Act of God

Act of God or act of satan?

Jesus said in John 10:10, "'I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." He added, "The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy."

In this verse, Jesus is contrasting the works of God with the works of the devil. You see, that which steals - that which kills - that which destroys - is the devil's work. That is plain enough, isn't it?

Jesus made another profound statement in this verse when He said, "I am come .... "

Who is He?

The Bible teaches that Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. In John 14:9, Jesus said, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father."

Today we trust radio, television, magazines, and newspapers to tell us what leading personalities are "really like." If you want to know what God is "really like," look at Jesus. God is just like Jesus. Jesus said, "he that hath seen me hath seen the Father."

Furthermore, if you want to see God at work, look at Jesus. In John 14:10, Jesus said, "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."

The way the Father, working in Jesus, healed people was through the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We read in Acts 10:38 that God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and

power - healing power - and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. These are the works of God. (This and other Scriptures plainly call sickness Satanic oppression.)

When Jesus said, "the Father ... doeth the works," it meant that God did all of the works that Jesus did. For example, when Jesus was aboard that tiny boat in the Sea of Galilee and rebuked the storm (Mark 4:39), it actually was God rebuking the storm through Jesus.

Well, if God caused the storm, God would be working against Himself if He rebuked it! The same holds true with healings. If God is the author of sickness and disease, yet God healed people through Jesus, then God would be working against Himself (And Jesus said in Mark 3:24,25 that a house divided against itself cannot stand.)

Jesus' description of the Father in the 14th chapter of John; His statement in the 9th verse of that chapter ("he that hath seen me hath seen the Father"); His statement in the 10th verse ("the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works"); and the Scripture from Acts 10 ("he went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil") makes it impossible that disease and sickness are of God. The very nature of God the Father refutes that argument.

Jesus plainly taught in these and other Scriptures that disease and sickness are of Satan. Clearly, not an act of God!