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Does God punish with sickness and death? Sinning at the lords supper 1Cor. 11:29-32 about sinning with the Lord's supper 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Gills commentary Ver. 30. For this cause many are weak and sickly, &c.] Because of their unworthy participation of the Lord’s supper, many in the Corinthian church were attended with bodily infirmities and diseases; either by way of fatherly chastisement and correction in such who were truly the Lord’s people, though they had behaved unworthily; or by way of punishment to such who were not, and had sinned very grossly: and many sleep; that is, die a corporeal death, which is often in Scripture signified by sleep, and frequently used of the saints, and their death, and may intend and include some of them here; for though the Lord might resent so far their unworthy conduct and behaviour at his table, as to remove them out of this world by death, yet their souls may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. The case of Moses disobedience Ex 4:24 Along the way at a [resting-] place, the Lord met [Moses] and sought to
kill him [made him acutely and almost fatally ill]. Gill's commentary Ver. 24. And it came to pass by the way, in the inn, that the LORD met him and sought to kill him(moses). As Moses and his family were travelling in their way to Egypt, at an inn where they stopped for the refreshment of themselves and cattle, or in order to lodge all night: so it was, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him; not the uncircumcised son of Moses, as some think, but Moses himself, who had neglected the circumcision of his son; that from the context, and the fact of Zipporah, after related, seems to be the reason of the divine displeasure, and not his bringing his family with him, supposed to be an hinderance of him in his work, nor of his staying too long at the inn, and not hastening his journey, which are the reasons given by some: Moses’s neglect of circumcision was not owing to the disuse of it among the Midianites, who being the descendants of Abraham, it is highly probable they retained this rite, and that it was used in Jethro’s family, since Zipporah well understood the nature of it, and how to perform it; and it looks as if her eldest son had been circumcised before, seeing only one was now circumcised by her; but the Midianites perhaps followed the same practice as the Ishmaelites did, who were their neighbours, and the descendants of Abraham also, who deferred it till their children were thirteen years of age; This child was a very young one, it might have been put off, because of the journey they were just about to take, and purposing to do it when come into Egypt; but this was resented by the Lord in Moses, who had such knowledge of the law of God; and this displeasure of Jehovah might be signified either by inflicting some disease upon him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, which threatened him with death, or by appearing in a terrible manner, as the angel of the Lord did to Balaam, with a drawn sword in his hand. Geneva commentary 4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and {l} sought to kill him. (l) God punished him with sickness for neglecting his ordinances. Gross sin of fornication in new testament church. 1Cor 5:1 ¶ It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, of such a kind as is not so much as even named among the Gentiles: that one should have his father’s wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, though absent in body but present in spirit, have judged already as though I were present concerning him who hath so done this deed: 1Cor 5:5 deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord Jesus. Gill's commentary on verse 5 Ver. 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan, &c.] This, as before observed, is to be read in connection with # 1Co 5:3 and is what the apostle there determined to do with this incestuous person; namely, to deliver him unto Satan; by which is meant, not the act of excommunication, or the removing of him from the communion of the church, which is an act of the whole church, and not of any single person. But for the destruction of the flesh; that is, that his body might be shook, buffeted, afflicted, and tortured in a terrible manner; that by this means he might be brought to a sense of his sin, to repentance for it, and make an humble acknowledgment of it: that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus; that he might be renewed in the spirit of his mind, be restored by repentance, and his soul be saved in the day of Christ; either at death, when soul and body would be separated, or at the day of the resurrection, Here another example of being deliverd into the hands of Satan. 1 Tim 1:19 Holding fast to faith (that leaning of the entire human
personality on God in absolute trust and confidence) and having a good (clear) conscience.
By rejecting {and} thrusting from them [their conscience], some individuals have made
shipwreck of their faith.
1 Tim 1:20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan
in order that they may be disciplined [by punishment and learn] not to blaspheme. Gill's commentary on verse 20 Ver. 20. Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander,
Whom I have delivered to Satan; not by excommunication, which is the act of a church, and not of a single person; but by an apostolical power he had of delivering the bodies of men into the hands of Satan, by him to be tortured and afflicted, in order to bring them to a sense of their sins, and as a chastisement and correction for them, and a token of God’s displeasure at them; see Gill on " 1Co 5:5". That they may learn not to blaspheme;
The death of Ananias
Gill's commentary on verse 5 Ver. 5. And Ananias hearing these words, Of Peter’s; by which he found his sin was detected, and by which he was convicted of it: and which set forth the evil nature of it, with its aggravated circumstances; and such power went along with them, and they cut so deep, as that immediately he fell down and gave up the ghost; which is an instance of what the Jews call death by the hand of heaven: and this was done either by an angel; or rather by an extraordinary gift bestowed on Peter, being such an one as the Apostle Paul had, and used, when he smote Elymas the sorcerer with blindness, and delivered the incestuous person, and Alexander and Hymeneus to Satan. And great fear came upon all them that heard these things; both upon the members of the church, and so was of service to make them careful of their words and actions, and cautious and circumspect in their lives and conversations; and upon those that were without, and might be a means of making them fearful of speaking against them, or mocking at them, or of joining themselves to them, without being thoroughly satistied that they should, and had a right, and were meet for it. Ministry of Hope commentI believe that much of the following verse is involved ex 15:26, when we want to receive healing from the lord, we have seen in the foregoing verses that aslo in the new testament, that people were delivered into the hands of Satan (by the will of the Lord) to repent from their sins, so god can heal them or in worse cases keeping them from getting lost for eternity. Therefore it a good thing even when we need healing to examine our selves if repentance is needed. Also it is good to read Deutr. 28 about curses, not forgetting that for those that are born again "Jesus became a curse for us" Galatians 3:13 we are not to fear that you are under a curse, but for the disobedient and the unbelieving Jesus did not become a curse. Ex 15:26 Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to {and} obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you. We can take this advise from James and receive healing James 5:11 You know how we call those blessed (happy) who were steadfast [who endured]. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the Lord's [purpose and how He richly blessed him in the] end, inasmuch as the Lord is full of pity {and} compassion {and} tenderness and mercy. James 5:12 But above all [things], my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or
by earth or by any other oath; but let your yes be [a simple] yes, and your no be [a
simple] no, so that you may not sin {and} fall under condemnation. There is a lot more involved in healing and sickness, but it is meant to show you some
of the things that the church and the TV Evangelists keep silent about, they do not want
to preach unbelief to you or bring you in confusion, but at the end the truth will prevail and save from error
and disappointments. The truth is that God is holy and God's love will not allow Him to leave anyone
the way he or she is, if necessary He will punish for disobedience and chastise for correction,
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