Isaiah 53:4-5  (NKJV)

v4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. v5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised  for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

These two verses spell out in detail what Christs’ work on the cross has done for us. As we read this we know He died on the cross for us, pierced striped and crucified to reconcile us to Abba Father, and so we have eternal life with Him. But do we also know that in that act He bought for us healing, not just spiritual but physical and emotional!

Lets look at v4 in detail ” Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows..”. Looking at the Hebrew words for griefs and sorrows in particular:

“griefs”: choliy (khol-ee’) Strongs 02483

Meaning: sickness.

Usage: sickness, disease, grief

“sorrows”: mak’ob (mak-obe)

meaning: 1) pain, sorrow 1a) pain (physical) 1b) pain mental

usage: sorrow, pain, grief

Its abundantly clear that if we look at the Hebrew, Christ not only bore our grief and carried our sorrow, but He if accurately translated He bore our sickness and disease and carried our sorrow and pain both physical and mental/ emotional. Wow, let that sink in, if Christ carried your pains, sickness and diseases, you don’t have to! Healing is ours because of Jesus!

Okay people out there might be saying, “hey, are you reading too much, and taking things out of context?” Well the best solution is to let the bible translate the bible. Lets now look at Matt 8:16-17 (NKJV)

v16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out thew spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, v17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ” He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses”

Matthew in his gospel also translates the verse to mean sickness and infirmities (pains, weaknesses, disease). It becomes quite clear that besides paying for our sins upon the cross, He has bought for us healing too. Let me present it in another way, before Adam and Eve sinned there was no sickness, pains or disease in this world. That sin brought along all the curses and suffering. Now that Jesus has come and paid the price for our sins, sickness and disease no longer has a right to be upon us, who are His, as He has redeemed us from it all!

In the same way we accepted Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour by faith, accept ALL the blessings that He was given us by faith, don’t rationalize it away by saying so and so didn’t get healed, but just thank Him for His work and dwell in His love and you will get the breakthrough of healing that you require in your life! Praise Him!

Stay tuned for Healing 2: Is it God’s will?…..

Ed