• Self-Remedies

  Contributed by John Putty on Apr 16, 2011 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Assembly Of God

SELF-REMEDIES

Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63 year old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to be done. He tried to perform the surgery upon himself. Tragically he got an infection and died. The coroner said, "Unfortunately, his drastic remedy went wrong. A simple operation would have solved the problem."

Just as many don't trust doctors and hospitals, many people wont trust God. In their self-reliance, they destroy themselves.