Commonplace Book: The Book of John: Holistic, Pluralistic, & for all Salvation

The Book of John is the essential gospel pertaining to Jesus Christ's deity. The plea of the gospel is never to be confused with mysticism, which the the term holistic wellness is sometimes associated with.
http://www.reference.com/ explains holistic as a doctrine of prevention and treatment that emphasizes looking at the whole person—body, mind, emotions, and environment—rather than a single function or organ.

The God of Christianity seeks to quench the unruly thoughts, appetites, and proclivities of man along with infirmities of the body. The holistic healing or cleansing of a man wholly is part of the purpose of Christ coming to the sin sick world. Jesus shows these miracles as testaments to his sovereignty and God ship.

In one of the narratives of the Lord Jesus Christ he is watching a man sick for 38 years amongst a multitude of ailing persons at the pool of Bethesda. The rest of the story goes like this from John 5:4-8:

4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” (NKJV)

This testament to Christ's work totally hangs on the man wanting to be made whole. The King James Version poses the question of verse 6:"Do yo want to be made whole?" The person most definitely wants to, but looks at his cicumstance. Christ being able to change situations tells the man to walk. This is key because no matter the problem ascertain by man with belief in Christ problem disappear. The man believes because instead of sitting wallowing in self-pity. He takes Christ at his Word and does as Christ commands. Healing comes to the those who can do what Christ commands.

I was in need of healing at one of the most down points in my life. It was the year 2000 my mom just died and I was in a long bout with depression. At this point in my life I had ceased to think about my Lord and savior. I cried daily and did nothing but minial recreational task, also the occassional hanging with friends. I toiled with thoughts of my purpose daily. I loathed my very existence until I began to pray. There was the suggestion of my family to go to a shrink and get anti-depressants. The renewal of my relationship with Christ disspelled the suffering I dealt with for so long. There was no need for zoloft or prozac once I got back to the key tennents of my faith. I was healed emotionally and mentally from my mother's death. Christ is a healer to all of them that believe and willing to recieve.

Christ healing power is available to all today. The question Christ asks not just to the man at the pool of Bethesda, but to you also, "Do want to be made whole?"