By His Stripes Were We Healed!

Jesus act on the Cross was an act of healing from that which crushes us.

Matt. 8:16

When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

The miracles of healing are but a manifestation of our faith in the redemptive work of the Cross which grants us Shalom with God.

1 Pet. 2:24 says, by His stripes were ye healed”. Past tense! The word stripes in both the Hebrew ????????? chabburah (hab-boo-raw') and the Greek µ???p? (molopus) both mean, swollen marks of a blow; the expression used for “black and blue” marks on a person’s body from being beaten and whipped. Jesus stripes are a reminder to us that we may by faith have access to true healing when needed.

James 5:13-15

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

It is by operation of faith you believe that Christ died for your sins, meaning you believe that He endured the beating, the whipping, being scourged, the sufferings, was bruised and pierced to purchase the Spirit of God for our lives, granting us grace and restoration unto a right relationship with God, putting our souls in a good state of health that we may fellowship and serve the Almighty Creator, and to live to enjoy that relationship with the Almighty, Loving and merciful gracious Lord.

If, we then have faith in Jesus work on the Cross, we must also have faith in its rewards, and that is His covenant of healing. Like the leper, the Centurion Soldier, the gentile woman, and many others who believed in His healing power and authority, we are to believe in His healing.

We are healed – literally. Whatever it may be, by faith in the Doctrine of the Cross, it is healed to us; or healing has already happened, both to the spiritual and to the physical. Whatever, crushes you, Jesus has already paid the price for your restoration and recovery.

Believing the Lord for Divine Healing is but faith in His redemptive work on the cross. And, that’s all I’m going to say about that – by His stripes were you healed! Amen!