Bible Question: where, does God tell us that if we are sick we are to go to doctors for healing |
Bible Answer: Hi, Lani! Just as there is no Scripture restricting from the use of a doctor, there is no Scripture guaranteeing us miracle cures from God that correspond to our level of obedience and/or faith... As a matter of fact, there is one specific passage that speaks on our reliance on God's Strength rather than on ours, and it shatters all teaching that lack of faith is the impediment to health and wealth for the Christian: 7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:7-10) Paul's faith and accomplishments in the service of Christ, outstrips most of today's Believers'--would we say then, that it was his lack of faith or his ambivalence that kept Paul from obtaining enough grace to remove/cure whatever ailed him? Clearly, Jesus was aware that the poeple of Israel were frequenting physicians (Matthew 9:12; Luke 4:23); yet, there was never a word against those who practiced medicine nor against those who sought treatment! Just as on the day of Pentecost, God has the Power to reveal Himself as He pleases... it could very well be that during our times (as times in the past) the Holy Spirit may decide to remove/cure any and all ailments from those who serve Christ--this by no means implies a contractural obligation in God's part! God Bless! Angel |