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Should I See a Physician?

Note: This contemplation should be read after reading Belief in Two Powers and before reading Dare We Trust God for our Physical Well-Being?

For many years I have not gone to a doctor, except for cataract surgery and dental work. As I looked around me, I saw everyone my age taking pills by the dozen, pills which I learned on television had the most awful possible side effects. Then I would hear of people going into the hospital for the most simple procedure and nearly dying of staph infection or some mistake made by medical personnel. I really wanted no part of it.

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Belief in Two Powers: Knowledge of Good and Evil

Note: This contemplation should be read before reading “Should I See a Physician” and “Dare We Trust God for our Physical Well-Being?”

 

In the beginning God (Genesis 1:1), the God who is love (1John 4:8,16) and therefore good. And all that He created was very good (Genesis 1:31). This God is referred to in Scripture as the Almighty at least 57 times and is called the Lord God omnipotent in Revelation 19:6.

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Judging Arthritis

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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Why Jesus Came

In the beginning, God (Genesis 1:1). Whatever God became conscious of came into visibility. That is what we call creation. And it was very good (Genesis 1:31). God became conscious of a universe unlike Himself inhabited by creatures unlike Himself, although begotten out of Himself. Then He became conscious of a being like Himself (in His image and likeness) which came into visibility and was also very good; and to that image (man) God gave dominion over all the rest of creation (Genesis 1:26).

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What Is “God’s Call”?

What Is God’s call or the calling of God and how are we to respond?

Paul tells us that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance, (Romans 11:29) that not many who are somebodies in this world are called (1Corinthians 1:26) —or at least don’t recognize that they are called. Paul goes on to say that we are to abide in the same calling wherein we were called (1Corinthians 7:20), that this calling is a holy calling and was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began and not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace (2Timothy 1:9). And Peter admonishes us to give diligence to make our calling sure (2Peter 1:10).

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If I Perish, I Perish

If God is omnipotent (Almighty, all powerful), if with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26), if all things are possible to him that believes (Mark 9:23)—and if when we pray and believe, we have what we pray for (Mark 11:23-24), if God answers even before we call (Isaiah 65:24), if we are just to stand still and see the salvation of God (Exodus 14:13; 2Chronicles 20:17), then we must face some hard truths. We must admit that if any person, situation or illness can successfully stand against this God that we are believing in, that person, situation or illness is more powerful than God and therefore should be bowed down to and worshiped instead of the God we say we believe in. For that situation, person or illness has become our God.

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