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To: xzins
Of course afflictions, poverty, and sickness come to us from God. The bible is fairly clear on that

The God as perceived by the Jews in the OT does. In the NT, God heals the sick. What a difference! In fact, healing involves driving out evil spirits. And Christ says that He couldn't possibly be the devil because, by healing the sick, that would make Satan divided. Obviously, God and Satan are not both the cause of illness in the NT. In the OT, that's a different story: Satan works for God, and angles do all the killing in the name of God. It's like night and day.

7,970 posted on 10/02/2007 5:01:35 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
Kosta, you forget the afflictions visited upon Jesus, the Apostles, and Holy Martyrs. That is the New Testament.

God clearly diseased Herod with worms.

"Acts 12: 21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

My memory of the verses you cite says that they involved the casting out of demons. Therefore, Satan would not cast out Satan. A house divided cannot stand.

In the Revelation, God uses the bowl (vial) judgments, and those include disease.

7,972 posted on 10/02/2007 5:28:45 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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