EPISODE 247 – YOU ARE HEALED BY HIS STRIPES

Wednesday 27th September, 2023

YOU ARE HEALED BY HIS STRIPES

“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 53:5 (NKJV)

The death of Jesus and the punishment He went through, dealt with the spiritual problem, which is sin. However, sin did not only enter the world, it came with with its consequences.

One of the consequences or effects of sin is SICKNESS.

There are some who think it is wrong to use the phrase “By his stripes we are healed” to address physical healing. According to them, this phrase is only addressing spiritual healing.

The Hebrew word used in Isaiah 53:5, râphâh means to mend (by stitching that is (figuratively) to cure; it means to cause to heal {by physician} or repair {thoroughly} to make whole.

The Prophet Isaiah was not only referring to the spiritual condition of sin which Jesus dealt with through His death, he was also speaking of how the scourging of Jesus’ body dealt with the infirmities of the body (which are consequences of sin).

The legal testimony of your physical healing is the stripes of Jesus and the authority of His name.

The disciples of Jesus did not only see the phrase, “By His stripes we are healed” as spiritual healing. They also saw it as the provision of our physical healing through Jesus.

“When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases” Matthew 8:16-17 (BSB)

Matthews Gospel was reasonably written between AD 55 and AD 60, this was either 22years or 27 years after the death of Jesus.

Therefore his testimony of the fulfillment of Isaiah 53:5 in Matthew 8:17, is to help his readers understand also the physical impact of Jesus’ death.

Our Lord was beaten and scourged with a Roman whip also called the “flagellum”. It is made of two or three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes knotted with a number of small pieces of metal, usually zinc and iron, attached at various intervals. To be scourged by this flagellum would quickly remove the skin and tear the flesh.

Our Lord Jesus suffered this not only for your spiritual sin, but also to bear and take away your physical infirmities.

This means because He has suffered for your sins, He will not deny you healing because of your wrongs and sinful deeds.

As He has suffered for your sins, He has also suffered for your infirmities.

This should let you know that, God will not use sickness and diseases to correct you of your wrongs. He has borne your (spiritual and physical) infirmities.

What is the challenge in your body?

Which infirmity has afflicted your flesh?

Take God’s word concerning your health!

Stand on it to exercise your faith.

By His stripes you are healed!

If you have any challenge in your body, RECEIVE YOUR HEALING NOW!

Be it infirmity in your kidney, lungs, intestines, stomach, eyes, bones and joints, heart, head, brain, or any other part of your body, YOU ARE HEALED whiles reading.

Celebrate your testimony NOW.

Hallelujah