IS BELIEVING THAT YOU'RE RIGHT ENOUGH?
George Washington died at 67 years
of age. On December 13th 1799 this hero of the Revolution woke up in the night
not feeling very well. He had been soaked by rain the day before and now felt
chilled to the bone; labored breathing, feverish, with a sore throat. He
probably had the flu and maybe strep throat.
"Any Herbalist of the day
could have treated him with elderberries, garlic, honey, cayenne pepper and
onion poultices for his chest and I have no doubt he would have survived. But
no, he was treated by standard medical doctors of the day who bled him, doused
him with mercury, bled him some more, gave him calomel (a mercury preparation),
bled him again and then gave him a mercury enema. With no sign of relief of the
illness, they then argued amongst themselves whether or not they should do
another bleeding. Dr. Elisha Dick was concerned that they had already drawn off
3 pints of blood and thought he was too weak for another bleeding. He felt
Washington needed his strength to fight the malady. However he was the younger
of the three Doctors, and Dr. James Craik and a Dr. Brown overruled him and
drained another thirty two ounces of blood from his veins.
After hours
of torture George Washington dismissed the doctors and stated that he wanted to
die in peace. So 24 hours after getting the flu, these doctors managed to take
him out of this life. Two weeks later Dr. Brown wrote to Dr. Craik with
misgivings, lamenting that Washington might still be alive if they hadn't given
the last bleeding, but justified their actions because, "It was the best light
available".
Ignorance to natural law costs lives and indeed robed this
nation of perhaps many more years of a great statesman." (Comments by David
Christopher, M.H., School of Natural Healing)
The point is, just
believing you are doing the right thing doesn't make it so! One of the best
examples of this in spiritual things is the apostle Paul. Notice what he said
about his life in Acts 26:9: "I used to believe that I ought to do everything I
could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene."." (NLT)
Believing
you are right without all of the facts or information can bring about death. I
know that many folks in our world today would really like to believe that it
really doesn't matter what you believe or what you do in life. They want to
claim Christ without any commitment. And as much as folks may not want to hear
it, and may refuse to listen, it really just doesn't work that way.
If
you don't believe me just listen to what Jesus had to say in Matthew 7:21-23,
"Not everyone who calls out to Me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of
Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of My Father in heaven will enter.
On judgment day many will say to Me, 'Lord! Lord! We prophesied in Your name and
cast out demons in Your name and performed many miracles in Your name.' But I
will reply, 'I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who break God's
laws."
It made a difference to George Washington what the doctors
believed. What you believe may be a matter of life or death (spiritually). Why
not go right to the source and find out for yourself. Read God's Word today and
everyday
Russ Lawson
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