BY GREG CRUM
PASTOR, CALVARY TEMPLE
“And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sickness.” Matthew 8:14-17
The fabled Midas of mythology was purported to have had a golden touch. Even if that had been reality, that touch would pale in comparison to the touch of Jesus and what it can do!
Friends, God wants His children healthy, wealthy, and wise in Him, but if you were going to have to choose, health is better than wealth, and one touch from the Master can administer a medicine far superior to anything that can be purchased in this world. I know you may not hear this much. It’s not a real popular subject to discuss in most of our houses of worship today. In fact, for various reasons, many modern Christians just don’t believe this truth, but God’s got the cure for anything and everything that ails us. There’s not a sickness or a disease that He doesn’t have the antidote for. If the devil has concocted it, God’s got the medicine to cure it!
Too few Christians living today realize what the early believers in Jesus did, that God has medicine, on demand, readily available to any child of God, that will bring relief from pain and cure any sickness and any disease. This medicine is free to us, though it cost Jesus much. What’s more, this medicine has no negative side effects, and by taking advantage of the provision of this medicine we can honor God and the sacrifice of Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection. Sadly, this medicine, along with the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, are the most underutilized components of our salvation in modern times. Why? Because we’ve gotten so accustomed to the substitute (the things God has developed as mercy on unbelievers) that we’ve lost faith in the original and the best.
Brothers and sisters, God’s medicine is always going to lead to your best cure—there’s no better alternative! The world has medicine almost innumerable, but that still can’t top the medicine of God.
So, at this point you may be thinking, “What exactly is this medicine of God he keeps mentioning? Is it some breakthrough technology or super-drug that God’s given man insight into? Something coming soon from a leading drug manufacturer?” Let me clear up any potential vagueness for you: the medicine of God that I am writing about is that same power that came out of Jesus that we read about in Matthew 8:14-17 (and Matthew 8:1-3, Matthew 9:20-30, Matthew 14:34-36). I’m talking about that old-time medicine that was a part of that old-time religion that some people fondly sing about but hardly believe.
The medicine of God that I’m referring to doesn’t come out of a test tube or even some form of naturally growing vegetation—it’s that anointing that came out of Jesus and that he authorized his followers to use on his behalf. It’s what the King James calls “virtue,” what the ancient Greek defines as Dunamis (dynamite) power, it is a mercy from God specifically formulated for the healing and restoration of the physical body.
This is the medicine of God that He intended to be applied to His children when we are faced with symptoms of sickness and disease. This is the power that can cure all who will choose to rely on it and on the One who designed it for them!Greg Crum is the pastor of Calvary Temple in Lovely