By His stripes we are healed.

[angels4u]

The Suffering Servant
…4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. 5But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushedfor our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.…Is.534-6

53:4-9 In these verses is an account of the sufferings of Christ; also of the design of his sufferings. It was for our sins, and in our stead, that our Lord Jesus suffered. We have all sinned, and have come short of the glory of God. Sinners have their beloved sin, their own evil way, of which they are fond. Our sins deserve all griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. We are saved from the ruin, to which by sin we become liable, by laying our sins on Christ. This atonement was to be made for our sins. And this is the only way of salvation. Our sins were the thorns in Christ's head, the nails in his hands and feet, the spear in his side. He was delivered to death for our offences. By his sufferings he purchased for us the Spirit and grace of God, to mortify our corruptions, which are the distempers of our souls. We may well endure our lighter sufferings, if He has taught us to esteem all things but loss for him, and to love him who has first loved us. 

Matthew Henry Commentary

[Behold]

"God who began your salvation in you, will Himself be faithful to complete it".    Philippians 1:6

"Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith".  Hebrews 12:2

"We are no longer under the Law, but under Grace".   Romans 6:14

"the law came by Moses, but Grace and Truth, came by Jesus The Christ".   John 1:17   John 14:6

"Blessed are the born again because God no longer charges them with their sinning".   Romans 4:8

And why does God not hold you accountable in Eternity for your sinning?  Because He already held Christ accountable for them all on the Cross.

Faith does not save you.  Faith released God to save you through Christ.

God accepts your faith, to then SAVE YOU with the Blood Atonement.

"faith is counted (accepted) as righteousness", but its the Righteousness that makes you acceptable to God that He GIVES YOU.     This is "justification BY faith".

Another way to think of it is this.... The bumper sticker said.   "you took Christ, and God took you".

[JTC]

Many years ago the verse "by His stripes we are healed" was said to mean Jesus also bought us health from sickness & disease. Healing ministers would say if we don't get better it's bc we don't really believe it. I'm not so sure they are correct.   

    But suppose a believer is in prayer 1 night and he thinks he hears the Holy Spirit talking to him. I am convinced this happens to us, although not by our will or needs, but as God wants it to it does happen. I knew a man who was always sick with every cold and flu bug going around. It sure made it hard for him to hold down a job, luckily he didn't have to. He still hated being sick. He says that 1 night he heard God tell him, in his spirit, that he doesn't have to be sick Jesus did it for him. I figured he was imaging things as he was wont to do. But a few months later, due to a death in his family, he suddenly had to hold down a job, hold a job or become homeless. He took a grueling 12 hr a day job. 

   A few yrs later he said he still had that job. I asked how he did it. He said the Lord made it possible for him to not get sick with any minor ailments anymore. It seems almost beyond belief. But when God wants a thing to happen, it surly will. This guy doesn't lie.

[Kristin]

On 8/22/2019 at 3:31 PM, Behold said:

"God who began your salvation in you, will Himself be faithful to complete it".    Philippians 1:6

"Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith".  Hebrews 12:2

"We are no longer under the Law, but under Grace".   Romans 6:14

"the law came by Moses, but Grace and Truth, came by Jesus The Christ".   John 1:17   John 14:6

"Blessed are the born again because God no longer charges them with their sinning".   Romans 4:8

And why does God not hold you accountable in Eternity for your sinning?  Because He already held Christ accountable for them all on the Cross.

Faith does not save you.  Faith released God to save you through Christ.

God accepts your faith, to then SAVE YOU with the Blood Atonement.

"faith is counted (accepted) as righteousness", but its the Righteousness that makes you acceptable to God that He GIVES YOU.     This is "justification BY faith".

Another way to think of it is this.... The bumper sticker said.   "you took Christ, and God took you".

The price was God Himself as a blood sacrifice. We will be shocked when we go to Glory at the sacrifice He made for us. 

[Justin Adams]

20 minutes ago, Kristin said:

The price was God Himself as a blood sacrifice. We will be shocked when we go to Glory at the sacrifice He made for us. 

You are correct. Hard to take in at times. Blessings.

[breathoflife]

When the matzoh, leavenless bread, was cooked it is pierced and cooked on a griddle that leaves stripes on the bread picturing our Lord. Hold the Bread up before the candle and you see the Light of the World. Sorry for the diversion.

[Jubilea]

On 9/21/2019 at 1:24 PM, Kristin said:

The price was God Himself as a blood sacrifice. We will be shocked when we go to Glory at the sacrifice He made for us. 

Amen, and I also believe we will be shocked at the magnitude of blessing His sacrifice delivered to us, and how much of it we left untouched.

[Willa]

Mat 8:16  LIT  And evening having come on, they brought to Him many having been possessed by demons. And He cast out the spirits by a word, and He healed all those having illness,  Mat 8:17  so that it might be fulfilled that spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took upon Himself our weaknesses, and bore our sicknesses." Isa. 53:4

So the New Testament also claims the Jesus bore our sicknesses and infirmities on the cross as well as our sins.  

[Willa]

Job was found righteous by God  yet satan was allowed to give him tumors or boils all over his body as well as the loss of family and all his possessions.  God was allowing him to be tested.  

God is the one Who heals.  One of His names is the God Who Heals.  We only need mustard seed size of faith in a great faithful and compassionate God to be healed.  We don't need faith in our faith, or to work up faith.  Faith also is a gift.  The man born blind was that way so the power of God might be demonstrated.    We just need to rely on God with what little faith we have and to be thankful for all His blessings and answered prayers.

If God answers prayers because of our great faith, then we can take the credit for what He has done.  God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.  

[Kristin]

On 11/3/2019 at 9:15 PM, Willa said:

Job was found righteous by God  yet satan was allowed to give him tumors or boils all over his body as well as the loss of family and all his possessions.  God was allowing him to be tested.  

God is the one Who heals.  One of His names is the God Who Heals.  We only need mustard seed size of faith in a great faithful and compassionate God to be healed.  We don't need faith in our faith, or to work up faith.  Faith also is a gift.  The man born blind was that way so the power of God might be demonstrated.    We just need to rely on God with what little faith we have and to be thankful for all His blessings and answered prayers.

If God answers prayers because of our great faith, then we can take the credit for what He has done.  God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.  

You are so right. God does heal in all manner of healing. He healed me from pancreatitis, which the doctors said I would always have. I’m healed 5 years now. God is so good. He heals our minds and hearts first though, I think. Then our bodies are ready to be healed. He never stops, if only we humble ourselves and BELIEVE ❤️

Edited November 28, 2019 by Kristin
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