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I know this sounds like a trick question, but it isn’t. This statement is 100% true. But attaching this statement to a warped theology doesn’t make the theology true. Take Job for example. People look at what he went through, attach the same yesterday, today and forever and then come to the conclusion that God can do or allow the same things to happen to them. He can make us sick, cause suffering and severely oppress us. I puke on that mindset!
Many of you might be thinking, “But Cornel, God is the same yesterday, today and forever, it makes logical sense!” Not really. See, I am also the same yesterday, today and forever. I was Cornel yesterday, I am Cornel today and I will be Cornel tomorrow. I am the same person. But everyday I act in different ways. The statement is regarding Jesus, the person, not His actions. If God’s actions were the same yesterday, today and forever, He would only ever have created light. The moment He created a firmament of water on the second day His actions changed and therefore His actions are not the same yesterday, today or forever. Think about how God has related to different groups of people over the course of history. How He relates to people is determined by the covenant He has with them. We have no idea what covenant Job had with God. To compare his relationship with God to ours is like comparing known to unknown. You just can’t logically do it. That would be the same as comparing my marriage to a relationship I have with a female friend and say, ‘See, Cornel knows Rensia and has sex with her. This must mean he has sex with every woman he knows.’ Can you see how comparing yourself with Job does not work? You don’t have the same covenant relationship with God that he had.
Everything in the Bible was written for you, not everything in the Bible was written to you. Yes there were times when God destroyed cities, nations and individuals, or at least allowed it to happen, but all that changed when Jesus died on the cross. When He did that, ALL things became new. That means everything changed. Did God change? No. He is the same yesterday, today and forever, but how He relates to mankind changed. It changed so much He even went to hell to preach the gospel to those who died in the days of His wrath without knowing Jesus. (If you didn’t know this, go read 1 Peter 3:18-20)
When Elijah called down fire he was seen as the great man of God. When James and John wanted to do it Jesus said they were of the wrong spirit. God has changed the way He relates to you. You have a covenant of peace, kindness, mercy and grace which means God relates to you based on love, kindness, mercy, peace and grace. He doesn’t cause or allow sickness and suffering, that would be in violation of this covenant. Sickness is not an expression of love. Suffering is not an expression of kindness. Oppression is not an expression of mercy. They are all an expression of death. God does not show love by allowing sickness, He showed love by taking every sickness upon Himself for you. So the next time somebody accuses God of making somebody sick or allowing them to suffer, you can stand up and say, “Get behind me satan! My Father is a good Father who knows how to give good gifts to His children! You and your sickness be gone now!”
Think your theology through people!
Grace to you all!
Cornel
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These two accounts for some reason have left people to believe it is not possible to get every person healed every time because Paul the great apostle left somebody sick and he told his successor Timothy to drink wine for frequent stomach problems. Let’s look firstly at Timothy’s stomach.
1 Tim 5:23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities. (NKJV)
I find most often that people with a western culture can’t seem to get this. If you come from Africa or Asia and other impoverished areas, it is easy to understand. For the 3 years my wife and I lived in Asia, we never drank tap water. Why? Because it makes you sick. So instead of having to sit with frequent stomach problems, we bought bottled water. Any doctor will always tell you “Prevention is better than cure.” Why do you think they are pushing healthy eating and living so much? It decreases the risk of contracting illness, it is preventative. In the same way, Paul told Timothy to not just drink the water wherever he went but to instead drink wine. Red wine actually has anti-bacterial properties. Paul wasn’t telling Timothy to take medicine or not to believe for divine healing, he was merely saying prevention is better than cure. “Timothy, every time you go on a mission’s trip you drink the water and your stomach gets upset. Just stop drinking only the water, and have some wine. Then you won’t be sick so often.” It’s not rocket science people. It’s just good common sense.
2 Tim 4:20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick. (NKJV)
Paul left somebody sick. Many people believe because of this that he couldn’t get all healed so therefore we can’t expect to get all healed. Funny. Jesus healed them all and said we are to the same and greater. Did Jesus ever leave anybody sick? Yes, actually He did.
Luke 17:11-15 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. (NIV)
The scriptures says “As they went, they were cleansed.” That means the healing didn’t manifest instantaneously but some time had to have past. So Jesus left them sick. As they went, they got healed. One came back. This pattern stills repeats itself today. You pray for so many people but less than 1 in 10 actually get back to you about what happened. We have had it happen so often when we by chance come across a person we prayed for weeks and even months before where we didn’t see an instant healing and they tell us, “Oh yeah, I meant to call and say I woke up the next morning without any pain.” “I haven’t had any symptoms since then.” If we can not get in touch with somebody with today’s modern telecommunications to find out if they got better, how much more difficult was it for Paul back then? Why do people have a natural tendency to believe the worst scenario? “Not even Jesus could heal all at Nazareth.” I will explain that one next time…
You are anointed, act like it!
Cornel
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Of course it is! And after reading this, you shouldn’t doubt God’s will for healing ever ever EVER again either and also be able to answer the question: ‘Is Healing Always God’s Will?’ just as quickly with just as much confidence and boldness!
