A need for healing.

The Indonesian island of Bali is known as a tropical island paradise.  But not far from the beaches, mentally ill human beings are kept in chains or locked up in small huts. They “cower next to trees, lie in shacks, and are abused and sometimes forgotten.  Because their relatives are overwhelmed by the care they require, because the healthcare system doesn’t work and because insanity is seen as a punishment by the gods, people with mental illness live like chained dogs in Bali.  There are 350 such cases in Bali, and up to 40,000 in all of Indonesia” (Der Spiegel, May 10, 2013).

Sadly, in developing countries, “85 percent of all patients with mental disorders go untreated” (ibid.).  Most of Bali’s residents are Hindu and “believe that mental illness is caused by evil spirits, and possibly by a curse imposed by their ancestors” (ibid.).  

For millennia, pagan cultures have suffered the effects of sin and spiritual darkness (Deuteronomy 12:31).  However, the Bible teaches us to forsake false gods and to seek the true God who is able to predict the future (Isaiah 44:6-11), who is able to “heal” all our diseases (Psalm 103:3) and whose laws actually prevent disease when they are obeyed (Exodus 15:26).  The Scriptures plainly reveal that Jesus Christ, the God of the Old Testament (1 Corinthians 10:4), healed many mentally ill and demon-possessed people (Matthew 4:24, Luke 8:26-39).  We look forward to God’s coming Kingdom, when the troubled people of Bali, and ultimately all mankind will be healed!  

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