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“If you diligently heed
the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give
ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of
the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am
the LORD who heals you.” “So you shall serve the
LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will
take sickness away from the midst of you. And the LORD will take
away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible
diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those
who hate you. “Now it shall come to pass,
if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully
all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God
will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings
shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of
the LORD your God: I call heaven and earth
as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and
death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and
your descendants may live; that you may love the LORD your God, that
you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your
life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land
which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give them.” Not a word failed of any
good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came
to pass. Blessed be the LORD, who
has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised.
There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised
through His servant Moses. My covenant I will not
break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. With long life I will
satisfy him, And show him My salvation.” Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases, He sent His word and healed
them, And delivered them from their destructions. I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD. Trust in the LORD with
all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your
ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. My son, give attention
to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart
from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life
to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart
with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Fear not, for I am with
you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes,
I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ I, even I, am He who blots
out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your
sins. Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case,
that you may be acquitted. Surely He has borne our
griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten
by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon
Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Then the LORD said to me,
“You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.” For I will restore health
to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the LORD, ‘ Because they called
you an outcast saying: “ This is Zion; No one seeks her.”’ My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will
reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the
law of your God, I also will forget your children. Beat your plowshares into
swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ The LORD is good, A stronghold
in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. 8 But with
an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness
will pursue His enemies. 9 What do you conspire against the LORD? He
will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
"that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “ He Himself
took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses." “Assuredly, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again I say to you that if
two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will
be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are
gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” So Jesus answered and said
to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt,
you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you
say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will
be done. "they will take up
serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt
them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Behold, I give you the
authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Now we know that God does
not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will,
He hears him. The thief does not come
except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they
may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. And not being weak in faith,
he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a
hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver
at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith,
giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised
He was also able to perform. But if the Spirit of Him
who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from
the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit
who dwells in you. For all the promises of
God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. For though we walk in the
flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against
the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience
of Christ, Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written,
“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor
of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against
spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take
up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded
your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God being confident of this
very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it
until the day of Jesus Christ; for it is God who works
in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Be anxious for nothing,
but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Meditate on These Things Finally, brethren, whatever things are
true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever
things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of
good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate
on these things. For God has not given us
a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. For the word of God is
living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Let us hold fast the confession
of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let
us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of
some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the
Day approaching. Therefore do not cast away
your confidence, which has great reward. By faith Sarah herself
also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she
was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. If any of you lacks wisdom,
let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him. But the wisdom that is
from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Therefore submit to God.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He
will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your
hearts, you double-minded.
Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com |
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