God is not talking about a single sin but a pattern of sin. Why do we see disease everywhere around us today? New strains of disease that do not respond to antibiotics are occurring while we are finding new cures. Nowhere in scripture does God promise that we will be free from all disease. However, God did promise to heal Israel and to not bring the diseases upon the nation of Israel that He brought the Egyptians, if they would be faithful to Him. These are promises to the people who were going to enter the Promised Land. These are not promises for non-Israelites. These passages are not promises for Gentile Christians.      Cause of Disease. God has never promised to keep Gentiles free from disease, nor has He promised to heal every person. In fact, God said the following to Moses as proof that He was God.     The LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? (NASB) Ex. 4:11   God is taking credit for making people mute, deaf, and blind. Why? Sometimes disease is not due to sin. Listen to Jesus in the next passage.     As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him." (NASB) John 9:1-3   The man was born blind so that Jesus could be glorified, and not because someone had sinned. The Greek word for sinned is the normal Greek word for sin. Therefore, Jesus made it perfectly clear that no one had sinned. Disease is not always due to sin. This is an important fact.      When it is time for each one of us to die and go to be with God something must happen to our body to cause it to stop functioning correctly. This is the result of Adam's sin. Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 describes what happens as we grow older. Death comes as the body wears down. Disease includes all of the symptoms of old age. Ultimately, these cannot be avoided. This is God's design. It is the result of Adam's sin.   Conclusion:  God never promised to keep anyone free from disease, except for the Israelites who were entering the Promised Land. But that promise had conditions. God's statement in Psalm 103 is precious.     Who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases . . . (NASB) Ps. 103:3   God makes a simple statement. He is the one Who heals our diseases. He can use doctors to heal us, and He responds to prayer. But He decides when and how to heal, if He does at all.      I have known many a person who has been healed. But eventually God will allow disease to take us to heaven or to hell. Moses said this,     All our days pass away . . . we finish our years with a moan. (NIV) Ps. 90:9   The Hebrew word for "moan" does not imply joy. It has a negative sense. This is the result of sin, and the curse God placed on creation in Genesis 3. I have seen my father die and go to be with God. His body "moaned" before he went to be with his God. Now he has a new body. I do not think he cares about his body any more. Why? Because seeing God and being with Him is so much greater than anything we can imagine. Some day I will be with Jesus! I look forward to being with my God - the One who loves me.             < Back
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