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JESUS declared:
Mark 3:27
King James Version
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house,
and spoil his goods,
except he will first bind the strong man;
and then he will spoil his house.
Are there really "insane" minds?
How would you define "insane"?
What does the Bible say?
Whose to say anyone's "insane"?
Who has the last say in it?
Consider your mind as a "house".
It can get broken into.
Who does that?
What do they take?
How can we prevent it?
Unless we have the "MIND of CHRIST", our minds are subject to this "invader":
1 Peter 5:8
King James Version
8 Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Because we're in a SUPERNATURAL battle, we can't really "see" this invader.
Ephesians 6:12
King James Version
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
And because he's got a limited time to wreak havoc, he works quadruple time in corrupting, and destroying us.
Revelation 12:12
King James Version
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens,
and ye that dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!
for the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath,
because he knoweth that he hath
but a short time.
The world of unbelievers is attuned to this invader.
He is its god.
2 Corinthians 4:4
King James Version
4 In whom the god of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
You must guard your mind from this invader.
This interloper, copycat, deceiver, pretender, and tempter, wishes to bring everyone to hell.
But JESUS makes sure it won't happen.
He already defeated the devil, at the CROSS.
Even devils acknowledge His SONSHIP.
Mark 3:11-12
King James Version
11 And unclean spirits,
when they saw him,
fell down before him, and cried,
saying,
Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he straitly charged them
that they should not make him known.
Before we brand others "insane", first let us look at ourselves.
JESUS commands us:
Matthew 7:1-5
King James Version
7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam
that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother,
Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite,
first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote
out of thy brother's eye.
Before we even think of putting others in an "asylum", let us get to know CHRIST first.
Only through JESUS can we know holiness, and righteousness.
Unless we're born again, SPIRIT can't teach us about JESUS.
Only a BORN AGAIN mind can be a SANE mind.
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold,
all things are become new.
This article was born from my grief at what was done to Elsie, Henrietta Lack's second child.
Of course, I don't know all the circumstances, but I still can't help grieving over it.
Elsie's condition was described this way:
"Elsie had epilepsy and cerebral palsy[12] and was described by the family as "different" or "deaf and dumb"
-- Wikipedia
JESUS healed someone "deaf and dumb", too:
Mark 9:17-20
King James Version
17 And one of the multitude answered and said,
Master, I have brought unto thee my son,
which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him:
and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth,
and pineth away:
and I spake to thy disciples
that they should cast him out;
and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith,
O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you?
how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him:
and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him;
and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
Mark 9:21-24
King James Version
21 And he asked his father,
How long is it ago since this came unto him?
And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,
and into the waters, to destroy him:
but if thou canst do any thing,
have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him,
If thou canst believe,
all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out,
and said with tears,
Lord, I believe;
help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:25-27
King James Version
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together,
he rebuked the foul spirit,
saying unto him,
Thou dumb and deaf spirit,
I charge thee, come out of him,
and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried,
and rent him sore,
and came out of him:
and he was as one dead;
insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand,
and lifted him up;
and he arose.
Matthew 17:18
King James Version
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil;
and he departed out of him:
and the child was cured from that very hour.
Here's where Elsie was institutionalized:
"Hospital for the Negro Insane, later renamed Crownsville Hospital Center, where she died in 1955 at 15 years of age"
-- Wikipedia
Elsie also went through this:
"Historian Paul Lurz says that it is possible that Elsie was subjected to the pneumoencephalography procedure, where a hole was drilled into a patient's head to drain fluid from the brain, which was then replaced with oxygen or helium to make it easier to see the patient's brain in X-rays."
-- Wikipedia
My dearest Elsie.
Just because people think she's "deaf and dumb", doesn't mean she's not whole.
Just because she suffers from epilepsy, and cerebral palsy, doesn't mean she has to end up in an institution.
I saw her pictures, and my heart broke.
No one must go through that.
Suffering invasive procedures, and loss of dignity.
Treated as a "shell", when there's a soul in there.
Who's to judge whether people are insane, or not?
How accurate are we about their "medical", or "mental" condition?
Again, who has the last say?
Would it be the medical profession, and industry, who have given their allegiance to many other gods?
Or to GOD, who LOVES us all:
John 3:16-17
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world;
but that the world through him
might be saved.
2 Peter 3:9
King James Version
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
Let us be kind to each other.
But we can only be that way, if GOD makes us born again.
John 3:5-7
King James Version
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
Then, we begin to understand.
Mark 12:29-31
King James Version
29 And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment
greater than these.
Matthew 22:40
King James Version
40 On these two commandments
hang all the law
and the prophets.
Related material:
On Knowing the Enemy of Christ
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