I would just encourage any one who believes in the doctrine of Biblical separation which applies to things such as entertainment, dress, fellowship, etc. to digest this thought. Why does this doctrine apply to these spiritual factors but not to our bodies (the temple of the Holy Spirit) as well in what we use to treat and cure disease? Drugs are made by man and always come with side effects, some minor and others very serious. Medicine is a business like any other business, it must have repeat customers to survive and thrive. Why, I ask is our health and physical body exempt from this doctrine? The same churches that declare and proclaim by preaching modest dress and behavior would never think twice about preaching against the use of harmful prescription drugs. Why is this? Have they been conditioned to believe the use of prescription drugs is acceptable and safe? The answer to this is most definitely, YES! So on one hand they say God commands us to only place pure things before our eyes and watch no evil thing, but yet on the other hand they claim prescription drugs (which are often toxic man made chemical substances) are perfectly acceptable and permissible to consume within our bodies. Should we not first search out a natural method of care that was created by God in nature rather than a synthetic chemical created by "BIG PHARMA" designed to bring in BIG BUSINESS? I understand disease exists, this is a result of sin and it will be here until Christ returns, but there is more than one way to treat and cure disease, by the way drugs do not cure disease (this is why they call it "treatment" drugs only mask the symptoms of disease). By the way, where do we draw the line for prescription drug use? Should we allow Christians to rely on anti-depressants when they are down rather than seeking God in prayer? How about birth control? Is there truly a pill for every ill? Just because something is labeled as "prescription" and legal by law does not mean that it is safe for the temple of God. For example, just because same-sex marriage may be legal in some states eyes, does not mean God honors it. Finally, Yes, the Bible does speak of Christ as the Great Physician and Luke was also a physician, we must be careful not to confuse Biblical Medicine and Biblical Physicians with modern day medicine and physicians. They are not equivalent nor the same. If you study the history of medicine you will learn that Biblical medicine was based off of the use of herbs and not magic synthetic potions. Also I have been to medical school and I have seen what they teach students first hand, ever since then I have been awoken! I am not against all forms of medicine such as emergency room medicine and that needed for chronic life threatening disease, but I am against harmful prescriptions that damage the temple of God when there are natural alternative cures with no side effects that do exist. Hippocrates who is known as the father of modern medicine used natural cures himself and is famous for his Hippocratic Oath which includes the promise "to abstain from doing harm." Well, this is not the case today as I have seen many people die from kidney and liver failure due to prescription drugs which list such side effects on the label. As Christians I think that we ought to be more cautious when it comes to modern day medication and we should not so easily and passively accept all of its claims.
Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Eze 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
