Isaiah 53:3-5, assures the Christian that
they have lawful authority under the name of Jesus to receive or take or draw
upon God’s healing power. When a Christian unwillingly becomes sick, diseased,
or is involuntarily struck with any type of physical, emotional or mental pain
he or she has access to draw upon God’s healing power. But the key is that they
must believe or have faith that he or she has the legal permission under
kingdom law to access God’s power and that his power will certainly manifest in
their body—the Christian must have faith that their healing or miracle has
already been provided for and believing it is done even before seeing it.
Isaiah 53:3-5
“He is despised, and left of men, a
man of pains(a), and acquainted with sickness(b), and as one hiding the face
from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely our sicknesses(b) he hath
borne, and our pains(a)—he hath carried them, and we—we have esteemed him
plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
And he is pierced for our transgressions,
bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace is on him, and by his
bruise there is healing(c) to us.”
(Young's Literal Translation—YLT)
Legend: [Transliteration]
{Pronunciation}
(a) Pains [mak'ob] {mak·ōve’} (mental
or physical pain): Usually translated as sorrow.
Strong's H4341-mak'ob
(b) Sickness [choliy] {khol·ē'}:
Usually translated as grief/suffering—choliy comes from the root word
[chalah]{khä·lä'} (sick); also means disease/anxiety/illness/disorder (a
disruption of normal physical or mental functions; a disease or abnormal
condition).
Strong's H2483-choliy; Strong's H2470
– chalah
(c) Healing [rapha’] {rä·fä'}: To heal
of individual stresses, to be healed of personal stresses, to cure, to make
healthy, to repair.
Strong's H7495 - rapha'
Isaiah 53:3-5, is a prophecy describing
the Lord’s atoning sacrifice. Our sins were taken care of because Jesus was
pierced or wounded for our transgression, which we generally depict as the Lord
hanging on the cross and the Roman soldier thrusting his sword into Christ’s side;
but it is much more than that.
The Hebrew word we translate pierced
or wounded is [chalal] {khä·lal'}, which not only refers to fatally wound or
pierce someone, but figuratively it refers to profaning or polluting oneself,
and this is exactly what Jesus suffered when he became our atoning sacrifice.
He willingly became defiled for us by receiving our transgression and carrying
it into judgment, metaphorically he became impure and unclean and this is why
Jesus lost the sense of his Father’s presence as this figurative transaction
was taking place.
He was bruised or crushed for our
iniquity or wickedness so that we might
have peace before God, so that we might have completeness, soundness of mind
and body, and so that we might have health and even success; for these
things to become possible in our life Jesus had to suffer our correction
and discipline.
Then this passage ends with the
knowledge that because he was crushed or bruised for our wickedness, healing
[rapha’] {rä·fä'} is then also readily available to us in the same way. Most
believe the first part, that our sins were atoned for because Jesus was defiled
with our transgression, but they have doubts when it comes to Christ’s atonement
for our healing likewise. So many Christian’s struggle with this truth, and
this mental wrestling match causes them to be filled with doubt instead of
faith.
The key for the healing manifestation
of Christ is we actually have to believe that sickness, disease, and pain cannot
live in our body, that it can have no part in our existence, certainly, we must have
faith that Christ was crushed for our iniquities but also that
he lifted up our sickness and carried the load of our pain, in order that
we might have health in our physical body and mind.
The faith to believe that our sins are
forgiven is a revelation from God that many Christians accept without doubt,
and the faith to believe we are healed of sickness, disease, and pain is also a
revelation from God but regrettably many Christians are not willing to receive
this latter truth like they are the former truth, therefore the knowledge of Christ’s
healing is heavily lacking in many
churches. Instead, there seems to be a false idea about healing, one that is
actually practiced by pagans.
Doubt is very evident and extremely
powerful when it comes to healing because of our five senses: Sight, hearing,
smell, taste, and touch.
The Christian can be afflicted with
illness for a number of different reasons, but instead of activating faith to
cast out the affliction, which has been already atoned for by the Lord, some
Christians just hold onto it, they give in to it and fall under the power of
sickness and disease; unconsciously they take ownership of it because of the way
sickness, disease, and pain make them feel.
When it comes to the truth that our sickness,
disease and pain has already been atoned for there is sadly too much doubt and
very little faith. If this truth was actually taught in more churches then I
can assure you that this revelation would likely be accepted in a greater
degree and as a result sickness, disease and pain would not be able to take a hold
of as many as it does now.
