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Laïki Francis's avatar

This article will help many people, especially African Christians, to understand the reality of healing. Many continue to receive healings from witch doctors under the pretext that there is nothing wrong with them. This practice has become commonplace in the Christian community. Understanding man's quest for healing, and the healing revealed in scripture, touches the heart of the reality facing Christians today. I followed a pastor who claimed that Christians can take medicine from a witch doctor and pray about it. This is not biblical. There is a tendency today to return to the healing methods used by our ancestors. Many say that Africans were deceived by white missionaries who stripped our ancestors of their healing knowledge. Christians can no longer distinguish between traditional medicine and traditional medicine based on witchcraft (this medicine is associated with mystical practices and incantations...). A healer can give you a bark, but there are practices that go along with taking the product. A few months ago, I saw a TV report on a traditional healer in a town in Cameroon who uses chicken to scan bodies and detect disease. This practice was appreciated by Christians who see it as a heritage from our ancestors. This article may help many to understand the biblical truth about healing. Also, many Christians have lost their bearings when it comes to healing. I know many people who have lost family members because of the false idea that God is against medicine. Thank you Malcolm

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Maryam Pikawi Iliya's avatar

Wow! This article is so balanced, it has answered so many questions, and so many wrong beliefs from the wrong teachings on the issues of visiting hospital to seek for help when one is sick. I have heard of a teaching that says visiting the hospital or taking medications when you sick and believing God for healing is an indication of lack of faith, when you are believing God for healing you should totally abstain from natural medications, I have an aunt who was diagnosed with a medical challenge, she has gone to such pastors to pray for her, and they have told her to believe God and totally abstain from going to to see a physician according to them seeing the Dr means that she lack faith on God since they have prayed, pareventure the woman died. Going through this article and the examples from the scripture has given me depth of insight on how to balance alot of instances on these matter, I truly believe that alot of people will have a balance on the issue of using the natural, faith, or occultic way of healing when you are sick. Thank you so much Dr Malcolm for being so sensitive to always helping issues that need urgent care so us we can all live our lives glorifying God! Very helpful!!

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