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is not all centered around a plan or a pill or

a potion. It’s much more involved than that.

SICKNESS COMES FROM SIN

Now, notice with me as we come here to

Romans chapter 6. I'm reading only one

verse, verse 23, because I need to keep

moving. Verse 23 says, “For the wages of

sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal

life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” The

wages of sin is death, that is, physical death

and spiritual death. That took place in

Genesis chapters 3 through 5. The original

sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

brought about a curse; it brought about

sickness and it brought about death.

Sickness is a reminder of the fall that took

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