"Is
any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord:
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."
(James 5:14,15)
In
these last days, when so many in the denominations have
gone after the imaginations of their own hearts, and
divers doctrines of men, the multitudes are so very
confused about many things, not the least of which is the
subject of healing. And, extraordinarily enough, this is
one of the simplest doctrines in the whole Bible!
God told his people Israel in Deuteronomy
7:15 that he would take all sickness away
from them if they would obey his word. (See vv.12-15). When he
brought them out by their tribes, there was not one
feeble person among them (Psalm 105:37). He
explained furthermore that every sickness and disease was
a part of the curse of the law (Deuteronomy 28:15, 61), and would
come upon the disobedient, and also that when they would
return to him, he would heal them (2 Chronicles
7:14).
We are told in the New Testament that,
"Christ
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that
hangeth on a tree..." (Galatians 3:13).
And again,
"Who
his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness; by whose stripes ye were [past
tense---it is already done!] healed." (1 Peter 2:24).
In both Old and New Testaments there are multitudes of
times that God healed people, and there is not one
instance where he ever told anyone to go to a doctor, or
take medication.
Not one.
Ever.
When he came in the flesh to his people Israel, there
were vast multitudes that came to him on many occasions
with divers diseases, and they were healed every one! The
references are too numerous to mention here...check it
out for yourself. Not one walked away sick, and not one
ever got sent to a doctor, or told to take medication.
So...
Why are so many in the false churches today not obeying
the scripture, but turning to doctors and medicines to
get healed of their sicknesses?
It is very simply because they do not believe the
word of God.
"And to whom sware he that they
should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed
not? So we see that they could not enter in because of
unbelief...For the word of God is quick [living], and
powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of
the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 3:18,19, 4:12).
The word of God is the flaming sword that turned every
way to keep the way of the tree of life (Genesis
3:24); it is the sword of the spirit (Ephesians
6:17); and it is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart of man...that
is, by the word of God, we are able to see what is
otherwise invisible...we can see what is really in
the hearts of men and women! When they profess to
love God, but refuse to keep his word, we know they are
liars.
"He that saith, I know him,
and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him."
(1 John 2:4)
So
you can see that the reason they do not obey the word of
God is very simply because they do not believe it. Yes,
they may go to "church"...they may be the
loudest praiser and the most eloquent prayer in the whole
house...they may even be the pastor...but
if they do not obey the word of God, they do not believe
the word of God, and they are liars. Period.
In Galatians 5:19-21, Paul the
apostle was listing some things (17) that he was
proclaiming to be "works of the flesh". The flesh
lusteth against the spirit (Galatians 5:17), and they that
live after the flesh shall die (Romans 8:13). Paul said
of these 17 works of the flesh, that, "...they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
(v.21).
The second item in verse 20 is "witchcraft".
Witchcraft can be many things, but in this case is it
used specifically as a work of the flesh, and is
translated from the Greek word "pharmakeia",
from which we get our word "Pharmacy", and
explicitly means "medication". Even the
Strong's concordance will show that (#5331).
This is NOT using the original language to change the
meaning of a word in order to form a doctrine. This is
rather a pointing out the true meaning of a passage of
scripture with the use of right reason and truth.
Pharmacology is witchcraft. It has
always been, and it will always be. The man who is now
called a pharmacist was at one time commonly called the witch
doctor; and his job was to mix chemical potions
to cure diseases. His job remains the same; it is only
his title that has changed, to a
Greek word, to divert the average person from looking it
up in a dictionary to find out what it means, and what he
is doing!
Christian---you who say with your forked tongue that
after prayer, you believe that God is going to "use
the medicine" to heal you, or that you think he
is going to "work through the doctors",
do you really think that even the youngest
of true believers are going to fall for your lies? And
better yet, do you really think that the
Almighty God is going to be fooled by your craftiness to
cover up your unbelief and wickedness?
Go ahead and take the potions of the doctors and be
healed, and die in your sins! But do not any longer
pollute the Holy Name of the Living God with your
pretended praises and hypocritical mockings! God is not
mocked, and his true ones are not deceived. So either
believe his word and let him save you and heal you, or
turn to the physicians of Egypt and die with them; but at
least make up your mind.
