bob maepe healing book 2023 english

9.2 Does God allow or use sickness to teach (or sanctify, humble)
me?
Considering you think God gives sickness to teach a lesson, and you are
supposed to be “imitators of God” what should you be doing? According
to this logic, you'll be praying for your loved ones to catch a virus or get
hit by a car. Or why not go to the lab and have them inject cancer cells
into their body so that they can learn a lesson and experience some
growth in Christ? Of course, this is ultimate stupidity. Yet many
Christians entertain this flawed thinking, proven by certain things they
say, “God must have a purpose for this cancer. He works all things out
for the good for those who love Him. His ways are higher.” Or “This
sickness builds your character.” Do babies have the rational faculties to
understand what they are going through? Building their character
through hardships? They are still babies. Those who God delights in He
disciplines (Hebrews. 12).
Do you “discipline” your children with life-depleting illnesses? I'll be
calling child protection services on you if you do so. God disciplines
(trains) us through His Word (2 Tim. 3:16) and the Spirit, not through
sickness and disease. In John 14:26, Jesus said that when the Holy
Spirit comes He will “teach us all things.” If the Holy Spirit will teach us
all things, then everything that we know will be from the Holy Spirit.
Thus, to say that a physical sickness is to teach us something is to say
that the Holy Spirit is a physical sickness Himself which clearly cannot be
the case because God is an incorruptible God (Romans 1:23), and
physical sickness is corruptible.
God knows how to give good gifts. Something that steals health, kills
people and destroys families is not my idea of a good and perfect gift from
above. Also, if it were God‟s will for you to be sick, then you would be in
sin and rebellion going to the doctor to get better. Think about it, if you
believe God makes you sick, you should pray for the symptoms to become
worse so you can really learn your lesson. God doesn‟t allow or use
sickens to teach you or better you, because sickness is bringing death.
And death is His enemy. He is not using His enemy to somehow help you
become a better person. You can choose to use every opportunity to learn,
like having your fingers between a door. You can learn from it. But God
doesn‟t use your finger-between-the-door experience to tell you
something.
To endure suffering and persecution for the faith: yes. To endure physical
sickness for the faith: no and never; because this clearly violates
scripture (Psalm 103:2-3, Is. 53:4-5, James 5:13-16, 1 Peter 2:24).The
51
CHAPTER 5
SEE THAT DOCTOR JESUS HEALS
As you read the healing accounts on the following pages, never forget that
Jesus demonstrated God‟s will for us in all He did, and He is still the
same today (Hebrews 13:8).
Also after Jesus went to Heaven, He continued to do the same works of
healing through His disciples. In the present age of last days Jesus Christ
still heals through His church (MARK 16:18c).
“how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by
the devil, for God was with Him” (ACTS 10:38 NKJV).
Now Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness
and all kinds of disease among the people. Then His fame went
throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were
afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demonpossessed,
epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them (MATTHEW
4:23-24 NKJV).
And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”8 The centurion
answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under
my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.”13 Then
Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so
let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour
(MATTHEW 8:7-8, 13 NKJV).
And He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she arose and
served them. When evening had come, they brought to Him many who
were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and
healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our
sicknesses” (MATTHEW 8:15-17 NKJV).
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people (MATTHEW 9:35 NKJV).
And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked
Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” that they might accuse
24