We have different drugs and strategies to cure diverse diseases and
disorders of the human body. Long ago men sought the one remedy for all
diseases without success. The idea of a panacea, a one-stop cure all, has been
confined to myth. Ask what a panacea is today, you will be told it is a
non-existent magic potion meant for children’s tales and unlikely research.
In life we recognise different answers for different challenges. That
is why in advanced learning we have different faculties, departments and units
organised to help human endeavour. “No
single answer to life’s multifaceted needs” we teach. We have several
devices to accomplish many tasks; and despite the utility of the smart phone it
falls far short of the one device which answers every need. Another issue is
that what is effective in one country may fail in another; therefore we have
devices that are tropicalised to make them fit for climes such as Nigeria. Apart
from the variableness of weather, such matters as deep rooted cultural
differences make diversity an attractive and “progressive” approach.
Inclusivity is a more recent term touted as true modernism.
But there is such a thing as a panacea, such a one actually. The
answer to all challenges and every need exists. The answer in North Korea and
the answer in Ukraine; the same answer tested and true in North America and in
all of Africa. In every culture and language, in every clime and society this
is tested and proven effective. He answers all sickness, all travails of
mankind, and every need.
“Such a solution can only be
divine” you say. I agree. He is the answer to sickness. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been
healed1Pt 2:24(ESV). He is the answer
to law and justice. The Father
judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son Jn 5:22(ESV) He is the answer
to nature and natural disasters. And they were filled
with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the
wind and the sea obey him?" Mk 4:41 (ESV). He is the answer
to life and death. Jesus said to
her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though
he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall
never die. Do you believe this?"Jn 11:25, 26 (ESV). Every mystery is answered by Him, and divinity fully dwells in him: See to it that no one takes you captive by
philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the
elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the
whole fullness of deity dwells bodilyCol 2:8, 9(ESV). Jesus Christ is that panacea. And He proved it by rising again from
the dead: as to his divine
holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised
from death. Rom 1:4(GNB) .
Look no further, any who hold to Him testify I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me Phil4:13
(KJV) .
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