I believe there is a very good case to be made that the answer to this post’s title question is YES!
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| The innate intelligence of our “Immune Systems” can keep cancer, indeed disease, totally away! |
I would take it a step further to say I believe our “selves” can be maintained in a way that makes us immune to all disease. I don’t mean immune to being attacked by disease mechanisms, but I believe we can sustain health that enables us to smack down disease before it can take hold.
To reach a persistent healthy state, all three aspects of a human’s “being” must be involved. That is, spirit, soul (mind, will, emotions) and body. We are three part beings and these “parts” cannot operate independently although both medicine and religion endeavor to separate them. I explain in Slam the Door on Cancer the historical basis for this unfortunate effort. In this post, I’ll move beyond focusing on that issue.
Spiritual “Health”:
Remembering that this is a Christian blog, I must consider Biblical Scripture as our truth. And we are living under the “new and better covenant” God “cut” with Jesus on our behalf (so that imperfect people can’t mess it up as they did under the Old Testament).
I encourage you to read Hebrews 8 regarding what our Lord has done to assure that we are no longer under the curse of Old Testament Law. The letter to Galatians also clarifies this point: [Galatians 3:13 (AMP) Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); ]
Jesus stood in for us and brought us to a place where His spirit will live in those who invite it in. We can trust His perfect spirit to make our spiritual health beyond reproach. If you are still living under Old Testament condemnation, it opens your spirit, soul, and body up to the enemy’s attacks of sickness. Jesus’s blood covers ALL sin. I encourage you to review the epistle of 1 John. Spiritual freedom is “finished” on the cross.
Soul “Health”:
In my own healing adventure of overcoming pancreatic cancer years ago, I did enormous research that I consistently share with my blog readers. I found that the body and soul are absolutely biochemically linked. Emotions stimulate certain bio-chemicals to be released into the blood and carried to body cells where there are specific receptors on every cell membrane for these chemicals. Consequently body function at the cellular level where disease like cancer happens is altered by emotionally triggered chemicals.
What are the “make your body cells sick” emotions? Persistent bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness, guilt, hate, fear, feelings of helplessness, all kinds of insults, etc etc ! In other words negative emotions that are suppressed or unresolved inescapably cause a cascade of physical events that eventually trick our precious immune system to brew up chronic inflammation within our bodies that undermines our bodily health in severe ways.
Adding pharmaceuticals to mask the inflammation symptoms is like removing the bulb of the warning light on an automobile dashboard. The causeremains active.
Jesus’s soul was “poured out unto death” (Isaiah 53:12) on the cross and He there modeled forgiveness (essential for soul healing). We often overlook the many facets of His work on the cross, but our soul health is a part of our health inheritance through our Lord. The glory light–the dunamis power–of His resurrection is in us so that we can resolve any emotional upheaval through the guidance of the gospel of peace.
Jesus’s last earthly words regarded His giving us His peace. The gospel of John (especially Chapter 14) is a good place to study this truth as is this profound truth in Romans 8:11 (AMP) “And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.”
It would follow that our goal is not separating soul from spirit but purifying both with the Word of God. [Note: I discuss in Slam the Door on Cancer how Hebrews 4:12 is often incorrectly translated from the original Greek regarding this point.]
Bodily “Health”:
Obviously, physical health has an emotional component as I’ve just shared. In fact, both our emotional and physical health can be tremendously impacted by “natural” aspects of living–diet, sleep habits, exercise, recreational rest, laughter, water intake, etc. Even”modern medicine” may admit that “stressful living” impacts physical health.
Stressful living is a state in which our “body/mind” or “body/soul” is either getting too much “stuff” that harms it or not enough of the “stuff” it requires to operate efficiently. The issue can be reduced to the old cliché “garbage in — garbage out” except defining “garbage” is the catch.
We CAN make our bodies immune to cancer–indeed to “dis-ease” and subsequent disease in one simple way. We have no choice but to define “garbage” the same way our immune system does–we can’t change the definition. The immune system’s job is to “read” whether input material is “self” or “non-self”.
Is the input material a “toxin”–something the hard working immune system must try to erradicate through the process of inflammation? Or is it material composed of molecules body cells require to make the “stuff” such as fresh new body cells or the products of body cells such as hormones, enzymes, energy, etc. that we absolutely cannot live out our intended lifespans without?
“Toxins” also include negative thoughts, words, and emotions not” taken captive” as Scripture advises–again linking body and soul health. But it’s not merely a matter of avoiding toxic emotions; it’s necessary to “think on good things” just as it’s critical to input sufficient food and water that cells can use in creating health.