“ENTERING THE DOOR TO HEALING”

Isaiah 53:4-5

"Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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."

Jesus has already opened doors of blessing for His people. He not only opened the door of salvation, but He also opened the door of HEALING for us that no man can shut.

Isaiah prophesied many years ago concerning the coming Messiah that He would bear the sickness and diseases of us all. When the prophet spoke, he was looking into the future. Isaiah prophesied about Jesus offering Himself as a sacrifice for our sins and bearing our sicknesses and diseases.

When Peter made his statements concerning the covenant of healing, he was looking back in time to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and the stripes that were laid on His back. Peter said,

"By whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24).

This verse doesn't say that you are going to be healed - future tense. It tells you we're healed - past tense.

In the mind of God, you were already healed at the cross when humanity's sins and sicknesses were laid on Jesus. Therefore, the door of healing and health is open wide to you. Jesus opened it, but it's up to you to enter in! It is waiting for you to make an entrance. In other words, healing belongs to you NOW.

Someone may ask, "How do you enter through the door of healing?" You enter by faith in what God said in his Word! The same way you passed through the door of salvation by accepting Jesus as Savior, you pass through the door of healing by accepting Jesus as a healer.

Not only is the gateway to divine healing now open, but Jesus has opened the door of divine health. That means God not only wants you to be healed if you need it but also wants you to stay healthy.

One way to live in divine health is to walk closely with God every day and remain in close fellowship with Him in His Word. But if you need healing, come to Jesus and receive it because Jesus is still the savior and Healer of mankind.

In His Most Holy Service,

Bishop T. W. Jackson I, ThM