Can Sin Make You Sick ?

If only we objected to sin the same way we object to the foods we don't like. 

 

Watch the video below!

      

If we could only be that animate in objecting to sin!!!

      

WOW!!! 

 

   

The third weekend of October of 1979, I was eight years old and at the Pensacola Interstate Fair. Like any eight year old I loved the fair rides and fair foods. In between the excitement of the fair rides and the exhibits I wanted some cotton candy and a coke. I got the large cotton candy along with the large coke to wash it down. I remember it like it was yesterday. The fair ride called the "scrambler" caught my eye. I stuck my sticky, grubby hands into my pocket and pulled out a wadded up string of tickets and eagerly waited in line as I joyously finished devouring my treats. Finally, MY TURN! I hurriedly passed off my tickets to the ride operator and boarded the "scrambler". The scrambler lived up to its name. My tummy was scrambled and I barfed! To this day I haven't eaten any more cotton candy. 

      

Folks tend not to eat foods that they dislike, nor do they eat foods that have made them sick in the past.

 

Like the foods that makes a person sick, sinfulness can make you ill too. I for one can attest to that! 

   

Here are some signs of sin: worry, mental strife, misery, guilt, remorse, depression, anger, frustration, and severe stress.

   

All of these can make you physically ill! 

   

They can cause: Nausea, vomiting, tremors, nightmares, panic attacks, irregular heartbeat, irrational behavior, and much more.

   

Why do people go back to a transgression after it has caused such misery? Could it be that the taste of the indulgence is so sweet that one is willing to suffer the consequences just to partake of the moment in time? 

   

The very thought of cotton candy still repulses me! Unlike the reaction to offending foods we tend not to ascertain that it is our sin that makes us despondent. The symptoms make us so ill we cry out to our master for deliverance. Our souls are not equipped to handle those signs and symptoms. God doesn't want us to reach the point of desperation. God wants us to lean on him daily to stay spiritually healthy. Our sin results in infirmity. The sickness drives us to the cross. It is by God's design. Christ said "my yoke is easy" 

   

Matthew 11 (Today's New International Version) 

   

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

      

In my first writings I indicated that my purpose is to illustrate my changing life as I learn to walk closer to Christ. By walking in the light, our wisdom will forever be expanded by the master of our lives, Jesus Christ.  I am learning to lean on Christ daily! A relationship with Christ is an everyday fixation on the master. I am learning with every approaching challenge to give my burdens to Jesus. Praise God! He has taken the weight of it off. He walks by our side carrying the burden. He sees us through the trials of this fallen world.


The scope of this blog is to illustrate that sin can indeed make you sick. Our spirits can't cope with these types of sickness alone. God did not design us to live independent of him. The fact that we are showing the symptoms of mental turmoil prompts to stay close to the master while suffering through it.  I was not pointing out that sin is the basis of all sicknesses. Anger, depression, and severe stress are all "signs" of an individual attempting to govern his or her life independent of God; they are not a final indication.  If a body has a chemical imbalance in the brain, indeed it is the physical make up of the individual's body that has caused the illness.  However the person's physical condition doesn't preclude the individual from taking it to the cross.   These words are still important to the one suffering from the results of nervous system chemical imbalances, evil manifestations, and individuals who are attempting to live a life independent of the master.

 

p.s. 

   

Today I lost my job due to the lazy, unfair, and irrational thinking of the management of the company I worked for. I am not the only one who has fallen prey to this company.

   

Behold the hand of God that plucks us out of harms way and places us on safe ground!

   

Tomorrow will be a better day! 

   

Christ's Servant, 

 

Thomas!

 

 

Comments

[Sharon]

WOW! I AM SO IMPRESSED! YOU TOTALLY KNOW YOUR BIBLE.
YOUR BLURB DEPICTS AN EXCELLENT DISSERTATION OF BIBLICAL FACT.
CHILDREN CONSTANTLY TEST US ... SOMETIMES I FEEL GOD SENDS US THESE SPECIAL GIFTS (OUR CHILDREN) TO TEST US. BECAUSE YOU KNOW OUR FAITH IS BEING TESTED CONSTANTLY, THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. (REF: JAMES 1:12)
I NEEDED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW LOVELY AND EXCITING IT IS TO READ ABOUT HOW YOU ARE INTO THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST SO EXPLICITLY!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY; GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR ENDEAVOR TO FIND YOURSELF A "GOOD" WOMAN. PLEASE BE CAREFUL ... THERE ARE NOT MANY OF US OUT THERE, AS THERE ARE NOT MANY "GOOD" MEN, EITHER!
LOVE IN CHRIST,
SHARON