{"id":36420,"date":"2022-09-13T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-relationship-between-sin-and-sickness-matthew-9\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:55:05","slug":"what-is-the-relationship-between-sin-and-sickness-matthew-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-relationship-between-sin-and-sickness-matthew-9\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the relationship between sin and sickness? (Matthew 9?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Generally, all sickness is a result of Adam’s disobedience<\/strong>. “Through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned,” Romans 5:12.  Sickness is part of the dying process.<\/p>\n

However, we can contribute to and stimulate our physical weaknesses, or we can have healthy habits which promote wellness. (Sickness cannot be eliminated.) “The merciful<\/strong> man does good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh<\/strong>…A cheerful heart is a good medicine<\/strong>, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 11:17; 17:22) <\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul had eyesight trouble and asked the Lord three times to heal it. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10) The Lord denied his request. Paul concluded his poor eyesight kept him humble and dependent on God. Timothy had stomach infirmities. (1 Timothy 5:23) We don’t know why, but we still believe he was a faithful Christian.<\/p>\n

Sometimes God will use physical problems to correct a Christian, but only that person would be able to understand that experience. Others should not judge <\/strong>(Romans 14:4) a person as sinful because he is sick.<\/p>\n

What about Jesus healing and forgiving sins such as in Matthew 9? Looking closely at Matthew 9, Jesus forgave the man’s sins, but he still was sick<\/strong>. The healing did not happen at the same time when Jesus pronounced the words, “Your sins be forgiven.” Jesus disconnected the sin from the healing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Matthew 9, Jesus was making a point to the Pharisees. Jesus<\/strong> was the representative of God’s mercy<\/strong> and the world’s Redeemer. He had the power to forgive sins<\/strong>. Under the law, the Pharisees had no such authority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Consider also the story in John 9. The Apostles asked Jesus if the man’s blindness was a result of his parents’ sins or his own. Jesus clearly stated, “Neither<\/strong>…it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him..,” John 9:1-3 (NASB).<\/p>\n

Ultimately, God has permitted all sin and sickness; however, it will all work to His glory. “He made known to us the secret of His will<\/strong>. And this is in harmony with God’s merciful purpose for the government of the world…of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ<\/strong>; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth…” Ephesians 1:9, 10 (Weymouth). <\/p>\n

For a more detailed study about the permission of evil, please read the free PDF at the link:  "Why God Permits Evil"<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Generally, all sickness is a result of Adam’s disobedience. “Through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned,” Romans 5:12.  Sickness is part of the dying process. However, we can contribute to and stimulate our physical weaknesses, or we can have healthy habits … Continue reading “What is the relationship between sin and sickness? (Matthew 9?)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}