
In this short video I am going to review the theological view of healing that claims it is always God's will to heal everyone. This view is most prevalent amongst preachers who claim that it is also God's will to make you wealthy. The so-called prosperty preachers must claim it is God's will to heal, else their claim it is God's will to make you wealthy -- which they claim is a part of the redemptive work of Christ on the cross -- completely falls apart!Let's watch a short clip by Prosperty Preacher Andrew WommackSummary of his claims so that we know what we are dealing with:- It is always God's will to heal all people- Jesus healed all, not some- Most people don't doubt that God has the power to heal {very true I certainly don't}- They doubt that it is God's will to heal everybody - because they are not focused on scripture (remember this is just Wommack's view)- People look at the results and they concude it must not be God's will- He quoted John 3:16 + 1 John 2:2 and drew the comparison in the following way:- If you use the same logic when it comes to salvation, as with healing, since not everyone is healed, it also cannot be God's will to save everyone- 17 times in the gospels - Jesus healed all of the sickThis is the main argument Wommack makes:"If Jesus truly represented the father, then he showed us that it is God's will every time" Not every single person who is prayed for is healed, but it is not because God does not want us healed. The bottom line is this: "if you ever doubt God wants you well, then you won't receive it"This is Wommack's get out of jail free card! If you don't have faith you won't be healed, so the "healer or his theology" is never at fault!Ok, now that we are done with summarising his views we will soon look at some of the examples of Jesus's healing. First though let's make some contra assertions:But before that let me repeat Wommack so that it sinks in: "If Jesus truly represented the father, then he showed us it is always God's will to heal"I would make the following assertions about Jesus's ministry:- Jesus indeed always healed everyone he set out to heal- Jesus did not heal every sick person in Judea, he never even went to every town in Judea so how could he have- Just because Jesus's personally healed everyone he prayed for does not mean you can, nor does it mean God will, that's faulty logicBasically, Wommack took something that is true Jesus and extrapolated that into the ministry of every Christian today, that is a bad way to do theology, as we will see.Let's turn this into a logical argument- Premise 1: Jesus healed everyone he prayed for when he was walked the earth- Premise 2: Jesus truly represented the father to us through the ministry to his disciples- Conclusion: Therefore, it is always God's will to healSometimes logical is faulty because one of the premises is false and therefore the conclusion does not follow from the premises. Sometimes both the premises are true, but the conclusion is false because it does not follow from the premisesLet me give you an example:- Premise 1: The moon is smaller than the sun- Premise 2: The moon is not made of cheese- Conclusion: Therefore, Apollo 11 went to the moonBoth premises are true, and the conclusion is true too, but the conclusion does not follow from the premises. This one is easy to see. In the argument we put together earlier based on Wommack's theology, both premises are true as well, but the conclusion does not follow from the premises.Let’s use plain logic to refute the claims by Wommack, and then we will actually look at scripture in some of Jesus's healing ministry.Example one from the New Testament:- Premise 1: People with enough faith get healed (remember I am using Wommack's theology here)- Premise 2: Paul & Timothy are two of the most faithful examples in the New Testament of people with enough faith & they could not heal all, or remained sick themselves - see (2 Tim 4:20 + 2 Cor 12:7-9 + 1 Tim 5:23)- Conclusion: Therefore, it is always God's will to heal- Premise 1 is false- Premise 2 is true- The conclusion does not follow (premise one is false see premise 2) and is therefore false!Example two from the Old Testament:- Premise 1: People with enough faith get healed (remember I am using Wommack's theology here)- Premise 2: God permits the adversary to strike Job with terrible sickness from which he does not receive healing - Conclusion: I
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