John 9:1-9 Blind man from birth = not sin, but for the glory of God.
:3 “displayed” = “manifested”
Divine miracle confirmation: After I finished preparing the sermon Friday night, I went and laid down on the coach. And I was scrolling online and saw a news article that had been posted earlier today, that said that the location of the healing of the blind man in John 9 had been discovered and unearthed!
Revealed: First pictures of Biblical site where Jesus is said to have healed a blind man.
There’s no way that could be coincidence to see that news article posted on the same day as putting John 9 in the sermon for tomorrow! And the article isn’t from years or months or weeks ago, but from today (Friday night)!
John 11:1-11 Lazarus, a close friend of Jesus, was allowed to get sick and die, not because of sin, but so that God may be glorified. But Lazarus was raised from the dead.
The people of God are not immune to the problems of the world & sickness, death.
Matthew 19:11-12 There are even eunuchs (men without testicles, or virgins) for the Kingdom of God! Although that’s very much “not natural” & not normally God’s will.
The book of Job: Job suffered greatly in all ways, physically and financially and his entire family. But it wasn’t because of his sins.
Job’s 3 friends falsely accused him of sin.
Our brother isn’t demon possessed.
A person who has The Holy Ghost and has done many great things for the Kingdom of God and who hasn’t forsaken Jesus or the truth, absolutely isn’t demon possessed.
We can’t always see or understand God’s plan. Maybe Jesus wants him to witness to people in jail or in the mental hospital. Maybe something else. We just only know that in the end, in the Kingdom/Paradise, our brother will be with us.
About people falsely judging us:
I don’t want anything to do with anyone who thinks that all people with schizophrenia are demon possessed and there’s no other possibility.
I also don’t want anything to do with anyone who thinks that it’s a sin to have a dog or cat for a pet. I don’t want to be associated with people who thinks that everything is our fault, our sin, and that everything is sin.
I don’t want to be associated with anyone who tries to exercise the authority of a leader/teacher, but without the calling.
I don’t want to be associated with anyone who thinks that taking vitamins is a sin, or witchcraft. I don’t want to be associated with anyone who wants to continue to blame every problem that we have, on me and sin, when not everything is caused by personal sin. We live in a corrupt world and we are not immune to problems. Not every problem that the church encounters or that I encounter is caused by my sins. The entire world suffers, both righteous & wicked.
Many times, schizophrenia can be very well managed if the person agrees to cooperate with taking all of the following: (I also recommend this to anyone with autism and/or major bipolar depression.)
-A “vitamin B complex” every morning,
-100-200 mg of Vitamin B6,
-1000 mg (1 gram) of niacinamide every morning,
-Between 3,000 – 5,000 mg Vitamin C,
-A small amount of zinc. Start with the lowest possible. (Never go over 80 mg), (Zinc can cause many major problems, so I don’t usually recommend it for anything, but in this case, people with schizophrenia need a little extra zinc.)
-Some vitamin E,
-A large amount of krill fish oil every day.
(They must also absolutely abstain from all caffeine and alcohol. Some additional supplements could be helpful or needed in some severe cases.)
The fact that these nutrients are so very successful with many people with schizophrenia, proves that many people who have the illness are not demon possessed. It’s only a physical problem that severely affects the brain.
And since I know this to be absolutely true, then it’s only logical to understand that the same thing must also be true in some cases of depression and anxiety and other mental illnesses and physical illnesses.
Some times, it really is brain chemicals, or hormones, or thyroid problems, or even brain tumors.
We must be extremely careful about condemning people for things that they can’t control.
But of course, we also know that personal choices still play a major part in all of this, because every person must come to realize and confess their problems and do something about it, and not just use their illness as an excuse. They can get treatment, or treat themselves naturally while trusting Jesus.
And if the natural remedies don’t work for that specific person, it’s not sin, and not witchcraft for a person to receive medical help! A lot of people are truly helped by the pharmaceutical drugs. We prefer the natural route, but sometimes the drugs are what’s needed.
https://isawthelightministries.com/medicine.html
Symptoms of Schizophrenia:
-Being paranoid, thinking that people are plotting/working together against them, thinking that someone poisoned their food/drink, being overly obsessed with symbols, doing things totally unusual, hallucinations (hearing, seeing things not there), thinking that you said something that you didn’t. Total change of behavior. One eye to the side could possibly indicate autism. Already current/previous autism often eventually leads to schizophrenia.
Disclaimer: I am not a licensed medical professional. Please see a real doctor for medical advice.
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