It was Not God who made her Sick, but satan
Jaison Chacko
Even today Pharisees and church leaders deceive ordinary suffering believers saying that God has made them sick for a purpose .
So poor undiscerning believers receive satanic oppression as God’s Will and suffer unnecessarily.
Where as Jesus and disciples always healed the sick and expelled demons.
“Resist the devil and he will flee from you. “
Sabbath healing controversy.
” Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”
The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.” Luke 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath when he saw a woman who had been crippled by a spirit for 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up. Jesus called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” He then laid his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
The synagogue leader was angry that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath and told the people not to come for healing on that day. But Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
The people were delighted at what Jesus had done, and his opponents were put to shame. The story illustrates Jesus’ compassion for those who were suffering and his willingness to confront religious leaders who put legalistic rules above the needs of people.
Pharisees were unable to identify the problem behind the woman being hunchback. So they may have given many interpretations like its God who made her hunchback for her sanctification. But Jesus identified that it was not God, but satan made her hunchback. So Jesus delivered her and healed her.
Likewise todays Pharisees and religious leaders can’t often heal or deliver people suffering from evil spirits or sickness. so they make doctrinal theories telling that its Gods will and purpose, to hide their inability and lack of compassion for the suffering.
The story of the hunchback woman in the Bible serves as an example of how Jesus had a different approach to healing and how he responded to the religious leaders of his time. The Pharisees, who were the religious leaders of the day, had a very legalistic and ritualistic approach to religion. They believed that if a person was suffering, it was because they had sinned or their parents had sinned. Therefore, they were unable to identify the problem behind the woman’s hunchback.
The Pharisees believed that God had made the woman hunchbacked for her sanctification, but Jesus identified that it was not God who made her hunchback, but Satan. This is a key difference between the Pharisees and Jesus. Jesus saw the woman’s suffering as something that needed to be healed, while the Pharisees saw it as a punishment for sin.
Today, many religious leaders and pastors often have a similar approach to suffering. They may attribute sickness and suffering to God’s will and purpose, which can be comforting for some people, but it can also be a way for leaders to hide their inability and lack of compassion for the suffering.
Instead of blaming suffering on sin or God’s will, Jesus showed compassion and offered healing to those who were suffering. He didn’t simply rely on doctrine or theory, but rather he took action to help those in need.
Furthermore, Jesus’ approach to healing was not limited to physical ailments. He also healed people who were tormented by evil spirits. This shows that he recognized that suffering can be caused by more than just physical ailments, and that there are spiritual aspects to healing.
In conclusion, the story of the hunchback woman and Jesus’ response to her suffering serves as an example of how we can approach suffering with compassion and healing rather than doctrine and theory. It also highlights the importance of recognizing the spiritual aspects of healing and the limitations of relying solely on legalistic or ritualistic approaches to religion.
