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Sin can make you physically sick and lead to insanity!
Heart attack, depression, anxiety, delusion.
Introduction:
All mental illness is a behaviour choice not a bodily disease. All
the behaviours associated with mental illness are without exception, sins
listed in the Bible. Sinful living choices can lead to further sinful
emotional choices like depression and anxiety, which then become the basis
of a mental illness label (diagnosis) by atheistic chemical psychiatrists.
Jesus commanded us not to be anxious and a "depressed Christian" is an
oxymoron, considering the great joy of possessing the reward and blessing
of eternal life in heaven.
The behaviours associated with mental illness are solutions to
personal problems. Once you have check-listed the behaviours, simply ask,
"What personal benefit does the person derive from these behaviours". The
label of schizophrenia is applied to those who choose to become delusional
and paranoid. Delusion is the sin of deception or lying and paranoia is
usually pure narcissism mixed with delusions of grandeur. Schizophrenia,
therefore, is a sinful solution to personal problems and provides a
benefit. Here is a list of benefits a person gains by choosing "mental
illness" behaviours.
It is well documented that sin can make you physically sick. Guilt
and stress, for example, can cause a heart attack as well as insomnia which
can, over time, wear down the immune system and lead to an infinite number
of diseases.
Sinful choices in response to everyday life situations can also lead
to a person even choosing delusion and paranoia (insanity) as a behaviour
solution to their personal problems. The behaviour choices that lead to
insanity include protracted anger, protracted "love sickness", protracted
anxiety over financial loss etc. These sinful behaviour choices can lead
someone to then choose to appear disabled and become dependent. Love lost
and financial loss are just two of many problems that insanity solves. In
this way, the behaviours associated with insanity actually provide benefits
to the "mental patient". Psychiatrists always view these behaviours as
being driven by body chemicals. The Christian, however, knows that there is
no behaviour for which we will not be held accountable for on judgment day,
proving all behaviour is the result of freewill choice of the human spirit.
This outline focuses on Bible passages that say sin will make you
physically sick and drive you to choose to mental illness as a solution to
problems suffered.
It is important to remember that when a preacher's wife, for
example, has a secret affair, this creates a serious emotional conflict and
a very bad conscience. In the 1960's the term "cognitive dissonance" was
invented to describe the effect of a bad conscience without giving any
credit to God who revealed it clearly in the Bible 2000 years ago. While
such a sinning adulteress puts on the angel act in church every Sunday, it
creates a never ending conflict within. The person seeks a solution to
their own hypocrisy which often leads them to choose insanity as the only
open door where they find comfort and relief from the bad conscience.
Living in their own fantasy world, the schizophrenic can then find inner
peace through self-delusion.
The bible makes it very clear that insanity, depression, anxiety,
stress, paranoia are the punishments for living a sinful rebellious life
contrary to the moral pattern revealed by God in the Bible. Remember,
insanity is not a bodily disease, it is a behaviour choice. The only "cure"
of insanity, is repentance of the sinful lifestyle and the sinful behaviour
choices to solve the problems such a sinful lifestyle creates.
Click here for the main outline on the etiology (cause) of mental
illness.
A. Bible passages that prove sin can make you sick, depressed and anxious:
Click to View I accept that if my life is full of willful sin, that I will
suffer hurt and harm without realizing the cause of my unhappiness is the
sin itself. I realize that the greatest obstacle to solving my own
problems, is admitting my own person contribution to those problems. I
realize that if my life is "on fire" and I am unhappy and I do not attend
church every Sunday, that I am most likely suffering the consequences of
being a non-Christian.
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Look these sins up in your own Bible: Gal 5:19-21; Rom 1:29-32; 3:23; 13:1-13; 2 Cor 12:20-21; Eph 5:3-5; 1 Tim 1:8-10; 2 Tim 3:1-8; Lev 18; Job 31; Deut 18:9-12; 22:5; 2 Chron 33:6; Titus 1:5-12; Matt 6:7; Lk 15:12; Jas 4:17; 1 Jn 3:4; Rev 21:8; 22:15
1. "O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in
Your burning anger. For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand
has pressed down on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your
indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my
iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for
me. My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly. ... Lord, all my
desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. ... For I am
ready to fall [die], And my sorrow [depression] is continually before me.
