The Blood That Really Saves Lives

This same surgeon added:  "The passage of time and treating many patients has a tendency to change one's perspective, and today I find the trust between a patient and his physician, and the duty to respect a patient's wishes far more important than the new medical technology which surrounds us. . . It is interesting that the frustration has now given way to a sense of awe and reverence for that particular patient's steadfast  faith."  The physician concluded:  'It reminds me that I should always respect a patient's personal and religious wishes regardless of my feelings or the consequences.'

You may already realized something that many physicians  come to appreciate with "the passage of time and treating many patients."  Even if the best of medical care in the finest hospitals, at some point people die.  With or without blood transfusion, the die.  All of us are aging, and life's end is approaching. That is not fatalistic.  Dying is a fact of life. 

The evidence shows that people who disregard God's law on blood often experience immediate or delayed harm; some even die from the blood.  Those who survive have not gained endless life.  So blood transfusions do not save lives permanently. 

Most people who, for religious and/or medical reasons, refuse blood but accept alternative therapy do very  well.  They may thus extend their life for years.  But not endlessly.

Note: We all must die at some point in time, when Jehovah deems it to be. A lot of people say they know this, but in all honesty, the people that have said that, don't really believe it. I can see it in their eyes and face.  We have to face reality. We don't have an endless life.  We may have providing we have the true God in our life and worship the true God, follow all his laws, commandments, statutes, follow all Bible principles, keep the faith etc., because people,  we have to realistic and see the truth when we are given it and live by it. We are all better off when we do.  Our life is better off when we do. Believe it or not, Jehovah God does know and see all that is in our heart, our minds, and what we all are doing in this world. That is the truth.  

That all humans are imperfect and are gradually dying leads us to the central truth of what the Bible says about blood.  If we understand and appreciate this truth, we will see how blood can actually save life-our life-lastingly. 

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