Our Griefs And Pains Isaiah 53:3-6 3He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our GRIEFS* And carried our SORROWS;* Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Jesus paid a terrible price to redeem us. There are pictures in scripture of what He suffered on our behalf from Genesis to Revelation; but nowhere is is more poignant than right here in Isaiah 53. It greatly distresses me to hear some preach about this passage and tell others that they think that what Jesus did for us only redeemed us from our sins, an awesome, feat in and of itself. To believe it is ONLY that keeps us from fully appropriating what His death accomplished which is also our physical well-being! it is a lie direct to you from the pit of hell. Amen! The word for GRIEFS* above in Hebrew is choli: sickness. This refers to any kind of physical, emotional or mental illness. It is NEVER Used to describe spiritual healing. In the same manner, the word for SORROWS* in Hebrew is the word, macov: pain. This means physical, emotional or mental pains. It absolutely DOES NOT refer to spiritual healing. NEVER. When we partake of communion and just believe that the bread and the cup both only represent His taking away our sins, we are robbing ourselves of its full and intended benefit. It was meant for both forgiveness of our sins--the cup--and the healing of body and soul, our complete shalom--the bread. This robbery is what Paul meant when he wrote about partaking in an unworthy manner. When we are robbing a ourselves of its full intended blessing, we are partaking in an unworthy manner. It isnt the person who is unworthy; it is the manner--the robbery. I Hope this is clear. The word, Shalom, means completeness, wholeness, health, {physical, mental, emotional} peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity {yes, financial} perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord. It comes from the root verb shalom meaning to be complete, perfect and full. In modern Hebrew the obviously related word Shelem means to pay for, and Shulam means to be fully paid. .....and Who FULLY PAID for us? JESUS!!! He carried our griefs and pains.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:45:25 +0000
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