It's always God's will to heal the sick (Christian)

Thank you Con for joining the debate. Just to clarify, the title of the debate is "it is always God's will to heal the sick". The reason I put "(Christian)" is not to specify that it has to a sick Christian, but to specify that this debate is about the Christian God. So the debate is to prove that it is always God's will to heal the sick. To define: Will = Strong's dictionary #2307 - will, wish, desire [1] [1] http://biblehub.com... I will prove that it is always God's will (wish, desire) to heal the sick (any sick). To do this only two point have to be demonstrated: 1. Is it always God's will to heal the sick? (The title of this debate) and to prove this even further, the answer to the next question will prove this another way: 2. Did God command believers to heal the sick? To answer question 1, really only one thing needs to be proved from the Bible, which is: 3. Did the sacrifice of Jesus Christ include the provision and payment for healing? To answer question 3 we have to turn to Isaiah 53, the scripture about what Jesus did for us: "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:4-5 (KJV) Another version puts it this way: "Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us." Isaiah 53:4-5 (YLT) In the scripture above we can clearly see that Jesus paid the price for our healing, through the stripes or bruise that He took. Thus proving that it is God's will to heal the sick, since one of the reason He sent Jesus to provide the payment for the healing. To answer question 2 (above); "did God command believers to heal the sick?" We will let the Bible answer for itself through the following scriptures: "And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." Matthew 10:7-8 This is when Jesus sent out the twelve. Jesus clearly issued them with the command "heal the sick". So it was the disciples job to heal the sick person using the power and authority that Jesus had given them just a few verses before: "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease." Matthew 10:1-2 Also, in the book of Luke we see a similar scenario when Jesus sent out the seventy: "And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." Luke 10:8-9 So we can see that the seventy other followers we commanded to heal all the sick in the city. Finally, we will look at two scriptures which include some of Jesus' last words on Earth: "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:18-20 Here Jesus commands his disciples to teach all nations to observe all things whatsoever that He commanded them. We have already seen that He commanded them to heal the sick, but in-case we are in any doubt, lets look at another example: "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:15-18 This verse proves that one of the signs that follow those who believe, is that they shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So the emphasis is on the believer to minister healing to the sick person. Going back to the original debate; it is always God's will to heal the sick. By demonstrating the scriptures above, we can answer the questions: 1. Is it always God's will to heal the sick? Yes, because Isaiah 53:4-5 proves that Jesus paid for the healing (also answers question 3 above). 2. Did God command believers to heal the sick? Yes, because when Jesus sent out His followers on a mission, He told them to preach and heal. Answering these two questions proves that it is always God's will to heal the sick. Just as it is always God's will that the lost be saved. But there are still people dying without accepting Jesus as Lord, and therefore not being saved. Just because something happened does not mean that it was God's will for it to happen. God desires all the sick healed, just as He desires all the lost to be saved. But He has tasked us with the job of preaching and healing, so if it's not getting done, we don't need to look at God, we need to examine ourselves. Over to you Con.