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| Why do Christians Suffer with Sickness? |
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Food matters, but it’s our disobedience to Yahweh’s word in all areas of life why we are truly sick. Today, even the church is choosing what’s popular over what’s right. The popular messages today are not in-line with the word of Yahweh and our country is on a moral decline and they do not see it. The church is not only blind to this issue, but they too are leading the way toward destruction.
I base what is moral and right not on how I feel, but on what the word of Yahweh says. We are told in our society repeatedly how wrong it is for a god to tell us how we should live. What happens when you let people decide what is moral and right, and you let other people (the government and wealthy) make a law out of their feelings? Just take a look around. America's rates of divorce, abortion, STD transmission, spousal abuse and crime are the highest or among the highest compared to other developed nations.
The enemy of America today is not Iraq. It is not Afghanistan or communism. It is not Somalian pirates. It's the moral degradation and spiritual complacency of Americans. The result is our sickness and disease that are at its highest rates ever. But that’s just our life here on earth. If you want to justify self-pleasure for sickness that’s one thing, but many people are not even giving thought to their eternal life.
I write about health and focus mainly on food as the main issue, but many other factors that are leading to sickness include moving from mass production to mass consumption, moving from common values to now radical individualism with personal values, and competition among faith groups rather than cooperation. As we can see, there is more to our health than food alone. The keys to good health are:
1. Learn what Yahweh (God) wants for you, and pray about it!
2. Take action, and live according to His instructions!
3. Enjoy all His blessings!
This exciting discovery means we all have the capability to be healthy!
Everything and everyone has a purpose in life, including us. And to carry out that purpose, we must be healthy. Yahweh (God) made our bodies so amazingly that we can overcome disease and discomfort. Now we must visit what The Scriptures say about health and healing to get back our good health that Yahweh (God) promised us. It is my prayer that you will accomplish true health!
As I teach in various assemblies and churches, I notice a problem and it's growing. The majority of people aren’t reading their Scriptures and the people who are, are not following the instructions.
The first thought bewilders me. How can people not be inspired to read the instructional, book of life; our Creator’s very own guidelines to live a long life in health, peace and joy. After realizing it had also taken me many years to open the book and read it for the first time, I understood why. Each of us has to be ready to explore the information first-hand for ourselves. Often it takes a dramatic, near-death experience for someone to be ready to see what our Creator has to offer.
The second thought revealed a more common issue; people reading, but not willing to follow what the Scriptures say. Whether it is because of lack of faith, lack of understanding, deception or addiction to living a certain lifestyle, many so-called believers today are not willing to entirely change their lives to go along with the instructions of the Scriptures.
The sad fact is that we live in a world today where the majority of people are less interested in learning and obeying Yahweh’s (God’s) word. There are more people living against the guidelines found in the Bible than ever before. We are also in a time when there is more disease and sickness than ever before. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the connection.
The closer our relationship is with Yahweh (God), the more we will identify and understand what he desires for us. He does not want us to be sick, and He never wanted us to suffer with disease. He wants us to love Him and understand that He created us and He can keep us healthy.
And Yahweh (God) commanded us to obey all the decrees and to fear Him so He can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as He has done to this day. For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands Yahweh (God) has given us.
-Deuteronomy 6:24-25
Deuteronomy 4:1 tells us we are to listen and obey, so we may live! All of Scripture has this same message. We are not instructed to do anything more or any less than STUDY, OBEY AND BELIEVE! Yahweh (God) will take care of everything else, showering us with many blessings if we just do those three things.
If you want to live a long healthy joyful life, you need to realize that we are all going to die one day and we can only assure our eternal salvation by the blood of our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). However, it’s by keeping Torah (Yahweh’s instructions and guidelines) that we are blessed with great health and joy while in our physical earthly body.
In Deuteronomy 28, we are clearly shown the blessings and curses that coincide with obedience and disobedience. Disease is the result of sin. What is sin? Disobedience is sin! There are few who may experience disease, not as a result of sin, but for the glory of Yahweh (God); an example is the blind man in John 9. Most people, however, experience disease as a result of their lack of responsibility and lack of action for their own welfare.
It says in Scripture that many are called, but few chosen (Matt 22:14). We each have a choice and our actions reveal our heart. If you seek to follow master Yahweh’s (God’s) plan, He will supply all your needs and bless you. You have to take responsibility for your choices. Many people do not like to confess it, but deep within their heart they realize the way they live and choices they make result in the condition of their overall health or lack of it.
There are many good-hearted believer’s attending assemblies all over the world who are being deceived about the role of responsibility and obedience to Torah (the commandments, will and guidelines of Yahweh). In the idea of grace without works, they experience the same diseases as non-believers.
It may be hard to comprehend my message because if what I am suggesting is accurate, everyone will be diagnosed with disease in one form or another because we all sin. Yahweh provided us with the magnificent gift of His son Yeshua (Jesus), who shed his blood for us, for those times we are not perfect. That is the distinction between all the other religions of this world. When you decide to follow Yahweh, you always have a savior. The blood of Yeshua (Jesus) will wash away those times when you are weak. However, that grace will not cleanse a disobedient heart. Grace is not a justification to keep living in sin. Grace is Yahweh’s (God’s) mercy to give you time to get stronger and closer with Him. Grace without works is dead and works without
Yeshua is (Jesus) nothing. We need both to be blessed!
If you have a firm understanding of the word, it will be harder to be deceived. The Scriptures tell us many people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4:6)
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