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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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