HE who Seps Off 10 STOREY BUILDING is Sure to BREAK HEAD

“MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”
by Elizabeth Ferguson

This Bible study has been a long time in coming. I first found these scriptures approx 27 years ago as a very new Christian. I have never heard this slant on healing (herbs as healing) taught in the body of Christ in my 29 years as a spirit filled Christian therefore it is time it was brought out.

Knowledge on health today seems to be severely lacking amongst Gods people. I have heard that there is just as much illness amongst the church as amongst the unsaved. This is a very sad truth and should not be. If only Gods people (and everyone else for that matter) would just make the time to find the knowledge necessary there would be a very great reduction in the number of lives being lost through sickness and disease.

Healing by prayer alone does not happen for everyone so let’s face it; perhaps God is wanting some of us to pick up our act. It may sound so spiritual to say “We don’t know why everyone is not healed” and leave those who are not healed through prayer in “THE MYSTERIES OF GOD” basket.

I dare to say that perhaps many of them are not mysteries, maybe most of them, even maybe ALL of them.

The church as a whole today is consulting non Bible believing people regarding their health. A very high percentage of Christian people are putting their faith in doctors reports and practices even though many of these reports and practices are far removed from a scriptural base and have a very negative effect on the patient which is ungodly and against the teaching of scripture.
( Phil 4:8 Whatsoever things are lovely think on these things etc)
In quite a number of cases these reports and practices destroy that patients faith and even hope for the future. Some of these prognosis’s are death sentences as many people who have been given them by someone they have their faith and trust in, believe them, thus signing their own death warrant.
(Math 18:19 if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in Heaven) I know this verse is pertaining to 2 believers therefore it is not necessarily in context here but I would prefer to be careful because of Mark 11:23-24.



P2. “MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”

Putting trust and faith in anything or person other than God Almighty is as always a very precarious place to be.
Satan does not care how he destroys us just so long as it works. If he has to use fleshly desires for sugar or uncaring manufacturers its all the same to him.

People are basically lazy lacking the discipline necessary to achieve their desires.
When I was network marketing I was taught that 95% of people do not do what is necessary to achieve their goals. My personal observations of people (classified terminally ill by the mainstream medical system ) being offered a chance at life has sadly been just that. They do not search for health answers outside the system, do not understand the scriptures that I will present here on health, they probably have never been taught these concepts and have never searched the scriptures themselves to find these verses or searched the abundant health information out there that will lead them to health and at worst hope.
They prefer to trust in the medical profession even though that profession may have given them a death sentence.
Searching out answers for any given health issue can be daunting for some but it is something that needs to be dealt with if you are confronted with a serious illness or disease.

Our loving God has graciously provided us with answers, he has also provided us with beautiful anointed people who can help us. He has left nothing to chance or uncovered.
He can choose to work through unbelieving Doctors, Chiropractors, various therapists and the like if he so chooses. What he did not say anywhere in his word was to put our faith in these people and go to them first.

I am tired of agreeing with people about how the wise thing to do is to go to your medical doctor when for years I have sensed something wrong. I now believe that scripturally it’s not correct.
Our MD is there for many purposes, some being those times when Gods medicines cannot be applied (as in traumatic accidents or deformities etc) or have failed for whatever reason.


P. 3. "MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”

I often wonder just what is a doctor according to scripture, many times I have pondered this point. Was Luke a herbalist using Gods medicines, what we call today a Naturopath or a Homeopath?
That is Food for thought.

Our heavenly Father gave us many scriptures to help point us in the direction to take for our healing and here are just a few.

This is a Bible study therefore you are expected to do the small amount of work of looking these scriptures up for yourself. I will not encourage laziness any more by doing the work for you. I have been just as guilty myself but no more. Be aware that these scriptures were taken from the King James version many years ago when I was a baby Christian therefore other versions lose the impact of meaning. They may not all be true to what I am bringing across here but none of us need to be told 15 times do we? Surely 3 or 4 is enough.

Genesis 1:11 Grass, Fruit and Herbs. God saw that it was good. Look it up for yourself.

Exodus 10:15 All green things including Herbs and Fruit were eaten by locusts as PUNISHMENT. Look it up for yourself.


Genesis 1:29 All the plants, fruits, herbs were given as food for the people and the animals. See for yourself.

Isiah 18:4 Comparing Gods dew to the dew of herbs. In other words awesomely GOOD. Take a look.

1 Kings 21:2 Ahab desired Naboths vineyard as it was a good place to have a herb garden making herb gardens of a high priority. You know what to do, look it up.

Genesis 9:3 Both animals and herbs are given to us as food. Go, check it out.

Proverbs 27:25. Gathering the herbs of the mountains. Now we all know (or should) that vegetables do not grow wild on the hills all that much but herbs do. I say this because many of these scriptures that use the word HERB may mean vegetables when you look into the Greek or Hebrew.

Psalm 104:14 Herbs for the service of man.

Ezekiel 47:12 Fruit for food and leaves for medicine. Go look it up.

Do you want to grow in wisdom? Look this one. Prov 10:5


THIS ONE IS A HUMDINGER

Revelations 22:2

I have wonderful Christian friends that say this scripture is pertaining to Jesus, that he is the tree. That interpretation is fine by me BUT I was taught to believe the word as it is written FIRST then apply other interpretations second. I have committed to remain in that frame of mind lifelong therefore this tree is a tree first for me, Jesus is another interpretation that I will accept quite happily but to me it is still tree.


P.4. " MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”

OUR ATTITUDES TOWARDS HEALTH

God is interested in attitudes.
The attitudes we take on are our own personal choices. We choose to be offended or not to be, we choose to be happy or disgruntled, laugh or stay sombre. It’s up to us to do the choosing. Freedom of choice is ours for life.
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursings, therefore choose life” (somewhere in the old testament, possibly Deut.)

