Objection: Just as We Will Never Have Victory over Sin in This Life, We Will Never Have Victory over Sickness

We will not have final victory over sin in this life in the sense that we will never sin.  We will not have final victory over sickness in this life in the sense that we cannot get sick.  However, we can enjoy victory over both sin and sickness in this life.  It is up to us.  If your definition of victory is the impossibility of sinning or getting sick, then no, you will not have that kind of “victory” in this life.  However, Paul thanked God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57), and Paul was talking about this life, not the hereafter.  So biblically, we can walk victoriously over sin as well as sickness.

Victory over sin is totally available to you now.  If you don’t walk in it, it’s not God’s fault.  God says that you are freed from sin.  If you want to see quite a few references to this, look in Who You Are and What You Have for some Scriptures that prove beyond a doubt that you have victory over sin now.  Sin is to have no dominion over you (Romans 6:14)!

Therefore, this objection has a flawed premise, namely, that it is impossible to have victory over sin on an everyday basis in this life.  God’s Word disagrees.

There is a good parallel between sins and sicknesses.  God always makes sure there is a way of escape so that you don’t have to sin (1 Corinthians 10:13).  Likewise, God has provided healing for your body.  Both freedom from sin and freedom from sickness are absolute in God’s eyes.  The problem is that we do not appropriate these benefits as fully as we should.  1 Peter 2:24 says that you are both DEAD TO SINS and HEALED.  Does the fact that you still sin mean that you are not legally dead to sins?  NO!  You still are, as far as God is concerned.  Does the fact that you still get sick prove that you are not legally healed?  NO!  You still are, as far as God is concerned.  God has already given you His victory over sickness, and you have the privilege of appropriating it.

Final victory over both sin and sickness, meaning that neither will be possible for you, is not yours in this life.  However, victory is available to you now over both, despite the fact that sin and sickness are both rampant in this world.