My experience and study has shown me the following in response to this mentality:

If one has had a born again experience, the absolute highest for that person from that point forward would be to walk in faith in every area of life, including healing. It is true that we are children of the Creator of life and the greatest physician of all, but we as responsible children must walk in obedience to recieve the blessings of the father. Any who would choose to follow the "no medicine" route and stand on faith alone need to realize that something other than faith is required in order to follow the "no medicine" route. The first thing that is required is a specific word from God that you are to stand in faith and not partake of any medicine. It's not that we are not to stand in faith, it is actually the opposite. We are to stand in faith in all things, BUT God provided medicine and expects us to use it for physical problems. Faith is the perfect remedy for life problems and spiritual problems that medicine cannot touch and although it should never become deminished, it is not always the sole answer for the physical problems.

There are several reasons for this statement. First, God created us of dust and He created herbs and natural remedies that originate in the same dust to help us with our physical needs. This point is made very clear in Genesis. Secondly, God will never make us sick. He does use sickness to teach us and help us grow closer to Him, but He will never make us sick. Even in the case of Job, He allowed satan to make job sick, but God did not do it. Because God is not the source of the illness, it is not His responsibility directly to correct it. There are principles and statutes that were not followed and that is what created the illness. To study and show ourselves approved in finding what caused it and what needs to be done is the answer. As a loving father, God did create everything needed to stay well and get well when the proper wellness principles were not followed. People are forever asking for prayer of their physical needs and often recieve no help because they are waiting for a supernatural miracle instead of looking for the answer God provides. God does not work in miracles as a rule, He supplies answers that will help us learn and grow. This is where the study of nutrition and the use of herbs and other natural remedies come into play.

If you are sure God gave you a specific word that you are to stand in faith and not use any medicine at all, it would, of course, be a sin to use any medicine. Many choose the "faith alone" route without that specific word from God and in these cases, God has not supplied the annointing to activate the faith you are attempting to walk in. When faith is not in abundance, healing will not take place and condemnation is the end result. This would never be right. It would never be right that we feel condemned or belittled. Because God provided herbs for the healing of the nations, if we choose not to use natural medicine when we have not heard a word from God we are scoffing at God's ability to supply an answer. We need to remember when we are praying for a miracle that it may come in a form that is not instant and supernatural. Perhaps God wants to use your search for an answer to your illness to teach you something about natural care of His temple, the human body.

Thus it is my belief that God placed medicine here to help us. Medicine is simply a means or a boost to the faith that we already have, assuming you are using the medicines from nature as God intended. Jesus used oil for anointing and for healing, He used mud on a blind mans eyes and various other instances. Why did He do this? Did Jesus not have the power to speak a word and have it so? I believe He did, but He used these physical items to show and teach us that we will often need a means of getting a job done. We live in a realm that is more physical than spiritual and so physical medicines are also needed. This does not mean that we stop having faith, but we should stand in faith that the medicine will work effectively and quickly. More than that, have faith that God will lead you to the right midicine that will not harm or defile your body as drugs and surgery do, or that God will lead you to a doctor who can direct you to the right medicine.

CAUTION ABOUT MEDICINE: There is also the matter of the "kinds" of medicine that can be used to bring about healing. The average person is aware of drugs and doctors with prescriptions, but this is not the kind of medicine God would have you use EVER!
Never is one to partake in pharmakia unless there is no other option and then I think we need to be cautious. Drugs and medications are witchcraft and sorcery by the literal definition of the word! How could that ever be God's will? Notice that Jesus used natural products that originated from the earth, the same place we the human originated. Be cautious about what you partake of when beginning to use medicine. Medication will never heal you although it may mask the problem and when used, you will no doubt need to repent from it when your knowledge base increases. You may use this website as a means of good foundational education in what can and should be done to invoke healing the way God would have it to be.

Blessings and perfect health to you and yours,

Dr. Reuben T. De Haan

Back to top