While the other biblically manipulating, social cow milkers, are correct when they say to you, “mental illness is caused by sin” (as are all of mans problems), they are lying! Remember a truth is only a truth is it’s the whole truth. The truth is that while all problems are a caused by sin, but whose sin exactly? Is it your sins which have caused mental illness and all others to manifest? I say no! They were all caused by the original sin of Adam (man) and Eve (woman) not by us, there children, all being human beings.

Is it not written that there have only been two men, Adam (the first) and Jesus (the second and last)? The first gave us the legacy of suffering and death for his sin and the last gave a legacy of eternal life for his suffering and death! No where in the scriptures does it say that when we confess Jesus as LORD and SAVIOR we would instantly have perfect lives or a fully well mind at that moment. No, the Bible doesn’t, does it? It does say they we would be spared the ultimate consequence of sin and death (removal from GOD).

The Bible tells us that we are gifted eternal life (eternal presence with GOD), if we profess Jesus is our savior (GOD INCARNATE come to redeem us from the laws of sin and death). The word of God also tells us that we are to renew our minds with the Holly Scriptures. That means we must change our attitudes and belief systems from the old and negative to new and positive uplifting Christian (Christ like) attitudes. This kind of change takes time, by way of edification with the Holly Bible. And that still isn’t to be misconstrued as a cure for our mental illnesses.

Do we not take over the counter cough and cold medicine when we catch a common cold or flu? Do we not take doctor prescribed insulin pills or shots for diabetes? So, why would you not take your prescribed medication for your mental illness? Because of guilt, shame and manipulation that’s why! We are to edify one another, not shame and manipulate and control our fellow human beings. I believe in the Bible and support you in being Christians, who love with the love of God and I want us all to be loved with the love of God. In the name of Jesus, AMEN!

The 12 (&13th) Steps of Halakhah
(Halakhah: “The path or way (neuro-pathway?) that one walks”)

1. I do admit that (by myself without Jesus Christ) I am powerless in maintaining stabilized mental-health and self-control over my tendency to exhibit inappropriate behaviors. My tendencies have caused my life to become unmanageable, at sometime if not recently...Oh, yeh, and those little pills the psychiatrist prescribes for me also help. (Rom. 7:48)

2. I have come to believe in psychopharmacology and that a power greater than myself (The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holly Spirit) can and often does restore me to sanity, as needed. (Phil. 2:13).

3. I have made a decision to turn my will and my life over to God, as I understand Him, and to turn my mental-illness over to my psychiatrist. (Rom. 12:3)

4. I have made a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself; seeking to identify my inappropriate behaviors, in my past and recent episodes, whether they were a result of a chemical-imbalance or entirely a result of poor choices. (Lam. 3:40)

5. I have admitted to God, to myself, and to another human being (including my therapist) the exact nature of my inappropriate behaviors and my diagnosis(ses). The illness(es) is/are not and was/were not a result of anything I have done, but a result of man's/woman's original sin resulting in the now fallen/imperfect condition of all human beings. (James 5:16a, Gen. 1:26-31, 2:15-17, 3:1-24, Matt. 1:1-2)

6. I am entirely ready to have God remove all of the burdening sense of guilt and shame I carry as a result of my mental illness and my prior or current inappropriate behaviors, which includes self loathing. (James4:10)

7. I will humbly ask the Lord to remove these guilts and shame (as they manifest in my life) and to help my doctor determine which medication(s) is/are appropriate for my needs. (1John 1:9)

8. I have made a list of all persons I have brought harm to (whether due to the nature of my mental-illness or not) and am willing to make amends to them all. (Luke 6:31)

9. I have made direct amends to such persons whenever possible, except for when to do so would bring harm to them or others, myself included (this is not to be used as a get out of jail free card). (Matt. 5:23-24)

10. I will continue to take my medication as well as a personal inventory of myself, daily. When I am exhibiting signs and symptoms of my diagnosis(ses) or just making poor choices, I will promptly admit it to myself and others (especially my therapist). (1Cor. 10:12)

11. I seek through prayer, meditation and prescribed medication to improve conscious contact with God (and the real world), as I understand Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for me and the power to carry it out.
(Col. 3:16a)

12. Having had both a spiritual awakening and a mental stabilization, as a result of these steps, I will try to carry this message to others with a similar diagnosis(ses) and to practice these principles in all of my affairs. (Gal. 6:1)

(13. I will avoid any person that tells me to discontinue my meds (if not licensed to practice medicine) and I will be weary of shrinks who diagnose me or prescribe meds for me in less than 15 minutes after meeting me for the first time!) (Gen. 1:1-5, Matt. 4:1-11)

Created by Rev. Dr. Richard S. Gross, PhD, DD, LCDC, and Founding President of Halakhah Fellowship, Inc.

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