The Good Of The Father (The Sickness) # 1942

 And answering, Jesus said to them, "Those who are sound have no need of a physician, but those who have an illness.  I have not come to call the just, but sinners, to repentance 

Lukes Account 5: 31-32, Concordant New Testament 

I watched a video of the old preacher Billy Graham the other night in which he made reference to what many would refer to as the sickness of sin.  Indeed, I have witnessed the obsession which the mainstream church has with the issue of sin in our lives.  I have also written that this is part of the false separation theology of the church.  For I believe that the disease which permeates the world is not the disease of sin per se, but rather a disease of the mind.  The apostle Paul speaks to the "Renewal of your mind" {Paul to the Romans 12:2}.  What was he referring to here?  The church might very well encourage people to focus their minds that they are indeed sinners in constant need of the Gods grace and forgiveness.  But I have a different thought altogether.  I believe that what Paul was referring to is the true source of that disease of the mind found in so many of the Lord's children.  That being the false belief, first fostered by Lucifer, that we are fully independent of God who created us.  This is the lie spoken by the accuser in the garden.  That Adam and Eve "Will not surely die," but that, taking of the fruit which the Lord had commanded them not to, but that their eyes would be opened and that they would "Be like God, knowing good and evil" {Genesis 3:1-6}.  This begs the question, if God truly desired that His creation know good from evil, wouldn't He have created us in this way from the beginning?  Granted, the Father knew before time even began that this would happen.  So it is that with the disobedience of Adam, the disease came unto mankind.  That sickness is the mistaken view that we are our own independent selves within Gods creation.  The author Norman Grubb speaks to the fact that there is no "Independent, self-operating self in the universe" {No Independent Self, Norman Grubb}.  Of course, this fly's right in the face of the separation theology we find in the modern-day mainstream church.  That it is our own sin which has kept us from true fellowship with the Father.  The sin first conceived in the garden.  

There is no independent, self-operating self in the universe, except the One Who calls Himself the I AM (Exodus 3:14) and says, "I am the Lord and there is none else, there is no God beside Me" (Isaiah 45:5). 

No Independent Self, Norman Grubb 

For His part, Jesus has spoken to the truth of those who are sick needing a physician {Lukes Account 5:31-32}.  I do not believe that He was referring simply to those who are physically ill, but to those who suffer from that disease of the mind of our own false identity.  Far too many people believe that their life revolves around them.  That God is simply sitting on His throne in heaven awaiting the judgement of mankind.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  For Jesus has spoken to our union life which we now have in He and the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  If we were truly independent from God, why hasn't Jesus proclaimed this as truth?  Because it is the disease of the mind which the gospel of Christ and the evangel of Paul speak to.  Paul understood that our minds and thinking needed to be renewed to the truth of the knowing of our life in the Father.  Our own eyes are in need of opening.  It is Jesus Who has come to light the way to our understanding of who it is that we are in the Father.  Paul speaks to the truth that we are not our own, but were purchased with a price {Paul to the Corinthians (1) 19-20}.  Jesus was the price paid for our union life in God.  He willingly gave Himself for us {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:21}.  The disease of the mid will continue to assure us of the false narrative that we are our own independent self.  That is why we need the Physician.  

~Scott~