1 Tim 2:3-4 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (NKJV)
John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (NKJV)
Honestly answer the following 6 questions for yourself based on what you believe about salvation.
a) What is God’s will for salvation?
b) Does He want every person saved?
c) Can a person be saved anytime anywhere?
d) Does a person have to do anything to earn salvation?
e) Does God save people irrespective of the magnitude and type of sin they are in?
f) What is only requirement for salvation?
Next, try to answer the same questions again but now think about healing instead of salvation.
a) What is God’s will for healing?
b) Does He want every person healed?
c) Can a person be healed anytime anywhere?
d) Does a person have to do anything to earn healing?
e) Does God heal people irrespective of the magnitude and type of sin they are in?
f) What is the only requirement for healing?
Did ALL your answers about salvation match ALL your answers about healing? If not, you need to pay very close attention the next part. If it can be proven to you (from scripture) that not only salvation, but also healing is provided through the atonement, then you can’t in good conscience differentiate between God’s will for salvation and God’s will for healing ever again. You will have to conclude that they are the same, always and forever.
Isa 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. (NKJV)
This is a prophesy about Jesus’ atonement crucifixion and what is going to take place there. Griefs is the Greek word ‘Choliy’ meaning sickness, disease, anxiety, calamity, infirmity and griefs. Sorrows is the Greek word ‘Makob’ meaning anguish, affliction, pain, and sorrow. Both words are ALWAYS used when referring to physical sicknesses, physical pain and physical infirmities. By His stripes (which He received at the whipping post) we ARE healed.
Matt 8:16-17 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.” (NKJV)
Matthew quotes Isaiah’s prophesy and uses the proper meanings of the words by saying He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. Jesus healed physical people of physical sicknesses and cast out actual demons in order to fulfill this prophesy. But the actual fulfillment is not only in the healing and the casting out; it’s also in receiving the stripes which happened later.
1 Peter 2:24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. (NKJV)
This is a reference to the same prophesy and fulfillment. Jesus not only became sin for us but He also bore the punishment for our sins so we don’t have to. By His stripes we WERE healed. This has changed from present to past tense signifying that the provision has been made already. There is nothing left to do to provide for healing. Jesus did it all perfectly. It is FINISHED!
There were 2 parts to the one atonement:
- The beating at the whipping post was the first part where His physical body was broken for us, providing us with physical healing. (1 Pet 2:24) Symbolized by breaking bread.
- The death on the cross was the second part of the same atonement which provided for the salvation of our spirits. (Rom 5:8) Symbolized by the wine.
Now the question I often get is, ‘If healing is already provided for and accomplished, why are we not all just healed?’ Well, if salvation is provided for and accomplished, why are we not all just saved? It takes faith! God’s will is for all mankind to be saved and healed, but His will doesn’t automatically come to pass. It has to be taken by faith. God’s will is for all mankind to be saved, yet some go to hell. That proves God’s will is not automatically spontaneously and sovereignly done. Same with healing: It is God’s will that all mankind be healed but it takes faith to make the connection. He has offered salvation and healing to all mankind freely and sovereignly. If God’s will for healing and salvation were different, it would be impossible to have faith for healing because you can’t have faith in a changing will. If His will for salvation stands unchanged forever, so does His will for healing because it was provided through the same atonement. That is why you can have faith for it!
If you were to reason that somebody was not healed because ‘God is sovereign and can do what He wants to’, then how sure are you that you were even saved using the same logic? If you say somebody was not healed because of God’s timing, then how sure are you that you got saved when you believe you did and that God didn’t have another time in mind to save you? Everything you believe about salvation is exactly true for healing too. Both are always God’s will at all times. Do you ever doubt that God wants to save somebody? Then why do you doubt that He wants to heal them?
Mark 2:3-12 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” 6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” — He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!” (NKJV)
Healing and forgiveness is the same thing to Jesus because they were provided in the same atonement. Healing is to serve as a sign that God also forgives. If God’s will for healing and salvation were different, the healing couldn’t be used as a sign. God’s will for salvation = God’s will for healing. Everything that is true about God’s will for salvation, that anybody can be saved anytime, anywhere regardless of their situation, past, sins or anything else, is true about God’s will for healing. Anybody, anytime, anywhere, regardless of their situation, past, sins or anything else can be healed. GOD WANTS THEM HEALED JUST AS MUCH AS HE WANTS THEM SAVED! As long as you differentiate between God’s will for salvation and God’s will for healing, you will only ever minister in little faith. You have ‘little faith’ (faith in experience) when you believe God wants some people well and others not. It takes faith in God, not experience, to believe He wants to heal all the time, everywhere, any person, no matter what. As long as you believe God changes His mind concerning His will, you will only ever have little faith.
Grow a pair, take God at His Word and step out boldly proclaiming “COME! ALL WHO LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN. COME ALL WHO ARE SICK AND LOST. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS UNCHANGING, EVER INCREASING AND HERE TO SET YOU FREE! NOW BE FREE AND BE HEALED IN JESUS NAME!”
Come on believers! Give glory to your King by stepping on His enemy! That’s why you have feet!
Cornel
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