Does God Approve of Sickness Being Here? 6/12/23
- Steve Ferguson
- Jun 13, 2023
- 7 min read
Defining Revelation: If God approved of a snake in the garden, millions of people going to hell, a world in turmoil, devils ruling over nations, then perhaps He would also approve of sickness and disease being part of the equation. But He did not and hence the plan of salvation. What God did on behalf of mankind is designed to bless all who would choose His way for now and eternity! What did He do?
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Earthly darkness could be a parallel of spiritual darkness. After all there is no darkness in Heaven only light.
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
He also divided the blessing from the curse. We find this in Deuteronomy -
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 the Blessing Deuteronomy 28:15-66 the curse
Deuteronomy 30:6-7 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
Is it possible that darkness is reserved for those who hate God? Those who do evil and do not repent?
Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good
1 John 2:11 But he that hates his brother is in darkness (empire of satan), and walks in spiritual darkness, and knows not where he goes, because that darkness has blinded his (spiritual ) eyes.
Apparently sin is spiritual darkness! He walks around physically and sees in the daylight, but spiritual light and darkness can only be discerned. (revealed by God.)
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. God's kingdom is Light
Acts 26:18 - Jesus speaking
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Remember Deut 30:6, God said He would circumcise their heart? That is sanctified!
"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad(evil), your body also is full of darkness."
What does the Light do to the body? What does darkness do to the body?
Let's define light and darkness
Websters 1828 defines light as :
God, day, the Gospel, life, illumination of mind, instruction, knowledge, prosperity, happiness, saving knowledge, light of the countenance…
And darkness as:
Absence of light, night, obscurity, intellectually clouded, sin, ignorant, secrecy, infernal gloom, hell, empire of satan, the grave, great trouble, distress, calamities, perplexities,
Sounds like evil to me! Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. notice He didn't say darkness was good. Splitting Gospel hairs? Maybe.
Looks like everything good happens during the day and nothing good happens at night! (After midnight.)
Let's look at it this way. Spiritual light is God and spiritual darkness is satan's kingdom. How do those effect our bodies?
Light displaces darkness. Just try this tonight: Go to a dark room of your house and turn on the light. What happened? Light displaced darkness. everything in that room is clear for you to see.
When the lamp of your body is clear and focused on God's Word, the light of the glorious Gospel of Jesus is shining it's light and power into your body to bring about sanctification and the result of sanctification or healing!
"The entrance of thy Words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple."
Understanding has to do with believing. What you understand, you can then choose to believe. Believing has everything to do with healing!
Isaiah 58:8 "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward."
Evidently, light has something to do with healing!
John 12:46 "I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness."
Sickness and disease on the other hand are in the darkness, hiding, as it were from the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ. It hides beneath the umbrella of sin giving evidence of the sickness through symptoms. The scripture says' "but when the lamp of your body is bad (evil) your body also is full of darkness."
What is so bad about a little darkness? Anybody? It allows satan's kingdom in! Everything that your enemy represents has access to you including fear, calamity, disease, death. A little darkness could be = a little bit of drugs, partying, breaking a few commandments, etc How did I get here is usually the question in peoples mind. Anyone know the answer? Entertaining thoughts, (of darkness).
Jesus came to forgive us of all our iniquities and heal us of all our diseases! (Psalm 103:3) God brings light to our bodies but how? By enlightening our minds with knowledge of His Word! It doesn't happen automatically, you have to choose! You are the one who seeks, reads the pages and asks God for wisdom for your life.
Tonight's title is," Does God Approve of sickness being here?" I have more Questions besides that one. How about, "Did God approve of Adam and Eve disobeying Him in the Garden? My answer is NO! Why give them a commandment and then set them up for failure by not explaining good and evil? Besides this, it is possible that the angel Lucifer was sent by God to watch over the Garden and protect Adam and Eve while still in his perfect created state. Lucifer became envious of Man's authority which God had given them. Rebellion was found in him. He came up with a plot to obtain the authority of man in the garden! It doesn't seem right that God, the Father of the living would jeopardize His children by putting them in harms' way. Lucifer became satan because of our believing Lucifer instead of God. satan in the garden of Eden persuaded Eve and her passive husband Adam, that God was withholding some of His goodness from them and was therefore bad. Their creator! He created them in His image! He only gave them one commandment to keep and He had a very good reason for it.
I will tell you this , God did approve of Jesus suffering and dying on a cross in our behalf!
"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Are we not discussing the God given right to choose our destinies? You may think something like fate chose for you, but it is a lie. Sometimes by our silence we are choosing! We are free moral agents.
Perhaps you are a victim of satan's training over a period of time through government or culture. The insurance industry says for example that natural disasters are really "Acts of God." We used to have earthquakes in California. Thank God I moved before the last big one. Some religious folks believed that because the San Francisco Bay Area was near the epicenter, that it was God's Judgment on the sins of San Francisco. Then I would ask, "what about the sins of New York? Chicago? Detroit? Minneapolis? They should have just stuck with "natural disasters." And besides that satan's training is mainly to get us to call good "evil" and evil "good." Think about it.
Have you ever heard the modern term, "Sick" the slang term for outstanding. It used to mean someone was diseased. How about slay? Slay means 'do something well' . It used to mean kill someone. How about the word insane? F*%# awesome. You get the idea. Calling good evil and evil good.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good! This is what God approves of! Think of it, He created you and said, "My creation of you is very good!" But, - nothing. He didn't make exceptions.
We live in an age where we must as Believers of Jesus discover and remove the deceptions of satan from our thinking. One at a time, the Holy Spirit will help you. He wants you to have healthy thinking. If you are willing and obedient you will eat the good of the land. The Lord wants to free us from the bondage of our (Egypt) or modern slave/victim mentality.
So why is sickness here? Simple answer is sin. Sin and sickness were in the book of Job and shown to be caused by satan. The devil has many tools in its deception handbook. Men were tempted and deceived starting in the garden. It took Jesus to regain our God given authority! But He did.
Does the Lord approve of sickness being here? Some have said that God uses it to teach us something. I do not see evidence of this in scripture. What I do see is that God, who separated light from darkness has separated us from our sins by the blood of Jesus!
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
He has also separated us from the consequence of sickness.
Matthew 8:17 "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."
Will we live free and as those chosen by God for eternity?
It is our continuing choice by Grace through Faith.
God has endured the hard part of salvation now we can certainly live out what is ahead for us through His unmerited Favor and Trust in Him which was given us at the new birth!
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