The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21

'Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom
He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy"
The witness who here testlfles certainly tasted
to the bitterest dregs the affections imposed by
the enemy of all mankind - who is the devil
Her experience became the experience of count
less thousands that human ills cannot be counter
acted by human wisdom, nor h1manly devised
agencies. Health and strength are the Divine
order, the consequence of obedience to Gods laws
of thought and of physical being, whereas sick
ness and disease are just as truly the results of
diSobedience and improper thinking which are
sin; and the instigator of sin is the devil. There
fore, sickness and disease cannot be eradicated
by vegetable and mineral compounds, administer
ed as medicines, nor cut out by surgeons knives,
nor coaxed out by pasters mechanical ap-
plianceS That which is in the life currents
which ottends health and strength can be elimin-
ated only by the Source of life; and Jesus the
Christ says, Il am the Way, and the Truth, and
the Life" God is the Author of perfectness,
of life, of strength, of health, and the devil is
the author OF confusion, Of weakness, of sick
ness, and of disease. The warfare in the world
IS between God on the one hand, and the devil
on the other, for the supremacy over mans
spirit, soul, and body.
The Savior's work on earth was ito DESTROY
the works of the devil"
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power Who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed
OF the DEVIL" and there never was a sickness a
disease a sorrow, or trouble that was not the
result of the devils work. Christ came to set
things in order, to enthrone God in the spirits,
souls and bodies of people, to destroy the works
OF the devil and to set the people free Saliva
ton means healing of the body and the soul, as
well as healing of the spirit This Jesus did,
and this God, through faith in Jesus, is still do
ing IN the lives Of those who obey Him.
Divine healing is a part of the Christians in
herltance, and has its foundation in the atone
ment-the Christ life given for human life and
this blessing is appropriated by faith and obedi-
ence
Read the story of this witness, and observe
how God entered her life, became to her, her
one hope and consolation, and healed her.
lhlnk OF the horrible afflicton, Bright's dis
ease, and the death-dealing complications which
follow its course! Yet God cured this witness
from that affl1ctlon of the devil Her trust in
doctors and medicines at first increased her suf-
ferlngs; but the moment her self-willed desires
were suspended, and she yielded to Gods will.
relief began to come God was then taking His
rghtfu place in her life, through her own choice,
and His healing power penetrated her being and
became joy and peace to her.
The Bible recognizes no other source of health
than God Himself; and for one to trust doctors.
take medicines, and resort to knives and ap-
pliances to cure disease is but to say that Gods
plans and purposes are a failure, or that the
afflicted one refuses to bring himself into har-
mony with them in order that God can heal and
have the glory.
Obedience to Gods laws is the key to health
Theodore Forby,
i General Associate Editor