Healing Needed

Verse 5, "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

The greatest need every person has is not physical healing.  In the day we are lving, the world would probably say the greatest need of the hour is for a certain virus to be eradicated.  I would strongly disagree.  There are many terrible viruses and diseases in our world today, but they can only impact the body.  This is not to say we should not be praying for someone to be healed.  God's Word tells us to pray for those who are sick.  (James 5:14-15) The most important healing the world needs today is spiritual.  Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Isaiah writes that the healing we need came through the stripes of the Lord Jesus.  Mark 15:15, "And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delievered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified."  The sinless Son of God suffered that we might be healed.  He became sin Who knew no sin. (2 Corinthians 5:21) In no way can we provide the healing for ourselves or for someone else that is needed.  Spurgeon put it this way, "It is not in himself at all; but there, at Gabbatha, where the pavement is stained with the blood of the Son of God, and there, at Golgotha, where the place of a skull beholds the agonies of Christ. It is in his stripes that the healing lies. I beseech thee, do not scourge thyself: 'With his stripes we are healed.'"

We need God's Spirit to empower us as we take the healing message to others today!