On Earth as it is in Heaven
By Rodney Boyd
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June 15, 2017, started like any other day for author and Bible teacher, Rodney Boyd. He drank a little coffee, checked Facebook, read the Bible, kissed his wife goodbye as she left for work—just another day.
Except that it wasn't just another day.
It was the day Rodney was hit by a cerebellar stroke.
Ironically, Rodney was in the middle of writing a book on healing called On Earth as it is In Heaven. Which raises an interesting question. What do you do when you believe and teach healing, and then you become sick? If you're Rodney Boyd, you consider your trip to the hospital as research for you book on healing.
This is his story.
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On Earth as it is in Heaven - Rodney Boyd
Chapter One
THE PROBLEM
"T here are approximately 100,000 known diseases worldwide. (World Health Organization) There is an estimated shortage of 4.3 million physicians, nurses, and other health workers worldwide. The WHO produced a list of countries with a
Human Resources for Health crisis." In these countries, there are only 1.13 doctors for every 1,000 people.
As of August 2018, the total population of the world exceeds 7.63 billion people, and this number is continuing to grow each day.
(World Population Review)
The human body is made of 11 important organ systems, including the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, and endocrine systems. They also include the immune, integumentary, skeletal, muscle, and reproductive systems. The systems work together to maintain a functioning human body.
(What Are The Organ Systems Of The Human Body? www.study.com)
Ancient biblical texts lists various curses related to the human body found in Deuteronomy 28:15-61. These various sicknesses and diseases are not considered to be blessings from God but curses as a violation of the Law.
Now it shall be, if you will diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments, which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 28:1
He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Psalm 107:20
Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy], but He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
Isaiah 53:4-5, AMP
Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—Who forgives [everyone of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases.
Psalm 103:2-3, AMP
How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of the d-evil], for God was with Him.
Acts 10:38, AMP
HOMEWORK
What are the two keys to overtaking blessings coming? (Deuteronomy 28:1)
a.
b.
What is the intensity of obedience required? (Deuteronomy 28:1)
Where will you be set up and at what level? (Deuteronomy 28:1)
The promises of blessing are then compared with the curse.
But (in contrast to the blessings) it shall come about, if you will not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
Deuteronomy 28:15
To what are the promises of blessings contrasted? (Deuteronomy 28:15)
What are the two keys to bringing on curses? (Deuteronomy 28:15)
Curses will come upon you, but what else will the curses do? (Deuteronomy 28:15)
Everything from inflammation of the joints to plague to hemorrhoids (emrods) is considered to be a curse and not a blessing. Wow, inflammation of the hemorrhoids (emrods gives a whole new meaning to "roid rage."
As of 2017 (the time of writing of this book) there were approximately 30,000 known diseases worldwide and in Deuteronomy there are but a few sicknesses listed as a curse. But God covers anything that is not named with Deuteronomy 28:61.
Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, the Lord will bring (allow because of disobedience) on you until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:61
How many of the sicknesses and plagues are covered in the book that are not written? (Deuteronomy 28:16)
How long will the sicknesses and plagues be allowed to come on you? (Deuteronomy 28:61)
We will cover the roots of sickness, dis-ease, dis-comfort, dys-function, and death in the chapter entitled: ON EARTH (PRE-FALL). The good news is that Jesus the Christ hung on a tree (aka the cross) in our place so that we could go from being cursed to being blessed. We will look at that more a little later. (Galatians 3:10:14) The bottom line is that with the cross we have a choice like they had pre-cross.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you, life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.
Deuteronomy 30:18
Who has God called as a witness concerning blessings and curses? (Deuteronomy 30:18)
What are the four choices that are set before you? (Deuteronomy 30:18)
a.
b.
c.
d.
In our next chapter we will look at the request for God’s Kingdom (rule, reign, foundation of power) to come on earth as it is in heaven.
Chapter Two
THY KINGDOM COME
Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10
There are two places where we are introduced to what has come to be known as The Lord’s Prayer.
One is found in Matthew 6:8-13 and the other in Luke 11:2-4.
While it is known as the Lord’s Prayer, it really was the Lord instructing the disciples on how to pray at their request. The real Lord’s Prayers are found in various places including:
Early Morning/Lonely Place - Mark 1:35
Praise Prayer - Matthew 11:25-26
Mountain Side Prayer - Matthew 14:23
All Night Prayer - Luke 6:12
Prayers For Peter - Luke 22:31-32
Kneeling Fervent Prayer - Luke 22:39-44
Forgiving Prayer - Luke 23:34
Benefit For Others Prayers - John 11:41-42
Troubled Prayers - John 12:27-28
Pray For Those Who Believe - John 17:1-26
Prayers and Supplication - Hebrews 5:7
Jesus was a man of prayer who knew how to connect with His Father who art in heaven.
(Matthew