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The
Basics
A
case can be made that human physicians do not have the ability to cure
any of us. Instead, physicians diagnose ailiments, cut (surgery), burn
(radiation), recommend/prescribe/dispense drugs (including
chemotherapies). At best, the drugs attack pathogens or stimulate our
bodies' own curative abilities. Physicians also offer advice, but none
of what they do is inherently curative. Successful medical treatments,
even via "alternative" medical approaches, rely on our bodies' natural
recuperative powers and/or on supernatural authority. The natural
recuperative powers are provided by our Creator. The topic of the
supernatural brings us back to our Creator, Who provides Divine healing.
Speaking
of our Creator, do you know that there are four texts in the New
Testament that identify the Creator as Jesus, the same Jesus that heals
today? You can find those four texts in the three books of John,
Colossians and Hebrews.
We
believe that, in fighting deadly diseases, the physical healing aspects
of Christianity, i.e. Jesus healing today, are more valuable than all
medical therapies. Relying on Jesus' as Healer does not mean ignoring
medical diagnoses and appropriate treatments. However, many if not most
individuals who call themselves Christians do not believe and
consistently apply the Divine healing elements of Biblical
Christianity. Sometimes that is because they are not aware that
Chiristianity includes physical healing. Sometimes the Divine healing
of Biblical Christianity is ignored because of confidence in various
medical practice systems/approaches, separation of secular and
"religious" subjects, lack of information about Old/New Testament
connections between Jesus and physical healing today, poor knowledge of
church history, conflicting theological convictions (especially
dispensationalism), religious traditions and reliance on the opinions
of others.
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