If This is the first time you
have come to the website, you will find it easier to understand if you read the
introduction on the left first, and then the previous blogs before reading this
one.
The first
step in treatment is obviously to work out where the problem lies. If the source of the problem can be isolated
and dealt with there is hope for a complete recovery. Unlike the physical allergies and food
intolerances that people experience, where the treatment is avoid the food or
substance at all costs. For the
Christian, if you feel that this may be a problem for you – the treatment can
come in many forms.
The first
stage is recognizing there is a problem.
The second
stage is to evaluate how violent the reactions are.
The third
stage is to visit the Great Physician and discuss with him the situation. Some Christians may be newborns, and their
problem is that they haven’t been taught and are reacting because they have
strong ideas about things, even before they were Christians and are not aware
of the fact that some things have remained, and not been dealt with. With a fresh understanding of God’s word, and
enlightenment through God’s Holy Spirit, it is possible that the problems and
ideas can be dealt with easily through submitting to God’s teaching, and allowing
him to renew our minds on various subjects that have become a problem to
us.
It is possible that some Christians may notice that they have a reaction that is becoming increasingly pronounced, they
have been Christians for years, and know the Bible well. Some are teachers and preachers themselves,
so how is it they are beginning to show signs of allergy and intolerance? They have wandered away from the Truth. They have lived on a diet that has gradually
toned down the controversial passages, and concentrated on the “nice” and
“acceptable ones”, so when they come across someone tacking the “Big Issues”
they begin to get uncomfortable. Maybe
they have sinned in some area, and have ignored the conviction and warnings of
the Holy Spirit in their quiet times, and so the Holy Spirit uses the bigger
context of the pulpit, or a group study.
They know they have sinned, but they begin to react violently to a
public warning. It is probable that no
one else knows there is a problem, and are surprised when mature Christians
seem to react strongly against something.
Sadly this show of disagreement
with what is being taught, will cause newer, younger Christians to believe the
teaching is false and so they too are now on the path to an allergy and intolerance
toward some aspects of God’s teaching.
The
prognosis will go one of two ways. If
the sufferer comes before the Great Physician and realigns his thinking and
understanding according to God’s word, there will be a complete recovery. If the sufferer continues to maintain that
their stance on a subject is the right one, there will be problems ahead
because allergies and intolerances have a knock on affect with other
things. Because the body is reacting and
rejecting something, other functions or systems of the body will be destroyed,
the body will be unable to absorb other nutrients vital for the normal
functions. The long term prognosis for
such a sufferer will be weakness, ineffectiveness, inability to function and
thrive, mediocrity, maybe depression.
The sufferer doesn’t realize it, but continuing to insist that there is
no problem is the path of spiritual suicide.
History is strewn with examples where this has happened.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, that this may not be true of us.
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