Cure of Cancer is Christ

Metastatic cancer cell

True Story

Cancer is the scourge of this present generation. I know several people at work who have had cancer or who have died from this terrible disease. My own mother was first diagnosed with cancer about 4 years ago. She was diagnosed with a rare form of sarcoma. The doctors first thought it was a fat tumor. After her first surgery it came back in a matter of weeks. She had already endured a major surgery and had to go for a second one.

It was the darkest part in my life as well as the brightest. After her second surgery we thought that it was gone since none of her other body parts were tainted. But a few months later another MRI revealed that her cancer had spread to her lungs. The doctors had called me and the news was so devastating. And as her son, I had to be the bearer of bad news. How do you tell your mother that she is dying? Where can a person get that kind of courage? The entire ordeal tore me apart. The only remedy we got from the doctors was to continue to cut the cancer out of her body. I took my mom to several cancer experts here in the Midwest--they all gave us grim news. Any treatment had less than 20% of working and less to kill it altogether.

"You have to believe."

At this moment I turned to Scripture and what the Bible said about healing. If Jesus had the power to heal, I knew that he could also heal my mother. I am a firm believer that God, in his infinite wisdom, also left for us in this earth the cure for every disease known to man. If God was so loving in giving us water, the sun, and crops to sustain us, He would have also given us the cure for all of our diseases. It makes perfect sense to me. I reached out literally across the globe for perfect strangers to pray for my mother. And I went to several churches whom I was not even a member making an appeal for them to pray for her and of course our family members also prayed. With much prayer, change in nutrition and her hospital treatment, God did heal my mother completely from this disease. Even the doctor's could not believe that the tumors in her lungs had died! As a matter of fact, she did not even complete her entire treatment that is how great a miracle God worked in her.

In the Bible I believe that King Hezekiah was also dying of cancer, but God cured him. After much repentance God ordered a treatment for this king. In Second Kings 20: 7 the Bible says "And Isaiah said "'take a lump of figs . And they took and laid it on the boil and he recovered.'"

In this family trial God had shown me His great redemptive power. For us human beings cancer is very hard to cure, but to God it is nothing! What is impossible for us is possible for God. It is an easy thing. Other family members that were stricken by other terminal diseases like tuberculosis have also been cured by God's handiwork (I'll save the details of this story for another future post). I know God and Jesus Christ do exist. This is not only my testimony. But it is the testimony I share with the rest of our family and I hope and pray that if any of your relatives are going through the same ordeal to be encouraged and trust in God thought Jesus Christ. God bless you.

The Virtues of a Righteous Woman

A charming, beautiful woman is not godly, only she who fears the Lord is.

The Bible, and when I refer it to it, I only mean the Old and New Testament, provides a guide for a righteous woman to be identified. In this time and age nothing is more important. Civilizations rise and fall with the work of women. I believe that the greatest of all creations is not the stars, nor the earth, or the sea, nor animals. God's greatest creation is the woman. She was created last by God because He wanted it to be right.

Yet, when the Snake came along in the Garden, the woman was the first to be tempted and fall. When she was tempted she brought her husband Adam down with her. In today's era most women that fall under temptation are those recruited by oppressive cults. They enslave her mind as well as her will. Adolf Hitler began his work to dominate Germany by first getting to the women. Once he had them, the husbands soon followed...and we all know how history turned out.

So what traits must a man look for in a virtuous women? The Bible provides the following extensive verses Provers 31:10-31. But I will only highlight a few,

31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Paul also gives instruction to the husband about how to love their wives. He said, love your wives like Christ loves the Church. But what is a husband to do when he has given his wife everything, and lacks nothing else? What is a husband supposed to do when although firm, he speaks in a low voice to her, yet she comes out lashing like a lion?? There have been cases were women have beaten their husbands. Why would a woman react like that even if she was a Christian? The only explanation is that there are other ulterior motives behind women that behave that way, motives that could lead to her own disastrous results. If she refuses to listen to good counsel of love from her husband. If she rather listen to her own dark and twisted motivations, or her cult leaders? Then the Christian husband would do well not to go down with her as well. I believe that is one of the wisdoms of the ages.

