DIVINE HEALING
Matthew 8:16-17
"When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying 'He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sickness.' "
There is disagreement among theologians whether healing is a part of the Atonement which Jesus accomplished by His suffering and death. I believe it is because Matthew quoted Isaiah 53 which is generally understood as being prophetic of His Passion – "He bore our sickness." Jesus suffered and died to take the penalty of the curse, which included sin, death, and sickness. Peter understood that healing has already been paid for through Christ's suffering when he wrote, "by whose stripes you were [past tense] healed" (I Peter 2:25). I don't claim to understand everything about healing – why God doesn't heal every time – but I know it is real and available because Jesus paid for it.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The Lord Jesus purchased our healing when He suffered and died on the cross.
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Have a "healing" day. Love you.
Matthew 8:16-17
"When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying 'He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sickness.' "
There is disagreement among theologians whether healing is a part of the Atonement which Jesus accomplished by His suffering and death. I believe it is because Matthew quoted Isaiah 53 which is generally understood as being prophetic of His Passion – "He bore our sickness." Jesus suffered and died to take the penalty of the curse, which included sin, death, and sickness. Peter understood that healing has already been paid for through Christ's suffering when he wrote, "by whose stripes you were [past tense] healed" (I Peter 2:25). I don't claim to understand everything about healing – why God doesn't heal every time – but I know it is real and available because Jesus paid for it.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The Lord Jesus purchased our healing when He suffered and died on the cross.
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Have a "healing" day. Love you.
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