Does God Have the Power to Heal?
It is self evident that God can accomplish anything He sets out to do (1 Samuel 2:68). This, however, is not the point. What people need to know is the will of God in any matter. Wherefore be you not unwise, but [be you] understanding what the will of the Lord is (Ephesians 5:17). Sometimes He has willed not to heal people (2 Corinthians 12:79; 2 Samuel 12:1523). On the other hand, there are some all encompassing scriptures which seem to suggest that God heals all afflictions [God] who forgives all your iniquities; and heals all your diseases (Psalms 103:3). It is often said that if God forgives all of ones sins in this life (which the Bible says is true), then it follows that He would have to heal all ones diseases too! That is how Psalm 103 is sometimes interpreted. Coupled with Psalm 103 is the commission given by Christ to His original apostles that those apostles (not later people) would have power to heal all afflictions (Mark 16:1418). But even here it is recognized, even by tho
