By His Strips We Are Healed

John 19:1

“Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a metal-tipped whip.”

Jesus, being 100% God and Man at the same time, was whipped 39 times on his body. He felt the excruciating pain of his skin, muscles and ligaments being torn apart. Jesus knew that His pain with the shedding of His blood, would bring us healing.

“He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.” (Isaiah 53:5b) The prophet Isaiah lived 720 years before the birth of Jesus. Isaiah heard from God, that Jesus would be whipped so we can receive healing from all sickness and diseases.

Jesus freely, by His own will, gave Himself up to be physically tortured, so that we can receiving healing. We see the promise of healing proclaimed again when Peter says: “by his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24b) It says, we are (already) healed.

Think about that for a moment. Before we’ve been diagnosed with an illness or disease, God already provided healing for us in advance. Jesus took our pain, so that we can live in freedom from pain and diseases.

Are you in pain today? Have you been diagnosed with a terminal disease? Let’s walk towards Jesus and receive His promise of healing. Silence the voices that say, “there is no cure or you will always be sick ”. Instead, right now, thank Jesus for your healing. Proclaim His promise out loud by saying, “By His wounds I am healed”.