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Transforming Lives Today
He Heals all our Diseases
Contributed by Dr Chris琀椀ne Sansom (MMN Trustee)
L
et all that I am praise the
LORD, may I never forget
the good things he does for
me. He forgives all my sins,
and heals all my diseases.
Ps. 103:2-3
Amen – for me as a young doctor,
this scripture was a bit of a dilemma! If God wants to heal us and
make us whole and He can, does
He need doctors?
Well, the answer must be yes, and
the Bible does speak of doctors
and medicines. The Bible men琀椀ons
doctors and medical prac琀椀ces. Jesus himself acknowledged the role
of physicians, sta琀椀ng, “It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but the
sick”. The Bible also men琀椀ons various medical treatments used in ancient 琀椀mes, such as bandages, oil,
wine, and leaves. Furthermore, it
was Paul who referred to Luke as
the beloved physician in Colossians
4:14. Although Luke never met Jesus personally, he became His follower later and wrote his gospel
from eyewitness accounts; but,
from a medical perspec琀椀ve.
In many of the places where our
partners work, witch doctors are
s琀椀ll consulted when someone is
sick and, on several occasions,
when I was in Malawi and Zimbabwe I witnessed people being
healed and delivered from evil spirits as we prayed for them at our
