False Leaders (long article, but worth the read)
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HEALTH STATUS
It is not a sin to be sick, even though some sicknesses stem from sin (1 Cor. 11:29-30 and James 5:13-16). Paul did not condemn Epaphroditus, Timothy, or Trophimus for being ill; nor did he miraculously heal them. Paul was stoned, beaten, shipwrecked, and often hungry as he obeyed God's command to proclaim the gospel.
Galatians 4:13-14 "Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus."
May we graciously receive the sick as the Galatians did, and maybe we will also hear them speak a message from God for our souls. Our mortal bodies will all perish eventually from something, so let's use them to provide rewards in heaven for our immortal bodies.