"If healing were real, hospitals would be empty and Christians wouldn't get sick."
How it sounds in your head: If God really healed like the Bible says, why are there Christians in hospitals? Why do pastors die of cancer? If healing were available, believers would never be sick. The fact that Christians get sick proves healing isn't guaranteed.
"Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief."
-- Matthew 13:58Source: Rationalist argument using human failure as evidence against God's nature, making His promises conditional on human performance.
You know godly Christians who suffered and died from disease, and you've been in hospitals with believers getting treatment. If healing were real and available, wouldn't they all be healed?
Paralyzed and bedridden for EIGHT YEARS—clearly Christians got sick even in apostolic times, proving sickness happens. But Peter said, 'Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise,' and IMMEDIATELY Aeneas got up, showing that sickness doesn't mean healing is unavailable, just unreceived until faith speaks.
I REFUSE the lie that sick Christians prove healing isn't real. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus' power was present but unbelief blocked it—availability doesn't equal automatic reception. I reject the logic that measures God's promises by human failure instead of His Word. IT IS WRITTEN in Isaiah 53:5 - 'By His stripes we ARE healed'—the provision is FINISHED, whether I've received it yet or not. I am under the BARAK blessing of Abraham, redeemed from the curse of sickness. The fact that some believers haven't received healing doesn't nullify MY covenant right. I am a branch connected to the Vine, and healing flows when I abide in truth, not when everyone else does. I receive what's MINE in Christ, not limited by what others haven't yet received.
The Father isn't withholding healing because some haven't received it—He's running toward YOU with healing NOW, regardless of others' experience. Your provision isn't limited by anyone else's unbelief; it's secured by HIS faithfulness, and He's inviting you to receive what's already been given at the cross.