| January 16
Jesus Can Set Them Free
"And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye
have received, freely give."
-- (Matthew 10:7-8)
There are those who've said that some of the diseases that are on the
rampage right now, diseases such as AIDS, are God's way of punishing
immoral people today. There is absolutely no scriptural basis for that!
God does not bring disease on the human race. In fact, if there's
anybody in heaven and earth who hates it, it's Jesus. The devil is the
one who's trying to tell us otherwise. He's promoting a lie, trying to
get us to believe God is the one who's inflicting these diseases on
people because he knows that if the victims believe that, it will drive
them further from God than ever. And that's his aim.
It's time you and I as believers put a stop to that lie. Some time ago,
the Lord spoke to my heart and told me so. He said, "Reach out to those
who are suffering. Let them know I didn't do this to them. Let them know
I'm their Deliverer!"
That word was not just for me, it was for the whole Body of Christ. We
need to tell people who've been afflicted with AIDS or any such disease
that Jesus is Lord over it. We need to tell them that God loves them
dearly, and He has the desire and the power to heal them.
God is not responsible for the suffering we're seeing around us. That's
just a nasty lie the devil is passing around. And if you and I do our
job right, very soon another word is going to start spreading through
the streets. The news is going to get out that Jesus Christ is not their
captor, He's the One who can set them free!
-- Kenneth Copeland
SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 9:18-26
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