But since you will continue to remain lukewarm in the
churches, the Master has declared that he will spue you
out of his mouth. (Revelation 3:16)
Now let me deal briefly with the silly arguments of the
theological gainsayers who think that they can use one
passage of the scripture to nullify or contradict
another...
There are those who would pervert 1 Timothy
5:23 to preach that we should use
medicine for our sicknesses...
"Drink
no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's
sake, and for thine often infirmities."
First of all, there was no mention here of medicine, but
of wine. Secondly, it is evident from just reading the
sentence that Timothy was hesitant, as a bishop, to drink
any wine; and he was obviously having a problem with the
water he was drinking where he was; and Paul was telling
him that it was ok for him to drink "a little"
wine, so that his stomach would feel better, and the
water would not be making him sick. That was what Paul
was communicating to him. That is so simple...
Next, there is the case of Trophimus, whom Paul left at
Miletum sick. (2 Timothy 4:20). The
scripture does not tell us what Trophimus was sick of,
nor does it tell us to what lengths he was prayed for.
The scripture does not state that it was not God's will
to heal him, nor does it say anywhere later that he did
not recover. From the rest of the testimony of the
scripture it may be assumed that Trophimus had been
prayed for, and that it was fully expected for him to
recover from his illness. The fact that he was sick does
not teach us that God chose not to heal him; and for many
to teach this is simply ridiculous and unscriptural.
Then, there are those who refer to Paul's statement in Colossians
4:14 that Luke was a physician. These
brute beasts (who know only the flesh) assert that
because Luke was a physician, that it is all right for us
as Christians to practice medicine and go to doctors to
heal us. But where does the scripture record any instance
of Luke, after his becoming a Christian, practicing the
medical arts on anyone? Giving someone medicine?
Performing surgery? These blind guides actually believe
and teach that Luke was practicing witchcraft while at
the same time doing the work of the royal priesthood of
God! Yes, Luke was a physician. Matthew was a publican.
Simon Peter was a fisherman. But these left all to follow
Jesus. (Luke 18:28-30). Luke may have administered
"first aid" (Such as the cleaning and binding
up of open wounds---see for example Luke 10:33-35), but
he did not practice the art of
medicine, because it was [and is] witchcraft and an
abomination to God!
Lastly, there is the issue of Paul's "thorn in the
flesh" in 2
Corinthians 12:7. The teaching of the scripture is so
very clear on this, and the gainsayers' lies so
ridiculous, that it seems such a grief to me to even have
to address it. But here I must...
First, please just go ahead and read the 12th chapter
of 2 Corinthians. That should clear up the whole
matter for you right away. If there is still any
confusion, let me tell you of a truth that the "thorn" that
Paul was referring to was not at all any kind of
sickness; it was rather, "the messenger of Satan to
buffet me". The "thorn" was the persecutions
and tribulations that Paul suffered, for which he
besought the Lord 3 times to remove them, but the Lord
answered that his grace would be sufficient; therefore
Paul said he would rather glory in his infirmity
[weakness], because, he said, "when I am
weak, then am I strong". Anybody who believes
the lie that Paul's "thorn" was a
physical sickness just has never taken the time to read
the passage of scripture that talks about it. Rather they
have gone to their "church" meetings, and
opened their Bibles to one or two passages for 30 minutes
while their preacher was preaching, and then closed up
their Bibles until it's time to open them next week in
"church". These people know neither their
Bibles nor the Lord Jesus Christ. They believe the lies
of the theologians instead of the testimony of the
scripture, and they will perish in hell because of it!
Why do you think that Paul had an eye disorder? I'll tell
you why...because of the lies of the theologians! (Jesus called
it the leaven of the Pharisees). There
is no such teaching in the scripture.
Let's look at Galatians 4:13-15.
"Ye
know how through infirmity of the flesh I
preached the gospel unto you at the first.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye
despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel
of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you
record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have
plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to
me."
Now in Acts 13 the Holy Ghost sent Paul
and Barnabas on a journey to preach the gospel, and in
Acts 16:6 it says that they had gone throughout Phrygia
and the region of Galatia (That's where the
Galatians were, folks!)...Between these two places is
there any mention of Paul the apostle being blind?
