Compassion for Others — A Key to Healing
Why Are So Many Christians Sick?
Why are so many Christians sick? There are many reasons such as inherited disorders, lack of proper diet and exercise, injuries, and in some cases sin. Could one of the reasons BOSCH MSM 6B300 for illness be to motivate us to show compassion on those who are sick, including praying for them?
This article explains the importance of compassion on others who are sick in seeking healing from God for oneself. Such compassion includes intercessory prayer, fasting, and visiting the sick.
Many in the Church of God at Corinth were sick and in some cases had died at an early age. The apostle Paul states the reason for these illnesses and early deaths in I Corinthians 11:29-30:
“29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.” (KJV)
How were they eating and drinking in an unworthy manner? They were making the remembrance of Christ’s sacrifice into a party. However, the root cause of their doing so was that they despised the Church of God and looked down on the other members of the church who were poor.
They did not have much brotherly love at the time that Paul wrote I Corinthians as shown by their contentions (I Corinthians 1:11), envying, strife, divisions (I Corinthians 3:3), and going to court with each other (I Corinthians 6:6).
The Lord’s Body
What is the Lord’s body? It was his body that was sacrificed to pay the penalty for sin. He was also beaten with stripes so for the purpose of physical healing for those who seek and obey God (Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 8:15-17, and I Peter 2:24).
However, the body of Christ is also the Church of God as Paul tells us in the next chapter. In I Corinthians 12:25-27, Paul wrote the following:
“25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” (KJV)
How much Christians appreciate the sacrifice of Christ is reflected in how they treat each other.
Importance of Love
What is the next chapter? It is I Corinthians 13, which is the famous love chapter. I Corinthians 13 is not just an isolated great chapter of literature in the Bible. The sacrificial love described in I Corinthians 13 is the solution to the problems that the Church of God at Corinth had that Paul described in earlier chapters.
Indeed, lack of love can lead to many physical and emotional diseases. мужское здоровье Dr. S. I. McMillen wrote in None of These Diseases “Without love—that thoughtfulness and keen consideration of others—man is likely to perish from a variety of diseases of mind and body.” [S. I. McMillen, M.D., None of These Diseases, (Westwood, N. J.: Spire Books, 1967) p. 77]
Lessons from Sickness and Suffering
When we are sick, we learn to have more empathy and love for others. Many in the Church of God are sick to help us develop more compassion for others. We need to learn to comfort others who are sick and suffering other trials.
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