Today, you and I are going to have probably one
of the most earnest heart -to -heart talks we've
ever had. And I'm going to ask you to just stop
whatever you're doing right now. Sit down and
listen very carefully. If you're washing dishes,
just stop. Whatever you're doing. You'll understand
why before I will have finished this little heart
-to -heart talk. I've never discussed this thing
with you. Never. And sometimes I feel that I
stand almost alone in some of the things that
are the conviction of my heart. And I almost
feel that I stand alone in this thing that I
want to discuss with you. And that is the fact
whether or not Satan can heal. Is it possible
for the devil to heal sick bodies? Let's discuss
it. And everything that I say, I'll back up with
the Word of God. as long as I have God's word
as my authority, then I'm all right. But if I
can't back it up with the word of God, then I'm
all wrong. But until you can prove to me by the
word of God that I am wrong in anything that
I preach, If you can prove to me by the word
of God today, after I will have finished this
heart -to -heart talk that I am wrong, I'll apologize.
Many things, of course, we just accept. Because
somebody has written a book. Because there is
a chapter in somebody's book on this very same
thing. And they have given the impression that
the devil has power to heal. I want you to know
that it is my firm conviction, based on the Word
of God, that the devil has no power to heal sick
bodies. All healing is of God. All healing is
divine. When a surgeon performs surgery, it's
the divine power of God. that heals that incision.
A doctor gives medication, but a doctor waits
for the divine power of God to heal that body.
It is my firm belief that all healing of the
physical body is divine. The devil has no power
whatsoever. All right. Now pause a moment. There
never was sickness until sin came into the world.
Sin and sickness go hand in hand. There never
was sin until Lucifer. one of the three most
beautiful angels that God ever created, became
jealous of the Most High God and began to ascend
into heaven and said, I will be like unto the
Most High. And in that moment, something happened
to that one who had been created a creature of...
God's creation, and that which was once one of
the most beautiful angels of God's great creation,
became what is known today as the devil, Satan.
And when sin came into the world, sickness also
came. And the two have always gone hand in hand.
That's the reason, beloved, in heaven there will
be no sickness. There is no sickness now in heaven.
There will be no sickness in heaven because there
is no sin in heaven. Let me pause for just a
minute. I want to make something very, very clear.
And be sure you get it exactly as I said. Do
not quote anything that I am saying in this heart
-to -heart talk today unless you quote me correctly.
If you do not understand what I'm saying, then
forget you ever heard this broadcast. Forget
it completely. If you're having to strain to
get me on your... radio set, then you'd better
just forget that you've heard this broadcast
today. And if you're going to quote me, quote
me exactly as I say things. I do not believe
for one minute that you are sick because you
have sinned. I did not say that. I believe that
the meanest person in the whole world is somebody
who will point an accusing finger at somebody
else who is ill, who is sick, who is affected,
and say, ha, ha, they deserve it. Ha, ha, it's
because of sin in their life. I know some of
the greatest saints that ever lived went through
life with an affliction. Some of the greatest
saints that ever lived. Never knew a perfectly
well complete day of health in their life. Many
a precious saint of God is suffering with affliction
this very hour. Many a saint of God is sick this
hour. But it's not because of sin in their lives.
And nobody is immune to sickness. I'm very conscious
of the fact. I am constantly conscious of the
fact that my own body is not immune to sickness.
The body of Catherine Coomany is not immune to
sickness. Because I am a part of humanity. This
is physical. This is still corruption. This is
still mortal. I can have cancer just as quickly
and easily as the person to whom I am speaking
right now. My body can be crippled with arthritis
just as quickly as someone to whom I am speaking
to this very moment. I am human. I am a part
of the human race. This is a physical body. This
which is mortal has not yet put on immortality.
And no human body will be immune to sickness
until we get new bodies and stand in his glorious
likeness. And it's just like that. I repeat,
I do not believe that that one is suffering from
sickness. Because of sin in their lives. But
what I am saying is the fact that if sin had
never come into the world, there never would
have been sickness. And sin and sickness go hand
in hand. Now, can the devil heal? Is it possible
for the devil to heal? It is my firm conviction
that if the devil could heal a sick body, he
would be working against himself. Let me give
you a scripture. Turn, if you will, please, to
the 12th chapter of Matthew, the 22nd verse.
And there was brought unto him, that's unto Jesus,
One possessed with the devil, blind and dumb,
and he healed him insomuch that the blind and
the dumb both spake and saw. And all the people
were amazed and said, Is not this the son of
David? They witnessed this wonderful miracle
of healing. Oh, they said, isn't this marvelous?
Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees
heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast
out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils.
They said that which had just happened was of
the devil. Mm -hmm. And... Jesus knew their thoughts
and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation, and every city
or house divided against itself shall not stand.
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against
himself. How shall then his kingdom stand? And
if I, by Beelzebub, cast out devils, by whom
do your children cast them out? Therefore they
shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils
by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God
is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into
a strong man's house, spoil his goods, except
he first bind the strong man? and then he shall
spoil his house. He that is not with me is against
me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth
abroad. If sin and sickness go hand in hand,
and sin came into the world, because Lucifer
sinned to the sin of jealousy. And if sickness
is a direct result of sin when Lucifer fell,
then if the devil had the power to heal, it would
be against his personality. That's exactly what
Jesus was talking about. Exactly. If Satan cast
out Satan, he's divided against himself. How
then shall his kingdom stand? Now, watch. Don't
stop there. Continue to read the next two verses.
It's in the same chapter. It follows. And he
continues, Wherefore I say unto you, all manner
of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men.
But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh
a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven
him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither
in this world, neither in the world to come.
In other words, this is what Jesus is saying.
That which you had just seen, this wonderful
healing that has just taken place, the one possessed
with the devil, blind and dumb, the one who has
just been healed, in so much, that the blind
and the dumb both spake and saw, this was done
by the power of the Holy Ghost. Jesus did not
say that he had done the healing. He is saying,
in essence, this is the power of the Holy Ghost
that has healed this one. And I believe it is
the power of the Holy Ghost, the power of the
Holy Spirit, the mighty third person of the Trinity
who does the healing. I have a right to believe
it. I can verify it. As it is reported in the
10th chapter of Acts, the 38th verse, God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth. With the Holy Ghost and power.
Jesus knew it was the power of the Holy Spirit
who had healed that one. And when the Pharisees
said, it was the devil who did the healing, Jesus
rebuked them. And watch this rebuke. You are
on dangerous ground when you attribute the work
of the Holy Ghost to the work of Satan. I warn
you. I give you the word of God. I say this because
I love you personally. Anything that you might
say... is no threat to God or the power of God.
Know that. I warn you because I love you personally
and for the sake of your own soul. The sin for
which there is no forgiveness is not against
Jesus Christ the Son. The sin for which there
is no forgiveness on this earth or in the world
to come, is not against God the Father. But the
sin for which there is absolutely no forgiveness,
the unpardonable sin is against the Holy Ghost,
the third person of the Trinity. I think, very
frankly, it makes me tremble. It really makes
me tremble, and I'll tell you exactly why. It's
because it shows to us the importance of this
personality, this personality that tens of thousands
of people are so ignorant of. There are men standing
in their pulpits who are so ignorant regarding
this third person, the Trinity. There are thousands
and thousands who are filling our pews every
Sunday morning. There are men in our seminaries
who are supposed to be the authorities when it
comes to the Word of God, who are absolutely
ignorant regarding this third person of the Trinity,
the Holy Spirit. They take him so lightly. They
take his personality so lightly. They are living
literally in stark ignorance regarding this third
person. And yet he is so important that the only
sin for which there is no forgiveness, the sin
that is absolutely unpardonable, is the sin against
the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit. And you cannot...
prove to me from the Word of God where there's
any other sin that is unpardonable. A man can
commit murder and yet be forgiven. A man can
commit adultery and still be forgiven. You name
the sin and I want you to know that God in His
tender mercy has promised to forgive that sin
regardless of who you are. There is only one
sin. I cannot tell you why it is. I don't know.
But it makes me tremble. It makes me tremble.
Dear God, help us to be cautious, very cautious,
of how we treat this third person of the Trinity.
Be very, very careful that you do not attribute
the work of the Holy Ghost, the work of this
third person, to Satan, to the devil. If you
do, you may be committing the sin for which there
is no forgiveness. And Jesus said those words
in connection with the healing of a sick body
when one was brought to him. One possessed with
the devil, blind and dumb, and he healed him,
insomuch that the blind and the dumb both spake
and saw. I still am convinced that the devil
cannot heal a sick body. He has no power to heal
a sick body. He has no power to heal an incision
when the surgeon performs surgery. He has no
power to heal the physical. That, my friend,
is in the hands of the Great Creator. when he
said, let us make man in our own image and after
our likeness. All healing is divine healing and
is the work of the Holy Spirit.