Of course not! But there is mention several places in the
Bible of him having been persecuted by beatings and
stonings and cruel scourgings which naturally
left him quite scarred. That is why he
mentioned "the temptation which was in my
flesh", and "through infirmity of the flesh I
preached the gospel unto you" in Galatians 4. Paul was a
man whose body
bore the marks of the Lord Jesus (Galatians
6:17). Paul's speaking of their love
among the Galatians, and that, if it had been possible,
they would have plucked out their own eyes, and given
them to him, was not because Paul
had no good eyes of his own, as the theologians wrongly
assume; but rather because of the intense love and
appreciation of the Galatians, who received him, "as
an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus"...
And Paul made another statement in the 6th chapter of
Galatians, saying, "Ye see how large a letter I
have written unto you with mine own hand." ... Now
this is nothing more than Paul, who normally dictated his
epistles, and wrote the last line personally, stating
that this time he had written the whole letter with his
own hand. That is perfectly simple. But there are those
blind guides out there who would have us to believe that
Paul was saying here that we should notice how large he
was drawing his letters as he wrote, because he was
blind, so he had to make the letters real big.
Boys and girls, have you EVER known someone who had to
write with bigger letters because they were BLIND? Do you
really think it is going to make it easier for a blind
person to read or write, if the letters are bigger? That
is ridiculous! Plus it is nothing even close to what Paul
was saying; and if anyone knows Paul, and the fact that
every other letter in the New Testament that he wrote was
actually dictated by him, then they understand perfectly
what he meant in Galatians 6:11.
Paul the apostle of Christ was not blind, except for the
3 days after he met the Lord. On the third day the
blindness was lifted (Acts 9:18), and there
is no mention of it at anytime afterward in the Bible.
Now listen to me...
The liars who want you to think that Paul was blind want
you to think that you have a sickness that God won't or
can't heal.
But I say again look at all the multitudes that came to
him when he came in the flesh to be healed of every sort
of disease, spiritual and physical and mental. How many
went away sick, or received from the Lord a prescription
or a doctor's appointment?
NONE!
They
were healed every one. And Jesus Christ has not changed (Hebrews 13:8) He will
still heal anyone who will come to him in faith and
obedience.
If you are a Christian, then the
Bible commands you what to do if you
are sick (James 5:14,15). If you
have no elders you can call for, then you have a covenant
with God. Pray and receive your healing from him. "And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that
the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask anything in my name,
I will do it."
John 14:13,14
And
if you meet someone who is not a Christian and needs
healing, then you may lay hands on them and heal them, or
pray for their healing in your own prayer closet. But for you as a Christian to receive
medication, or to give it to others, is clearly defined
in the Bible as witchcraft; and those who do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians
5:21)
And---
"The
unbelieving...abominable...and SORCERERS...shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death."
(Revelation 21:8)
"...when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?"
(Luke 18:8)
Christian-----who will you
believe...the theologians, or the Bible?
And, when you are sick and
need healing, in whom will you trust?
The doctors, or Jesus
Christ?
You cannot trust both,
because in trusting one you are denying the other. There
is no two ways about it. You are either trusting in the
Lord or you are trusting in men and medicine.
So which one will you deny?
Which one will you trust?
Am
I telling you NOT to take your medicine? No. If that's
where you are, and that's what you feel you need to heal
you, then keep right on doing so. I'm not telling you not
to.
What I am telling you is that you do not NEED to...that
God can and will deliver you from the need for medication
(which is bondage), and that, if you will believe and
obey him, you can be healed of all your diseases by him
instead, which is not only easier and cheaper (How much
money have you given to the extortioners for your drugs
over the years?), but pleasing to the Lord.
You cannot keep on serving the Lord and trusting in the
doctors and drugs. You cannot serve two Masters, friend.
You must choose only one.
I might add that the time is nigh when you will have to
choose between Jesus and your daily food and shelter.
When the beast forces all to take his mark so they can be
a part of the world trade & commerce system, what
will you choose then? Most in the churches have already
sold out to Satan.
What will YOU do, friend?
Obey God and live is my plea to you.
Watch and pray, beloved. Maranatha!
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