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Medicine for Our Soul
Basilea Schlink
Basilea Schlink (1904 - 2001). German religious leader, writer, and co-founder of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, born Klara Schlink in Darmstadt to a professor of mechanics. Raised Lutheran, she studied at Fröbelseminar in Kassel (1923) and Berlin’s Inner Mission girls’ school (1924), later earning a doctorate in psychology from Hamburg University in 1934 with a thesis on adolescent faith struggles. From 1933 to 1935, she led the Women’s Division of the German Student Christian Movement, resisting Nazi exclusion of Jewish Christians. In 1947, with Erika Madauss, she founded the Sisterhood in Darmstadt, taking the name Mother Basilea, growing it to 209 sisters across 11 global branches by 2001. Schlink authored over 60 books, including My All for Him, translated into 60 languages, and published tracts in 90. Her radio programs aired in 23 languages, emphasizing repentance and reconciliation, especially between Germans and Jews. Unmarried, she dedicated her life to prayer and ministry, shaping interdenominational Christian communities.
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In this sermon, Basilio Shling discusses the powerful medicine for our souls provided by God, who is known as The Great Physician. He emphasizes that while God has given us remedies for physical diseases, He is even more concerned with healing our souls. The unfailing medicine for our soul's diseases is the blood of the Lamb, as stated in Matthew 10:28. The blood of Jesus cleanses us completely from all sin and works deep within our hearts, transforming us day by day. By faithfully claiming the power of His blood through prayer and song, we can experience His healing redemption and release from sin.
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God lives and works today. One of the special ways in which He works is described by His name, the Great Physician. Today's meditation by Basilía Schling talks about an exciting and powerful medicine for our soul. The Lord has given us so many remedies to cure us of our physical diseases. Yet, how much more will He do everything possible to heal our souls? Is not our soul worth much more to Him than our bodies? He tells us in Matthew 10, verse 28, Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. The unfailing medicine for the diseases of our soul is the blood of the Lamb, as it is written. The blood of Jesus cleanses us completely from all sin. His word is true. We have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, Ephesians 1. And they have conquered by the blood of the Lamb, Revelation chapter 12. The blood of Jesus Christ is a wonderful medicine. It has attained forgiveness for us. It covers our sins. But even more, it cleanses us from them. And as we read in 1 Peter chapter 1, it ransoms us from the futile ways inherited from our fathers. That is, it heals us from all the diseases of our sin. So we can't praise the blood of the Lamb enough. In it, we will find redemptive healing power. Those who daily claim this power in faith for their own spiritual diseases will experience it. The cure doesn't always occur immediately. However, only those who take the prescribed medicine faithfully will recover. The blood of Jesus, the medicine for our sinful diseases, has to be taken faithfully for a long time, often for months and years. That means we have to praise the blood of the Lamb, especially when we take part in the Lord's Supper. It means that we have to praise the power of His blood in our daily prayers over each one of our specific diseases of sin. In faith, we must claim the blood of Jesus Christ, the blood that cleanses us from every sin. O Satan, thou must take to flight, for Jesus' blood has such great might. His precious blood was shed for me. It has redeemed me, set me free. Such prayers spoken or sung in faith are never in vain. The redeeming power of the blood of the Lamb works deep within our hearts. It works on the roots of our sins day in and day out, transforming us more and more, because Jesus' sacrifice has redeemed us, and His redemption is complete. Let us faithfully claim the power of His blood in song and prayer every day over our sins and bondages. Then we will experience His healing redemption and release. Your precious blood has such great might. It sakes from Satan's heart so tight. I praise your blood that sets me free from Satan's grip and tyranny. You have been listening to a program written by Basile Schlink of the Little Land of Canaan. To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website, www.canaan.org. That's K-A-N-A-A-N dot org. If you contact us, we would be happy to send you a free inspirational booklet. If you do not have access to the web, please contact this radio station for our postal address. God bless you.
Medicine for Our Soul
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Basilea Schlink (1904 - 2001). German religious leader, writer, and co-founder of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, born Klara Schlink in Darmstadt to a professor of mechanics. Raised Lutheran, she studied at Fröbelseminar in Kassel (1923) and Berlin’s Inner Mission girls’ school (1924), later earning a doctorate in psychology from Hamburg University in 1934 with a thesis on adolescent faith struggles. From 1933 to 1935, she led the Women’s Division of the German Student Christian Movement, resisting Nazi exclusion of Jewish Christians. In 1947, with Erika Madauss, she founded the Sisterhood in Darmstadt, taking the name Mother Basilea, growing it to 209 sisters across 11 global branches by 2001. Schlink authored over 60 books, including My All for Him, translated into 60 languages, and published tracts in 90. Her radio programs aired in 23 languages, emphasizing repentance and reconciliation, especially between Germans and Jews. Unmarried, she dedicated her life to prayer and ministry, shaping interdenominational Christian communities.