Science & God's Word Series:
The answers to Questions 1, 2 and 3 raised in Part Three of this series are detailed below:
1.“Why then do some Christians who have actually accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour still suffer diseases and some still die as a result?
ANSWER: It is due to a lack of understanding: Gal.4.1 - "Now what I mean is that as long as the inheritor (heir) is a child and under age, he does not differ from a slave, although he is the master of all the estate;"
But we are no doubt in a wicked world and a lot of the issues causing diseases and premature deaths are sometimes beyond human control. But Christians are expected to keep growing in faith, be watchful i.e. alert and prayerful. Matt 26; 41 But we are expected to exercise our authority and freedom that we have been given in Christ.
Gal.5.1 - In [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off].
Gal.3.27 - For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.
Gal.3.28 - There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal.3.29 - And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham 's Seed], then you are Abraham 's offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise.
Rom.5.8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us. [AMP]
But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him. [MSB]
So those who believe in Christ have actuallg been made free from diseases but the issue is that even if adults physically, many believers are still children spiritually or overlooking certain truths or believing some worldly deceptions orchestrated by yhe devil
Rom.8.2 - For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
Apostle Paul.in one of his letters to believers jn Christ, said this:
Rom.12.1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind He will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? (NLT)
Rom.12.2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. (NLT).
People find it difficult to believe but lots of diseases are deliberately orchestrated by the forces of Satanic darkness through human beings who may or may not know that they are being used in sabotaging the health of the human race.
So according to Romans 12 verses 1 and 2, why is it important for believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices and the minds not be conformed ro the world?
The human body is gateway to the mind and human spirit. A body that is ruled too much by fleshly desires or lacks control would be an affront to the human spirit. Taking good care of the human body and also being mentally alert can.help us prevent the pollution of our blood which alters the genetic code as result of DNA damage by pollutants in the blood leading to transmission of disease factors to offspring. The renewing of the.mind with God's word (the real truth, not mere human wisdom) also genuinely strengthens the human spirit. When ithe human spirit is in good health, connection to the spirit of God is strengthened and nainrained. Therefore, overcoming actions depicting mental instability abd loss of control to the flesh resulting in alarming sexual misconduct can be resisted.
2.Why then do some, hopefully not many Christians, still struggle with sexual immorality and other mental issues?
As explained above,it may be due to one or more of these
🤙- the human spirit is not being fed with the real truth of God's word.
For the human spirit to be fed with the word, the mind has to be renewed through hearing the truth of God's word constantly, reading, meditation and confession of the word of God.
🤙Constantly feeding one's mind with such things that are sexually immoral through the physical senses will make the mind conform to this dark world system of inappropriate sexual behaviours, making the emotional part of the soul weak and needy as well as the human will. Such person(s) will find themselves sometimes willfully doing the wrong things they have fed their minds with. You may then wonder that what about believers who sincerely spend their time and mind engaging in things related to spiritual matters of the Christian faith? Why do some still succumb to sexual immorality?
🤙Apart from the possibility that the word of God they have been giving their attention to in such religiious or faith-based circles may not actually be the true word of God but human wisdom, what goes into their bodies may also be weakening their spirits thereby their moral resolve.
3.Why is lack of self-control and lustfullness, even without seeing nakedness, still so rampant?
Some Christians and non-Christians strughle with lustfulness from time to time or most of the time. Apart from what has been highlighted above on the possibility of break in connection to the Spirit of God or lack of connection for those not in Christ, there is possibility of indiscipline. But also, the fact is that lots of what is currently being produced for people to eat, drink, medicate on, use on their bodies, even inhale somehow pollute the blood.
So apart from predisposing people's bodies to diseases, some of these also spike cravings for some foods, drinks, hard substances or sexual expressions.
To be continued...
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