For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. " Psalm
38:1-5, 9, 17-18
2. "Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked
for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none."
Psalm 69:20
3. "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day. The way of the wicked
is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. " (Proverbs
4:18-19)
4. ""But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be
at ease from the dread of evil."" Proverbs 1:33
5. "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is
desperately sick; Who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9
6. Spiritual sickness: "And hearing this, Jesus said to them,
"It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are
sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."" Mark 2:17
7. "She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are
unstable, she does not know it. " (Proverbs 5:6)
8. "And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your
body are consumed; And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart
spurned reproof! "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor
inclined my ear to my instructors! "I was almost in utter ruin In the midst
of the assembly and congregation." (Proverbs 5:11-14)
9. "His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be
held with the cords of his sin. " (Proverbs 5:22)
10. "But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me
love death." (Proverbs 8:36)
11. "The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down
with her own hands. " (Proverbs 14:1)
12. "In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, But the lips of
the wise will protect them. " (Proverbs 14:3)
13. "There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way
of death. " (Proverbs 14:12)
14. "A tranquil heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to
the bones. " Proverbs 14:30
15. "and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of
the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men
committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty
of their error. " (Romans 1:27)
16. "Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the
body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. " (1 Corinthians 6:18)
17. "So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not
[physically] sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very
much afraid." Nehemiah 2:2
18. "How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is
covered! How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my
body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your
hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat
of summer." Psalm 32:1-4
19. "So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an
offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also
brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the
Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his
offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance
fell. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your
countenance fallen? "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted
up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire
is for you, but you must master it." Genesis 4:3-7
20. "Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring
of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the Lord, They
have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him. Where
will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole
head is sick And the whole heart is faint. From the sole of the foot even
to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw
wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil." Isaiah 1:4-6
21. "For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or
give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their
foolish heart was darkened." Romans 1:21
22. "Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he
may see good? Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking
deceit. " Psalm 34:12-13
23. "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by
longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves
with many grief's. " 1 Timothy 6:10
B. The mind can make the body sick: "Vasovagal episodes"
Medicine has thoroughly documented how the mind can make the body
physically sick. The way a person thinks can lead to a real medical disease
even death. Likewise, all the behaviours of mental illness are caused by
the mind, not a chemical imbalance in the brain. All behaviour is the
result of a choice of the human spirit.
Nurses are very familiar with the fainting that is induced by the
mind at the thought of getting a needle.
Vasovagal episodes are where the thought of getting a needle or the
sight or discussion of blood can trigger fainting.
A student was sitting in grade 10 health class in high school, where
the components of blood were begin discussed including some photos. He put
his hand up and asked to be excused from the class to get a drink at the
fountain just outside the classroom door. The teacher, having just observed
that the student was in perfect condition, assumed the request was
frivolous and refused. The student obediently sat in his chair for a few
more minutes, then got up and ran out of the class, sipped a drink, then
fainted on the floor of the hallway.
This was not an example of faking, but a very real physiological
reaction induced by the mind. Interesting, that this reaction to blood was
present in three generations of males in the same family. Stories were told
how the grandfather fainted in the bathtub when he cut his own finger in
the kitchen with a knife and drew a bit of blood. His son would faint at
getting needles and the sight or discussion of blood.
The grandson, aware of the history of the grandfather and father,
would lapse into rather extreme "panic like" attacks when TV programs like
ET or Emergency were on.
All these reactions were overcome in time by just controlling the
mind.
Since the very thought of getting a needle or seeing blood can
trigger a shock like episode in the body, this serves as undeniable proof
that the mind can make the body sick.
Whereas a "vasovagal episode" is not a sinful behaviour, sin can
make the body sick as well, through the same mechanism.
There is clear scientific proof that the human spirit can altar
brain chemistry!
C. Delusion and mental illness can be caused by violating the conscience:
Detailed study on the conscience.
