THE CAUSE OF ALL OF MAN'S PROBLEMS IS SIN. I BELIEVE THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR SIN, WE, THE CHILDREN OF GOD, WOULD STILL BE LIVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, IN PARADISE. A LAND WERE THERE WAS NO DEATH, NO DISEASE. MAN'S PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN ADAM TRANSGRESS GOD'S COMMANDMENT. GOD GAVE ADAM A COMMANDMENT, AND THAT COMMANDMENT WAS GIVEN TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

Gn:2:15: And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (KJV)

Gn:2:16: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (KJV)

Gn:2:17: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (KJV)

SAINTS OF GOD THE LAW WAS SENT FORTH TO SAVE LIFE, BUT IT BROUGHT DEATH.

Rom:7:9: For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. (KJV)

Rom:7:10: And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. (KJV)

Rom:7:11: For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. (KJV)

BELOVED, SATAN USES THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AS A WEAPON TO DESTROY THE CHILDREN OF GOD, BOTH PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. IN THE DAY THAT ADAM EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD, AND EVIL, DID HE DIE PHYSICALLY? NO, BUT HE DID DIE SPIRITUALLY. THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL DIED. NOT ONLY DID ADAM DIE THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR PHYSICAL UNION WITH HIM, ALL MANKIND DIED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH.

1Cor:15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (KJV)

CHRISTIAN BRETHREN, WHEN A PERSON TRANSGRESSES THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, HE BECOMES AN OUTLAW, AND MAKES HIMSELF AN ENEMY OF GOD. WHEN GOD WITHDRAWS HIS HEDGE, HIS PROTECTION, THEN SATAN CAUSES THAT PERSON MISERY, SICKNESS, AND DEATH. REMEMBER HOW THAT SATAN BLASPHEMED JOB, AND CAUSED JOB TO BE PUT TO THE TEST. SATAN'S CHILDREN SLEW THE SERVANTS OF JOB, AND TOOK HIS PROCESSIONS. REMEMBER HOW THAT SATAN SLEW THE CHILDREN OF JOB. AND, PLACED BOILS ON JOB, FROM THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD TO THE SOLES OF HIS FEET.

Jb:1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Jb:1:2: And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Jb:1:3: His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Jb:1:4: And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Jb:1:5: And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Jb:1:6: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

Jb:1:7: And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Jb:1:8: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Jb:1:9: Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Jb:1:10: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Jb:1:11: But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Jb:1:12: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

Jb:1:13: And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Jb:1:14: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

Jb:1:15: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Jb:1:16: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Jb:1:17: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Jb:1:18: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Jb:1:19: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Jb:1:20: Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Jb:1:21: And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Jb:1:22: In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. (KJV)

Jb:2:1: Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

Jb:2:2: And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Jb:2:3: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Jb:2:4: And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Jb:2:5: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Jb:2:6: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Jb:2:7: So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Jb:2:8: And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

HOLY CHILDREN, COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE, IT IS GOD THAT MAKES RICH, AND IT IS GOD THAT MAKES POOR. IT IS GOD THAT KILLS, AND IT IS GOD THAT MAKES ALIVE. GOD HAS ALL THE POWER IN HEAVEN AND EARTH. DOCTORS CAN PRESCRIBE MEDICINE, SURGEONS CAN CUT, AND SEW. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HEALING, GOD HAS RESERVED THAT FOR HIMSELF. IF YOU ARE SICK, FIRST SEEK THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. GOD INSPIRED THE APOSTLE JAMES TO RECORD THESE WORDS.

