Frequently Asked Questions

What about accidents and injuries?

Accidental injuries are not in the same medical category as sickness and disease. However, we can still apply the same Biblical healing principles to address any type of physical ailment. We see an example of healing an accidental injury in Acts 20:7-12, when a young man named Eutychus accidentally fell from a third story window while Paul was preaching. I encourage you to read this amazing story.

Accidental injuries are not part of God’s will for our lives (Psalm 91:12), but we can be healed from any physical condition, including death, when we follow the instructions from the Bible.

Keep in mind that some accidents and injuries are caused by our own disobedience. Regardless of the reason, we must always be open and willing to confess, repent, and receive deliverance and healing. We all need deliverance on a continual basis, and any Christian leader who suggests otherwise has allowed the spirit of pride to take up residence.

Let me use myself as an example. I had pain in one of my elbows, which was caused by an accident. I received healing, but days later the pain came back, and it hurts again. So, I have been asking the Lord to reveal to me any areas of my life that are not fully surrendered to Him. I can think of a few, especially when it comes to forgiving others and myself. Therefore, it’s time to sweep my house and heart clean again. I’m looking forward to plundering the enemy’s camp, so I bind the strongman and release forgiveness in Jesus’ name (Luke 11:21-22).

What about people born with physical defects?

We should never assume that people born with physical defects are ailed because of sin, but rather because of an opportunity for God’s glory to be revealed when that person is healed. We see an example of this in John 9:1-41, which is a miraculous story of healing and restoration, but also a warning to the spiritually blind. I encourage you to read the chapter again when you have time.

What about the sovereignty of God?

Sovereignty means to have “supreme power or authority,” but sometimes people can use this term out of Biblical context. God is all powerful, but that does not mean He can do anything. For example, God cannot lie, nor can He contradict his Word. God has given us His authority to exercise dominion over all the earth (Genesis 1:26) and His gifts and calling are irrevocable (Romans 11:29). God is sovereign, but He does not control everything because He has given us His command of stewarding the earth. He has also given us His command to “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give” (Matthew 10:8).

Sometimes, people use the “sovereignty of God” as an excuse for their unbelief, or because they have not followed His instructions for healing. Questioning whether Jesus “wants” to heal you, or that He “chooses” to heal some, but not others is double mindedness and leads to a lifestyle of emotional instability (James 1:6-8). If anyone uses the excuse that “God is sovereign” when it comes to not receiving or delivering healing, they contradict His Word, which is an insult to Jesus and His finished work at the Cross (1 Peter 2:24, Psalm 107:20, Isaiah 53:4).

People who use this excuse will sometimes be tempted to believe and even teach that “God is bigger than the Bible.” That sounds like a nice thing to say about God, right? However, it could not be any further from the truth. The Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). God is His Word, and He will never deviate from it. Claiming that “God is bigger than the Bible” affords a false teacher the ability to convince people that he or she has an exclusive line of communication with God that supersedes the Bible. Such teachers, who rely on “spiritual” giftings over the written Word of God, are not ministers of the gospel, but cult leaders. 

Remember, not every spiritual experience comes from God. “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14).

The danger of accepting a false teaching is that it can open our hearts to a spirit of self-righteousness (or false humility). The troubling part about that spirit, which is often clinically referred to as narcissism, is that it blinds a person to its existence, which causes a person to project his or her insecurities outward, rather than dealing with the painful, but productive process of self-examination, Godly sorrow, and repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10).

1 John 1:8-10 says, “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.”