When we violate our conscience, we get a bad feeling. This bad
feeling has the power to tear the mind in two leading to delusion and a
diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Chemical psychiatry uses drugs to take away the bad feeling that
results from violating your conscience. It is like the engine warning light
coming on in your car and the psychiatrist disconnects the light bulb. Sure
the bad feeling is gone for the few hours the drugs kick in, but it has not
fixed the problem. Repentance not drugs will cure such schizophrenics whose
sin led them into delusion as a solution to the pain their consciences were
causing them.
Christianity fixes the problem through repentance and confession and
the warning light goes out!
D. The psychopath and the conscience:
A psychopath is anyone who has made themselves their own standard of
authority. Evolutionary theory, atheism and humanism have created fertile
ground for a large crop of psychopaths to germinate, grow and come to
maturity. Most of them are not really dangerous, but they have adopted
their own personal version of morals and made themselves their own god.
Whatever they have decided is ok to do, is ok to do! They can murder, and
it doesn't bother them because after all, they kill mosquitoes and rats and
cows all the time. Man is just another animal.
Psychopaths not only believe in the theory of evolution, they have
understood its implications for the purpose and meaning of the existence of
man. Since there is no God, then all morals are determined by the
collective agreement of mankind. There really is no such thing as right or
wrong, since sin is defined by a God they do not believe in. Sure society
has rules, taboos etc, but they are smart enough and perceptive enough to
notice that these rules are changing. Whereas adultery and deviant sex was
once a capital offence, today it is openly promoted. A psychopath is
someone who is lived in a time when adultery was a capital offence, but was
able to look ahead to the present time when he realized adultery would be
the norm and accepted without consequence. Living in a time when adulterers
were stoned in the public square, they are able to look forward to the
present time when TV commercial openly say, "Life is short, Live it up,
Have an affair, Call us today."
Psychopaths, therefore, are usually quite intelligent, philosophical
and think "outside the box". A psychopath is able to do things others view
as wrong and it does not bother them because they believe that whatever
they have personally decided is right, is right and they don't care if
others have determined it is wrong.
Criminal psychopaths generally do not suffer from depression,
anxiety or delusion because they believe murder and cannibalism is the
right thing to do. Since they believe there really is no right or wrong,
there is almost nothing they can do to cause their conscience to give them
a bad feeling.
Contrary to popular myth, psychopaths have a conscience that is as
healthy as any Christian. They have simply trained their conscience that
all behaviour they do is right and nothing they do is wrong.
Applying this to the general public, we can clearly understand why
non-Christians are never driven to delusion by secretly having an affair
behind their spouses back or living common law. Whereas they understand the
social consequences of such adultery, they do not think it is wrong, per
se. Therefore non-Christians will live in the sin of common law in a
totally good conscience, whereas a Christian would experience internal
conflict and a bad conscience.
Detailed study of psychopaths and sociopaths.
E. Healing comes from repentance & confession:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. " Proverbs 3:5-8
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2. "Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the
church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick,
and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be
forgiven him. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one
another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man
can accomplish much. " James 5:14-16
3. "For the time already past is sufficient for you to have
carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of
sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable
idolatries. In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them
into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you; but they will
give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. " (1
Peter 4:3-5)
Conclusion:
The Bible is clear that sin can cause physical disease and make a
person to become depressed, anxious and delusional (mental illnesses).
It is dangerous for us to violate our conscience because after a
time, we harden our conscience and we feel no pain any longer. This is why
people admitted to mental hospitals will recover on their own, if they are
not given any drugs to interfere with this natural process of destroying
the conscience. After the pain is gone, the behaviours of insanity no
longer are needed as a solution and they chose to give up these behaviours
and return to "normal" behaviour.
When people diagnosed (by their behaviour choices) as "mentally ill"
confess their sins to Jesus and repent of their sinful lives and put their
faith and trust in God, they will be almost instantly "cured" of their
mental illness by changing their behaviours.
Why not visit a good, Bible believing our local church in your own
home town where you can learn how God wants you to live free of sin and the
hurt and harm that results from such sinful living.
Click here to find the closest church to your home.
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