Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16:12, Ecclesiastes 7:17
A lot of people claim they cannot die until their time
comes. But what does the Bible say?
The Bible makes us to understand that we can lengthen or
shorten our lives according to the way we live and the way we believe. That is
why any enemy that is not afraid of dying is indeed a great enemy. The way you
believe is very important.
The Bible says King Asa died before his time. Let us see why
he died in 2 Chronicles 16:12
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“In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted
with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness
he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians.”
“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was
diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease
he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.”
(The Bible did not say it was a sin for him to seek the
physicians but he did not bother to seek the Lord at all). Verses 13-14: “And
Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign…
King Asa died before his time. The Bible gave the answer in a
very short sentence: “In his disease he sought not to the Lord,” but to the physicians
and therefore he died.
No disrespect to physicians: Anyone that puts his total hope
on a doctor and believes that the doctor is the alpha and omega and believes
anything he says from his book is hundred percent correct on his life, such a
person will die before his time.
The Bible says something very interesting in Ecclesiastes
8:13
“Yet because the
wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not
lengthen like a shadow.”
“But it shall not be
well with the wicked; neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow;
because he feareth not before God.”
The wicked
will not be able to prolong his days because he does not fear God. Proverbs
10:27
“The fear of
the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.”
King Asa committed the agenda of his life to the hands of
the doctors and refused to pray. He did not know that there is no medical X-ray
or device that can detect the arrow of witchcraft. He did not know that doctors
themselves find some cases absolutely mysterious. Sometimes, some doctors who
are honest own up that some cases are not medical problems. They advise people
in such conditions to go and pray.
...continue in part 2
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