A question for any one and every one : Like Ch 13 verses 11-16 , v 11 what does it mean that the woman had a spirit of infirmity ? and v 16 this woman whom satan hath bound , is this implying that the devil is responsible for our illnesses ? Interested to know what you all think about this miracle and the words used to describe it .
Luke 13:16 does show that this woman was bound by Satan, but it does not imply that he is responsible for all our illnesses.
In those days, it was a common philosophy among the Jews that if a person was suffering physically, it was because they have sinned or were not right with God. But this woman's physical condition was caused by a demon. This woman had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and she did not have the ability to lift herself up. She walked along and she was almost bent in half and her head was down towards the ground as she was walking.
But what's important to know, and this might answer the question on if the devil is responsible for our illnesses, but not all illnesses or infirmities are caused by demons or Satan. If you remember back in John 9:1-3 about this blind man, the disciples asked, "Who sinned, this man, or his parents that he was born blind?" Jesus answered and said neither!
But you see, that was their philosophy. Their way of thinking was that the only reason that somebody suffers physically is because they have sinned or maybe their parents did, so they are suffering for it. Not all sickness and illness have to do with sin or that somebody has done something wrong. But there are specific things, especially in Jesus' day, that when a person was demonized, possessed by a demon, it also meant that the demon was holding them in prison in some kind of a physical way.
Thak you Brother for that great explanation , I did already know about that but you have explained it much better than I could have done .
It does however show , how confusion can arise if we take just one or two scriptures to back up an idea . We must take the Bible as a whole and it is perfectly consistent when we do this . It's only when we don't study it all thoroughly that we can be confused or mislead by others with their own agendas .
Luke 13:16 does show that this woman was bound by Satan, but it does not imply that he is responsible for all our illnesses.
In those days, it was a common philosophy among the Jews that if a person was suffering physically, it was because they have sinned or were not right with God. But this woman's physical condition was caused by a demon. This woman had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and she did not have the ability to lift herself up. She walked along and she was almost bent in half and her head was down towards the ground as she was walking.
But what's important to know, and this might answer the question on if the devil is responsible for our illnesses, but not all illnesses or infirmities are caused by demons or Satan. If you remember back in John 9:1-3 about this blind man, the disciples asked, "Who sinned, this man, or his parents that he was born blind?" Jesus answered and said neither!
But you see, that was their philosophy. Their way of thinking was that the only reason that somebody suffers physically is because they have sinned or maybe their parents did, so they are suffering for it. Not all sickness and illness have to do with sin or that somebody has done something wrong. But there are specific things, especially in Jesus' day, that when a person was demonized, possessed by a demon, it also meant that the demon was holding them in prison in some kind of a physical way.
Hope this helps!
It does however show , how confusion can arise if we take just one or two scriptures to back up an idea . We must take the Bible as a whole and it is perfectly consistent when we do this . It's only when we don't study it all thoroughly that we can be confused or mislead by others with their own agendas .
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