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The Eternal Fatherhood of God
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Verse 11 continues, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?”
Let’s get it straight. If you ask for healing, is God going to give you cancer instead? The Bible
says in Acts 10:38, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and power, He
went about doing good...” Which is good—healing or disease? Disease is not good.
Some say, “Well, maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.” No, it is not a blessing in disguise. It’s
stealing from you. It’s robbing your life. It’s robbing your family of you. It’s robbing your
money. It’s destroying something in your body. It’s killing you. It is not a blessing in disguise. It
is a curse, it is a rock, it is a snake, and your Father didn’t give it to you, and you don’t have to
have it. You can have the bread; you can have the fish.
If a son has a good daddy, and he asks him for something that is good, and that he needs, if the
daddy has it, what is going to happen? Sonny boy is going to get bread, right? And sonny boy is
going to get fish.
We are sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed because He is our Father, and He is a good
Father. Good fathers don’t hurt their children. They don’t break their arms. They don’t inject
them with disease. You would never in a million years believe a daddy would inject his child
with some deadly disease, and then, when asked, “Why did you do that?” answer, “Well, I’m
teaching him something.”
You would never accept that, but people sit up in church and believe that about God, don’t they?
The only place they believe something like that is in church.
Is He a worse Father than natural fathers? No, He’s better! He’s a good God, with good healing,
and good provision.
Say this out loud:
If we know how to give good gifts to our children, how much
more will our Father in heaven give good things?
Healing is a good thing. Prosperity and plenty is a good thing.
Peace is a good thing.
Protection is a good thing.
How much more will our Father in heaven give
good things to them that ask Him?