When our Lord was on earth He healed great
numbe of sick and diseased people. The believers at Pentecost also healed
many in the name of Jesus, offering to Israel His return from heaven upon
condition of their repentance (Acts 3:19-21).
All those who were healed, however, finally
succumbed to physical infirmity or disease again and died after all. This was
because the Lord Jesus was rejected as King, not only in His incarnation but
also in His resurrection. Romans 8:22,23 declares the result as we see it in
our own day:
"...we know that the whole creation groaneth
and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit [that is], the redemption of our
body."
But Christians in "this present evil
age" often need physical infirmity to draw them closer to God in prayer
and faith. Paul himself said:
"...there was given to me a thorn in the
flesh... lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the
Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said unto me: My grace is
sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" (II
Corinthians 12:7-9).
The Apostle's response to this shows how well he
understood that suffering and weakness are an important part of Christian
discipline.
"Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me... I take pleasure
in infirmities...for when I am weak, then am I strong" (II Corinthians 12:9,10).
"For which cause we faint not; but though
our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a for more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory" (II Corinthians 4:16,17).
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Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
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