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The Origin of Sickness
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John Alexander Dowie said this: “Sickness is the foul offspring of its father Satan and its mother
sin.” He said that at the turn of the century. “Sickness is the foul offspring…” and it
is
foul, “of
its father Satan and its mother sin.” To say sickness is the will of God is equal to saying sin is the
will of God, because sickness is the product of sin. I know that’s a strong statement, but disprove
it.
We’re sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed today because if there had never been any
sin, there wouldn’t have been any sickness or death or any such thing. So the products of sin
cannot be the will of God. Now don’t take that and twist it into something that I didn’t say. Some
would say, “Are you saying I’m sick because I’ve sinned?”
Well, you
have
sinned—that’s a given. The Bible says, “Death passed upon all men for that all
have sinned.” (Romans 5:12) Death is on the planet because sin is here, and whether you
knowingly violated laws or whether you just ignorantly didn’t resist death, it is here because of
sin. You can’t say, “Well, Adam, you and Eve messed this whole thing up for us. You messed it
up!” No, you sinned too. Death passed upon all men because all have sinned.
But glory to God, there’s been a cure for sin, and if there’s been a cure for sin, then why can’t
you be healed? If sickness is the result of sin, and sin has been taken care of, then why couldn’t a
man be healed? Well, you can. You’ve got just as much right to be healed as you do to be
forgiven; it’s based on the same work of Jesus.
Remember in James 5:14-15 when he said, “Is there any sick among you? let him call for the
elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he hath
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” Forgiven and healed, in the same prayer.
Jesus looked at the person and said, “Rise, take up your bed and walk,”
after
He said, “Your sins
are forgiven.” Why? He asked, “Which one is easier to say?” They’re the same, because the fix
for sin is the fix for everything that came as a result of sin. Glory to God.