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Recap of the February 26, 2012 sermon (John 5:12-15):
(The source for the following material is the book Come Before Winter by Charles Swindoll)
The Five Suffering Laws (“These ‘laws’ will do more to help the hurting and erase their confusion than perhaps anything else they could read.”)
Law One: There are two classifications of sin. (We are sinners by nature and by practice)
1. Original sin (the inherited sin nature) (Romans 5:12)
2. Personal sins (individual acts of wrong) (Romans 3:23)
Law Two: Original sin introduced suffering, illness, and death to the human race (Romans 5:12) “In the broadest sense of the word, all sickness and suffering today are the result of original sin.”
Law Three: Sometimes there is a direct relationship between personal sins and sickness. (Psalm 32:3-5; 38:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:27-30)
Law Four: Sometimes there is no relationship between personal sins and sickness. “Some are born with afflictions—suffering before they ever reach the age of committing sins (John 9:1-3; Acts 3:1-2). Others, like Job (1:1-5), are living upright lives when suffering occurs.”
Law Five: It is not God’s will that everyone be healed in this life. Some mistakenly claim that there is healing in the atonement based upon a misinterpretation of passages like Isaiah 53:5b (“by His wounds we are healed”). But this passage is talking about spiritual healing not physical healing. It speaks of healing from transgressions and iniquities.
