Dry Bones
Just what
are dry bones? What are wet bones? Is
our health tied to either one of these types of bones? Yes.
Bone Marrow
- Bone marrow is a spongy substance found in the center of the bones. It
manufactures bone marrow stem cells and other substances, which in turn produce
blood cells. Each type of blood cell made by the bone marrow has an important
job.
·
Red
blood cells carry oxygen to tissues in the body.
·
Platelets
stop bleeding by helping blood clot.
·
White
blood cells fight infections.
White Blood
Cells - Three very important types of white blood cells are essential to the
proper functioning of the body's immune system, which fights infection:
·
Neutrophils
and Macrophages — These white blood cells fight bacterial and fungal infections
by "eating" germs
·
Lymphocytes
— These white blood cells fight bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. T
lymphocytes, also called T cells, attack viruses and other germs. T cells from
the donor also can attack the recipient resulting in a reaction called graft
versus host disease. T cells from the recipient can reject the donor bone
marrow cell resulting in graft failure. B lymphocytes make antibodies which
help destroy germs in our body.
The blood
cells are critical because they produce the blood cells that keep us healthy. Compromised bone morrow leads to a compromised
immune system. The Bible has a lot to
say about bones good and bad.
Isaiah 58:11
(KJV) And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Proverbs
15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones
healthy.
Proverbs
17:22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.
Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones
are troubled.
Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
Proverbs
12:4 An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is
like rottenness in his bones.
Habakkuk
3:16 When I heard, my body trembled (in fear); My lips quivered at the
voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I
might rest in the day of trouble.
Bitterness,
rage, anger, slander, unforgiveness, hatred, and even fear play a huge part in drying
our bones (marrow) leading to sickness and disease. Bitterness towards ourselves and others is
linked to all cancers. Cancer is an
auto-immune disease. We need blood cells
to ward off cancer and other auto-immune diseases (Autoimmune diseases result
when your immune system is overactive, causing it to attack and damage your
body's own tissues). When we attack ourselves
and others with bitterness and hatred, we attack our physical and mental (soul)
body as well.
God tells us
what to do with that bitterness in Ephesians 4:31-32 (NIV) Get rid of all
bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of
malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as
in Christ God forgave you.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents
Science and
the medical field treat the symptoms.
God shows us what the causes are that leads to symptoms. There is no cure for cancer or auto-immune
diseases by the medical field, but God provides a way to be healed of auto-immune
diseases.
Psalm
103:2-3 Bless the Lord,
O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all
your iniquities (sins),
Who heals all your diseases.
James
5:16 Confess your
trespasses (sins) to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be
healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Matthew
10:1 And when He had
called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all
kinds of disease.
We are the
disciples of the disciples all the way down to this day. God gives us the authority in Jesus’ name and
all the tools to bring people out of captivity from sickness and disease. Why do we continue to seek science and the
doctors first to heal us when they cannot heal us. Where is our faith in Holy Spirit, Jesus, and
God? Why don’t we believe?
Isn’t easier
to forgive ourselves and others than suffer sickness and disease?
Matthew 18:21-22 Peter came to
Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive
him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven
times, but up to 70 times seven. Until the unforgiveness is not an
issue anymore.
Ephesians 4:31-32 Get rid of
all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander…. And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave
you. Tony
Sanchz 11/10/2023
