1. Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. 2Who would choose suffering unless he thought it brought him something, and something of value to him? 3He must think it is a small price to pay for something of greater worth. 4For sickness is an election; a decision. 5It is the choice of weakness, in the mistaken conviction that it is strength. 6When this occurs, real strength is seen as threat and health as danger. 7Sickness is a method, conceived in madness, for placing God’s Son on his Father’s throne. 8God is seen as outside, fierce and powerful, eager to keep all power for Himself. 9Only by His death can He be conquered by His Son.
2. And what, in this insane conviction, does healing stand for? 2It symbolizes the defeat of God’s Son and the triumph of his Father over him. 3It represents the ultimate defiance in a direct form which the Son of God is forced to recognize. 4It stands for all that he would hide from himself to protect his “life.” 5If he is healed, he is responsible for his thoughts. 6And if he is responsible for his thoughts, he will be killed to prove to him how weak and pitiful he is. 7But if he chooses death himself, his weakness is his strength. 8Now has he given himself what God would give to him, and thus entirely usurped the throne of his Creator.