![]() ![]() Have you been wounded by sin, rejection, loss or betrayal? Only Jesus can heal that and give you His peace. The healing, the spiritual health we have received, is contrasted with the wounds and stripes to which He was subject. “By His wounds we are healed”, these are marks of divine judgement. Jehovah Rapha heals us of our spiritual and bodily sickness. When we believe in Jesus, we accept Him as our spiritual physician, and we get under His care. He was chastised so that we might have peace. Nevertheless, due to the sinfulness of man and our numberless transgressions, Jesus Christ had to endure it all so that we could finally be saved. Watching Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ gives us a perspective of the vastness of sufferings and the great agonies that our Lord had to pass through. By His Stripes, We Are HealedĬhastisement is the act of scolding or punishing someone. This mind-boggling truth is exactly what Jesus did for the sake of our sins. In simple terms, the theory of substitution is as follows: someone takes the punishment of others for the sake of those to whom it was due, allowing them to go Scot free (1 Peter 2:24). Then afterwards, we can enjoy the comfort, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. It is only at this moment that we can apply the atoning work of Christ to ourselves. Let us look at it as if we are the people and the only ones for whom He endured all this. The full regard of Jesus’ suffering is to be put aside for us to look at it from a different point of view. The prophet Isaiah says “He was wounded for our transgressions” in anguish some 700 years before the birth of Jesus. He was the only one pure enough only Jesus was righteous enough to suffer and die for the sake of man’s redemption. However, only one man was wounded to redeem man from his sins. We are grateful for the many injured soldiers while serving to protect the freedom of the people and the countries they serve. ![]() Families break up, and others even go into depression. Many of these people’s lives were never the same after the injuries. It is estimated that over 1.5 million men and women have been injured while serving in the army. Only Jesus Can Save ManĮvery year close to millions of people join armed forces all over the world. The soldier turned as he did so, and the dreamer was surprised to see his own face! He awoke in a cold sweat, aware that his sin had resulted in this heinous punishment of the Savior. When the wielder of the lash raised his arm to strike the Lord once again, the guy raced forward to stop him. The observer cringed as the harsh whip fell onto Christ’s back, for the awful cords caused hideous, gaping sores on His bleeding, swollen body. “But he was pierced for our transgressions he was crushed for our iniquities upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5Ī man concerned by his sins had a vivid dream in which he saw Jesus brutally whipped by a soldier. ![]()
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