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