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HAS THE THIEF STOLEN YOUR HEALTH?

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Sunday September 17, 2023

HAS THE THIEF STOLEN YOUR HEALTH?

The thief cometh not, 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 10:10 (KJV)

You must stop explaining away your health condition. If you are sick today, recognize that sickness implies that the thief has stolen your health. Sickness is your health stolen by Satan, the thief. It is not because of cold or the weather. It is the devil, the thief, prowling about taking what does not belong to him. In Igbo language, Satan is ‘ekwensu.’ That is instructive because it means literally “ikwe ya esu” that is “if you agree, it would start raging” That is to say that until you agree with the terms of Satan, he is powerless and all his activities and wickedness cannot start raging in your life. You can say “Satan get lost now, my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, I curse your manoeuvrings and manipulations against my body now, get out in Yahushua’s name Amen” and that halts all his agenda against you. But you could also just be mute like a nepios and the devil will have a field day in tormenting your physical body.

REMAINING A NEPIOS IS THE PROBLEM

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Saturday September 16, 2023

REMAINING A NEPIOS IS THE PROBLEM

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Galatians 4:3 (KJV)

Why are people who are born again; who have received eternal life into their spirit, who are heirs of Yahweh and joint-heirs with HaMashiach sick, afflicted and oppressed in their physical bodies? This is a question that comes up every time and thank Yahweh, we have light in the Word of Yahweh that answers it. Our opening text in context answers that question. Galatians 4:1 says, ‘Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;’ The born again person is an heir of Yahweh but as long as he is a child is not different from a slave. Tutors and house-helps can talk to him anyhow and order him around. Why? Because he is a child. The Greek word used is nepios meaning one who is immature, one that is simple-minded, one that is easily convinced; one that does not know how to speak. The elements of the world imply those things that are prevalent in the world; which include environmental hazards, effects of climatic changes, plagues, pandemics, sicknesses and diseases, etc. As long as you remain a child you are in bondage under the elements of the world. But you shouldn’t be because you are not of the world though you are in the world (see John17:16). You have been raised with Yahushua HaMashiach and seated in the heavenly places in HaMashiach and with HaMashiach. But because you don’t know it and is immature in speech, you cannot rule over the elements.

YAHWEH HAS DONE SOMETHING ABOUT SICKNESS ALREADY

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Friday September 15, 2023

YAHWEH HAS DONE SOMETHING ABOUT SICKNESS ALREADY

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew 8:17 (KJV)

It is comforting to note that Yahweh is not waiting for you to be afflicted with sickness before providing you with cure. No! Yahweh has already done something about sickness. Sickness is the fallout of sin and sin has been taken out of the way, same with its effect of sickness. Sin and death has been abolished (see II Tim. 1:10) and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. That means that you should not be sick any other day of your time on earth because eternal life and immortality is at work in you in Yahushua HaMashiach. Death has been abolished. The agents of death, sickness and disease has been permanently disabled in your life. These are not fairy-tales beloved, these words are the truth of the matter.

SHALL NOT SAY ‘I AM SICK.’

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Thursday September 14, 2023

SHALL NOT SAY ‘I AM SICK.’

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah 33:24 (KJV)

There are two truths we are going to establish today. First is that you are born into a Kingdom called Zion. The place where you were translated at new birth is a place called Zion. The context of our text today is Isaiah 33:20 which says, “Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.” It is the inhabitants of Zion that shall not say I am sick. Please understand that this Zion is a spiritual city not a physical place. It is a spiritual city where the Lord Yahushua rules as King. That is the place you were born into when you were born again. Hebrews 12:22-24 collaborated this same truth, “22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” The forces dwelling in Zion makes it impossible for you to be sick. If you get the revelation of your dwelling, you can never be sick another second of your life because it is practically impossible for you to dwell in Zion and be ravaged by sickness.

THE TRUTH VERSUS THE FACTS

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Wednesday September 13, 2023

THE TRUTH VERSUS THE FACTS

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1:17 (KJV)

Not differentiating between the fact and the truth will keep you bound to sickness. On the surface, they seem to mean the same thing but are actually very different. While a fact is the description of the state of a thing, the truth is the reality of a thing. The truth is always constant, but the fact changes based on the prevailing situation. Water, for example, is said to have three states: solid, liquid and gaseous states. Depending on the temperature, the state changes. That’s how a fact is. It is so unreliable. It may be a fact that your body temperature is high, but the truth is that you are healed by His stripes (see I Peter 2:24). That you have not carried your own baby does not make you barren. The Bible says, ‘No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land’ (Exo.23:26). Again the Bible says in Deut.7:14, ‘You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.’

