Except that doesn't work, does it?
Would you like a list of all the people who have died after refusing treatment and praying for recovery instead? It will be a very long list because it just doesn't work.
it works for me; i was diagnosed with terminal cancer 18 years ago, with a prognosis of 6 months to death; the doctors told me that there was no effective treatment for the cancer i had; it wasn't the 'miracle' of modern medicine that helped me. it took me two years to learn how to receive healing from God, and i haven't been treated by doctors for 16 years now. and i'm not the only one; God's word heals. how long is the list of people that the medical industry couldn't help? doctors aren't inherently evil; many many Christians wouldn't have lived long enough to learn how to receive healing from God if it hadn't been for doctors - but all they can do is address symptoms; they can't heal. and don't tell me you haven't received healing from God - have you ever cut your finger? dd it heal?
first, you need to understand God's system of delegated authority:
Gen 1:26 KJV
(26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
'let them have dominion...over all the earth'
Psa 115:16 KJV
(16) The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but
the earth hath he given to the children of men.
God gave unconditional authority over the earth to people in flesh bodies; this delegation of authority was without condition. God still has ultimate control, but He has limited Himself in the earth by this delegation of authority to people in flesh bodies - He can't operate independently in the earth - He must work through people - and people are flawed by their own selfishness. all the bad things that happen in the earth are because people in flesh bodies have dominion over the earth, and have free will.
let's say i deposited $1 million in a bank account with your name on it, sent you a letter telling you how to draw it out, and gave you my cell phone number so you could call me when you need help following the instructions in my letter. at the time i put the money in a bank account with your name on it, i would have already given you $1 million; but it wouldn't do you any good if you never drew it out. if you didn't read my letter, or read it but didn't believe it, or read and believed it but didn't ask me for clarification - you could die a pauper with $1 million in the bank - even though i had already given the money to you...
