Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has Redeemed Us
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convinced that God does personally make people sick and kill people—even if you believe
that—all you have to do is obey Him, judge yourself, and you’re in the clear.
When you have scores and scores of other scriptures telling you the devil is stealing, and the
devil is destroying, then you ought to know what’s going on. God is passing judgment that
allows the destroyer access. It is not His will. It’s because people have refused to hear Him and
obey Him.
Can it be fixed? Yes, you can judge yourself. You can repent, and you can judge yourself. You
can believe and not be judged. Even after you’ve blown it, and you’ve messed up, and you
deserve to be cursed, you can still run to God and say, “I repent! I judge myself. I was dumb! I
was just so big, and I was rebellious. I repent, I confess my sin, and I ask You and believe I
receive my forgiveness,” and you can stand up from there, and the curse no longer has a legal
right in your life, no matter how you messed up. That’s why it’s called Good News. That is the
Gospel.
Let me go back to my previous point. Have we been redeemed from the curse of the Law?
Would that be a strong reason why we’re convinced it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed
today—because we have been redeemed?
From what have we been redeemed? We’ve been redeemed from numerous things. In
Deuteronomy 28:21, it says that pestilence is part of this curse for disobeying God. What is
pestilence? One translation says “plague with diseases.” One says “infected with the plague.”
One says “disease after disease and fasten with plagues on you.”
Are you glad that plagues and diseases are part of the curse of the Law? According to Galatians
3:13, “We’ve been redeemed from the curse of the law,” therefore it can’t be God’s will for this
to be in our lives. If He had wanted this to be in our lives, He wouldn’t have redeemed us from it.
It also says “consumption.” Three different translations say “tuberculosis,” and that was a major
killer years ago. In some parts of the world, it is still a major killer, a problem in many places.
One says “wasting disease,” which is tuberculosis. One says “infectious diseases.” Now, that’s
good news. Have you been redeemed from tuberculosis? Have you been redeemed from wasting
diseases—diseases that make your body waste away? Have you been redeemed from infectious
diseases? Are you sure? Then should they be in your body? Should they be in your life? Do they
have a right to be in your life if you’ve been redeemed from them?
Now, you’re not supposed to heal yourself. Don’t feel condemned if you have symptoms in your
body. But you do need to get some grit about you to put your foot down and say, “No! I’ve been
redeemed from this. I don’t have to have this. I refuse to lie down with this and yield to this,
because I’ve been redeemed from it. It has no legal right in my life.”
In order to be strong about that, you’ve got to believe you’re righteous. Some say, “Righteous?
I’m not righteous.” Then they’re not saved. “Oh, yes, I’m saved, but I wouldn’t say I was
