Satan or God??? Who brings the Badness??
First, Nobody is getting judged yet.......... for punishment of sin, there needs to be judgment. Judgement will happen, but it is not yet. Even those that do not listen to the good news of the Gospel.
Joh 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
God does not use Satan to punish his Children. If you look at the account when Paul turned over the man to Satan, it was only for destruction, it was not to punish him. (Praise God in 2 Cor he Repented) Sickness, Poverty, and Calamity was never meant to teach anything. It was meant for one thing, and that was to destroy and kill you. Satan is the author of all this, as it is written, He came to kill, steal and destroy. (John 10:10)
Deu 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
Deu 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Every form of Sickness was meant to kill you. Accidents are but snares of the Fowler (Psalm 91) It was never meant to teach or just punish you. From the common cold, to something serious, it's something as blood bought and paid for Christians should resist as none of it belongs to us.
Deu 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Every sickness means everything known and unknown to man. Scriptures can not lie, and all of it was designed to kill you, not make you a better person.
Confusion: Curse of the Law.
The Curse of the law came from breaking the Law. The Law was set in place for our protection as Satan had yet been defeated by our Lord Jesus. By keeping the Law, you kept yourself away from the Destroyer. The Law of God, and it's curse still remain on earth today, as we see the effects of it. It has nothing to do with Punishment, but everything to do with God making a way to escape these things and live a victorious life in Christ Jesus. Those that do not have Jesus......... Have no hope.
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Jesus came for One main reason. Yes, it was to save us from our sins, but we should emphasize the reason the bible gives, and understand why that was necessary.
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
The Works of the Devil is Killing, Stealing and destroying things in your life. Things to take the quality of life away from you. Jesus came that we may have life abundantly. (John 10:10)
So, it was not only to remove that sin nature we had, being born again, but to destroy the devils ability to bring or keep harm on us. Satan has been completely defeated!!!!
The curse of the law brought death, law breakers were killed. All Covenants that are broken require blood and something must die. Jesus took our punishment that we deserved. That is why it is written.
Gal 3:13 But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse." GNB
If you read deut 28, you will find that punishment for breaking the law of God and not hearkening to his voice brought the curse. Sickness, poverty and death. None of it was designed to teach us anything.
sickness was a form of that punishment to death. Jesus took that punishment for us, as it is written, by his stripes we are healed.
Why some die then? Why some stay sick?
It's not God, He already sent his Word and healed us. We have a part to play. As it is written, Without faith it's impossible to please God. (Heb 11:6)
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
It would appear that not everyone can be chomped so easy, else the devil would not have to do all that seeking.
1Pe 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Our part is to resist. If we think it's God causing the problems or that Healing passed away, and "By His Stripes we are Healed" is just some spiritual thing that nobody knows what that means, then your most likely done for.
We have but a short small time on this earth, soon, Jesus will be in control and the devil will be tossed away as he deserves. We will never get a better chance to to show God we believe him and be strong in the Lord and the Power of his might. I don't think we are going to be praying for healing in Heaven, so lets take this time, get the job done, and when the Lord shows up, let it be he will find faith. We got the victory over all these things, Why? because he Loves us.......
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Be blessed.
