And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
For which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven and the penalty remitted, or to say, Get up and walk? Matthew 9:5
Our Father is not a man that He should lie. With that Truth in mind read what He had written in 1Thessalonians 5 and in Matthew 9 again. Jesus tells us that if our sins are forgiven then we are healed and our Father tells us that He Himself will wholly consecrate us. We are plainly told by our Father that He will completely separate us from profane things and that He alone will make us pure. According to Jesus this means that we are healed. Faith comes for us from hearing the Truth and the Truth sets us absolutely free!
There is no doubt that our Father is trustworthy. It is totally His responsibility to make sure that we are healthy. This is not waiting for us in Heaven, this is for us right now, because now is the Day of our Salvation, not tomorrow.
For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2
Our Father sent Jesus to save us and as is written in 1 Thessalonians 5, He has saved our spirits, our souls, and yes even our bodies. There is no now condemnation for us, Romans 8:1. There is now no law in place to convict us of sin, Romans 7:6. We no longer serve by obeying rules, we serve because of our Father’s Grace, Romans 6:14. Our Father has separated us from profane things right now and the consequence of His mercy is our health. We have been set free and those who are set free by God are free indeed.
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