"And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Matthew 3:10
When Jesus died on Calvary, He accomplished a wonderful, tremendous, and almost unbelievable thing. He laid the axe to the root of the tree of sin. No longer would man have to pluck at the branches of sin (outward acts of rebellion against God). Instead, the very thing which gave
life to sin - often called the "
old man" in Scripture - was killed.
Apart from Christ's sacrifice, man was a slave to sin; he was guaranteed to sin. As a result, all he could so was offer continual sacrifices to God to cover his sin. In Jesus, man can be born again and made a partaker of the divine nature. God is not looking for man to struggle and pick away at the manifestations of sin in our lives. He has paid the price for us to have victory over sin by addressing the root of the problem - an fallen, sinful nature brought about by the fall of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Some may read this and wonder
what in the world it has to do with cancer. Well, I share this analogy because it is what God used to show me about how to deal with cancer.
