{"id":337509,"date":"2025-12-10T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/jesus-never-scorned-anyone-defying-mental-illness\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:59:30","slug":"jesus-never-scorned-anyone-defying-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=337509","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Never Scorned Anyone – Defying Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In Biblical days, lepers were considered unclean. Lepers were the outcasts of society. To some extent, one might understand that with a disease as highly contagious as leprosy, it was safe to keep your distance for fear of catching the disease too. A horrible disease, leprosy often disfigured its victims. As if disfigurement was not terrible enough, lepers wore certain clothes to distinguish themselves. They were kept in isolation from their families. I can also imagine how worthless, lonely, unloved, and abandoned they must have felt.<\/p>\n

No one touched lepers, for if they did, they were rendered unclean too. But one Man did. That man was Jesus. He loved even the lepers, the ones who had been stigmatised<\/a> by society; the ones who everybody laughed at!<\/p>\n

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Matthew 8:2-3 (TPT):
Suddenly, a leper walked up to Jesus and threw himself down before him in worship and said, \u201cLord, you have the power to heal me . . . if you really want to.\u201d
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the leper and said, \u201cOf course I want to heal you<\/strong> \u2014 be healed!<\/strong>\u201d And instantly, all signs of leprosy disappeared! (Matthew 8:2-3 TPT)<\/p>\n

Jesus expressed His willingness to heal the leper. I like how the Bible states in Basic English words Jesus\u2019 response: \u201cIt is my pleasure; be clean.\u201d Jesus was sure pleased to be of help. He did not come to heal certain types of sicknesses, the ones that were socially acceptable<\/a>, perhaps the colds and coughs only. No! He made no distinction. He healed all manner of illness and disease when the sick were brought to Him (see Matthew 8:17)<\/p>\n

In Matthew 8:3, we read that Jesus touched<\/em> the leper. No one was allowed to do such a thing by the Law. But a loving Jesus did. He violated the Law on account of a show of love. He touched the leper as if it was the most natural thing for Him to do. Remember though, Jesus did not touch everyone whom He healed. He could have just spoken the word for the leper\u2019s healing.<\/p>\n

Imagine how that touch must have felt for the leper. Who knows how long it had been since the last time he experienced<\/a> the touch of another human being. It could have been months, perhaps years. The leper must have felt dehumanized<\/a>. That touch from a caring Jesus reached an aching heart. It was the healing balm the leper needed. Jesus made him feel accepted, like a human being again. I am sure that day the leper recieved emotional healing apart from his physical healing.<\/p>\n

Culled from the Chapter on Dealing With the Stigma \u201cDefying the Odds \u2013 One man\u2019s struggle and victory over mental illness and his wife whose trust in God never failed by Zoe A Onah [Destiny Image Europe, 2011]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It all started with Eze (fondly called Chuck) fainting at the airport. When he regained consciousness, Chuck found himself in a mental hospital. He was diagnosed with Psychotic Depression. Over time, Chuck was diagnosed with a range of other mental illnesses with the final one being Schizophrenia. Unbeknown to him about this latest record on his medical files, Chuck carried on with day to day living over the next 14 years until he met Zoe. Over the next 4 years, Chuck and Zoe began a journey of faith to defy the odds of mental illness. Today Chuck\u2019s medical records say NO MENTAL ILLNESS. He defied mental illness and is helping others do the same.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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