THERE ARE TIMES TO LOOK TO THE “BACK SIDE” OF THE CROSS

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement needful to obtain peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with his stripes that wounded Him we are healed and made whole.”—Isaiah 53:5 Amplified

 

God never intended for His people to be sick and weak or to from suffer pain and disease.  Physical disease came about after Adam and Eve gave in to Satan’s temptation, “Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death” (James 1:15).

 

Isaiah, the prophet, prophesies nearly 750 years before Jesus’ birth that a Savior would be born and die for the sins and healing of humanity, “For unto to us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6), and “Surely, He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted, 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” (Isaiah 53:4-5). 

 

Although it is not logical and I can not explain how Jesus suffered our diseases, bore our pains, and endured the judgment of our sins on the Cross, but I believe it.  Christ Jesus paid for our complete healing when He died in our place.  Psalm 103.3 says, “Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” 

 

If you are suffering from an attack of sickness in your body, I challenge you to picture in your mind to see not only the front of Christ hanging on the cross; but remember to see His back that was nailed to the cross.  The back that suffered being whipped thirty-nine times with a cat-of-nine tails, the back that bore your sickness and disease, the back that, “carried all your diseased and suffered your pains, taking the stripes by which we were healed (Isaiah 53:4-5).  The result of picturing Jesus Christ’s back is so that you will see, “…by His stripes we were healed” (1 Peter 2:24)—spiritually, mentally and physically.  

 

Salvation and healing are free gifts from God to release the captivity and to heal the human race, not only from the evil of sin in their hearts and spirits, but from the frightening physical effects of disease in the human body.  Psalm 103:3 tells us that God forgives and heals, “Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:3).  Today thank Him for providing salvation and healing for you.

 

Prayer—Father I thank You that You included in your plan of salvation, healing.  Lord, I look to You today to touch my body and heal me of all infirmities, all diseases physically and emotionally, in Jesus Name. Amen.