January 11, 2023

There Is Healing In The Atonement

Sickness is limited death. Jesus clearly states in John 10:10 that He came that we would have life and have it abundantly. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Sickness steals quality of life. Sickness wears down the body. Death is the intended desire of sickness.

Jesus overcame death, hell, and the grave. That includes sickness and disease. When Jesus declared, "this is my body given for you." (Lk 22:19 ESV) He was declaring the Isaiah 53:5 passage, "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 53:5, ESV)  Jesus gives His body to be pierced, crushed, beaten, and whipped, so we are forgiven, set free, healed, and made whole. 

Are you starting to see? There is healing in the communion because Christ is in the communion. He held the bread and said, This is my body given for you. This is my blood, the blood of the New Covenant! The bread and the cup are not some magical spell the believer performs. The bread and the cup remind us of who Jesus is and what Jesus has done. We respond in faith! And all things become possible for those who believe! Keep your eyes on Jesus as you receive communion today! Speak to the disease/sickness! Tell it to go in Jesus' name!  Be healed, my friends!