Sickness and disease were never a part of God's original creation. After Adam sinned, sickness, disease, and death came upon man. In Genesis 3:19, God told Adam, "Out of the dust you came, and to the dust you will return." It was then that sickness began its reign over mankind. Sickness reigned from Adam until Jesus, virtually unopposed, but when Jesus died, He paid the price for our healing.

Isaiah 53 says that Jesus was wounded for our transgressions or sins, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed. Stripes? What is Isaiah talking about? Mark 15:15 tells us that before He died, Jesus was scourged or whipped. History records that the Roman scourge was a whip made of long, thin strips of leather with little pieces of bone, metal, and even rock tied to the ends. When a person was whipped, those leather strips wrapped around his back and the little jagged pieces of bone or metal dug into the flesh. Then, when the soldier pulled the whip away, those pieces of bone or metal tore off chunks of flesh.

Those stripes that were placed on Jesus' back were the punishment necessary to deliver you from the authority of sickness and disease. Because of what Jesus did for you at Calvary, you have been set free. It's a package deal. The shedding of Jesus' blood delivered you from sin, and the stripes on His back delivered you from sickness and disease.

1 Peter 2:24 says of Jesus, "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." These are the same words Isaiah used, but notice something. In Isaiah it says "ye are healed." Here it says "ye were healed." Why the difference? Because when Isaiah wrote this verse he was looking forward in time to the cross, and when Peter wrote this verse he was looking back in time to the cross.

Where did you get healed? At the cross - because that's where the sacrifice was paid. Jesus hung on the cross as a substitute for us. He took the punishment necessary to deliver us from sickness and disease, and now it's a done deal! We are free!

There's no such thing as a person asking Jesus for salvation and not receiving it. He turns no one away. So if you ask Jesus for salvation - to wash you in His blood and to forgive your sins - there is no question about whether or not He will do it. The same thing is true for healing. Right next to the sacrifice Jesus made for your salvation is the one He made for your healing. When you put your faith in what Jesus did for you at Calvary, you are going to receive your healing. There is no question about it.

Forget about your body, the manifestations, feelings, and getting healed. The fact is you are already healed. All you have to do is accept by faith what has already been done for you and then walk in it. Healing is not a matter of opinion - it is the truth. It's not a denominational doctrine - it's the Word of God. Take that Word at face value. Healing is yours.

If you want to be healed, I invite you to pray this simple prayer:

Lord Jesus, I thank You for salvation and the Holy Ghost, and today I want to receive the healing that You bought for me at Calvary. I thank You for paying that price - taking the stripes on Your back - and by faith I now accept Your healing in my life. In the Name of Jesus I believe and I receive. Amen.

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