Stop Condeming People

The church, generally speaking, condemns people. As a matter of fact it seems that 90% of the time that is what it does. Instead of condemning people, the church should spread more love and less hate. It seems that you can't turn on TV and not hear one televangelist condemning someone (except of course Joe Olsteen, I have yet to hear him condemn someone). They condemn people for their addiction to alcohol or drugs. For the choices one makes, for how people want to think as individuals. The church condemns people for their clothing. People get condemn for whether they go to church or they do not go to church. People get condemn for their lifestyles. Churches are publicly humiliating people. We sound as if people owe us something. And the only thing we should owe each other is the love of Jesus Christ for one another.

But all these pastors that spend 90% percent of their time in the pulpit condemning someone they forget one teaching of Jesus Christ, "don't judge, less you be judged the same way". There is no wonder many people get turned off by Christianity. There is no wonder people have stopped believing in God. They are being discouraged by venomous words, instead of encouraged by the words of God. Before oppression stops in the world by rogue countries or would be dictators, the church as a whole has to stop oppressing people first.

People who have these condemning afflictions are plagued by many things. We do not know what is going on in their lives, or what has happened to them that they behave like they do. What they need is love and understanding. I often think about the women caught in adultery. These crazed religious figures would have stonned her to death for her actions. But Jesus forgave her. When her oppressors left, the woman wondered what had happened to them. Jesus said to her "woman neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more."

From http://www.xenos.org/teachings/nt/john/gary/john8-1.htm I got this really good explantion regarding this same topic.

RELIGION SAYS: "Change, or I will condemn you." The fear and threat of God's condemnation ..."keep us in line." This does not promote deep and lasting change. [Church] people who live under this tend to have a superficial and self-righteous kind of holiness.

GRACE SAYS: "I have forgiven and accepted you..." We don't change in order to be accepted, but because we have been accepted. Real righteousness is practicing love toward God and others. Nothing motivates this kind of lifestyle like forgiveness received. This is why grace, properly understood and appropriated, produces a superior righteousness in the lifestyle of its recipient.

Never forget...God is love and grace and he loves you too!

Evil of Tyrants and Dictators

While driving to work today, I heard in the radio of how Napoleon's arrogance took the best of him. It is a known fact that in spite of his diminutive stature, Napoleon became a dictator that conquered many lands. At the Battle of Waterloo, something unexpected happened. Napoleon's might had increased to such an extent that he believed he was all powerful. Napoleon believed that winning Waterloo was not going to be any different.

Speaking to one of his officers Napoleon said "We will put the infantry here, the cavalry over there, and the artillery in that spot. At the end of the day, England will be at the feet of France, and Wellington will be the prisoner of Napoleon."

The officer responded, "But, we must not forget that man proposes and God disposes."

Napoleon responded angrily, "I want you to understand, sir, that Napoleon proposes and Napoleon disposes!"

That day, Napoleon lost everything. God sent a terrible storm which caused him to be captured and his legend came to an end. We as followers of the Most High God cannot forget this simple truth. We are not greater than God. We cannot ever challenge God. Pride is a sin. The Bible says, "but what would profit a man that he gains the whole world but loose his soul?" No human should put God above anything in the heavens or earth. Doing so will be the cause of our own destruction.

God's Love Never Quits

WE LOVE BECAUSE HE LOVED US FIRST 1 John 4:19

This Friday morning, while driving to work, I saw on a Lutheran Church sign: Looking for Love? It was a poignant message. The truth is that every human being is always looking for love. Many in their quest to find love find it in the wrong places. But the Bible carries a simple core message, true love is found in God. We don't have to look anywhere else. God loves us with the kind of love we will never be able to phantom. Furthermore, unlike human love, God's love for us is everlasting. God's love never quits. Even those that get married, they take a pledge to love each other forever, but statistics show that 50% of the time, it fails.

God's love never quits because He truly loves us. That is how you know what true love really is. Imagine, we are very ungrateful. God gives us life, sustenance, health and yet we easily forget what he has done. We are always ready to quit.

Years ago, I used to feel that way. I quit on God countless times. But after my epiphany and after years of trials, how could I ever do that? Once an online contact told me that if my mom had died of cancer that I would have been cursing God----had he not cured her. This question gave me the chance to ponder. Is it right to claim you have love for someone only when things are going as you want them to go? Do we love someone because they do special things for us, always fulfilling our wishes? That is not true love. It is fake love. And our actions become clearly evident.

