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Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has Redeemed Us
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ever heard of strep throat? How about the influenza? How about the bird flu? Swine flu? Dog
flu? Asian flu? A northern flu or an ocean flu? It makes no difference, you’ve been redeemed.
It’s so important that we believe it, and the redeemed ought to say that they’re redeemed. Instead
of saying, “Oh, I get it every year. I don’t know why, but dear me, I get it.” You’re saying that
you get it instead of saying you’re redeemed from it. That’s a big difference.
Say this out loud:
“I’m redeemed.”
Teach your children to say they’re redeemed. Instead of letting them be in fear, afraid they’re
going to catch this or that, tell them to say, “No! I’m redeemed.” Teach them to say it and repeat
it: “I’m redeemed! I’m redeemed!” There are millions of Christians who stand up and sing, “I’m
redeemed, I’m redeemed,” but if you tell them, “You’re redeemed from the curse of the Law,”
they look at you like you’re from outer space. “I’m redeemed from what?” Well, that’s what the
Bible says we are redeemed from. That’s what we ought to be shouting about instead of what
people have made up and put in song books. Tell people, “I’ve been redeemed from the curse of
the Law, and I’ve read about things in the curse of the Law that I am so glad I’m redeemed
from
.”
Verse 22 might surprise you. It says that you’ve been redeemed from mildew. That does not
mean you’ll never have to clean up your bathroom. If you look at the other translations, it says
“jaundice.” We’ve seen cases of this in newborns and in people attacked with cancer and other
things. It has to do with major things going on in your body. You’ve been redeemed from it.
You’ve been redeemed from paleness, jaundice, and things that would have to do with your liver
and your immune system, from things that would have your body dying. You’ve been redeemed
from it.
You need to believe this. God gave the people the
Promised Land
of Canaan, but millions of
them never enjoyed it. Why? Because they would not go out there, put their foot on it, and say,
“This is ours. God gave it to us.” Instead they said, “We can’t take it. It’s too hard. It’s too big.”
They went and sat in their tents and cried and felt sorry for themselves. They kept telling God,
“There’s no way,” and they perished out there in the wilderness while they wandered around in
circles for 40 long, dry years.
When God gives you something, it doesn’t just fall on you. What is provided by grace must be
possessed by faith. You have to possess it. You have to go and take it with your faith. You’ve got
to jump up and put both feet on your healing and say, “Oh, no you don’t. No, you don’t! Healing
is mine! It’s been bought and paid for, and by the grace of God, I will have it. I will experience it
in my body. It’s been bought and paid for. I will never accept this disease.” Jesus thought enough
of you and me to buy it and pay for it, and we’re going to stand and be strong until we see it.
Don’t feel badly because you have some symptoms in your body. Don’t feel embarrassed about
it, and don’t think, “There’s something wrong with me. Maybe I just don’t have enough faith.”
No. You’re not supposed to make all your symptoms go away. You can’t do it, no matter how
hard you strain. You can’t heal yourself. You can’t make your symptoms run away. You’re not
the Healer.