Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

“Die?” they would ask incredulously.“Yes, die!”“Shouldn’t you go to a doctor then?” they would reason.“Don’t people sometimes die after they go to doctors?”“Well, yes, but shouldn’t we get the best medical help we can?”“Who said going to a doctor was getting the best medical help?”I would ask. “If we go to the highest doctor we could possibly goto, Jesus, and He doesn’t meet us, then we die the same as peopledie when they go to a human doctor who doesn’t meet them.”The Lord Jesus is our doctor. I built a doctrine out of that radicalperspective, preached it, and practiced it. Although Marj initiallyhad a rough time over my position when I wouldn’t allow ourchildren to be inoculated, vaccinated, or anything else, this washow Marj and I brought up our family. All of our children wereborn at home with the assistance of a mid-wife, and wheneverwe had a need for our physical bodies, God met us. On this day,however, Mrs. Friday persuaded me to go to a doctor for thesake of my family, and I submitted.When the doctor examined me, he said, “You will now have torealize, like me, you are around the ‘50’ mark. You can’t do whatyou once did. You will just have to reconcile to that fact, becauseyou probably have coronary thrombosis.”He gave me some little pills, which I did not take. Amazinglyenough, the doctor was dead in a few weeks, but by the grace ofGod, I was still alive. I was in agony, though, destitute of everyhope, my faith at zero. Bankrupt, with sweat on my brow, I wouldcry out, “Oh, Jesus!”One night, it dawned upon me that I was going. The bed clothesfelt like a ton weight upon my chest and I had stabbing pains inmy heart as the Lord spoke to me, “Yes, you are going. You willeither go and do what I require you to do, or I will end yourlife.”Whatever the Lord had for my life, I didn’t want to finish like this— cut off from what He had purposed for me. I wanted to fulfillmy course, so I agreed: “Lord, I’ll break the partnership with140