上帝為何要設立疾病？疾病的意義是什麼？

01-29

自己和身邊朋友的家人越來越多的患上癌症，疾病也許會讓一個家庭不堪重負。也許是一個契機讓這個家庭鏈接更緊密。但是我想聽大家對疾病更深刻的見解。也許可以從神學角度回答，期待弟兄姊妹的幫助。

1 病不是上帝所設立的。就如同死不是上帝設立的一樣，死與疾病都是源於罪。從某種意義上講：疾病也是死亡的一部分。因為上帝起初所創造的人類，既沒有疾病也沒有死亡。當人類犯了罪之後，疾病、痛苦、死亡就出現在人間了。所以，從原則上講，疾病本源來自於罪。但是這並不是說，一個人有得了疾病，就是因他犯了與之對等的罪。例如：約伯、生來瞎眼的人、保羅等，這幾類與罪的審判沒有直接的關係。他們的疾病分別有以下的此因。

1）約伯，上帝的試煉與撒旦的攻擊。

2）生來瞎眼的人（約9），他的疾病為了彰顯上帝的榮耀。

3）保羅身上的刺（眼疾），這是主的十字架在他身上，為要讓他認識自己的軟弱和上帝偉大的恩典。

2 基督徒有疾病也是正常的。耶穌說：「你們在世界有苦難，在我裡面與平安。」疾病就是苦難的一種，我們為什麼信了基督後還會有苦難呢？耶穌說的已經很清楚了，只是因為我們在「世上」，而不是在天堂，想要沒有疾病嗎？我們盼望天國吧！當基督徒盼望天國的時候，就會在苦難中喜樂。保羅說：「這至暫至輕的苦楚，為要使我們承受將來極重無比永遠的榮耀。」這是在疾病中的弟兄姐妹安慰與盼望。

3 基督徒有疾病不是信仰不虔誠的表現。有時候疾病是原自與我們的本罪，但是更多的時候，是上帝加給基督徒的十字架。無論是舊約，還是新約，無論是教會歷史上，還是今天這世代。都有許許多多敬虔基督徒有極重的疾病。如：舊約以利沙，新約保羅，過去的加爾文，今天的唐崇榮、於洪傑等人。他們都是敬虔之人，也都是有疾病的人。所以不要被今天流行的成功神學迷惑了，要相信耶穌所說的話：「若有人要跟從我，就當舍己，天天背起，自己的十字架來跟從我。」

都扯上帝和神學了，麻煩把醫學的標籤刪了吧。

疾病從撒旦而來，不要怪罪上帝

我大學的時候得過甲亢，感謝上帝，之後我學會愛惜自己的身體，少吃油炸食品和不喝碳酸飲料。我已經七年沒吃過泡麵了。

多看聖經，多禱告。

分清楚試煉（來自於上帝）與試探（來自於撒旦）。

得先有個上帝才有此問題

基督教同學多說到原罪，而伊斯蘭沒有原罪的概念。伊斯蘭認為病乃死之因，死乃生之勸。疾病的原因有前定和人為兩類，人為的好理解，譬如吃了不潔凈的食物造成身體的傷害。而前定則是對我們的考驗。通過這種考驗讓我們知道今世的意義。

所以伊斯蘭的生活態度是盡人事，聽天命，追求兩世吉慶。

謝謝邀請。

參考其餘答案的同時，分享下我讀到的一篇文章。希望你E文閱讀某悶題：）

附上啟示錄21:4 and 最後一章，聖經最後一頁。

啟示錄

21:4

神要擦去他們一切的眼淚。不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀，哭號，疼痛，因為以前的事都過去了。

啟示錄 - 中文聖經在線

22章

1天使又指示我在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從神和羔羊的寶座流出來。

2在河這邊與那邊有生命樹，結十二樣果子，（樣或作回）每月都結果子。樹上的葉子乃為醫治萬民。

3以後再沒有咒詛。在城裡有神和羔羊的寶座。他的僕人都要事奉他。

4也要見他的面。他的名字必寫在他們的額上。

5不再有黑夜。他們也不用燈光日光。因為主神要光照他們。他們要作王，直到永永遠遠。

6天使又對我說，這些話是真實可信的。主就是眾先知被感之靈的神，差遣他的使者，將那必要快成的事指示他僕人。

7看哪，我必快來。凡遵守這書上預言的有福了。

8這些事是我約翰所聽見所看見的。我既聽見看見了。就在指示我的天使腳前俯伏要拜他。

9他對我說，千萬不可。我與你，和你的弟兄眾先知，並那些守這書上言語的人，同是作僕人的。你要敬拜神。

10他又對我說，不可封了這書上的預言。因為日期近了。

11不義的，叫他仍舊不義。污穢的，叫他仍舊污穢。為義的，叫他仍舊為義。聖潔的，叫他仍舊聖潔。

12看哪，我必快來。賞罰在我，要照各人所行的報應他。

13我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，我是首先的，我是末後的，我是初，我是終。

14那些洗凈自己衣服的有福了，可得權柄能到生命樹那裡，也能從門進城。

15城外有那些犬類，行邪術的，淫亂的，殺人的，拜偶像的，並一切喜好說謊言編造虛謊的。

16我耶穌差遣我的使者為眾教會將這些事向你們證明。我是大衛的根，又是他的後裔。我是明亮的晨星。

17聖靈和新婦都說來。聽見的人也該說來。口渴的人也當來。願意的都可以白白取生命的水喝。

18我向一切聽見這書上預言的作見證，若有人在這預言上加添什麼，神必將寫在這書上的災禍加在他身上。

19這書上的預言，若有人刪去什麼，神必從這書上所寫的生命樹，和聖城，刪去他的分。

20證明這事的說，是了。我必快來。阿們。主耶穌阿，我願你來。

21願主耶穌的恩惠，常與眾聖徒同在。阿們。

Atheist Professor and student

Professor : You are a Christian, aren"t you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn』t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can』t answer, can you ? Let』s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does satan come from ?

Student : From … GOD …

Professor: That』s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn』t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don』t they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I』m afraid I haven』t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn』t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn』t.

(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don』t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can』t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn』t darkness?

Student : You』re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn』t it? In reality, darkness isn』t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn』t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can』t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor』s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor』s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you』ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you』ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won』t you?

Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.

By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.