Better Healthcare than Obamacare, for Free by Frederick Hoehn, copyright 2014, all rights reserved. Chapter 1 As of December, 2013, more than 6.1 million people have been thrust out of the health care insurance that they had. It has been said that that number could grow to 50 million or more. Only about a million have signed up with Obamacare, and many of those were for Medicaid, which brings in no money to the program, but only pays out for those covered. For Obamacare to be financially viable, enough money has to come in through premium payments to cover the healthcare expenses paid out. Otherwise, you have what is called the "death spiral" of the program. The designers of Obamacare were hoping that plenty of healthier young people would sign up to cover the less healthy older people, and people with pre-existing conditions. But the young people don't seem to be very much attracted to Obamacare, especially after the colossal flop of the Obamacare website rollout. Some have said they would rather pay the fine. People who go to, and use the Obamacare website run the risk of identity theft because of its lack of security, is what they're saying on the TV talk shows. The state healthcare exchanges are said to be significantly more secure in this respect. But not all states have the state healthcare exchanges. You might think you're getting good coverage with your new Obamacare plan, but if your deductible went up to $4,000, that could really hurt when you go to use it. If your medical bill is $10,000, then you would have to pay the first $4,000 before your insurance picks up the rest. Not everyone has an extra $4,000 laying around. In fact, probably most Americans don't. What will you do, mortgage your house? Or, sell your car, and start taking the bus? If you have signed up for Obamacare, better verify that you have coverage with your insurance company. There has been a problem with data not getting to the insurer, though it had been input to the Obamacare website. And if you haven't paid a premium yet, there is the legal question of whether you're really covered until you've paid a premium payment. Which is the best hospital? Is it the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN? Is it Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles? Who is the best doctor you could possibly have? You've probably heard of the top doctor. It's Doctor Jesus, and he's my doctor. A typical problem in the healthcare field is misdiagnosis. Dr. Jesus has never made an incorrect diagnosis. He gets it right every time. And Dr. Jesus doesn't need a hospital to get the healing done. And where does Dr. Jesus practice? All over the world. What are his rates? His service is free, if you qualify, and I'll tell you how to qualify. It was on TV recently about a teenage girl who went to the hospital to get her tonsils out, and because of complications, became brain-dead. They've been discussing whether to take her off of life support. You don't have medical complications like that with Dr. Jesus. He always does the job right. There is no case Jesus can't solve. Not the worst cancer case. Not the worst insanity. There is no such thing as an incurable disease with Jesus. Can the designer of the human body and mind repair the human body and mind? Yes, of course He can. Jesus' offer of health care is found in Exodus 15:26, "I am the Lord that heals you." And in Psalm 103:3, "Who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases." Some people know about Jesus the Savior from sins, but don't know about Jesus the healer of our bodies. What you don't know can hurt you. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6) There's more on God's offer of healthcare in Isaiah. "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was on him, and by his stripes we are healed." (Isa 53:5) What stripes are those that heal us? The stripes that Jesus received from the whips of the Roman soldiers shortly before he was crucified. I think they pretty much made hamburger out of his back. Roman soldiers were known for their cruelty. And yet, Jesus had done nothing wrong. This is also repeated in 1 Peter 2:24, "...by whose stripes you were healed." "So that it would be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses." (Matt 8:17) Kenneth E. Hagin said, "If Jesus took them, then I don't have to have them." Hagin's right. Jesus took my sickness, so then, I don't have them. Now, you say that out loud, I advise you, as the Priest the Lord has made me. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." (Rom 8:2) "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree, so that the blessing of Abraham would come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Gal 3:13,14) Sickness is a curse of the law, as can be seen in Deuteronomy chapter 28. But we're redeemed from the curse of the law. (Gal 3:13,14, above) So there's plenty of scripture telling us that healing belongs to God's people. And there are the many examples in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John about Jesus healing people. The blind received their sight. The lame were made to walk right. The dead were restored to life. Those with demons had their demons cast out. You know, I think people back then may have had more sense about demons than some folks today. At one point, Jesus asked the question, "Why are you trying to kill me?" They answered, "You have a devil, who's trying to kill you?" But today, people would say, "You're paranoid, who's trying to kill you." People today don't seem to understand that Paranoia is an unjustified fear that originates from demons of Paranoia. But people really were trying to kill Jesus, and eventually, they were able to get the job done. Chapter 2 Now someone might ask, "But If I choose the Jesus Healthcare plan, what about the requirement of the Affordable Healthcare Act that I purchase Obamacare?" The law that requires everyone to purchase Obamacare is illegal. It is illegal because it is unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional because it violates the Constitutional right of Americans to Freedom of Religion. But if you're an Atheist, don't try to assert your freedom of religion in this matter. You can't really say "God will heal me" at the same time you're saying "There is no God." Now I said above that we're redeemed from the curse of the law, (Gal 3:13,14). But who are they, exactly, that are redeemed from the curse of the law? The letter to the Galatians was written by the Apostle Paul, of the tribe of Benjamin, who was formerly Saul of Tarsus, before encountering Jesus, who from heaven, knocked him down on the road to Damascus, where Saul was headed for the purpose of arresting Christians, with authority from the Jewish High Priest. The Lord said to Saul, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" Saul