QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Dec 15 2012, 05:47 PM)
Really depends on, your patients.
I'm not asking you when you become a doctor, to advise non believers as such.
It is only true for those who believe in Christ Jesus.
And you should have discernment of heart. Even though your patient may be a believer, ironically that person may not believe all the way as to what God can do.
That is why I said previously,
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Matthew 9:29 (KJV)
........ According to your faith be it unto you.
I always tell people to be comfortable at the level of Faith, God has given you.
Having more Faith in Healing from God does not mean, disbelieve in Medicine.
I always say this and I believe it's true. Different people have different level of Faith in their journey and walk with God.
If you believe diseases are greater than God, so be it but you dangerously put God in a limitation box by what you believe, thereby hindering yourself of God's blessings.
I actually intend to preach one devotion about this to make you understand better.
Why those who are born again is no longer subject to the law and effect of Natural ageing.
And I need to correct this.
For people who believe in Christ,
Praying to God,
can receive complete Healing from whatever symptoms the person is going through.
This is what I believe: Diseases and illness are consequences of our sin, besides spiritual death. We men are corrupt by that very 'nature' you mentioned. And Yes, we are no longer subject o the law and effects of it, but nature takes its course too.
Take away all sin and selfishness and you would have heaven on earth. Even the remaining physical evils would no longer rankle and embitter us. I agree with Bro too
Saints endure and even embrace suffering and death as lovers embrace heroic challenges. But they do not embrace sin. They include us, Saints on earth, which I agree with Bro too.
Law and effect?
Furthermore, the cause of physical evil is spiritual evil. The cause of suffering is sin.
The Cross is God's part of the practical solution to evil. Our part, according to the same Gospel, is to repent, to believe, and to work with God in fighting evil by the power of love.
That is why Jesus said: “Take up your cross and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23)
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If you have Faith in both medicine and Healing from God, so be it.
If you have more Faith in Healing from God, also so be it.
If you have more Faith in medicine than Healing from God, so be it.
I am saying I have more faith in Healing from God, that I agree with Brother's sharing but I am also saying it is dangerous to just solely believe in ousting the disease that science, which serves Creation, ought to cure and it cannot be applied LITERALLY to all cases (if that happens, the world would now be the New Heaven on Earth, but fact is, it is not. The world now that God created IS GOOD - Genesis, but not ULTIMATELY GOOD). Therefore exists extraordinary cases where terminal illnesses are healed which I dont deny, but Praise be to God, but also exists cases where we inch along with fervent prayers to help us live through suffering while continue to fight with the disease or control it - Our Suffering.
Suffering can work for the greater good of wisdom. It is not true that all things are good, but it is true that "all things work together for good to those who love God.
He may not yet wipe tears away, but He makes them His.
It is Christ's invitation to us to follow him.
Christ goes to the cross, and we are invited to follow to the same cross.
Not because it is the cross, but because it is his.
Suffering is blessed not because it is suffering but because it is his.
Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.
The key to the mystery of strength made perfect in weakness is the
cross of Christ.
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity . . . This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones”
(Proverbs 3:1-2, 8)
“I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well” (3 John 1:2)
Obviously, God is more interested in our spiritual health than our physical well-being, but He does want us to be physically healthy as well. On the other hand, disease is a result of Adam’s sin, and even the most righteous may suffer. After all, Job was righteous, but God allowed him to suffer disease and hardship.
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The biblical instructions regarding health, maintenance, and recovery from illness involve application of cause-and-effect principles—based on true science—that were given thousands of years before scientists developed the technology that enabled them to discover germs, bacteria, viruses, genes and the like. Modern medical science has discovered many principles of good health, but they originated with God who designed and created the miracle that is the human body.
Therefore as a Dr in the future, Besides prescribing treatment, I would take to it personally to care for my patients and bring joy to them, as well as prayers with their intentions on my mind.
and I look forward to your devotion when you have time.