I’m a Christian in Australia and currently work as a doctor training to learn anesthesia.<\/p>\n
Traditionally I’ve thought medicine was a great career choice to help people, including anesthesia\/surgery when indicated.<\/p>\n
Though recently have become a bit undecided based on it being little spoken about it in the bible, and sometimes negatively in regards to sorcery “pharmakeia”- though it seems this was considered wrong because drugs\/medicine were to conjure evil\/dark forces rather than trust in God.\u00a0 And it seems using drugs\/medicine for healing was not wrong in itself (1 Timothy 5:23).<\/p>\n
Thanks for your lesson “Sorcery<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Your question, “Who is in control, us or the medication?” is interesting, I guess from a point of view of submitting to anesthetic with the intention to help in physical health- then we are in control, but from another point of view when you are anesthetized you are not in control of what specifically happens.<\/p>\n May I ask, is anesthesia okay like Timothy drinking wine for his stomach, or would God consider it sorcery?\u00a0 I cannot find any scriptures which have helped me fully define it either way yet.<\/p>\n\t Anesthesia is necessary for surgery and recovery from wounds. The usage is temporary. It could be misused, which the misuse would be condemned, but the proper use of these drugs is not condemned. In regards to control, there are people whose lives are controlled by drugs. They live to get another high. It dominates their thoughts and controls their choices. I wasn’t talking about being temporarily medicated.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I’m a Christian in Australia and currently work as a doctor training to learn anesthesia. Traditionally I’ve thought medicine was a great career choice to help people, including anesthesia\/surgery when indicated. Though recently have become a bit undecided based on it being little spoken about it in the bible, and sometimes negatively in regards…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[911],"class_list":["post-27195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-medical-practices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15118,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sorcery\/","url_meta":{"origin":27195,"position":0},"title":"Sorcery","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"by Ethan R. Longhenry Introduction Sorcery! When the word is spoken, images of witches and wizards come to mind Harry Potter and his adventures have put sorcery back in the news today Nevertheless, sorcery reckoned as sin in the Bible Galatians 5:19-20 Revelation 9:21, 18:23 So what is sorcery? Why\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7628,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-explanation-of-pharmakeia-is-poor\/","url_meta":{"origin":27195,"position":1},"title":"Your explanation of pharmakeia is poor","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Your explanation of the Greek word\u00a0pharmakeia\u00a0shows poor scholarship. I first heard of the \"pharmakeia=drug use= sorcery\" argument back in the early 1980s when I was involved with a Christian group. It never seemed right. The following is part of a word study I've done. According to \"Divry's English-Greek and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3327,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-a-christian-use-medicinal-drugs-that-may-affect-the-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":27195,"position":2},"title":"Should a Christian use medicinal drugs that may affect the mind?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Should a Christian use medicinal drugs that may affect the mind? Answer: The Bible teaches Christians to be sound of mind. \"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour\" (I Peter 5:8). 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My doctor wants to put me on antidepressants for when I have flare-ups and for stress. I don't want to use medicine as a crutch, and I have asked God for his help on this.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25968,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/recreational-drug-use-is-sinful\/","url_meta":{"origin":27195,"position":5},"title":"Recreational Drug Use Is Sinful","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bryan Matthew Dockens Recreational drug use is sinful because it violates the law. Under the current legal code in the United States, the recreational use of narcotics is strictly forbidden. The word of God requires obedience to the law: \"Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. 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\nMedicinal Products<\/a>
\nPhysicians, Healers, and Doctors<\/a>\n