I know a man right now who has cancer in his brain and throat. He was told by the oncologist that 7 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy would very likely put him in remission. But he claims that God healed him, and that he must “stand” on his faith. He believes that if he acknowledges that his symptoms are getting worse, he will lose his healing. He refuses to submit to a PET scan or MRI, which would either prove the tumor smaller or larger, for belief that God would somehow get angry and allow him to die for testing his healing. Without medical help, he will either die from the cancer, or God will indeed heal him. Meanwhile, if the cancer is spreading, his chance of being healed through the doctors is ticking away.

What a shame! When this same man hears his brakes squealing, he takes his car to the mechanic to have the brakes repaired! He doesn’t expect the Lord to do it. When his clothes get dirty, he waits for his mother to wash them before he puts them back on: he does not ignore the dirt, nor expect a miraculous cleansing. When his head aches, he takes aspirin. He appears to use the brain that God gave him for everything except the most important issue he has ever faced.

If God does not heal him, at his funeral I will probably hear words like, “It must have been God’s will to take him to heaven.” Hogwash! This man will just have allowed himself to die. His misinterpretation of the scriptures will have caused his demise.