James 1:17

Matthew 7:11

Good gifts come from God. Jesus said that your heavenly Father gives good gifts to them that ask him. If you are sick, wouldn't you consider healing to be a good gift? Then you have a right to receive it from God when you ask him for it.

You can learn something else important from this. God does not force his gifts on any man. No one has to get saved, and no one has to get healed. God's gifts are given to those that ask him for them. This debunks the stupid idea that sickness can be a gift from God, as some say. Did you ask God for your illness? Did God offer you a choice of receiving it or not receiving it? NO. Then it was not a gift from God. That isn't how God operates.

Besides, what kind of a "gift" is it when you are told to pray for its removal in Scripture? Surely not one of God's gifts. God wouldn't give you any gift that he doesn't want you to keep. You know this because Romans 11:29 says that the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. We usually major on the callings part of this verse in relation to people called to the ministry, but here God tells us that when he gives gifts, he doesn't change his mind and take them back. That proves that sickness is not a gift from God. He would not give you a gift and then remove it.


Sickness is not a gift from God, but healing is. God's gifts are good. Jesus said that he was the Gift of God (John 4:10) and Paul called Christ a gift (Eph 4:7). The Holy Spirit is called a gift (Acts 2:38). Salvation is called a gift throughout the book of Romans. Righteousness is called a gift (Romans 5:17). God is the giver of good gifts to his children. But notice that these gifts don't just come on you automatically because it's God's will. You had to receive Christ and his righteousness. You had to receive the Holy Spirit. God was always offering the gifts, but you had to receive them. Healing is no different.

Nowhere in the Bible is sickness is called a gift. You will have to close your Bible and read modern unbelieving preachers' statements to get this doctrine.