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BY HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED
by Willie Hudson
Divine Healing is a part of our Redemption. When Jesus Christ died on the cross, most of us thought that His sacrifice for us just included our being saved and forgiveness for our sins. It
guarantees for us, with obedience, we will live with Jesus forever upon His return. I have learned His sacrifice not only includes salvation of our spiritual body, but healing for our physical bodies as well. Sickness
and disease are curses, not blessings. God permitted these curses to fall upon mankind because of his sin and disobedience. The first principal I learned is, your obedience keeps you well. The foundational scriptures
for this class illustrates clear examples of this fact. While studying these scriptures, they make continued reference to our sickness, and to healing. When Jesus bore those 39 stripes, He took on every disease that
could plague mankind. He did this out of His love for us, and we keep this immunity by our obedience to Him.
When the Lord spoke to Joshua, he required us to mediate upon His Word day and night (Jos. 1:8). I have
kept three of the foundational scriptures on my mind every day. I recite them over and over in my Spirit. They have become a part of my regular prayers. I have noticed I feel stronger. Even at the first sign of a
sniffle, or sneeze, I no longer say "I feel like I'm coming down with something", I actually now confess these three scriptures, and feel fine. When I recite Isaiah 53: 4-5, I remember this was prophesied 500
years before Christ. When I recite Matthew 8:17, I remember how Jesus is now in my life. When I recite I Peter 2:24, I remember He is the same God forever. God is the same God, yesterday, today, and forever.
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