Giving or receiving blood
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M
What if you got run over by a bus, bled out and died.
What if a straight person gave you aids.
What if you refused brain surgery to remove that tumour and died.
What if you get C Diff in hospital and died.
What if you got septisemia and refused antibiotics and died.
What if you refused vaccines got measles and died.
I know I'm digressing but it's just to make a point that there are a lot of "what ifs"
out there.
We can't live life on "what ifs" each person has to decide what's right for them.
However back to the topic at hand.
If your life is in danger and you need a blood transfusion there are 3 basic
options.
1) Have a blood transfusion, risk very very very minimal chance of catching something.
2) Die because you refuse it.
3) Refuse it and have sufficient faith and strength in God to believe, trust and ask for
a miracle. (Not many do by the way).
Which would you pick? It's that simple.
Or how about the above scenario but picture yourself as a parent with young children
who depend on you etc. Does that change the priorities.
I know a few people over the years who have had blood transfusions each has been
perfectly fine. One was a lovely Christian lady who had a problem with low
platelet levels. She had loads of transfusions over a year long period.
without them she would be dead. She has since recovered and gone on to
start a woman's prayer ministry in the church and has since helped many.
What if a straight person gave you aids.
What if you refused brain surgery to remove that tumour and died.
What if you get C Diff in hospital and died.
What if you got septisemia and refused antibiotics and died.
What if you refused vaccines got measles and died.
I know I'm digressing but it's just to make a point that there are a lot of "what ifs"
out there.
We can't live life on "what ifs" each person has to decide what's right for them.
However back to the topic at hand.
If your life is in danger and you need a blood transfusion there are 3 basic
options.
1) Have a blood transfusion, risk very very very minimal chance of catching something.
2) Die because you refuse it.
3) Refuse it and have sufficient faith and strength in God to believe, trust and ask for
a miracle. (Not many do by the way).
Which would you pick? It's that simple.
Or how about the above scenario but picture yourself as a parent with young children
who depend on you etc. Does that change the priorities.
I know a few people over the years who have had blood transfusions each has been
perfectly fine. One was a lovely Christian lady who had a problem with low
platelet levels. She had loads of transfusions over a year long period.
without them she would be dead. She has since recovered and gone on to
start a woman's prayer ministry in the church and has since helped many.
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M
Just wanted to as well, that Christians should be very wary about
refusing medical help and treatment unless they get a very clear
unction/word from God. Not just their own conscious thoughts.
They should also not make that decision in advance, but it should be under
the guidance of the Holy Spirit actually in that situation.
God has given us the blessing of medicine and it is a blessing!
Look at the hundreds of thousands who die unnecessarily in third world
countries for lack of knowledge.
But back to the thingy about not refusing medical treatment unless there is a
very clear word from God. I've done this twice myself, my life was not at risk, although
more harm would have occurred if I had got it wrong. Those decisions were made
after much prayer and the unequivocal unction or the Holy Spirit. One instance was
also confirmed by another party who got a word from God.
It wasn't based on previous debates in a thread, or principles, or individual view points.
They was a clear word from God in very specific situations.
Each time it was right to refuse treatment. But that doesn't mean it would be right to
refuse it again. Each situation needs prayful consideration and I would say that in most
circumstances, it is absolutely right to accept medical treatment.
To anyone who may be influenced by this thread to refuse a blood transfusion in the future,
ignore this advice. That kind of advice can get you killed!
The default has got to be to accept treatment, unless God very clearly shows you otherwise
in the middle of the situation.
Thats God tells you that, not that you tell yourself that. Even then, pray, pray and pray!
refusing medical help and treatment unless they get a very clear
unction/word from God. Not just their own conscious thoughts.
They should also not make that decision in advance, but it should be under
the guidance of the Holy Spirit actually in that situation.
God has given us the blessing of medicine and it is a blessing!
Look at the hundreds of thousands who die unnecessarily in third world
countries for lack of knowledge.
But back to the thingy about not refusing medical treatment unless there is a
very clear word from God. I've done this twice myself, my life was not at risk, although
more harm would have occurred if I had got it wrong. Those decisions were made
after much prayer and the unequivocal unction or the Holy Spirit. One instance was
also confirmed by another party who got a word from God.
It wasn't based on previous debates in a thread, or principles, or individual view points.
They was a clear word from God in very specific situations.
Each time it was right to refuse treatment. But that doesn't mean it would be right to
refuse it again. Each situation needs prayful consideration and I would say that in most
circumstances, it is absolutely right to accept medical treatment.
To anyone who may be influenced by this thread to refuse a blood transfusion in the future,
ignore this advice. That kind of advice can get you killed!
The default has got to be to accept treatment, unless God very clearly shows you otherwise
in the middle of the situation.
Thats God tells you that, not that you tell yourself that. Even then, pray, pray and pray!
J
Jesus and the 12 said bring the sick to the church elders and lay hands on them, thats what they did back then. today we have small denominations that do exactly that and most of the mainstreamers mock and laugh at them.
makes no sense so many will put so much faith in a doctor they dont know and so little faith in the Lord that created all things.
makes no sense so many will put so much faith in a doctor they dont know and so little faith in the Lord that created all things.
Yes.... seeing how blood transfusions were not even possible in those times, it's VERY clear what scripture is talking about. The very common practice of drinking blood.... consuming it....
Now, if a doctor tells me I am supposed to drink a pint of fresh blood every evening for health purposes, I'll refuse.
If a doctor told me that extra-marital sex would "help" my marriage, I would refuse.
We can be, and SHOULD be, discerning about what doctors tell us, and should prayerfully consider any prescribed or proposed treatment of which we are unsure.
But... to refuse good medical practices simply out of superstition, or mis-understood scripture is just silly... and quite possibly deadly.
Now, if a doctor tells me I am supposed to drink a pint of fresh blood every evening for health purposes, I'll refuse.
If a doctor told me that extra-marital sex would "help" my marriage, I would refuse.
We can be, and SHOULD be, discerning about what doctors tell us, and should prayerfully consider any prescribed or proposed treatment of which we are unsure.
But... to refuse good medical practices simply out of superstition, or mis-understood scripture is just silly... and quite possibly deadly.