How God Heals...
Next we need to UNDERSTAND how God heals. And we need
to see, further, how both the gospel and healing tie together.
Both operate on the same principle--one being spiritual, the
other physical.
God is the CREATOR. But also He is the Great Designer,
Educator and Lawgiver. Whatever God does He does with
purpose and with order, according to the principles of His law.
There can be no law without a penalty for its transgression.
And God never compromises with His laws or their
penalties. Once a law is transgressed a penalty is incurred.
Once a penalty is incurred it must be paid. God never suspends
the penalty.
The biblical definition of SIN is the transgression of LAW (I
John 3:4). In the spiritual sense, in connection with the gospel,
the basic law of the Kingdom of God is the spiritual law
(Romans 7:14) set in inexorable, relentless motion--the law of
LOVE, the "GIVE" way of life--the principle of the Ten
Commandments. The penalty for transgression is DEATH
(Romans 6:23)--eternal death, the absence of eternal life.
All have sinned. And sin sets up an impassable barrier
between the sinner and God. The penalty--death--must be paid!
God will not compromise a thousandth of an inch on that!
Then how do we get FREE from that penalty? How may we
avoid paying it? By the fact that Christ paid it for us. Christ
never committed sin. He never brought that penalty on Him-
self. But, being the actual Maker of all mankind (Ephesians
3:9; Colossians 1:13-16), His life was greater than the sum
total of ALL other human lives. And when He died on the cross,
He took our penalty on Himself. He paid the death penalty for
all mankind--conditioned on our repentance and faith. He
paid the penalty FOR us, in our stead.
We may be healed by the same principle.
God made man of the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7). We
are composed of matter. He designed our bodies so that they
function according to definite physical laws.
In the human body are a number of systems--for example,
the digestive system, the respiratory system, the circulatory
system, the reproductive system, etc. Each functions separate-
ly, yet all work in perfect harmony with each other. They func-
tion according to definite physical LAWS. Those laws, when
transgressed, exact a PENALTY.
When a person is sick or has contracted a disease, he is simply
paying the PENALTY of transgressed physical law in his body.
One may not himself have broken a physical law. It could
have been an accident. It could have been from a contagious
disease contracted without his knowledge. In the case of Job
(Job 2:6-7), Satan was the cause of Job's ailments for a special
purpose, by God's permission. Nevertheless, sickness and dis-
ease are the penalty being paid for broken physical law.
God, the great Lawgiver, demands that the penalty must be
paid! God never compromises that principle! No HEALING
without the penalty having been PAID!
Source: "How God Heals", pp. 24-25 in booklet:
The Plain Truth About Healing
by Herbert W. Armstrong, =A9 1979.
*TAKE* "THIS" *MESSAGE* "TO" *HEART* "AS" *IT* "MAY" *BE* "THE" *ONLY*
"ONE" *YOU* "RECEIVE" *FROM* "AN" *OUTSIDE* "SOURCE"!!!
*HIS* "ELECT"
P=2ES. *GOD* "DOES" *FOREWARN* "AND" *HE* "IS" *FOREWARNING* "ALL"
*INHABITANTS* "OF" *THE* "EARTH" *TO* "TURN" *AWAY* "FROM" *VIOLATING*
"HIS" *LAWS*!!! *DO* "NOT" *EXPECT* "GOD" *TO* "CONTINUALLY"
*FOREWARN* "YOUR" *LIVES*!!!
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