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they were suffering; 2) fhey PAJO
THE PENALTY
IN FULL them–
selves.
in a speeded-up intensified
form; and
3)
when it was paid, they
simply didn't have the sickness or
disease any longer.
But THAT IS NOT HEALING!
Now we cometo the question: If
fasting is
not
healing, and we
do
believe, and intend to RELY ON
JEsus CHRJST as our Healer, should
we ever fast, when ill?
Should We Fast, Then?
The answer is, YES,
always PRO–
VIDED
you understand it is
not
a
means of healing- it is
not
a sub–
stitute for healing- it actually has
nothing to do with
healing!
And
provided you are not currently tak–
ing prescription drugs and are not
afflicted with a chronic illness, in
which case you should seek a physi–
cian's advice befare undertaking a
fast. But fasting
doesnave
a lot to
do with STOPPING THE
SI N
of eat–
ing wrong things!
When J esus healed, he said to go
and "sin no more" (John
5:14).
Üne of the CONDITIONS to being
heaJed is fhat we STOP SINNING–
SlOp breaking nature's laws. We
need to learn what we can about
God's dietary laws, and about prop–
er nutrition and diet.
In fasting, we do stop the physi–
cal sinning of eating wrong things.
We Jet our stomachs
rest
from the
etfects of improper food. And, in
the case of a cold or fever,
any
kind
of food is merely pouring more
kerosene on the fire!
To prevent sinning, always STOP
EATI NG the very moment you feel
t he first warning signs of a cold or
fever-those litt le pains around the
back of the neck, or down the
spine. In fasting, you pay the penal–
ty you have incurred in intensified
and speeded-up manner. But, to
have the penalty REMOVED, obey
God's command of J ames
5:14- 15,
and
re/y on CHRIST.
not on the
fasting!
The Rational Diet
Nearly everyone, today, is eating an
excess of starches, sugars and fats.
The Bible FORBIDS the eating of
animal fat. Starch is a modern
invention- millers take wheat, corn
10
and rice apart, take out the
12
alkaline mineral elements, leave the
four acid-reacting elements. Tbe
sugar refiners do the same to natu–
ral sugar.
An authority on nutrition said:
" Eat
only
such foods as will spoil,
and eat them'OeJore they do."
WHY do flour millers give us
white flour; sugar refiners white
sugar? Because freshly ground nat–
ural whole wheat will spoil. By
removing the real FOOD value- the
12
mineral elements- and in addi–
tion perhaps adding an artificial
preservative or bleach, they prevent
spoilage. Even most so-called
whole-wheat flour you buy today
contains artificial additives and pre–
servatives.
The few who do
believe in fasting when
ill will surely
be shocked
to see the statement
under my
by-line that
fasting
never heals!
What SHOULD we do?
lf
possible
(too often it is not), we should pro–
cure whole grains, grown in proper
soil without synthetic fertilizers,
and then, with a borne stone-grind–
er, grind our own grain- using it
up before it spoils.
Also, squeeze out a glass of
orange or other juice and drink it
immediate/y.
FOODS OUGHT TO BE
EATEN WHILE
FRESH!
More About Fastin g
But finally, back to fasting. Jesus
never put sick people on fasts for
healing. In every case he healed
them by divine miracle- and in
most cases the healing was
immedi–
ate.
The apostles
hea/ed
through
the miraculous POWER of God's
Spirit in the narne of Jesus
Christ- but they did not use fast-
ing as a means of healing. Healing
is a MIRACLE.
Then WHY do
I
recommend fast–
ing from the very moment of the
first signs of sickness, disease or
even a cold or fever? NoT FOR
HEALING, but merely to immediate–
ly
stop sinning.
Then DISCONTINUE
FASTING as soon as
youfee/ and see
that you are bealed. RELY ON GoD
for the healing.
But Jet us get this straight. See–
ing and feeling is not FAITH-and
God heals accoroing to your FAITH.
Faith must
precede
the healing–
and remain firm
until
you are
healed . FAITH is your evidence that
God is healing you.
After
the heal–
ing has taken place, then you will
see
a nd / or FEEL fhat you a re
healed, and
then
stop fasting.
1
sünply know that so many,
today, do oot have the faith for
immediate healing. Yo
should
have- and this FAlTA is actually
CHRIST's
faith~
imparted to you–
given
to you through. God's Spirit
as his GIFT-but if you are so far
from contact with God, and so close
to the material interests of this
world, that you do not have t his
faith , then
l
know that it would be
better that you PREVENT further
violation of nature's law by con–
tinuing the fast- until there is the
physical evidence of healing.
HoWEVER, even then, fasting
must not be continued too long!
Unwise over-/engthy fasts CAN
prove FATAL!
It
is true that both Moses and
Jesus Christ fasted
40
days. But
they were physically in far better
and stronger condition basically
than any of us today, and besides,
they were fasting
only
for spiritual
reasons, to draw closer to God in
prayer-not to cleanse the body of
toxic excesses. SucH A FAST
WOULD BE MOST UNWISE FOR MOST
PEOPLE, TODAY!
Unless one is under the daily
observation and supervision of a
competent physician
who is fully
experienced in fasting,
1
wou ld
advise, with strongest emphasis, def–
initely to limit any fast to SEVEN
DAYS-and if over 65, to THREE
DAYS. NEVER GO TO EXTREMES!
lf
necessary, take a series of shorter
asts!
o
The
PLAIN
TRUTH