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If God Wants People Healed, Why Doesn’t He Heal Them?

In His mind, He did. He declares that you were healed by the stripes of Jesus (1 Peter 2:24). Anyone can receive healing just as anyone can be saved from his sins. God has made provision for everyone’s healing.

This question is in the same category as:

“If God wants people saved, why doesn’t He save them?”

A legal reason that God doesn’t just heal people is that He gave the earth to man to operate even though He is still the legal owner of the earth. God cannot simply barge in on the scene and do things. He legally must wait until some person on the earth prays, at which point He can legally move in answer to that prayer.

God treats healing the same way He treats salvation from sins. Anyone can have it, but you only get it when you believe you receive when you ask. If you ask not, you’ll have not (James 4:2). God doesn’t force anything on anyone – He always gives people a choice, though He’ll let them know which choice will produce the superior outcome!

This is one reason that it is so important to follow Jesus’ commission to teach men all that He taught, and not stop at the “salvation from sin” aspect of the gospel. If anyone is properly instructed concerning God’s New Testament healing covenant, he can be healed. In the same way, anyone who is taught about forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ can be born again. It’s God’s will, but people must hear and respond in faith to the gospel. The same pattern applies for both forgiveness and healing.