Overcoming Sickness: A Christian's Guide to Divine Health

Introduction: The Fundamental Question

We must begin by asking the most fundamental questions: What are you going through? Are you a Christian? Do you truly know what it is to be a Christian? These are not casual inquiries; they are a direct challenge to look past your diagnosis, your pain, and your circumstances to the unshakable reality of your identity. For the believer, the answer to sickness is never found in the physical realm but is forever settled in the profound truth of who you are in Christ.

1. The Divine Exchange: Righteousness Overcomes Sin's Effect

1.1. The Problem: The Body Affected by Sin

The Word of God is direct about the potential connection between sin and its devastating effects on the physical body. It confronts this reality head-on:

"If Christ be in you, though your body be dead because of sin..."

This establishes the spiritual battleground. Yes, sickness may have come. Yes, your body may be afflicted by sin's consequences. But that is not the end of the story.

1.2. The Solution: Life Through Righteousness

The solution for your body is the life-giving power of the Spirit, which is activated because of righteousness. You must realize this is not a righteousness you earn by turning over a new leaf or through your own good works. No. The Spirit gives life for one reason: Christ Himself is your righteousness. This is not a hopeful wish; it is a spiritual law. Because He is your righteousness, the Spirit must give life to your mortal body. It is a divine, legal finality.

This life-giving righteousness is not an abstract concept; it is made real by a divine power source dwelling within every believer.

2. The Power Source: The Indwelling Holy Spirit

2.1. The Principle of Vitalization

The ultimate power for your physical healing and health resides in the Holy Spirit who lives within you. This is not a theory; it is a spiritual principle laid out with absolute clarity:

"But if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also vitalize your mortal body by his spirit that dwelleth you."

To "vitalize" means to give life to your physical, mortal body. This is the reality now. The same Spirit that conquered death in Jesus' body is presently at work, bringing life to your body. Don't you understand? You are not alone. Jesus said, "Lo, I am with you." That is not a promise for the future. He didn't say, "I will be with you." He said, "I am with you." The power isn't coming; it is already there.

2.2. Applying the Principle

This principle provides the definitive, faith-based answer to any medical diagnosis you could ever face. The indwelling Spirit is greater than any sickness, disease, or report.

The Diagnosis

The Divine Reality

"I've not been able to walk for so many years."

The Spirit that raised Jesus from the grave will vitalize your mortal body.

"I just found out I got HIV."

"If the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead lives in me, that same spirit shall vitalize my mortal body."

"They found cancer in your body."

"Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world."

Understanding this indwelling power is the first step; the next is realizing that this power is an inseparable part of your fundamental identity.

3. Your New Identity: More Than a Conqueror

3.1. Born of God: The Overcomer's Nature

When you are "born of God," your very nature changes. Overcoming is not something you try to do; it is who you are. It is written into your spiritual DNA.

"Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world."

This is why the scripture says, "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders." But who are the elders? Not the gray-headed, but those who have handled the word of God, who have tested the word of life. They are the ones who walk in this overcomer's nature, demonstrating that spiritual maturity, not age, is what positions you to live above sickness.

3.2. Raised with Christ: A Superior Existence

Your identity is sealed by this glorious fact: you were "raised together with Christ." This establishes a new and superior reality for your entire being, especially your physical body.

• A New Creation

  • You are a new creation, a new species of being. Therefore, you are superior to the devil, superior to sickness, superior to disease, and superior to infirmities. Don't you understand?

• Already Victorious

  • You are not trying to overcome sickness. The Word declares, "Ye have overcome them," because you already did when Jesus overcame them for you. It is a finished work.

• Inherent Healing

  • There is a life in you that causes healing, a restoration power that actively expels sickness. An injury, a wound, a fracture—it's impossible for it to remain. The God-nature inside you makes it so.

• Identified with Him

  • Your physical life—your bones, your spine, your cells—is now identified with Christ's resurrected life. A spinal problem or broken bone must submit to the restorative power of the One with whom you are now one.

With a firm grasp on this new identity, you can then move to activate this truth in your life.

4. Activating Your Victory: Faith in Action

4.1. The Victory of Faith

Your identity provides the foundation, but faith is the instrument that makes your victory manifest in the physical world.

"This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."

4.2. The Power of Proclamation

Faith is released when you speak. The truth of God's Word must be announced with authority to be effective. Listen closely: The power is in the announcement. As you preach the gospel, the anointing of the Holy Ghost will take over. The process for ministering healing is a simple, faith-filled proclamation:

1. Preach It

   • Announce the truth to the one who is sick: "If the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead lives in you... He that raised up Christ from the dead shall vitalize your mortal body."

2. Declare It

   • Speak with the authority of heaven, based on the integrity of God's Word: "Brother, you are healed. In the name of Jesus, you are healed."

3. Act On It

   • Demonstrate your faith with a corresponding action. If a person could not walk, you "pick him up," acting on the absolute reality that they are already healed.

Conclusion: Know Who You Are

Ultimately, a life free from sickness is rooted in a single, earth-shaking revelation. It is the core declaration you must embrace and confess until it becomes more real to you than any physical symptom or doctor's report. The key to your victory, your health, and your dominion is to know, with unshakable, triumphant confidence:

"I know who I am."

This knowledge—that you are a new creation, raised together with Christ, and filled with the same Spirit that conquered death—is the foundation for your life of divine health. Hallelujah!

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