lead captive silly women laden with sins,
led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
We live as the world does -- in sin.
Titus 3:3
King James Version
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,
disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy,
hateful, and hating one another.
We are foolishly proud.
James 4:6
King James Version
6 But he giveth more grace.
Wherefore he saith,
God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace unto the humble.
We have not submitted ourselves to GOD.
James 4:7
King James Version
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
We do not seek GOD. We are not holy. We need to purify our hearts.
James 4:8
King James Version
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
We don't pray.
James 5:13
King James Version
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
We need forgiveness from the LORD.
James 5:15
King James Version
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him.
It is the will of GOD.
1 Peter 3:17
King James Version
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so,
that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
In SUMMARY, Scripture reveals the CAUSES of diseases:
For GOD's purpose, and judgment.
We have been wicked.
We have not sought GOD, the fountain of life.
We have been evil.
That Scripture may be fulfilled regarding JESUS.
We have sinned.
We have been possessed with a devil.
We have not believed in JESUS, the Son of God.
We need to repent of our sins.
As disciples of CHRIST, we take up our cross daily -- without complaint.
We have a spirit of infirmity.
We are lost.
We must stop sinning.
That the works of God may be made manifest in us who suffer.
We love our lives in this world too much.
Being in the world calls for tribulation.
All of us have sinned.
As Adam sinned, death entered our lives.
We have not glorified GOD in our bodies.
All men die.
We need to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. We need to be holy.
We frustrate the grace of GOD.
We remain the "old" men that we are. We need to be born again in CHRIST.
We have given ourselves to the world's vanities.
We have fallen into many foolish and hurtful lusts.
We seek money too much.
We are under the snare of the devil.
We have turned away from GOD.
We live as the world does -- in sin.
We are foolishly proud.
We have not submitted ourselves to GOD.
We do not seek GOD. We are not holy. We need to purify our hearts.
We don't pray.
We need forgiveness from the LORD.
It is the will of GOD.
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