“That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and
bore our sicknesses.”—Matthew 8:17
Healing belongs to the
believer. Jesus purchased it by going to
the cross. You have ever right to be
healed as you do to be saved and filled with the Holy Spirit.
According to Matthew 8:17, Jesus took our infirmities, and bare our
sicknesses.” The word “infirmities” means feebleness of body
or mind, sick, without strength, weak, impotent, and “sicknesses” means disease, infirmity, sickness. Jesus bore infirmities and sicknesses in His
own body so that you and I would not have to.
We are redeemed from sickness and disease.
In fact, Paul wrote
in Galatians 3: 13-14 “Christ has
redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that the blessing of
Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith.”
Jesus bore the curse so that we could receive the blessing. A
study of Genesis chapter 17 tells us what the blessings are. “And
when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said
unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect [or
upright, sincere]. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly…Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall
be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee…And I will establish
my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.” This covenant God made with Abraham was
sealed with the blood of Jesus.
According to Galatians 3:29, “And
if you are Christ’s, then you
are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” when you belong to
Jesus Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the
promise.
You are an heir to the
blessing which God gave to Abraham. This
blessing found in Deuteronomy chapter 28, covers every area of your existence:
spirit, soul, body, financially, and socially.
One of these blessings is physical healing. You have the right to live free from sickness
and disease. Peter said of Jesus, “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on
the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose
stripes you were healed’ (1 Peter 2:24).
The stripes laid on Jesus’ back by the Roman soldiers stood for your
healing. Notice that in both this scripture
and in Matthew 8:17 the form of both words used is past tense—“bore” and “were.” Bore our sickness—past
tense. By those stripes, you were healed--past tense. You were healed over 2,000 years ago, but you
have to receive it by faith today.
Healing is part of your inheritance, part
of the blessing of Abraham; but in order to live in your inheritance, you have
to believe it for yourself and accept it as a reality in your life.
As a child of God, you have a right to
your legal inheritance; however,
just as in the natural realm you would inherit something you would have to
claim it. The same is true in the
spiritual realm. You must claim by faith
what Jesus Christ has provided for you.
Prayer—Father
I thank You for provided healing for me in every area of my life, spiritually, physically
and mentally. Thank You Lord Jesus for bearing
in your body the healing that I need in my life. I receive Your healing right now; no longer
will I allow Satan to unjustly put sickness and disease on me. Lord I submit myself anew to You today for
complete healing in every area of my life, in Jesus Name. Amen.