Only through countless trials and God's grace have I reached the level of spiritual maturity to respond that I will not stop loving God even through hardships.

What I will pray for is for him to give me the strength and will to survive any storm that may come my way. If you ever have a friend or family member that is going through a tough time, if you really love him or her don't give up! These are the times when people need moral support, if you can't give anything else--at least give them this much. And truly that is the least we could do if we really love God.

A Valentine's Day Message

God is love. No one has greater love than the love God has for us. As Christians, or would be converts to Christianity, we have to always remember this. Love in Christianity is like the air we need to breathe to stay alive. There are many erroneous teachings regarding God's love. Many of these teachings insist that God's love for us has preconditions. We are taught that we must always do something special for God to love us. Many teach that if we do not do the things that please Him, He will not love us. I don't believe this to be true. I believe that God loves us no matter what we do. A true loving parent, loves his or her children no matter what. At least that is how I feel towards my baby. When I see my baby, I can never imagine not ever loving her. So if our love for our children is unconditional, how much more the love of God towards us?

The Bible says that in the Last Days, love will wax cold. This means that society will become callous. I would like to say that society is passed this. I say society has become ruthless. Why do I say this? Because throughout the world people are killing each other in the name of God. God is not pleased by this turn of events. The only being that finds joy in these massacres is Satan. Satan has an interest to see us massacre each other for beliefs that we erroneously think God has taught us. If we kill each other, our quest to be forgiven and be saved by God through the name of Jesus Christ automatically ends. It completely comes to an end. The less time we have to live, the better for Satan and his handiwork. Satan's goal is to bring down as many people as he can with him into the pits of hell.

And for us, the apex of God's love is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ sacrificed himself so that we would be forgiven, as unworthy as we are. Jesus willingly layed down his life, so that we may live, thousands of years before any of us had to do anything special to attain God's love and mercy. Jesus was not crucified after our actions. He did it before! When I think about this it overwhelms me and I get a feeling which is beyond humility I cannot find the words to describe it. My eyes swell up with tears. It took me so long to realize this. I pray to God that everyone, whether they are Christian or not, realizes this before it is too late. Have a happy Valentine's Day in the Jesus' name.

Christian Charity

There is no substitute for Christian care. Christians, care for all the people of the entire world. (Never mind the right-wing fundamentalists. Even though it may be hard to believe they care for you too.) Critics will say, if this is true why have millions of people suffered through wars and foreign policies enforced by Christian nations, such the U.S? And there is a simple answer. Just because people may call themselves Christians by name, they are not Christians by faith. I call them cultural Christians, who like the rest of the world may only care for themselves. But overall, the overwhelming majority of Christian churches have done so much good for the welfare of all mankind. Christians extend a helping hand to all peoples, even if they are not Christian.

Once, when our family was poor and hungry, because of an apartment fire, we were sent by our state welfare agency to ask for assistance through a Jewish community organization. When they saw me with my mother, and they realized we were not Jewish, they turned us away. They told us, "Why are you here? Who sent you here?" When we returned to the state agency who referred us to them, they asked us to go back. They could not deny us because they themselves were receiving aid through public funds. Reluctantly, after much pressure from the state, the Jewish agency finally gave us the aid we needed. Now that I have grown up I realize why they did that. In contrast, during this same time, even though we were Catholic, we went to an evangelical church to ask for food and they gave us several boxes. Unfortunately, most non-Christian groups will only help their own, and no one else.

But Christians are different. If any nation is in need because of a natural disaster or hunger, Christian organization are the first to respond, even if they have to go to nations that are hostile to us. We do so because we have the love of Christ in us. When someone, no matter who they are is in distress, it pains us and the love of Christs compels us to help. Back in the 1950's and 60's when there was a great influx of Asian immigrants to the United States. These non-Christian immigrants sought shelter in Christian organizations such as the YMCA. No one was turned away even if they were Muslims or Hindus.

Times are changing because even after we have given people so much, we are being attacked by those who we help. They bite the hand that fed them. But that is OK, we do it because we receive our joy from the Lord. He told us thus:

Then the King will say to those on his right, `Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

The King will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

No other group of people or faith that exists in this planet has done more good than Christians. No other faith. That is why I am a Christian and I will always be a Christian until the day I die.