Questions in this episode: – If we aren’t suffering, does that mean we aren’t a Christian? – Does Scripture command us to go out in pairs in a covenant promise to do the Lord’s work? – Is the Sermon on the Mount only relevant to the disciples in talking about the narrow path in Matthew …
Good health is good. It is certainly preferable to sickness and disease. Occasionally you’ll find some concern for it in Scripture (3Jn.2; 1Ti.5:23). But we should be careful not to cherry-pick from the few biblical passages regarding good health in order to justify today’s wide-spread obsession with it. Many godly and productive people in the …
Clearly not every health crisis or sickness is a result of someone’s specific sin (cf. Jn.9:1-3; Job 1:1; et al.). On the other hand, sometimes they are. According to Hebrews 12, God’s protective and parental love is demonstrated…
The Bible promises us that this life will be punctuated with sickness and pain. For some it will be more chronic than others, but unfortunately for all of us there will be certain seasons of severe and almost unbearable discomfort. While we’d wish that God’s children were exempt, we must remember that for now, Christ has not granted us any such immunity. When sin entered the world
Before, during, and after we reach out to utilize any of God’s gracious gifts to alleviate our pain or extend our lives, we must keep our hope, trust, and faith squarely in the God who sustains all things.
Even as regenerate children of God we should not be surprised at the pain and suffering in our lives because we live in a fallen world, which thankfully will one day be made perfect by the exercise of Christ’s power.
We must be thankful to God for any relief he grants our ailing bodies, knowing that even when sickness and death prevail, our ultimate restoration is certain by faith in the omnipotent Christ.
Christ at his first coming displayed his credentials as the King of the coming Kingdom by healing some people of their illnesses, in part to remind us that he will one day vanquish all disease.