Sickness and Disease: The Bible's Perspective
By Maurice Perry
What is sickness? What is disease? Why are both of
these ailments extremely prevalent in a society that is more
technologically advanced than ever before? In an age where man can
build super scud missiles, devastating nuclear war heads, and can
build space rovers that can roll on the planet Mars thousands and
thousands of miles away, why has there not been a cure for the
common cold? Why has sickness and disease remained an issue since
biblical times?
The definition for sickness is to be in a
disordered, weakened, or unsound condition. In other words, when one
is sick, there is something that is within that individual that is
out of alignment, lacking strength, and the internal infrastructure
is fragile.
Disease is defined as a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its
parts that impairs normal functioning. Disease is also defined as a
harmful development.
Without question, our bodies are not built to resist
sickness and disease. So what is the key to winning the battle of
health and strength?
Well, the answer to these questions are definitely
in the bible. But before we go any further, there is one thing that
needs to be stately clearly.
Hosea 4:6 reads "My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou has
forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children."
We are susceptible to sickness and disease because
we do not prepare ourselves to battle against them. To be equipped
to fight sickness and disease, we must obtain the knowledge of how
to defend ourselves, and this knowledge is found in the Word of God.
Sickness and disease, just like spiritual ailments such as anger,
violence and immorality, can lead to spiritual and physical
enslavement. There are three derivatives of spiritual enslavement
that we must conquer in order to rebuke and repel sickness and
disease - Bondage, Oppression, and Curses.
Bondage is the servitude or subjugation to a
controlling person or force. Just like a man being in bondage
through drug abuse or fornication, man can be in bondage, or under
control of sickness and disease in the same manner. Is it a
coincidence that some people are more susceptible to sickness and
disease than others? I think not. Lacking the understanding that we
have been set free from sickness and disease by the mighty work that
Jesus Christ did on the cross, we will continue to live life with a
slave's mentality, freedom being hidden from our eyes through our
lack of knowledge and understanding of God's Word.
Isaiah 53:5 reads "But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed."
The lashes on Jesus' body represent all sickness and disease. We
don't have to accept sickness and disease because we were
pre-destined to be healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ. The
important part of the verse is the present tense statement "we
are healed." Healing is not a phenomena that happened when Jesus
walked on earth, but it is a phenomena for today, this hour and this
very second.
Not only is sickness and disease a form of bondage,
but it is also a form of oppression. Oppression is the unjust or
cruel exercise of authority or power and a sense of being weighed
down in the body or mind.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all
that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with
him.
Oppression needs healing. Oppression can also act as a disease.
It is the power of God through the anointing of the Holy Spirit that
destroys the yoke of oppression. In Matthew 11:30, Jesus states "my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light." It is the light yoke of Jesus
Christ that we must take on, in exchange for the heavy burden of
oppression that can weigh us down physically or mentally.
Beyond being in bondage and oppression, sickness and disease are
also curses. Curses are caused by disobedience of the law of God,
His commandments and His will. Our disobedience creates a spiritual
breach in which the enemy, the devil, can step in and throw his
darts of sickness and disease at our bodies without resistance.
There is no resistance against the devil because God lifts His hand
and anointing from us when we are disobedient.
Deuteronomy 28:61
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not
written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee,
until thou be destroyed.
In Deuteronomy 28, God specifically lays out the game plan for
blessings and curses. The blessings and curses hinge upon our
obedience, or disobedience of God's Word. We can defeat and rebuke
curses that are knocking at our door by maintaining a good standard
of obedience to the Word of God.
For so long have the people of God fallen in the
hands of religious tradition that teaches sickness and disease are
part of life, and that they come and go as they please. This false
teaching is a total lie and it derived straight from the pits of
hell. Satan does not want us to understand the power that we have
over sickness and disease. Honestly, he has done a good job using
false teaching to keep us bound, oppressed and cursed.
Let us all rise up, stand on the Word of God, the
Word of Truth, and rebuke the devourer and his plans of bringing
sickness and disease into our lives. Where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty! Therefore, we are free from every trap and
snare that Satan tries to set up for us, including sickness and
disease! About the Author Maurice Perry is an up and coming scribe for the kingdom of God. Sign up for his Christian Newsletter at www.todays-word.com/signup.html . He is also the webmaster of two Christian websites: www.sak-kloth.com and www.todays-word.com . Visit sak-kloth.com today for excellent selections of Christian books and music, as well as grow spiritually in the Sak-Kloth Ministries section!
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