Jms:5:13: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Jms:5:14: Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Jms:5:15: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

SAINTS OF GOD, THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE, THAT ASSEMBLE IN THESE PHYSICAL CHURCH BUILDINGS; THAT ARE SERIOUSLY ILL. THEY DO NOT CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO PRAY OVER THEM, NEITHER ARE THEY ANOINTED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHY NOT? IS IT BECAUSE THE PASTOR OF THEIR CHURCH HAS NOT TAUGHT THE SAINTS ABOUT THE PROMISES THAT PERTAIN TO CALLING FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND HAVING THEM PRAY OVER THE SAINTS, ANOINTING THEM WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. OR, IS IT BECAUSE THE PASTOR DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANOINTING WITH OIL? OR, IS IT BECAUSE THEIR PASTOR HAS A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT DENIES THE POWER THERE OF. WHAT EVER THE REASON I BELIEVE MULTITUDES OF PASTORS WILL HAVE TO STAND BEFORE GOD, AND GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF ALLOWING THE SAINTS TO REMAIN SICK IN THEIR CONGREGATIONS.

2Tm:3:1: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2Tm:3:2: For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2Tm:3:3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2Tm:3:4: Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

2Tm:3:5: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

2Tm:3:6: For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 2Tm:3:7: Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

SAINTS OF GOD, IF A PASTOR WILL NOT LET HIS CONGREGATION CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO PRAY OVER THE SICK, AND ANOINT THEM WITH OIL, THEN HE HAS COMMIT THE SIN OF OMISSION. FOR GOD HAS COMMANDED THOSE IN AUTHORITY, TO LET THE SAINTS CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. THAT THEY MIGHT RECEIVE THEIR HEALING. GOD BY THE MOUTH OF THE APOSTLE JAMES HAS MADE HIS CHILDREN A MOST PRECIOUS PROMISE, AND THAT IS, IF THE SICK WILL CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND LET THEM PRAY OVER THEM, THE LORD SHALL RAISE THEM UP, AND IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED SIN, IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN THEM. LISTEN CAREFULLY, POWER IS TRANSFERABLE. GOD CAN GIVE THE ANOINTING POWER TO HEAL. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WHEN ISRAEL WAS IN THE WILDERNESS, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BECAME DISCOURAGED, AND THE PEOPLE SPAKE AGAINST GOD, AND MOSES. AND GOD SENT FIERY SERPENTS AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND THEY BIT THE PEOPLE. AND THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO DIE. AND THE PEOPLE ENTREATED MOSES, TO PRAY UNTO GOD TO TAKE AWAY THE FIERY SERPENTS. AND, GOD COMMANDED MOSES TO MAKE A FIERY SERPENT, AND PLACE IT UPON A POLE, AND WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE BITTEN, IF THEY WOULD LOOK UPON THE FIERY SERPENT ON THE POLE THEY WOULD NOT DIE. GOD HAD GIVE THAT SERPENT ON THE POLE THE POWER HEAL SERPENT BITE.

Nm:21:4: And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

Nm:21:5: And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Nm:21:6: And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Nm:21:7: Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Nm:21:8: And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Nm:21:9: And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

BROTHERS, AND SISTERS IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHEN GOD GAVE THAT BRASS SERPENT THE POWER TO HEAL SNAKE BITE, EVERYONE THAT LOOKED UPON IT LIVED. AND, WHEN GOD SAYS THAT IF YOU WILL CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH, AND LET THEM PRAY OVER YOU, ANOINTING YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WHEN GOD SAYS THAT HE WILL RAISE YOU UP; WHEN HE SAYS THAT YOU WILL BE HEALED, AND IF YOU HAVE COMMITTED SIN THEY SHALL BE FORGIVE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE END RESULTS SHALL BE. SOME MAY BE HEALED IMMEDIATELY, OTHERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UPON THE LORD. THERE IS ONE THING THAT I KNOW AND THAT IS, IF YOU WILL DO AS THE LORD SAYS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU WILL NOT DO AS THE LORD SAYS, YOU HAVE LOTS TO WORRY ABOUT. LET ME MENTION ALSO THAT ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, IS THE GIFT OF HEALING. GOD GAVE HIS DISCIPLES THE POWER TO HEAL.

Mt:10:1: And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Mt:10:2: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Mt:10:3: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Mt:10:4: Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Mt:10:5: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Mt:10:6: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Mt:10:7: And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mt:10:8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.