*** IS TAKING MEDICINE A SIN? ***

Physicians are a great blessing to us and our society, but also God is the greatest physician and heals the broken hearted and those who are crushed in the spirit. Doctors and the medicine they provide are to be seen as God’s blessing. God can use medicine to heal us because He is always behind the scenes working.

An Elder in a renown church with his lovely wife whom God blessed with six angelic children lost all the children in the cold hands of death because according to them, “ THEIR PASTOR TOLD THEM THAT THE USE OF ANY MEDICINE FOR PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE PURPOSE IS A SIN”. So whenever any of them fell ill, they do not visit hospital or consult the doctor. From their first child that was sick to the last one, all the six children died from their illnesses. That was how that generation was wiped out from the face of the earth because the couples were heeding to the teachings of their pastor, who kept them ignorance of the difference between physical (medical) and spiritual healing.

What about a woman that was required to undergo medical screening and examination in order to ascertain her health condition and the type of treatment she will be administered with because of her deteriorating health. She refused because in their church, their pastor said that they should avoid any medical procedure. And she died from that unknown disease.

Believers should note that sickness or illness is part of growth and development in an individual which shows that the person is still flesh and blood. There are afflictions/sickness that have spiritual roots (examples like insanity, poverty, fear, emotional breakdown etc), hence need to be dealt with spiritually in other to destroy the works of the enemy and setting the victim free and healed. That is where faith healing comes in. Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry made the Pharisees to understand that “THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN, BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK (MATHEW 9:12). Luke who was a disciple was a doctor as well according to COLOSIANS 4:14.

God knew the Physical (medical) and Spiritual significance for herbs and faith healing respectively. That was why He commanded us to use fruits and leaves from all kinds of trees providing food for medicine (EZEKIEL 47:11-12). Jeremiah 8:22 noted the importance of medicine when he asked, “IS THERE NO BALM (MEDICINE) IN GILEAD? IS THERE NO PHYSICIAN THERE? WHY THEN IS THE HEALTH OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE RECOVERED? Also, Prophet Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “MAKE AN OINTMENT FROM FIGS AND SPREAD IT OVER THE BOIL AND HEZEKIAH WILL RECOVER (ISAIAH 38:21). Then 2KINGS 20:7 made us to understand that when Hezekiah’s servant spread the ointment over the boil, Hezekiah recovered.

Furthermore, a good percentage of medicinal drugs are formulated with different active ingredients extracted from plants and plant products. So when someone is taking such drugs, they are also taking in the plants/trees active ingredient extracts. TAKING DRUGS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE A SINNER OR THAT YOU ARE NOT PUTTING YOUR TRUST AND FAITH IN CHRIST. THE LORD IS ABLE TO PROVIDE BOTH PHYSICAL (MEDICAL) AND SPIRITUAL HEALING TO HIS PEOPLE…SHALOM!!!

# PRAYER IS THE BEST MEDICINE, GOD IS THE BEST DOCTOR. GOD CAN USE MEDICINE TO HEAL US #

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