Why don't more doctors use Christian Discernment as a diagnostic tool?

Question

Recently, a friend of ours was prayed for by another minister. Through Discernment, the minister praying for her saw pentagrams (8 pointed star) drawn on her liver. She had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C (a disease effecting the liver and other body parts). The minister did not know this.

While praying for her, the Lord showed us that we could take the Blood of Jesus and “erase” these evil lines drawn on her liver or any part of her body. So we prayed this way:

Father, In Jesus' Name, I take the Blood of Jesus and break the power of all witches, warlocks, wizards, satanists, sorcerers, wiccans, pagans, and any other source, and all of their rituals off of us. With the Blood of Jesus, I erase all evil lines drawn on our liver or any parts of our body, soul, will, and emotions.

Note that this is a “spiritual” act of erasure, just like when we do Spiritual Warfare and pull out all fiery darts, pins, needles, etc. where there is pain in our bodies.

Answer 1

I think that they want to avoid getting lynched for being idiots.

Answer 2

You've got to be kidding me...you actually believe in this c**p? That you can heal someone by praying for them? How about the 24,000 people who die everyday from hunger or hunger related diseases, 3/4 of which being children under 5, can you pray for them? Or does your GOD not care for those people, but your friend was so important that he took the time out of his day cause u prayed for ur him/her?

Answer 3

Wizards and Warlocks? Where the h**l was this hospital? Middle-Earth?

"Paging Doctor Frodo...Doctor Frodo to the Psychiatric Ward. Doctor Frodo to the Psychiatric Ward, STAT!"

Answer 4

try another doctor

Answer 5

A pentagram with 8 points. lol Penta means 5, not 8. Somebody missed the mark here. Seeing demons lurking in corners again just to torment you? You get what you believe. Octa is 8 and that is not a pentagram. rofl

Answer 6

yea nothing like medicine from 600 AD when the life expectancy was about 30

Answer 7

when people get a lucky coincidence everyone always gets hyped up...  

Answer 8

What a load... a pure load, plain and simple.  There is no such thing as witchcraft, wizards and sorcerers.  THere may be people who call themselves that and that do spells, but it's all words and means absolutely.  Let people do as they will and stop preaching to them.

Answer 9

well u know already... not evryone has a gift of discernment... some tries but they fail. u will know if a man is just faking it...

but we pray that Jesus would use doctors as an insrument. IF all Christians have the gift of discernment and the gift of healing then we dont need doctors.

Answer 10

I think you know the answer..

Answer 11

No, religion has no place in hospitals as far as treatment goes.

What if someone said "oh, that person has cancer, we are praying for them as much as possible, chemo is useless"

Or "Sorry to say this sir, but you have aids, trust the lord to help you"

Where would this get us?

Nowhere.

Granted, families and patients can believe and pray, but doctors and nurses should use medical things, not religious.

Answer 12

I'm a christian but I read way too many articles about nutjob parents who won't take their kids to the doctor (thus causing their death) to buy into faith healing. God in his grace gave us medicine as a tool and there is no shame in people of faith using it.

After all, the Gospil writer Luke was a doctor.

Answer 13

A pentagram is a 5 pointed star, not an 8 pointed star. Sounds like a misdiagnoses to me.

I would assume that more doctors don't use spiritual means to diagnose patients because blood tests and man made machines are far, far more effective. They also don't rely on superstition.  

Answer 14

I feel the same way!  I have a Christian doctor but he only does what Kaiser tells him he has to do.  I'm sure they must have said, "No witnessing or praying for people."  He won't even say "God bless you" or anything and I'm sure it 's bc he doesn't want to lose his job.  Kaiser is a very big health insurance in the California and some other areas of the U.S.

I used to be in the charismatic movement and they would pray this way and joined a Pentecostal church (AoG) later but this church which I thought would act in the same way, actually acts a lot like a mainline church most of the time so going from people giving prophecies all the time and words from the Lord and so forth to this church that rarely gives any word from the Lord has seemed boring and stressful and unfulfilling but God told me to stay here.  I haven't been going all the time and missed 3 months this year.

Answer 15

You forgot to mention if she was healed. This is not a part of any "Christian" religion I ever heard of.

Answer 16

I don't mean to be disrespectful or to set myself up as the judge of another Christian, but I have to tell you  that the process you are describing doesn't sound very Biblical to me. It sounds like a cross between using Jesus' name and a portion of a verse or two from the Bible and some sort of New Age shamanism.

It's like, I don't see Jesus or any of the Apostles healing people like that.

Acts 3:1  Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.  2  And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;  3  who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.  

4  And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us."  5  So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.  

6  Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."  7  And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.  8  So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God.

Answer 17

Not all doctors are christian and not all patients are christian and praying that Jesus' blood should help the particular person would not work on a jew...western medicine does not believe in religious healing, they are allopathic, I believe in homeopathy, but not so sure about religious healing...there is no scientific evidence for religious healing whatsoever.

Answer 18

Is this a joke?  'Cause it's funny whether it is or not.