Page 44 - Reasons for Sickness

examples. I'm going to put these in order,

and then we'll go through them:

1. Sometimes our sickness is used to

chasten us.

2. Sometimes our sickness is used to

prepare us.

3. Sometimes our sickness is used for

the glory of God.

Sometimes our sickness is used to

chasten us. Let's talk about the chastening

first. Now we're moving away from original

sin in Genesis chapter 3 and Romans 5 and,

for a few moments, we're going to talk

about personal sin. I'm just simply saying

that God does allow and does bring

sickness into our lives for various reasons.

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