Saved And Healed At The Cross Of Christ Series

Saved and Healed at the Cross of Christ

On this Healing & Wholeness Sunday we gather in faith to delve deep into a powerful message: "Saved and Healed at the Cross of Christ."

This is a message of hope and redemption.

I want to remind you today that the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross paid the price for our salvation and healing.

Listen to the words of 1 Peter 2:24:

1 Peter 2:24 (NLT): "Jesus personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you are healed."

Friends, at the Cross of Christ, there is salvation and there is healing.

If we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we have the certain hope, the assurance, God has forgiven us of all our sins because of what Jesus has done on the Cross.

Let’s explore this profound truth.

Point 1: The Cross: A Place of Redemption

The first point emphasizes the Cross as the place of redemption. Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God, carried our sins upon Himself at the Cross.

Through His selfless sacrifice, we find forgiveness and salvation.

The message of the Cross is one of restoration and reconciliation.

Ephesians 1:7: "God is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins."

The Cross is not just a symbol; it's a place of divine exchange.

Jesus took our sins upon Himself, and in return, we received forgiveness and a new life in Him.

This truth is beautifully summed up by Charles Spurgeon: "Every link of that chain of sorrows which was flung around His shoulders should have been a bolt to the gates of hell. Christ must die to put away sin."

Point 2: The Cross: A Place of Healing

Moving on, we explore the Cross as a place of healing.

700 years before Christ went to the cross, God revealed to the prophet Isaiah the suffering and death Jesus would endure.

Isaiah 53:3-6, He was despised and rejected — a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. 4 Yet it was our weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for His own sins! 5 But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on Him the sins of us all.

Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 53:3-6 reveals the depth of suffering Jesus endured for our healing. His wounds, His stripes, were for our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

The price has been paid; the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is sufficient for all who place their trust in Him.

When we repent, when we turn away from our sin and turn to Jesus as Lord and Saviour, all of our sins, past present and future are dealt with.

By trusting in Jesus, the power of God cleanses and changes us, we are born-again.

Jesus has paid the price for our redemption and our healing at the Cross.

At the Cross, Jesus bore our sicknesses and diseases.

In New Testament times when Jesus walked upon this earth He spoke and people were healed.

Jesus never turned anyone away.

In Matthew 8:2-3: "A man with leprosy came and knelt before Jesus and said, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. 'I am willing,' He said. 'Be clean!' And immediately the leprosy left him."

Throughout the Gospel narratives, there are examples of people who came from far and wide and spoke to Jesus and He healed them.

He healed the sick, the blind, the deaf, the disabled, the leper, He even raised the dead back to life.

Matthew 9:35 records how Jesus travelled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

He healed every kind of disease and illness.

That means that if you or I had been there, He would have healed us as well.

The Cross isn't just about forgiveness; it's about restoration.

It's where God's healing touch is extended to those who believe.

The words of Charles Spurgeon echo this truth: "The Lord did not place His child upon the surgeon's table without providing an anaesthetic. He knew what they would do to Him."