Sickness Is Part of the Curse of the Law from Which Christ Has Redeemed Us
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The next one talks about the itch and the scab. You
know
that is bad. Six translations say
“scurvy.” Isn’t that interesting? Scurvy has to do with the deficiency of vitamin C, and there’s no
telling how many sailors died from it centuries ago. You also see “eczema” and “malignant scab”
listed in the Septuagint, which is a highly-regarded Greek translation. A malignant scab is
cancer. If it’s on the surface, it’s skin cancer. He didn’t just limit it to surface scabs, though. It
also says “festering sores.”
Have you been redeemed from all kinds of these things? You’ve been redeemed from tumors.
You’ve been redeemed from malignancies. You’ve been redeemed from sores. Glory to God!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. You can just speak right up and say it: “I’m redeemed.” If
anything on these lists or anything like this tries to show up in your body or in your children’s
bodies, don’t sit there and cry and ask, “Why is this happening to me?” You jump up, you look it
in the face, and you say, “No, you don’t! I’m redeemed!”
Some might tell you, “Yes, but you’ve missed it in so many ways.” To which you can reply,
“Yes, but I’ve repented, and He’s forgiven me and cleansed me from all unrighteousness.”
You’re either cleansed or you’re not. You’re either forgiven or you’re not. If you are, then you
are. You are clean and made righteous.
One translation talks about an incurable itch, skin eruptions, and other sorts of skin diseases. This
would include all kinds of what we call allergies, allergic reactions, and rashes. Can you see this?
Verse 35 goes along with this. It says there’s the sore botch that can’t be healed, the grievous,
malignant, evil, foul scab that is past all remedy, and ulcers. You’ve been redeemed from all of
this.
Let’s look back at verse 28. It talks about astonishment of heart, confusion of mind,
bewilderment, distraction, being crazed in the wits, fear, and panic. We call these things mental,
or emotional. Have you been redeemed from “losing it” mentally and emotionally, from just
being confused, bewildered, distracted, and crazed in your wits? You’ve been redeemed from
that. Do you believe that you’ve been redeemed from it?
Now let’s look at verse 65. It talks about a quaking heart, a shaking heart, a fearful, misgiving
heart, and an anxious, unquiet mind. That’s all the same thing.
Look at the next one, which mentions the failing of eyes. That has to do with pining away in
depression, crying and wasting away. The next one is sorrow of mind. That is the same thing: no
appetite, depression, despondency, a languishing spirit, and a heart eaten up with sorrow.
The next one, in verse 66, says that your life will be a burden to you night and day. You’ll go in
fear and uncertainty, and you’ll live in suspense filled with dread. I wonder how many Christians
are experiencing some degree of this. Should you have it? Should any of this be in your life?
No! Why? You have been redeemed from ever losing your mind or losing your wits. You’ve
been redeemed from living in depression and despondency. It’s all part of the curse of the Law,
and Christ has redeemed you from the curse of the Law. You have to get bold, in its face, and
