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sj:
God using sickness to punish sin, still assumes that God is reacting to our actions.

Sickness is one of God's tools He uses to educate us through his chastising. 

Perhaps one could say, sickness is a set consequence to help us to LEARN to stir clear of certain actions.

God's Peace.
Josh

rrammfcitktturjsp:
Hi,

  I believe God can use anything to chastise even blessings?  What do you think on that?

  Sincerely,



  Anne C. McGuire

Robin:
I believe that God uses everything to mold us into his image. He uses what I need. What I need might not be what everyone else needs. What I need might change according to what he is working on in me. I've had fiery trials of all different shapes and sizes. I know that all of it is just what I need. I am learning obedience through suffering. The lessons get harder and harder.

Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

1 Peter 4
 1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

 12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And,
   "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
      what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"[a]
 19So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

TimothyVI:
Many of the posts above explain some of the scriptural  reasons that you may be suffering illness, but because of sin is not one of them.

Jhn 9:2  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?


 Jhn 9:3  Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.


Illness can allow the works of God to be manifest in you. Not always necesarily by healing only. Sometimes having other people witness the way that a person handles sickness will display an inner strength in them that comes from God, thus glorifying God.

I will pray for you sorin, that it is God's will that you receive His strength and healing of the diss- ease that you are suffering at this time.

Tim

rocky:
I'm thinking there is a difference between committing sins (the fruits of Sin), and Sin.  I think sickness is because of Sin, the body of death, in our members.  All flesh has to die, and this is due to illness/sickness.   

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