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Sickness Is Not From God
Andrew
Wommack
John 9:2 - 'And his disciples asked him
saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?'
JOHN 9:1-4
The disciples asked a
question that still puzzles many people today. Why is a child born with a
physical defect?
Is it a judgment of God upon
the parents for some sin, or is it possibly God's judgment upon the child for
sins that God knows he will commit?
Jesus Himself had previously
linked sickness with sin.
In this instance, however,
Jesus said this blindness was not caused by this man's or his parents' sins.
This has led many people to
interpret the rest of this verse as saying that God made this man blind just so
that He could heal him and be glorified thereby.
From this thinking, many
doctrinal teachings have risen about how sickness and other problems in our
lives are actually blessings from God, intended to bring glory to God and
correction to us.
This reasoning, however,
does not line up with the other truths of God's Word.
It was not God who made this
beggar blind.
This man was not born blind
because of any one person's sins but because sin in general had corrupted the
perfect balance that God had created in nature.
Therefore, some maladies
happen, not as a direct result of an individual's sins but as an indirect
result of sin in general.
Deuteronomy 28 settles
forever the question of whether sickness, poverty, and oppression are really
blessings in disguise.
God says that sickness and
poverty are curses - not blessings from God.
Christ redeemed us from
these curses of the law so that now the blessings may come upon us through Him (Galatians 3:13).
God's curses have been
placed on Jesus and removed from those who accept Jesus' sacrifice. You are
blessed!
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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=JOHN+9%3A1-4&version=ESV
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