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I'm seeing a lot of postings of people struggling with mental problems including schizophrenia. I do not have a mental illness but know people who do. My take on the issue is a sort of question of why what I see now doesn't align with scripture. When I read scripture I see a different Christian life than than the current one I'm around in person now.
When we are in Christ we have been made new through Christ, a new man. We are to then live by the Spirit who now resides in us. He makes us a new creation, He makes us righteous, He makes us perfect, and He heals us. When I got saved it was and still is the one thing I think about every day which is God, Jesus, I just can't help it.
Sometimes we don't always listen and follow the Spirit but instead are lead away by the "old" us, the old man that was crucified on the cross with Christ. That old nature is still present in the flesh, with the lusts and pleasures of the world. It's the carnality, the carnal mind that can never be brought into the alignment with God because it will always war against God. I fall into that pit trap still but am always convicted in my heart when I do, it's my free will to stop and turn back to God or not.
It's clear in scripture that we can submit to either the Spirit or flesh. So what I'm getting at is that it seems Christ went around casting out demons from people that seemed to have what would now be considered mental illnesses or healing them of their illnesses, He was living by the Spirit. So why do we as Christians accept those things in our life when it just doesn't seem to align with what Christ did for us? I'm not saying people won't be sick if they're Christian but it just seems that there is a big clear answer for this stuff in Christ so why do people submit themselves to accepting that the mental illness IS who they are, giving way to it, identifying with it?
Christians can cast out demons?, can heal?, can edifying other believers?, lift up the broken? Obviously it's Christ through us that does, because I'm nothing without Him. I see believers with mental illnesses as being broken, not physically but mentally or emotionally broken. I'm not belittling anyone I love you all and am frustrated by these things. Is it some traumatic event in their life that caused this; mental/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse? Are these things that where done to us done in the flesh? Are theses things that can be broken off those who now suffer the effects?
I believe that these mental illnesses are demonic attacks just like any other evil or bad thing that happens to us and that they can be defeated through Christ. We who are in Christ are His church and are to do His will on Earth, to live by the Spirit. I believe prayer is a huge weapon against these things but that we as Christians are to abide in Him to live by faith for Him so that the battles we wage against wickedness through Christ is effective and that we're not rocked by the waves of the enemy. Our battles are spiritual and not fleshly. The flesh is where the devil works to seduce us and is sign of what is happening in the spiritual.
I've personally seen the power of prayer manifest in the flesh. People have actually told me that "something" changed in them after praying for them or over them, they've felt comfort and a joy and peace where before they had fear, anxiety, or anger. Even to encourage or edifying someone is to bless that person rather than tearing down or accusing. Think of yourself in a time of need where all you needed is someone to pour into you and give hope. Prayer is great and powerful for us Christians, we can use it to its full advantages.
When we are in Christ we have been made new through Christ, a new man. We are to then live by the Spirit who now resides in us. He makes us a new creation, He makes us righteous, He makes us perfect, and He heals us. When I got saved it was and still is the one thing I think about every day which is God, Jesus, I just can't help it.
Sometimes we don't always listen and follow the Spirit but instead are lead away by the "old" us, the old man that was crucified on the cross with Christ. That old nature is still present in the flesh, with the lusts and pleasures of the world. It's the carnality, the carnal mind that can never be brought into the alignment with God because it will always war against God. I fall into that pit trap still but am always convicted in my heart when I do, it's my free will to stop and turn back to God or not.
It's clear in scripture that we can submit to either the Spirit or flesh. So what I'm getting at is that it seems Christ went around casting out demons from people that seemed to have what would now be considered mental illnesses or healing them of their illnesses, He was living by the Spirit. So why do we as Christians accept those things in our life when it just doesn't seem to align with what Christ did for us? I'm not saying people won't be sick if they're Christian but it just seems that there is a big clear answer for this stuff in Christ so why do people submit themselves to accepting that the mental illness IS who they are, giving way to it, identifying with it?
Christians can cast out demons?, can heal?, can edifying other believers?, lift up the broken? Obviously it's Christ through us that does, because I'm nothing without Him. I see believers with mental illnesses as being broken, not physically but mentally or emotionally broken. I'm not belittling anyone I love you all and am frustrated by these things. Is it some traumatic event in their life that caused this; mental/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse? Are these things that where done to us done in the flesh? Are theses things that can be broken off those who now suffer the effects?
I believe that these mental illnesses are demonic attacks just like any other evil or bad thing that happens to us and that they can be defeated through Christ. We who are in Christ are His church and are to do His will on Earth, to live by the Spirit. I believe prayer is a huge weapon against these things but that we as Christians are to abide in Him to live by faith for Him so that the battles we wage against wickedness through Christ is effective and that we're not rocked by the waves of the enemy. Our battles are spiritual and not fleshly. The flesh is where the devil works to seduce us and is sign of what is happening in the spiritual.
I've personally seen the power of prayer manifest in the flesh. People have actually told me that "something" changed in them after praying for them or over them, they've felt comfort and a joy and peace where before they had fear, anxiety, or anger. Even to encourage or edifying someone is to bless that person rather than tearing down or accusing. Think of yourself in a time of need where all you needed is someone to pour into you and give hope. Prayer is great and powerful for us Christians, we can use it to its full advantages.
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