Wonderful sermon at church today!

The Pastor spoke from the book of Galatians. He talked about "Jesus Only" believers and "Jesus And..." believers. The "Jesus And..." believers are those who add a little something to their belief in Jesus. Some add the Law. Others add the way that they dress, or the music that they listen to, or the way that they baptize. Why can't we all get along since we all believe in the same Jesus? Because, we don't all have the same "And..." If we all were just "Jesus Only," like Paul taught, we'd all get along fine.

Good stuff.

Then the Lord showed me a little something about healing.

We don't get eternal life as a gift outside of Jesus. John tells us plainly that "He that hath the Son hath life." Why? Because the life is in the Son.

We also don't get righteousness as a gift outside of Jesus. When we receive Jesus, we also get the righteousness of God IN HIM.

All the gifts of God are in Christ. They are him.

God does not give us eternal life; he gives us Jesus, and we get eternal life IN HIM. God does not give us righteousness; he gives us Jesus, and we get righteousness IN HIM.

We don't get joy. We receive Christ, and the joy that is in him. He is our joy. He is also our peace. He is our strength, our shield, our reward. He is all in all.

So what about healing? We pray for healing. What does God give us? He gives us Jesus. And IN HIM, we have healing. The healing is not a gift apart from him. It is in him.

All these things: righteousness, love, joy, peace, eternal life, health, all of them, are revelations of Jesus Christ.

To the glory of God.