Jesus had just healed a dumb and blind person and was now facing opposition for what He had done. They accused Him of doing all these miracles by a demon spirit. Jesus replied:
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Matthew 12: 25-28 [NLT]
This statement deals decisively with any doubts you may have regarding who is behind your troubles. Jesus is not the One who causes sickness and disease, and death from these.
Further down the passage Jesus says something more serious:
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven”. Matthew 12: 30-31 [NLT]
This Truth, also tells me Jesus is for doctors and nurses and so if you are sick, seek medical treatment - but do so prayerfully as you will still encounter Satan's opposition through unbelief by those who trust in the medicine and the profession and not Jehovah Rapha, the Healer. If Jesus is for healing and then people die in the process, why do most Christians blame God for their loved one's death. Statements like, “it was God's will, well their time was up, death is God's judgment” are not quite true.
If God wants to give us long life, why do we doubt? Firstly, Satan rules through fear of death which Jesus destroyed including death itself on the cross. Through fear, Satan manipulates believers to doubt and confess defeat at the slightest concern of sickness and disease. With all due respect, I believe we may have gone through what we went through for other reasons known to God but certainly not because His Word failed us.
Friends, when faced with the impossible - life and death, facts and the Truth – stand for your loved one, come what may, by choosing God’s Word – the Truth!
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