said, "Who are you, Lord?" He said, "I am Jesus, whom you're persecuting..." You can read about this in Acts chapter 9. So Saul converted to Christianity, and stopped persecuting Christians. Paul the Apostle then wrote letters in his remaining years to many of the Christian churches, including the one at Galatia. "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law" is written to Christians, and, of course, to Messianic Jews, who accept Jesus as the Messiah, or Savior that he is for the Jews, and also for the Gentiles. You're redeemed by Christ from the curse of the law if you are one of His; if you are a Christian. So what, exactly, is a Christian? A Christian is someone who is born-again, as per John chapter 3, where Jesus said, "You must be born again." This word "must" doesn't leave much wiggle room. It is required that we be born again. Of course, you could choose to disobey God. But if you do, be advised that there will be a heavy price to pay, and that price is spending the rest of eternity in a fiery hell, where there's crying, and gnashing of teeth. Where their worms don't die, and where the fire is not quenched, says Jesus. Everyone who goes to hell wants out, but once you get there, there's no getting back out. You should have taken care of that during your life on earth. Sorry. Now is the time to get right with God, not tomorrow. You may not have tomorrow. "Don't brag about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day can produce." (Psa 27:1) Though it may be unlikely, today could be your last day on earth. Those three thousand people who died on Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, probably weren't expecting to die that day, but they died anyway, rather suddenly. Two huge buildings that weren't supposed to collapse did collapse. So how does one get born again? By hearing and believing. Or, by reading and believing. You hear the gospel message, and you believe it, and you act on it. The gospel message is this: "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Rom 3:23) "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord." (Rom 6:23) "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you're saved. For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made for salvation." (Rom 10:9,10) You believe in your heart, and you confess with your mouth that Jesus is your Lord. It's easy. Pray a simple prayer like this, "Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and Savior (Messiah). I believe God raised you from the dead. Thank you that I'm now born again, and one of yours, and on my way to heaven." Jesus won't turn you down, for it is written, "Him that comes to me I will no way throw out." (John 6:37) Once you're a Christian, find a Protestant church that baptizes in water, and get baptized in water, in obedience to the Bible. I was baptized at an Assembly of God church. And Jesus wants all his people to be baptized with the Holy Ghost, with the evidence of the speaking in unknown tongues. Ask Jesus for it. When you pray, believe that you receive the things you ask for, and you shall have them. (Mark 11:24) Please see my book, "What the Bible teaches about Grumbling, Divine Healing, Prayer, the Baptism with the Holy Ghost," available at www.Amazon.com Remember that Jesus said, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do the things I say?" (Luke 6:46) But to do the things Jesus said, we must know the things Jesus said. To know the things Jesus said, we must read the Bible, or, I like to listen to it being read on disc recordings. Get the word of God every day. When you get something from God, you get it by faith. I’ve mentioned before about Norvel Hayes, a Bible Teacher, and a successful Businessman. Norvel had one of his knees that was acting up. So he commanded it to behave right and work right. But it gave him some more trouble, so he commanded it again. Hayes said, “I must have commanded that knee to work right a thousand times, and then you know what happened?” “The knee started working right and never gave me anymore trouble.” Is there any scripture for doing like that? Yes there is, Mark 11:23, where Jesus said you can speak to the mountain and command it to go, and it will go, if you believe that what you say will happen, and don’t doubt in your heart. Hayes says, “Whatever your problem is, that’s your mountain, Command it to go!” In my recent book, “Lester Sumrall, Preacherman,” I told about a young woman who couldn’t walk without crutches. Her teacher, Hayes, told her to command her legs to be well every day, and in about six months, they were. There has been a false teaching about a place called Purgatory, but there is no such place. "And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment..." (Hebrews 9:27) We live our lives on earth once, and we die once, and after we die, we're judged. But you're already condemned if you haven't believed in Jesus. John 3:18 tells us, " He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that doesn't believe is already condemned, because he hasn't believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." ___James chapter 1 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are dispersed around, greetings. 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations, 3 Knowing this, that the testing of your faith works patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, so you'll be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives to all men liberally, and won't find fault, and it shall be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let that man not think that he'll receive anything from the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, 10 But the rich, in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he'll pass away. 11 For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and the flower of it falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes, so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation, for after he's been tested, he'll receive the crown of life, that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man, 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it produces sin, and sin when it's finished, produces death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. 18 He chose to father us with the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 19 So, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 For the anger of man doesn't accomplish the righteousness of God. 21 So, lay apart all filthiness and the unnecessary naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man seeing his natural face in a mirror, 24 For he sees himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is for nothing. