The entire earth ministry of Jesus is one of the most exciting events in
the history of man. It was completely focused on Jesus revealing the
Father's will, nature, character, purposes and plan to humanity. His
ministry and what is revealed in the Gospel's is the foundation for all
doctrine in the church. However, many of the doctrines accepted by many
sectors of the church since the Protestant Reformation completely
exclude the very things that Jesus said and did. This was not so in the
early church. We must remember that the doctrine that the Apostle Paul
referred to in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 was the revelation that God Himself
gave to him from he Old Testament concerning Christ. He did not have the
New Testament. It had not yet been written. Galatians 1:11-18 reveals
Paul's previously advanced knowledge of the Old Testament scriptures and
the revelation of Christ the he received directly from God during the
three years that he spent in Arabia.
It was Paul himself that said, "According to the grace of God which
was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation,
and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on
it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid,
which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:10-11) First, the apostle
Paul warns us to "take heed how we build." He goes on to tell us that
he builds upon Christ. So all doctrine must be built upon Christ. Any
doctrine the circumvents Christ will always lead to error.
I mention the above in greater detail than in the last part of this
series because of the importance of us fully understanding the ministry
of Jesus as He reveals the Father's will, nature, character, purposes
and plan. If we do not see these facts, we can be drawn into believing
the erroneous doctrines accepted in the church that promote sickness and
disease as a part of God's will
for His children. Remember, Jesus only spoke and did what was from the
Father. He did not initiate any of His words or actions. They all came
from the Father. Let us now look at addition scripture that reveals the
Father's Will concerning healing as seen through the ministry of Christ.
The Apostle Peter was sent by God to preach Christ to Cornelius and His household and makes this statement, "how
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who
went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with Him." (Acts 10:38) If God does not change (Malachi
3:6) and Jesus Christ (the Word became flesh) is the same yesterday,
today and forever (Hebrews 13:8) then we must accept the fact that Jesus
is still doing good and healing all who are oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him." How does He still do this? Through the church, His Body!
The Apostle John tells us, "He who sins is of the
devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the
devil." (1 John 3:8) Sin is the work of the devil and
as we discovered in a previous part of this series, sin and sickness
come from the same source, the devil and therefore they are synonymous.
Finally, the writer of Hebrews records, "Inasmuch
then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who
had the power of death, that is, the devil." (Hebrews 2:14)
Although this refers to spiritual death and eternal life, let us be
honest, sickness and disease in any form steals life. It is death in
progress. Jesus not only destroyed death, but took away the power of the
one who had the power of death. "The
thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have
come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)
It is the devil that brings sickness and disease upon people, not God.
As we clearly see, Jesus brings life. There is absolutely no life in
sickness and or disease. If we truly believe that God's Word is truth, and it most certainly is, then me must exercise faith and accept His truth. The grace of the Lord be with you...
Monday, March 28, 2022
Building On Christ Alone
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