WHAT IS SICK IN YOUR LIFE?

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Tuesday September 12, 2023

WHAT IS SICK IN YOUR LIFE?

Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Deuteronomy 28:59 (KJV)

When we talk about sickness, it is important to note that it is not only the body of man that can be sick. Your business can be sick. Your career can be sick. Your marriage can be sick. Whatever that is not working well is sick. Whatever is not in the state of wellness and wholeness is sick. You are working on something and after you have put in every effort still no results, that venture and endeavour is sick. So sickness transcends the sphere of the physical body. In our opening text, we saw the plague of the seed. This was talking about your source of income, meaning that your source of livelihood can be sick. Then it talks about when something happens over a long period, then that thing is sick. If a particular negative situation persists, you are looking at sickness of that particular situation. When you discover that you are putting in much and getting little or no results at all, then it is time to start calling for the healing of that particular thing.

SICKNESS IS A CURSE

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Monday September 11, 2023

SICKNESS IS A CURSE

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:13 (KJV)

This point is important you understand that sickness is a curse. It is a curse that came as a result of sin. Genesis 2:16-17 says, ‘16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ Just as we have established already that sickness and disease are instruments of death. So when the punishment of sin was pronounced as death, sickness and disease were included in that death package. Beloved, sickness/disease is a curse of sin, don’t play around it. Don’t explain it away. Sickness is not a scientific discovery. A thousand times No! Then came the curse of the law. First was the curse of disobedience, then secondly the curse of the law. The curse of disobedience came with death punishment and sickness was inside that death package. However, the curse of the law came with mentions that inexplicably draws the line for all to see what to expect when you do not comply with the law of Yahweh.

THE ORIGIN OF SICKNESS

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Sunday September 10, 2023

THE ORIGIN OF SICKNESS

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 5:12 (KJV)

Wherever you see death, just know that included in that death package is sickness and disease. Sickness and disease are instruments of death. That is why, you must not treat the issues of your physical health with levity. When a person sees headache for instance (Yahweh forbid, not you), that person is being toasted by death. It is the spirit of death that is knocking and depending on how you handle that seemingly harmless headache, will determine if you will join your forefathers in the grave (Yahweh forbid, not you). But we are saying that to say that sickness and disease are just the effects of a cause – sin. In Genesis chapters one and two, there was no mention of sin and consequently no sickness. But when sin came in Genesis chapter three, death was birthed and when he death came, he brought his agents, sickness and disease. It is the offence of one Adam that brought sickness and disease and death. All glory to Yahweh, because that is not the end of the story.

HOW DO I LIVE IN DIVINE HEALTH COVENANTLY (7): BY THE COMMUNION

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Saturday September 9, 2023

HOW DO I LIVE IN DIVINE HEALTH COVENANTLY (7): BY THE COMMUNION

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
John 6:57 (KJV)

The Communion is a miracle meal. It is a spiritual meal. It is a supernatural meal. The Communion is the ordinance of the flesh and blood of Yahushua. During the Last Supper the Lord Yahushua established this sacrament as they were eating, He took bread, blessed it, broke it and gave to his disciples and said “Take, eat; this is my body.” (see Matthew 26:26). Now please recognize that there is nothing special about the bread that Yahushua took. In fact, it was part of the meal that they were eating. But the moment He took it, blessed it and said those words, it became His body. Like many of Yahweh’s dealings with us, the Communion is a spiritual supernatural ordinance, don’t ever try to figure it out with your natural mind. When you try to figure spiritual truths with your natural mind, you will go into error. Matthew 26:27-28 says, ‘27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.’ This ordinance of taking the body and blood of Yahushua is what is called the Communion.

HOW DO I LIVE IN DIVINE HEALTH COVENANTLY (6): REACH OUT TO THE POOR

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Friday September 8, 2023

HOW DO I LIVE IN DIVINE HEALTH COVENANTLY (6): REACH OUT TO THE POOR

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 41:1 [KJV]

Let us read the context of our opening text. We continue from verse 2, Psalms 41:2-3 says, “2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.” To consider the poor is to think and act on the welfare of the poor; to look at the poor and circumspect his income and its impact on his well-being and from that knowledge act to mitigate their hardship. Just considering the poor is a covenant action that commits El-Shaddai to your health among other things. In the days that you are challenged in your health, what you have done for the poor can speak for you. This was the exact story of that precious woman called Dorcas in Acts 9:36-41. Job’s outreach to the poor was one of the reasons that Yahweh surrounded him with a hedge of protection so that the enemy could not assault him and his family. Your openhandedness to the poor is a strategic key to maintaining your covenant health package. This is wisdom and very crucial.