Peace agbley, thanks for your comment. I see it a different way, and believe Christians can and will get sick. We live in a human body and are subject to illnesses today just like people were in the Bible.
Paul was one of the Christian pioneers and I doubt most people today measure up to his strength, faith and perseverance in preaching about Jesus. But he was sick: Gal 4:13 and had a thorn in the flesh (possibly poor eyesight) which he was never healed of to our knowledge. Also his Christian brother, Epaphroditus, was so sick he nearly died. Phil 2:27. The Bible does not say we as Christians are immune to sickness. Jesus himself on earth also experienced the physical effects of being human: tiredness/exhaustion, crying, pain, and being so stressed out that blood came out his pores. Revelation says we'll be free of all these things in heaven.
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Paul was one of the Christian pioneers and I doubt most people today measure up to his strength, faith and perseverance in preaching about Jesus. But he was sick: Gal 4:13 and had a thorn in the flesh (possibly poor eyesight) which he was never healed of to our knowledge. Also his Christian brother, Epaphroditus, was so sick he nearly died. Phil 2:27. The Bible does not say we as Christians are immune to sickness. Jesus himself on earth also experienced the physical effects of being human: tiredness/exhaustion, crying, pain, and being so stressed out that blood came out his pores. Revelation says we'll be free of all these things in heaven.
I hope this offers a helpful perspective.
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