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Oct 3, 2019 · 7. Death Was Never God’s Intent. Scripture tells us God designed humans to live eternally in deep relationship with Him. He created the rest of the universe by a mere command, speaking stars, planets, and oceans into being. But when it came to man, God’s involvement was much more direct and intimate.
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- Sickness and Death Entered the World through Original Sin. On the sixth day of creation, the Bible tells us, “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Gen.
- Sickness and Death Can Strike Us Because of Our Own Sin. Using the Bible again, let’s face the truth that sickness and death can strike us through our sin.
- Sickness and Death Are Not Always the Result of Our Sin. It’s impossible to diagnose the reason for everyone’s sickness, but we could certainly say that most if not all of God-loving, sin-confessing, Jesus-believing Christians who are sick fall into this third category.
- God Can Use Sickness and Death for His Glory and the Good of Others. Just because God is not the cruel originator of sickness does not mean he can’t use it.
Verse Concepts. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 34:18. Verse Concepts. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. And saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 51:8. Verse Concepts.
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. 9 We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. 10 These bodies of ours are constantly facing death just as ...
- John 16:22. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
- Philippians 4:13. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
- Revelation 21:4. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
- Romans 8:18. 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Dec 13, 2021 · Updated Dec 13, 2021. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake (Psalm 23:3). The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit (Psalm 34:18). For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with ...
2 Corinthians 4:8-18. King James Version. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
