The increase of his government will never end...

I'm still mad about a testimony at church where the devil got the nod. The person had been healed and waited three months to see if it was real then testified that it had been three months but they weren't sure it would last.

Despite what I write here I really do have compassion for people and I fully understand where this person is coming from. But my blood boils when I hear the liar speaking. Used to be I could just shrug it off but it's making me more and more angry. Mad at the lies, mad at the father of lies, mad at the doubting theology, mad that my God gets that kind of a rap.

When we get healed why don't we believe it? Do we really think that when Jesus healed people in the Bible that their healing only lasted a little while and that this is the norm for us?

Like I said to this person after the testimony the only way to have your healing leave your body is to start doubting and start telling people it could come back at any time. Doubt is the ultimate faith destroyer, that's why Satan uses it all the time.

When we get healed the enemy sneaks in and whispers, "you just never know, this may not last, don't get all excited just yet", then when you stay healed for a while he says, "yeah, but what about Bob who said he was healed only to die of his disease, you don't want to mislead people now do you?".

So we say, "Did God really say...?" and agree that the devil just might be right. It certainly looks right.

But we forget to look into the Word of God to see what it looks like in there. Healing in there looks a whole lot different than healing out here for the most part. I don't see anywhere in there where Jesus or one of his followers says, "Glad to see that knee healed but don't count on it lasting." All I see is Christ bearing the curse for us (which includes sickness), destroying the works of the devil (emphasis on destroying) and declaring the Kingdom of God has come upon us (which excludes the work of Satan).

Let's all agree on this - When God does something in your life get happy and tell everybody what he's done, even if it is only 10% of what you need done. Never say it's going to stop. His arm isn't too short.

Pa