We can choose to accept that God knows best or continue winging about our health, our kids, our weather, our spouse, our weight, money etc etc.
Its all the same to God. If we choose a good attitude then he can work with us, the one who chooses a poor attitude is left to stew a bit longer. It’s not hard for God to
move on to Joe Smiley and work with him. Joe has an attitude of gratitude and faith. That’s just how Gods system functions, much like the law of gravity, or the seasons. It’s very often our attitude that determines how well God can work with us. This is where the title to this Bible study comes in. Step off the roof and suffer the consequences, a broken head.


CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE ATTITUDE
So it is when we pray for healing. We can choose to believe that God has already put things in place for our healing, that he knows perfect timing, that he has already paid the price and that our healing is our inheritance; i e a done deal.
We can then proceed to adopt a grateful attitude of expectancy and certainty that we are healed OR we can wait to see it manifest first. If we choose the second position we will continue to wait.
God is forever patient, it’s all the same to him. One week, one month, one year, one lifetime. We choose to either live within his natural/spiritual laws and reap the rewards or we choose to wait. That’s just how it is.

Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Do we truly believe that? If we truly believe this verse then an obvious attitude to take is treat it with the utmost respect.
This body is GODS HOUSE. If we truly respect this Temple God has given us we will not then proceed to destroy it.

If we go up forward for prayer for healing then immediately afterward hurry outside for a smoke we are fooling ourselves.
So it is with any other bodily destroying actions some of Gods people take on.
If we go forward and say “Brother John, I want God to heal my stomach” but we go eat 3 hot dogs or other highly processed and chemicalized meats for lunch with a highly processed white flour bun we are still fooling ourselves.

There is enough information out in the world today on what is good for you to eat even if you are not a believer in the Bible; for everyone to be totally well. There are no excuses. I believe this is one reason that keeps many of Gods people still waiting for their healing.

It flabbergasts me to see beautiful Christian men and women eating and drinking the most toxic of non food items.
An example would be Coca Cola. The sweetener used is aspartame, a highly toxic poison and yet Gods people are drinking it. (Ecclesiastes 7:29)

The information is out there, it needs to be searched out and then acted upon by Christians. After all what foods are written about in Genesis. Think about it.

Being lazy does not cut the mustard with God so go to it people.
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P.5. A few simple health rules to adhere to are.

If you have digestive problems.
Alkalize your diet more. More veges and fruits, less acid forming foods which are basically the protein foods, cereals and animal foods.
Foods with skin still on are basically more alkaline than foods without. E.g. potatoes.
A glass of water with a generous squeeze of lemon juice is a great quick alkalizer.
Don’t eat proteins with starches, they fight. Don’t eat sugar. Drink your water, dont look at it.
Cereals are NOT what many people eat for breakfast out of a packet. Yes they are made from cereals but cereals are wheat, oats, barley, rice, corn, spelt, millet etc.

If you have a cancer scare, stop eating meat totally. Take plenty of vegetables and extra as juices. Get a good mineral supplement as my Naturopath says that cancer is malnutrition of the cells. Dr Day says that cancer is caused by malnutrition and dehydration and she healed herself of severe breast cancer which she refused to have any medical treatment for even though she herself is an MD.
Under no circumstances eat sugar. NOT ANY.

Alkalize your body, cancer loves an acid body. These steps are just a start until you find out the rest of your cure from someone who knows.
That may not be a medical doctor, or it may be. Dr Day is an MD, she knows.

If you have a stress problem, and believe me it’s a big health destroyer, then do more Bible study, more prayer, learn how to trust God more. Make it your business to learn how God works, how to get better attitudes, how to change. Laugh much much more. (Proverbs ? “A merry heart does good like a medicine”.)

Learn how to dance in the rain. (“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, its about learning how to dance in the rain”)
Dave Meyer when faced with difficult financial stresses and a particularly stressful wife could be found rolling around on the floor playing with the children.

General tips. Don’t eat sugar, chemicals of any kind as in colourings and flavourings, white highly processed anything. Don’t smoke.


Drink at least 2 litres of WATER per day. More if you have a health issue, Particularly kidney issues.

Seriously consider a good mineral supplement. Our modern foods are dangerously depleted of essential minerals. A team of retired doctors in Tasmania took it upon themselves to prove my Naturopath wrong when she had been telling them that foods today do not have enough nutrition for any kind of health, even poor health. After approx 2 years she met up with one who she was friends with who then proceeded to tell her that the whole team were devastated, they had discovered foods were worse that she had been telling him.
Seriously look into taking cod liver oil supplements.
These steps show a good attitude toward your Temple and you will be rewarded, probably in several ways, perhaps by helping to save someones life one day. Who knows?
Get some Sunshine, exercise, laughter, loving, happy, thrilled, excited, joyful emotions going on a daily basis. (“The JOY of the Lord is My Strength”).
If you don’t know how to get these emotions happening within you here are 5 ways to learn. You can choose 1 or 2 for yourself.
1.Study Anthony Robins teaching.
2. Ask me and I will help you.
3. Find the appropriate scriptures and actually DO them.
4. Find someone else who lives it and follow (copy) them.
5. Ask our amazing God for help in this area and then be sensitive enough to hear or receive his help when he sends it. Then DO it.

Look carefully at what you put on your skin. Most bathroom, cosmetic and personal care products today are laced with toxic chemicals. The skin is the largest organ of our body and is very porous. Stuff goes straight through.
There are products available today that are a heap lower or even devoid of these harmful ingredients. Ask me if you wish to be pointed in the direction of some, or you can do your own research.

God bless you and I wish you a great journey, ever closer to Him.