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
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
Thanks Laiki for your observations! Very important!