![]() ![]() If you are sick, I want you to see Jesus hanging on that cross, bearing whatever sickness you may have on his own body so that you dont have to endure it. He willingly made provision for any need we would ever have through his grace, and he wants us to partake of all that he made available to us. Jesus not only provided for us to be saved from hell, but also to be healed and made whole in every area of our lives. Saved here is the Greek word sozo, which means to heal, preserve, save, protect and make whole. ∿or by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9. We shouldnt just draw from Jesus in the area of forgiveness but in every area of our lives including healing. Jesus provided everything we will ever need through his death and resurrection. Isnt that glorious news? It is a wonderful benefit of the atonement of Christ that we all need to know about. He did it as our substitute so that we wouldnt have to carry them anymore. Just like he took all our sins on his own body so we could be made righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21), he also carried our sicknesses so that we could be healed. Have you ever loved someone who was sick and wished you could carry their sickness on your own body so that they wouldnt have to be sick? That is exactly what Jesus did for us. Jesus bore our sicknesses and carried our infirmities on his own body so that we wouldnt have to. Matthew 8:17, in referring to Isaiah 53:4, says, He himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. If we can let the Bible interpret itself, we can see that this verse in Isaiah is definitely referring to physical healing. He wants us healed on the inside and outside, a complete healing for our entire being. Jesus didnt just come for us to receive healing for our spirits but for our souls and physical bodies as well. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5 says, Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many people tend to shy away from that verse or reason it away as spiritual healing, but it is referring to physical healing, which is one of the benefits we are not to forget about. The forgiveness of sins and physical healing were used together again in this verse. Jesus didnt just die for our sins but for our sickness as well as the word so clearly tells us here.ġ Peter 2:24 says, Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed. Many of us havent forgotten the benefit of healing because we never knew we had that benefit in the first place. It tells us to forget not about those benefits. Psalm 103:1-5 says, ∻less the Lord, O my soul And all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.ĭid you see that? The forgiveness of sins and the healing of all our diseases were used together in the very same verse and are some of the benefits that we have through Christ. I want to take that a step further and through scripture show that healing was part of the atonement that Christ purchased for all of us. Ive been writing about healing, how it is always Gods will for us to be healed and that he does not want us to suffer with sickness and disease. ![]()
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