Of God and Mankind

Matthew 8:17 (AMPC) “ And thus He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, He Himself (Jesus Christ) took [in order to carry away] our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our diseases.” Dear people of God, yesterday evening Thursday February 6 2020, the devil tried to make me sick. I left the office to my home and when I got home, I started running a severe temperature and was feeling cold even when the weather was hot. I took my dinner, laid on the bed, covered myself and started declaring my right in Christ to Divine Healing according to God’s Word in Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24, Colossians 3:13-14, Galatians 3:13. I commanded the fever to get out of my body in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Sometime later, my spouse brought me a drink of lemon mixed with warm water and then she anointed my head and feet whilst declaring my healing as well. Whenever she asked me how I felt I said I was okay because Christ has taken away my sicknesses and diseases. ...

Sometimes as Christians, we wonder why God does not respond to our prayers on certain issues especially for matured Christians in the faith. One reason I have found out as God has shown me is that we pray for something God’s Word already tells us how to deal with. A typical example is when you pray to God to help you deal with sickness. God’s Word says in Matthew 8:17, “ And thus He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, He Himself (Jesus Christ) took [in order to carry away] our weaknesses  and infirmities and bore away our diseases.”   This Scripture clearly tells us that the Lord Jesus Christ took away our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our diseases. This Scripture applies to every Christian who lives in righteous obedience to God’s commandments in the Holy Bible. The Christian who understands this Scripture should just stand on the Truth of this Scripture, worship and thank God for it, agree with God and then command sicknes...