Why Doesn't God Heal Everyone?

Why Doesn't God Heal Everyone?
A Korean doctor comes up with his answers to this difficult question

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

TOLUCA CITY, MEXICO (ANS) -- A Korean doctor has revealed to fellow Christian doctors why he believes that so many patients that are prayed for do not get healed.

Dr. Alvin Joonha Hwang

Dr. Alvin Joonha Hwang, Vice President of the World Christian Doctors Network (WCDN) was a speaker at the group's 10th Annual "Spirituality in Medicine" conference held in Toluca City, Mexico, June 14-15, 2013, and he tackled this confusing topic under the title of "The Principles that We Need to Know to Get Divine Healing."

Some 360 doctors and medical professionals from 24 countries, had had gathered in Mexico to examine actual case studies of miracles presented by various respected doctors, but this doctor spoke on the thorny topic of why not all prayers for healing result in miracles.

He began by saying, "It is said that only 10% of prayers translate into healing. Some say, 'If God does not answer us the way we insist He should, we must rest in His all-knowing sovereignty.' Others say that 'we need to rethink God's principles and apply them differently if we are to see different results.'"

"So I'd like to discuss our sovereign God's principles of divine healing with practical examples.

"First, if we do not have enough faith to continue to depend on God, we would give up before getting answer from God. The WCDN helps us to increase our faith. The delegates get empowered by the Holy Spirit. When they return home, they share that experience with other people. They spread and spread [the message] of God's power!"

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The South Korean doctor, who is also Professor of Science & Spirituality, Alliance Holiness Theological Seminary, Seoul, then turned to his second point and stated that "intense repentance is effective to remove the barrier to divine healing." He added, "Third, until we receive the kind of faith by which we can receive God's answers, we must pray on and accumulate the necessary sum of prayer.
"Fourth, we need to earnestly continue to imitate Jesus Christ and share deeper spiritual understanding and love with Him."

He talked about spiritual love (1 Cor. ch.13), the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. ch.5), and the beatitudes (Mat. ch.5) which he said 'may be the principle pillars of our spiritual growth. God cannot heal unless we measure up to sovereign God's standard of holiness.

"It is very difficult to throw away our sins on our own, but it is very easy if we receive God's strength and grace and the Holy Spirit's help. But even though one repents earnestly, loves God, is faithful, does his best to be a good Christian, prays fervently and is prayed over also, sometimes one does not get divine healing, finally to die or be weak for years.

"This is not because of lack of love or faith, but because of the delay of the answer from God caused by some special reasons according to God's justice and love. One may be spiritually linked with the sins of other people. That may be the fifth principle.

Dr. Hwang also said, "Of course there may be many other principles. The spiritual laws or principles originating from sovereign God's justice are so complicated that we human beings cannot fathom all of them. But we need not be discouraged because our Father God says, 'Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!'(Isaiah 49:15)"

Following the talk, a doctor from Asia told me, "This has been a question I have wrestled with for a long time. I have prayed for many patients and many didn't get well, while others did. So I found this explanation most helpful."

The "Spirituality and Medicine" conferences are organized by the World Christian Doctors Network based in Seoul, Korea, and at the end of the event, it was announced that next year's gathering will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, at a date to be late announced.

For more information on the World Christian Doctors Network, go to www.wcdn.org.