Trusting Christ for Healing

Refusing to Turn to the god's 

of Touch Therapies

The problem that we create  in making use of Alternative Therapies such as Reiki, Healing Touch and Therapeutic Touch is that we freely expose ourselves to Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism as well as occult practices linked with those belief systems. Eastern religions venerate and worship millions of god's and goddesses which have no connection to faith in Jesus Christ. In fact, they stand in opposition to the truth as found in Christ and declare their lies to be the truth. The Bible is unequivocal. In John 14:6 Jesus declares, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by Me." The Bible and Eastern religion contradict one another - - one is the truth and one is a lie! Jesus declares that He is the Truth!

To entrust one's self to Reiki, Therapeutic Touch or Healing Touch Therapists is to entrust one's self to the false god's those cultures are devoted too. God forbids his people to commit themselves to any other god but Himself. He writes in Exodus 20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." God also warns us about being deceived and becoming involved in practices that involvement with other god's. Deuteronomy 11:16 warns us as believers, "Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them." The strongest injunction in scripture that commands us to radically turn aside from any practice connected with other gods is found in Matthew 4:10 and comes directly from the lip's of Jesus. "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

If we as Christians attempt to justify using any toxic alternative therapy to seek pain relief and healing then we are not just "dabbling" in Easternism and the occult, we are openly embracing it! That, my friend, is expressly forbidden by the Word of God repeatedly.

What is the answer to chronic pain, incurable disease and failed medical treatments? It is not seeking relief from alternative therapies -- it is seeking the healing power of God. I have experienced the miraculous healing power of God in my life when my condition baffled the medical establishment and I can point to hundreds of other believers who have experienced the same healing power of the Holy Spirit for themselves. Jesus is the answer for chronic pain, Jesus is the answer for failed medical treatments and Jesus is the answer for incurable disease. He is the compassionate healer, the one who created us and has given himself for us. It is because of his love for you that he makes the personal promise, "I am Jehovah Rapha, the Lord thy God which healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26) For all those who suffer in pain and sickness today, I urge you to turn to the Cross and He who is the Author and Finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:1) He will heal you.