“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.
