Objection: So-and-So Was “Healed of Cancer” But Now Has Cancer Again

The premise of this objection is that someone must not REALLY have been healed of cancer (it must just have been “in remission” at best) because someone who had previously been diagnosed with cancer, then was diagnosed as being cancer-free, now has been diagnosed as having cancer again.

Can this happen?  Absolutely!  I have had cases where I laid hands on people or spoke to the cancer in their bodies with their permission and they got a clean bill of health from the doctor – only to get another grim diagnosis later.

Some people start slacking off with the things of God after they are healed.  In fact, I know of several cases where in a way their healing was the worst thing that happened to them.  They were faithful to be at services when they were learning how to receive healing, but after they received it, they disappeared in a puff of smoke, never to be seen again at church.  Then they got another scary diagnosis and were in no position to handle it.  And I’m sure that the devil was right there to lie to them and say that they were never really healed in the first place.

But a subsequent grim diagnosis does NOT prove that the person was not healed in the first place!  If this objection’s logic is valid, if you have a cold this year, you were never really healed of the cold you had last year.  It was only “in remission” but you had it all along.  You were “healed of a cold” but now you have a cold again so your healing must not have been real last year.  Do you see how ridiculous this is?

Jesus acknowledged that you can get sick again after He heals you, especially if you “go back into the world” after you’re healed.  He warned the man at the Pool of Bethesda to sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon him (John 5:14).  Notice that Jesus told him that he was healed before He warned the man.  So Jesus has no problem with the idea that you can be “made whole” now but end up getting sick again later.  It doesn’t invalidate your original healing.

The comments above are specific to this objection.  You can find more general related information in my response to the objection, Some Who Get Healed at Healing Crusades Don’t Keep Their Healings.