John 9:1-4
    1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
    2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
    3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
    4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

 

I understand how the disciples would know that someone sinned in order to be born blind because they were very familiar with the curse of the law that we read about in Deuteronomy 28. However, Jesus was quick to help them in their thinking. 

 

It wasn’t a matter of who sinned. It was a matter of why the works of God were not manifested in Him. Jesus saw a man who has a Covenant with God, yet suffering as one without a Covenant, instead the works of Adam–his disobedience was manifest in this blind man. In other words, the works of God should be manifest in him, not the fruit of what Adam did. He has a Covenant with God. What are the works of God? The works of God are all that Jesus did. (Acts 10:38) 

 

As we read on we see that Jesus healed him. Jesus made sure that the works of God were made manifest in him.  I am a great example of that myself. I walk in divine health. The works of God are made manifest in me because I have a Covenant with God and I know that I do. It's all in the knowing. (Hosea 4:6, I Corinthians 12:1, Ephesians 5:17)

 

When Jesus looks at His people, who are sick, He sees that they are not experiencing what He paid such a high price to give them. The gift of divine health. It grieves Him when we suffer with that from which He redeemed us. 

 

Sin is an open door to sickness. Sickness was not on the earth until Adam chose to disobey God. (Romans 5:12) Sickness is death in its first stages. The goal of sickness is death. If the common cold could kill it would and in some cases it has.

 

There is no sickness that strengthens us, blesses us or enhances the life of the sick one. Sickness will lead to death if given the opportunity. 

 

Physical healing is for everyone with no exceptions. “. . . by the stripes of Jesus we WERE healed.” (I Peter 2:24)  I don’t see how this and the rest of the healing Scriptures pertain to anything else but physical healing. 

 

Some believe that if we do not get healed here (physical healing) then we will get healed in Heaven. So we go to Heaven sick and get healed there. Others believe that our new, resurrected body is a way that we are healed. My spirit can’t put that together. A new body is not healing, it’s a new body. If I put on a clean apron have I bettered the old? No, it's a totally different garment. 

 

When we become born again old things, which includes sickness, have passed away. All things have become NEW! (II Corinthians 5:17) My body, which is not redeemed, can be new from the inside out because my spirit–inner man is redeemed. Whatever is in your spirit will be in your body. (Proverbs 4:23, John 7:38) That same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in us. (Romans 8:11) When you know this and respond properly to that same Spirit–the Spirit of faith, your body is renewed in power and strength every day.  (II Corinthians 4:13) When you are full of these wonderful truths, there is no room for that from which we have been redeemed. (Ephesians 5:18-19, John 15:7)

 

Have a great week everyone, and remember that Jesus is coming soon!!!