To those who have followed this ministry and the articles I have written on healing might find it strange that I would title a message to seemingly contradict a large part of what I stand for. I wanted to see if I could still believe and go after healing the way I do even if it weren’t provided for in the atonement. Quick answer: Yes! (Now for the longer explanation.) I am sure I don’t have to convince anybody that death entered into our world through sin. But just in case:

Rom 5:12-13 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned —  13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.) NKJV

Death entered through sin. The way I see it is that sickness is death in an infant form. Sickness is death not grown up. It entered through sin. But wait, look at verse 13! Sin is not imputed where there is no law. If it is illegal for sin to be imputed where there is no law, it would also be illegal for sickness and death to be imputed as they are merely the result of sin. Jesus died for you and forgave you completely. You were pardoned because He took your punishment. No imagine for a minute when you were still unsaved and picture yourself inside a prison as a captive. Now if we pardon a prisoner, the imposed punishment for the crime that put them in jail is also ended and they are free to go. We don’t keep them in jail as pardoned prisoners! If you were in jail and got a presidential pardon, would you leave or stay locked up?

Since sickness was part of the punishment for sin, the moment we got forgiven, sickness lost legal right to inhabit us. Forgiveness of sins in and of itself provides for healing from disease. Sin is what killed you. Forgiveness is what made you alive. Life was provided through the atonement. Whether you want to argue dots and tittles and technicalities over clear as daylight scriptures, the fact remains that even if healing weren’t provided for in the atonement, forgiveness was and that removes the legal right of sickness and death as a result.

1 Cor 15:54-56 “Death is swallowed up in victory.”  55 “O  Death, where is your sting?  O Hades, where is your victory?”  56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. NKJV

The sting of death is sin. Sin has been removed from us as far as the east is from the west. Since sin has been removed, so has its sting! Since sin has been dealt with, so has sickness. Jesus didn’t forgive you only to leave you in captivity. He came to free you from your captivity. That captivity (though spiritual) manifested in our natural world through death and disease. Since the spiritual has been dealt with, the natural should line up with that. If it doesn’t, you have the authority to say: “I have been forgiven! Sickness, leave me and stop manifesting in my body!” Your spiritual condition is one of life in abundance, and that is what should be manifesting in your body. If not, you are sitting in jail with a presidential pardon in your pocket. Get up, make a ruckus and when the warden (devil) comes to see what you want, shove the pardon under his nose. You have been pardoned, now live free. Get out of the prison that is holding you back illegally. Jesus didn’t forgive us just so we could stay in jail as pardoned prisoners.

Know your rights and enforce them.

Cornel

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This verse has messed up so many believers it is just not funny! I trust this will be liberating to those who have been bible bashed with it in the past. Let’s start with the verse first:

Heb 10:26-27 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. (NKJV)

This verse is usually thrown at believers to condemn and coerce them into holy living, holding the fear of judgment over their heads as the motivator. Just based on that and since the Word says we have not been given a spirit of fear, I conclude that if fear is your motivation to get out of sin, you are being deceived. But that is not really what I want to get into now, I want to explain what is meant by “if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins” for there is much confusion over this.

The first thing people do wrong here is to assume that a person who has received the knowledge of the truth is automatically a saved person. I don’t agree. Think back to the day you got saved. Did you get saved before hearing the truth or after hearing the truth? After hearing right! That means you received the knowledge of truth but remained unsaved until you made the choice to believe it. Imagine 2 unbelievers going to a meeting. Both hear the truth of the gospel (If the gospel is actually preached and not humanistic psychology as per usual) so technically both unbelievers have received the knowledge of the truth. If one of the two then makes the choice (willful…) to accept Christ, that one gets saved. His sins are blotted out and he is forgiven because the sacrifice of the Lamb now covers him always. If the other one decides not to accept Jesus after having heard the same knowledge of the truth, then his sins do not get blotted out, he does not get covered by the Jesus’ blood and his sin keeps pilling up against him day after day until judgment day comes. Both received the knowledge of the truth and faith comes by hearing. Once you hear the gospel the faith is there to enter into it. We chose to enter or stay out. If you enter, your faith is made alive. If you don’t, your faith is dead. The person who chooses not to accept Jesus after having heard the gospel is the one who willfully sins after having received the knowledge of the truth, not the one who got saved. The one who chose Jesus stopped sinning because he got re-born out of God’s Seed and he was taken out from under the law. For the one who didn’t choose Jesus, there remains NO OTHER sacrifice for sins because he rejected the Lamb, the only sacrifice there is.

Now that doesn’t mean you only get one chance either. Jesus will keep bringing the knowledge of truth to you in various ways and times as long as you live because He doesn’t want any to perish but all to come to the knowledge of the truth. He will give you the choice to accept Him over and over and over. You can choose to reject Him over and over and over and keep on willfully sinning, willfully living under the law. Imagine life as driving down a highway. The end destination of that highway is judgment and eternal damnation. You can’t just do a U-turn (repent) on a highway, it’s illegal. You need an off ramp. Every time you hear the gospel, it is like a road sign telling you to get off at the next off-ramp (That is where you receive the knowledge of the truth, before you get saved). Once you take that off-ramp, you have made the choice to accept Christ and you have repented because you have now turned around. If you take the Christ off-ramp, you get diverted onto the Highway of Righteousness which is the Way the Truth and the Life through Jesus Christ. The sacrifice for your sins has been made. If you choose to keep passing by those off-ramps, you willfully choose to drive straight on into judgment. That is what Hebrews 10:26 means.

Start thinking logically about things and it will clear up so much confusion!

You are free, now live FREE!

Cornel

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