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Medical Ministry
The Best Medicine
The religion of the Bible is not detrimental to the health of the
body or of the mind. The influence of the Spirit of God is the
very best medicine that can be received by a sick man or woman.
Heaven is all health; and the more deeply the heavenly influences
are realized, the more sure will be the recovery of the believing
invalid.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:172
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What the Physician Attempts, Christ Accomplishes
None but a Christian physician can discharge to God’s accep-
tance the duties of his profession. In a work so sacred, no place
should be given to selfish plans and interests. Every ambition, ev-
ery motive, should be subordinate to the interest of that life which
measures with the life of God. In all your business, let the claim
of Jesus, the world’s Redeemer, be recognized; let His example be
copied. What the physician attempts to do, Christ can accomplish.
They strive to prolong life; He is the Life-giver. Jesus, the Mighty
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Healer, is Physician in chief. All physicians are under one Master,
and blessed indeed is every physician who has learned from his Lord
to watch for souls while with all his professional skill he works to
heal the bodies of the suffering sick.—
Letter 26, 1889
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Education Better Than Miraculous Healing
Some have asked me, “Why should we have sanitariums? Why
should we not, like Christ, pray for the sick, that they may be healed
miraculously?” I have answered, “Suppose we were able to do this
in all cases; how many would appreciate the healing? Would those
who were healed become health reformers, or continue to be health
destroyers?”
Jesus Christ is the Great Healer, but He desires that by living
in conformity with His laws we may cooperate with Him in the
recovery and the maintenance of health. Combined with the work of
healing there must be an imparting of knowledge of how to resist
temptations. Those who come to our sanitariums should be aroused
to a sense of their own responsibility to work in harmony with the
God of truth.