How Dunn It? - Part 2

When considering where sickness and disease come from we need to look no further than what the Bible says concerning the nature of God and the nature of Satan. It is within the nature of both God and Satan that helps us determine not only the origin of sickness and disease but also answers the questions...

• Is sickness and disease God's will?
• Does God use sickness and disease for some divine purpose?
• Does God have a specific time or season in which He heals?
• Am I not healed due to a lack of faith?

These questions will be answered throughout this series. However, looking back at part one, we see that these questions stem from a lack of knowledge of God and the schemes of Satan. Typically, a lack of knowledge in or of something has built within it skepticism and or unbelief. So it becomes no wonder as to why the above questions arise especially among so many Christian. So let us begin by looking in the Bible and see some of scriptures that reveal Gods nature.

• Job 37:23 tells us, “As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not afflict.”
• Psalms 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;”
• Psalms 103:8 “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.”
• Jeremiah 9:23-24 “Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord.”
• 1 John 4:7-8 “… for love is of God…for God is love.”

Although these few scripture are far from being all inclusive concerning what the Bible says about Gods nature, they are certainly enough to see that God does not afflict; He is good; merciful; gracious; slow to anger; abounding in mercy; exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for love is of God…for God is love.” Do any of these attributes that reveal Gods nature even remotely sound like sickness and disease come from Him, or that they are somehow a part of His will? Let us be stark honest, if sickness and disease comes from God or is the will of God, then love has turned to hatred. There is not one sane parent on this planet that would agree that sickness or disease is an act of love, especially when it is ravaging their child's body and or mind.

However, as we saw in part one, the Bible reveals Satan's nature as the antithesis of Gods nature. Here we will see more that the Bible reveals concerning Satan's nature.

• Adversary, Hater, Opponent, Enemy. (1 Kings 11:1, 23-25; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7; Zechariah 3:1-7; 2 Corinthians 2:11).
• Accuser, Slanderer, Whisperer. Slanders God to man and man to God. (Matthew 4:1; 13:39; 25:41; John 8:44; Ephesians 4:27, 6:11; Hebrews 2:14; James 4:7; Revelation 12:10).         Serpent, Enchanter, Beguiler (Genesis 3:1-14; Isaiah 27:1; Matthew 10:16; 2 Corinthians 11:3; James 3:15; Revelation 12:9,14-15, 20:2)
• Beelzebub: Prince of Devils. Derived from Beelzebub or Lord of the Flies, God of the Dunghill. (2 Kings 1:2; Matthew 10:25; 12:24,27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15-19)
• Belial, Worthless, Perverse, Lawless (1 Samuel 10:27; 30:22; 2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Corinthians 6:15) 
• The Enemy, Hater, The Tempter, Enticer (Matthew 13:39; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Matthew 4:3; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:5) .
• The Wicked One, (Matthew 13:19, 38-39; 1 John 5:18-19; 3:12).
• Adversary, The enemy, The one who opposes (1 Peter 5:8).
• Murderer, Killer, destroyer of life (John 8:44).
• Liar, Thief, Wicked one, (John 8:44; Luke 8:12; John 10:10; Matthew 13:19).
• Son of Perdition: (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12).

I admit that I have revealed many scriptures concerning Satan's nature, but this list is still not all inclusive concerning what the Bible reveals. I show these so that we can fully understand who Satan is which is directly reflective of what he does. Do we see the extremes between Gods nature and Satan's? The contrast that we see between Gods nature and Satan's should unarguably begin to strip away a lack of knowledge and begin to correctly answer the questions shown above. 

As we continue in this series we will look at some of the people in the Bible who dealt with sickness or who were not really sick but have been labeled as such by means of what Jesus said to the religious leaders of His day, "You are deceived, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God." (Matthew 22:29)