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God's
Healing
Covenant
can
CURE
SICKNESS
by
Pastor
Max
Solbrekken,
D.D.
HOLY
BIBLE VERSE CAN CURE SICKNESS
"And
said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt
give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will
put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon
the Egyptians: for I AM the LORD that healeth thee."
(Exodus 15:26)
GOD'S
HEALING COVENANT
One
of the most helpful books in print today is the classic, 'None
of These Diseases' by Dr. S.I. McMillan.
The
author, a prominent medical doctor uses humor, common sense and
a biblical perspective, in dealing with the causes and cures of
today's diseases!
"It
is lamentable that peace does not come in capsules", he
utters in failure as he remembers the thousands of patients who
left his office with "nothing but a prescription for a
bottle of pills that would only relieve the symptoms of their
illness but not attack the disease!"
The
good doctor laments that he now wishes he had rather prescribed
his book, 'None of These Diseases', so that a permanent cure
could have been affected! According to Medical Science,
between 60 and 100% of all diseases are caused by nervous
tension, emotional stress and strain.
Dr.
McMillan states that emotions such as fear, sorrow, envy,
resentment and hatred are responsible for the majority of our
sicknesses. And that emotional stress can cause high blood
pressure, toxic goiter, arthritis, migraine headaches, apoplexy,
heart trouble, gastro-intestinal ulcers and other serious
illnesses!
And
recently (about 1996) the American Medical Association released
the findings of a nation-wide survey of tens of thousands of
their medics. One of the questions dealt with their success
ratio in treating patients. The answer is shocking - Only
10% of patients had received any lasting help through their
medical procedures!
MEDICAL
SCIENCE HISTORY RESTS ON SHAKY
FOUNDATION
Having
any problems with falling hair? What do you do to cover up
that bald spot and receding hairline?
Probably
the only solution is to massage your head, comb your hair
forward, get a toupee or just simply let it fall.
If
you had lived about 3500 years ago you would have gotten very
different advice - not from a therapist but from your physician.
He
would have quoted from the famous medical authority of that day,
Papyrus Ebers.
"When
it falls out, one remedy is to apply a mixture of six fats,
namely those of the horse, the hippopotamus, the crocodile, the
cat, the snake and the ibex. To strengthen it, anoint with the
tooth of a donkey crushed in honey."
The
Papyrus Ebers was published about 1552 BC and occupied a
dominant position in the ancient medical world and was one of
the leading guides for practicing physicians for a long time.
There
are literally hundreds of remedies for diseases in this book,
such as lizard's blood, swine's teeth, putrid meat, stinking
fat, moisture from pig's ears, milk goose grease, asses hooves,
animal fat from various sources, excrete from animals, including
human beings, donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats and even flies.
THROUGH
MOSES, GOD MADE HIS HEALING
COVENANT WITH THE JEWISH NATION!
Moses
was born about the time the 'Papyrus Ebers' was written in
Egypt! He was educated in their highest schools of
learning - scholars think he was also a physician - as the son
of Pharaoh's daughter.
But
when God called Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian
bondage, He did not borrow from the "occultist
clap-trap" in their medical books. He rejected the
highest, most respected medical authority of that day!
GOD
GAVE HIS HEALING COVENANT TO MOSES
His
directive was "Heed the voice of God, do right, obey His
commandments, keep His statutes and I will heal you"!
God
did not borrow medical advice from the 'Papyrus Ebers'.
His advice to Moses was contrary to the most highly respected
medical thought of that day.
THE
CHURCH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING THE
BLACK DEATH!
Millions
of Europeans died of leprosy for hundreds of years. Some
physicians thought the cause was eating hot food or the meat of
diseased hogs. Others blamed malign conjunction of the
planets.
Approximately
60 million people died from the BLACK DEATH in the 14th century.
Dr. George Rosen of Columbia University writes: "Leadership
was taken by the Church, as the physicians had nothing to offer.
The Church took as its guiding principal the concept of
contagion as embodied in the Old Testament."
"Once
the condition of leprosy has been established, the patient was
to be segregated and excluded from the community...it
accomplished the first great feat...in methodical eradication of
disease."
Possibly,
the Church needs to investigate measures to insure that the AIDS
epidemic does not leap from high risk groups to the general
population, since governmental and medical bodes are again
"doing nothing"!
GOD
HAD GIVEN US THE SOLUTIONS TO THESE
PROBLEMS 3500 YEARS AGO IN
THE BIBLE
For
centuries in Europe, multitudes perished because of improper
hygiene, sanitation and sloppy hospitals. In many
villages, human excrement and waste was dumped into the streets,
bringing deadly epidemics of typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
The
solution to the problem, the burying of wastes, had been given
by God 3500 years before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13).
HYGIENE
CUT MORTALITY RATE!
Vienna
in the 1840s was famous as a medical center. One of the
most famous teaching hospitals of that day was Allegemeine
Krakenhus. In its maternity ward, one out of six women died.
Dr.
Ignaz Semmelveis discovered that if doctors washed their hands
well, after doing autopsies and before examining expectant
mothers, the mortality rate dropped drastically.
Dr.
Semmelveis was not applauded by the Medical Profession.
However, he was ridiculed by his peers, discredited, lost his
position and eventually succumbed to the pressure, dying in a
mental hospital.
Moses
had given the same advice many centuries before (in Numbers 19).
If wasn't until 1878 that the method of cleaning hands and
instruments was introduced by men like John Tyendall, Louis
Pasteur and Sir Joseph Lister that the mortality rate began to
drop.
The
New York State Department of Health, in 1960, issued a book
describing a method of washing the hands very similar to that
found the BIBLE - Numbers Chapter 19.
It's
interesting to note that John Wesley - founder of the Methodist
Church declared that it is God's will for miracles to be in the
Church, for the entire Church age, but have been lost to the
church because of UNBELIEF!
THE
PRAYER OF FAITH WILL HEAL THE SICK
He
further stated, "The only method of physics employed by the
Early Church for the first 400 years, was the prayer of
faith."
Medical
science has come a long way since Papyrus Ebers was published in
1552, BC and even since the 1840's in Vienna, but I still think
that when your family physician advises you to get a second or
third opinion about an operation, its a good idea.
Now
if anyone wants to try the remedy for falling hair, don't let me
discourage you. But then where would you find a hippopotamus
these days?
As
for me and my house, we will Trust the Lord, and trust in God's
Healing Covenant that was given to us all. We will worship
and serve the Lord only!
Max
& Donna Solbrekken welcome you to visit with us, as we share
a little of what God has done through this End-Time Ministry for
the past 45 years. Great miracles of salvation and divine
healing have accompanied the preaching of Christ’s Gospel to
the multitude across the world. We are ready and available to
minister to your needs also, in Jesus' name!
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