{"id":6336,"date":"2025-03-09T13:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:23:21","slug":"is-being-depressed-a-sin-what-does-the-bible-say-about-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-being-depressed-a-sin-what-does-the-bible-say-about-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3046\u3064\u75c5\u306f\u7f6a\u304b\uff1f\u3044\u3044\u3048\uff1a\u3046\u3064\u75c5\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8056\u66f8\u304c\u8a9e\u308b\u3053\u3068"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. Depression is not a sin, and the Bible never calls it one. Elijah asked God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4), the psalmists wrote laments such as Psalms 42 and 88, and Jesus said in Gethsemane, &quot;My soul is very sorrowful, even to death&quot; (Matthew 26:38). Catholic, Orthodox and major Protestant bodies treat depression as an illness. When Elijah lay down under a broom tree and asked to die, God answered him with sleep, with bread and water,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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