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Many believ­ers believe  Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh is not sick­ness and disease.

“Lest I should be exalted above mea­sure through the abun­dance of the rev­e­la­tions, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the mes­sen­ger of Satan to buf­fet me, lest I should be exalted above mea­sure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is suf­fi­cient for thee: for my strength is made per­fect in weak­ness. Most gladly there­fore will I rather glory in my infir­mi­ties, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Cor. 12:7– 92 Cor. 12:7– 9
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
Štetje sve­topisem­skih vrstic se začne z ¹! Vrstica ⁰ ne obstaja!

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There is no back­ing in scrip­ture that Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh was due to sick­ness.  Infir­mi­ties here “I take plea­sure in  infir­mi­ties,” in reproaches, in neces­si­ties, in per­se­cu­tions, in dis­tresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am  weak², then I am strong.  What “infir­mity of the flesh” did Paul preach the gospel through? Not sick­ness, he preached through the con­se­quences of “reproaches”, “per­se­cu­tions”, and “dis­tresses for Christ’s sake:” (v10), and that is what his “thorn” was, peo­ple, who were inspired by “the
mes­sen­ger of Satan”, per­se­cut­ing and reproach­ing him.

Lets look at the Old Tes­ta­ment since the Old Tes­ta­ment and New Tes­ta­ment have har­mony with each other.

In Num­bers 33:55Num­bers 33:55
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhab­i­tants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.  

WP-Bible plu­gin, the Israelites warned, “If ye will not drive out the inhab­i­tants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and THORNS IN YOUR SIDES.”

This warn­ing is repeated in Joshua 23:13Joshua 23:13
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
13 Know for a cer­tainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye per­ish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.  

WP-Bible plu­gin and in Judges 2:3Judges 2:3
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
3 Where­fore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.  

WP-Bible plu­gin. Thus the thorn refers, not to some­thing within the body, but to annoy­ances from with­out, caused by peo­ple.  Paul speaks of his par­tic­u­lar thorn as being “the mes­sen­ger of Satan to buf­fet me.”

The word “buf­fet” means to strike as with the hand; to con­tend with.

His ref­er­ence to “buf­fet­ing” would refer more eas­ily to the beat­ings, ston­ing, and the like which he received after he preached the Gospel from city to city, than to any pos­si­ble sick­ness in his own body.

This mis­con­cep­tion within the body of christ only hin­der or destroy the faith of God’s peo­ple cre­at­ing doubt and unbe­lief in God’s Word for healing.

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assur­ance of faith, hav­ing our hearts sprin­kled from an evil con­science, and our bod­ies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the pro­fes­sion of our faith with­out waver­ing; (for he is faith­ful that promised;)” Heb. 10:22,23Heb. 10:22,23
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assur­ance of faith, hav­ing our hearts sprin­kled from an evil con­science, and our bod­ies washed with pure water. ²³ Let us hold fast the pro­fes­sion of our faith with­out waver­ing;  

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Sick­ness many times is a chas­ten­ing or pun­ish­ment from God because of our habit­ual sin (either per­sonal or gen­er­a­tional), but, through Jesus Christ, we can still claim heal­ing by repent­ing and restor­ing our fel­low­ship with God. But to say God will never pun­ish with­out let­ting us know what it is for and will not con­tinue to pun­ish when we have learned our lesson.

What kind of God, who loved us so much and sent his son to die for us, would do such a thing!

Con­clu­sion:

What mis­con­cep­tion do you believe that you’ve learned from man and have not explored the scrip­tures for yourself.

When you look at Mark 16:14–20Mark 16:14–20
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
14 After­ward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbe­lief and hard­ness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. at meat: or, together ¹⁵ And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every crea­ture. ¹⁶ He that believeth and is bap­tized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. ¹⁷ And these signs shall fol­low them that believe; In my name shall they cast out dev­ils; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸ They shall take up ser­pents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. ¹⁹ So then after the Lord had spo­ken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. ²⁰ And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord work­ing with them, and con­firm­ing the word with signs fol­low­ing. Amen.  

WP-Bible plu­gin, it is the great com­mis­sion for all to follow:

¹⁴After­ward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their  unbe­lief and hard­ness of heart, because they believed not them which had
seen him after he was risen.

¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every crea­ture. ¹⁶He that believeth and is bap­tized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. ¹⁷And these signs shall fol­low them that believe; In my name shall they cast out dev­ils; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸They shall take up ser­pents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall  not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. ¹⁹So then after the Lord had spo­ken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord work­ing with them, and con­firm­ing the word with signs fol­low­ing. Amen.

Deliv­er­ance Heal­ing Prayer:

Father God, for­give me for believ­ing the mis­con­cep­tion of Paul’s thorn as sick­ness and dis­ease.  I repent and renounce that lie, for doubt and unbe­lief and I com­mand these spir­its to go so that my faith can grow.  Father God, help me to believe your word and believe your truth about heal­ing today by read­ing your word.  Amen

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