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ___James chapter 2 1 My brothers, don't have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if a man with a gold ring comes to your assembly in fancy clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes comes in also, 3 And you have respect to him that wears the fancy clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there, or sit here under my footstool," 4 Aren't you then partial in yourselves, and have become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, hasn't God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Don't rich men oppress you, and bring you before the judgment seats? 7 Don't they blaspheme that worthy name by which you're called? 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor like yourself," you do well, 9 But if you have respect of persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as sinners. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not kill." Now if you don't commit adultery, yet if you kill, you've become a breaker of the law. 12 Speak in such a way, and do, as those who'll be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has shown no mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment. 14 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man says he has faith, and doesn't have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister needs clothes, and lacks daily food, 16 And one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you don't give them the things that are needed for the body, what good is that? 17 Even so faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yes, a man could say, "You have faith, and I have works, show me your faith without your works, and I'll show you my faith by my works." 19 You believe that there is one God, you do well, the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But don't you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith worked with his deeds, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God." 24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also wasn't Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For like the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ___James chapter 3 1 My brothers, don't be many masters, knowing that we'll receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man doesn't offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 See, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so they'll obey us, and we turn around their whole bodies. 4 Look also at the ships, which though they're so large, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they're turned around by a very small helm, wherever the captain wants. 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how great a matter a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, so is the tongue among our members that it makes dirty the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of snakes, and of things in the sea, gets tamed, and has been tamed by mankind, 8 But no man can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God, the Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be. 11 Does a fountain send out at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, produce olive berries? Or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man, possessing knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good lifestyle his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, don't glory, and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom doesn't descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be reasoned with, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace by those who make peace. ___James chapter 4 1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your lusts that war in your members? 2 You lust, and don't have, you kill, and desire to have, and can't obtain, you fight and war, yet you don't have, because you don't ask. 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask wrongly, so you can consume it on your lusts. 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God. 5 Do you think that the scripture says for nothing, "The spirit that lives in us lusts to envy?" 6 But he gives more grace. So he says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he'll run away from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and cry, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he'll lift you up. 11 Don't speak evil about each other, brothers. He that speaks evil about his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil about the law, and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you're not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, who are you that judges someone else? 13 Go on now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we'll go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and make a profit," 14 Actually, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is a puff of steam, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 15 For you ought to say, "Lord willing, we'll live, and do this, or that." 16 But now you rejoice in your boastings, all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin. ___James chapter 5 1 Go on now, you rich men, cry and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your clothes are moth eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are rusted, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You've heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 See, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you've kept back by fraud, shouts, and the shouts of those who've reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. 5 You've lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton, you've nourished your hearts, like in a day of slaughter. 6 You've condemned and killed the just, and he doesn't resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is getting near. 9 Don't grudge against each other, brothers, so you won't be condemned, see, the judge stands at the door. 10 Take, my brothers, the prophets, who've spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 See, we count them happy that endure. You've heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, not by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you don't fall into condemnation. 13 Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, he'll be forgiven. 16 Confess your faults to each other, and pray for each other so you'll be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man is does a lot of good. 17 Elijah was a man subject to the same kind of passions that we are, and he prayed earnestly that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. 19 Brothers, if any of you strays from the truth, and someone converts him, 20 Let him know, that he that converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.