Objection: You Imply That If Anyone Is Sick, He Is in Sin

Sickness came as a result of sin, but the fact that you got the flu does not mean that sin in your life caused it.  Those who teach divine healing responsibly do NOT go around accusing sick people of being in sin.  You cannot conclude that just because someone is sick, he “deserves” it because of some sin in his life.  Of course, technically he DOES deserve it and he deserves to go to hell, too, based on his own merits outside of Christ.  But Jesus’ atonement changed everything.  Now we don’t have to get what we deserve for sinning!

I would hope that you would not take anything in this book as proof that if you are sick, it is your fault because of sin in your life.  I would further hope that you would not interpret me as saying, “It’s your fault because you lack faith!"  Surely you would not tell an unbeliever, “It’s your own fault you’re unsaved!  It’s because of sin, you know.  It’s your fault for not having faith in Jesus Christ!”  Salvation from sin is GOOD NEWS and so is healing.  It should be presented that way.  The apostles did not get multitudes healed by condemning them for their lack of faith.  Instead, they cured the problem by preaching the Word of God by which faith comes, so that faith rose in the hearts of the hearers.  That is still the way to do it today.

Sickness is the just punishment for sin, but as a believer, you are redeemed from that punishment and you can walk free from sickness.  Jesus took sin out of the equation for you when HE was punished with sickness for YOUR sins!

However, the devil is a liar who sinned from the beginning, so he does not play fair.  He would like to put sickness on you even though it does not justly belong to you.  He wants to condemn you and get you to accept sickness as “what you deserve” when the truth is that Jesus bore what you deserve so that you don’t have to bear it!

See the response to the question If You Are Sick, Does That Mean There Is Sin in Your Life? for further comments.