How Do Modern Faith Healers Heal?
If modern healers dont have the gift of healing, as it was exercised by Jesus and the Apostles, how is it that some people are apparently healed through their ministries? It is certainly not my place to judge the sincerity of any who claim to heal. God is their judge and there is no reason for me to pass judgment on them. However, I certainly can judge their methods in comparison to those of Jesus and the Apostles. And I can postulate a number of explanations for their apparent effectiveness, apart from the gift of healing, which I dont believe they have. (1) In His mercy and omnipotence, God can miraculously respond to the prayers and the faith of the sick, in spite of the errors, antics, and mistakes of the faith healer. God is God; He can choose to heal in any way He wants in spite of human sin and ignorance. Thank God for His mercy because we all come before Him in some degree of ignorance. (2) The faith healer may simply be using the laws of psychology to heal. The mind can cause
