Wednesday, March 29, 2006

An ABundant Life Does Not Include Sickness

"I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. The thief cometh, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:9-10

Jesus came so that through Him we might have life and have it abundantly. An abundant life is one of health. The Greek Word that means abundance is perissos, Strong’s 4053, it means exceeding, over and above, more than necessary, supremely, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon, more remarkable, and more excellent. If an abundant life meant we were to be sick, than we should be sicker than any one else, far more than necessary, we should be uncommonly sick, far above those who aren’t saved. People who are sick are trying to get well. Do you know anyone who is sick that isn’t? Those who are sick go to the doctor, people are trying to eat right and exercise to avoid being sick, abundance through Christ does not include sickness.

We are now members of Jesus’ body, flesh of His flesh, and bone of His bone. God’s Anointing that has been given to us now makes us strong in the full and complete power of His might, and since it does ask yourself this question, can God be sick? Can our Father be sick, or does He need to be sick so that He can be compassionate to help us? If we are now one with God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, we are as God said that we are in 1 John 4:17, we are as He is, even while in this world. “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world.”

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