The Christian has to think this out:
In the light of Christ’s atoning sacrifice which is laid out within Isaiah’s
writing’s, in that, Jesus has atoned for not only our iniquities but he has also
atoned for our healing, and if the Christian only believes the former and not
the latter then he is robbing himself of all the benefits of Jesus’s obedience
to the cross. If he doesn’t believe that he is healed by Christ’s atonement
then what makes him believe he is forgiven by Christ’s atonement? Both
provisions were dealt with in the one sacrifice.
My conviction is; that today’s
Christian has little faith, practically none in regards to receiving healing
and miracles. It is too easy for us to depend on doctors and modern medicine.
Today’s Christian believes more in a prescription then they do in the power of
Christ’s atoning sacrifice; his healing power is only an afterthought to many
Christians.
I am also of the opinion that it takes
more faith to believe we are healed of sickness, disease, and pain because of the physical manifestations of a fallen world that are tangible. We can see,
hear, smell, taste and even touch them, we can see and feel the agony and pain
of illness—sickness, disease, and pain are always there to remind us of the stronghold
they have over humanity.
We have not worked very hard at
believing we are healed because the doctor is only a phone call away if our
health insurance premiums are paid up, and then we trust in the benefits of our
insurance rather than the benefits of our salvation. Believing that we are
forgiven of our iniquities is something that we cannot see or feel or touch, nevertheless
we believe we are forgiven because we sense the peace of forgiveness in our heart
and believe it in our mind, our belief is not because we see some grand
physical manifestation of it, at least not just yet anyway. We cannot prove in
a tangible way to someone that God has forgiven us, even though our proof is in
his word we still cannot prove to the unbeliever that we are forgiven. Even
when we sometimes don’t feel forgiven, we still have faith that we are because
this truth has been planted in us over the years stifling the power of doubt,
we have worked hard at believing we are forgiven, but we have not worked even a
little at believing we are healed because we lean too heavily on our health
insurance instead.
We believe we are forgiven because
there is more talk about this truth than the truth about us being healed.
Sensing the forgiveness of sins is a result of actually choosing to believe one
is forgiven where believing one is healed is something a Christian vacillates about.
Many have trouble with it because they feel the tangible evidence of pain and the discomfort of illness, and then they make the mistake of making themselves familiar
with illness and pain; they get acquainted with it like a lifelong companion.
Nonetheless, the benefits of our iniquities being forgiven and being healed of our
diseases have already been atoned for.
To activate faith, it is a slow and
patient procedure, because the years of doubt can be deeply rooted. You start
by sincerely confessing your doubt so the Lord can forgive you. From this day
on you should continually plant the knowledge of Christ’s atonement over
sickness, disease and pain in your heart
so that faith can take root and begin to grow, it will be a little harder than
how you planted in your heart the knowledge of your sins forgiven because when
you were a babe in Christ that is generally all a Christian is taught, that
their sins are forgiven. The knowledge of Christ’s atonement over illness is rarely
ever mentioned in most churches and because of that so much doubt is planted
and allowed to grow. Even when communion is served all that is mentioned in
most churches is Christ’s atonement over our sins and never ever is his atonement
over sickness ever acknowledged. Is it no wonder that most Christians doubt
about healing because doubt has been planted instead of truth? Faith will
increase by reading Scriptures that reveal this knowledge and never neglect
constant meditation so that your thoughts will eventually line up with these Scriptures.
Over time your faith will slowly increase and doubt will begin to diminish; but
I contend it all takes time! You may stumble at times but don’t give up, when
you stumble confess it and renounce it. Cast doubt out of you and continually
receive faith. As you begin to believe without doubting that Christ not only
atoned for your sins but he also atoned for your healing your faith will
increase. Over time sickness, disease and pain will not be able to take hold of
you like it used to. How much time will it take, you say? Time is up to you and
how eager you are to have faith and believe what God has already revealed.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget
not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your
diseases.”
(Psalms 103:2-3, ESV)
“He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.”
(Psalms 107:20, ESV)
“That evening they brought to him many
who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and
healed all who were sick.
This was to fulfill what was spoken by
the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
(Matthew 8:16-17, ESV)
“He himself bore our sins in his body
on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds
you have been healed.”
(1 Peter 2:24, ESV)
“My son, to my words give attention, to
my sayings incline thine ear,
Let them not turn aside from thine
eyes, preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
For life they are to those finding
them, and to all their flesh healing(a).
(Proverbs 4:20-22, YLT)
(a) Healing [marpe'] {mar·pā'}:
Health, a cure, produces a healthy and sound mind.
Strong's H4832 - marpe'
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