THE SEED
Who Himself (Jesus) bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24
The apostle Peter reminds us of what the prophet Isaiah prophesied about Jesus, approximately 700 years before the Cross but was fulfilled in Peter’s time. How big and awesome God’s love must be for us, to send His Son to die on the cross for our sins. Jesus suffered for all our sicknesses, infirmities, pains and sorrows, removing their cause for all of us. That means that we can build our faith for receiving healing and to be made whole, in Jesus’ Name. We died to sin, with Jesus, by faith in Him and in what He did for us. Because we were bought with Jesus’ blood, we do not belong to ourselves anymore but to the One who paid with His life for our sins. We are to remember that we have died to sin so that we might live for righteousness. Because we died with Jesus, we were also healed in the stripes from His body on the Cross. Actually these were the only recorded stripes, hurts and sickness that Jesus ever endured. He lived with a perfect healthy body while on earth until being arrested, tortured and crucified. In heaven Jesus has the perfect glorified body. Jesus already did all He had to do for our healing, so now it belongs to us, through Christ. The deeper we understand this truth, the easier we may block any doubt and may receive our healing. We believe what God’s Word says when we act upon it. Jesus did all it would ever take for the healing of all mankind once and for all, while He suffered on the cross. Now it is up to us to truly believe in our healing and enter into possession of it. We need to act upon what we believe not upon how we feel. We must start doing what we could not do, as an act of faith. If you need to fight for your healing and want to know more about it, you may read “Healing by faith” and the other articles in the “Healing: Body, Mind & Soul” section.
BIBLE READING: ISAIAH 53
PRAYER: Thank You Father God that because Your Word says that we were healed, it means that I was healed already. And if I was healed already, it means that I am truly already healed now. Thank You Lord that my healing is part of the “all spiritual blessings” that I have already been blessed with in Jesus Christ! Glory and honor to Your holy Name. Amen.
NÍPA INÁ RẸ
IRUGBIN NAA
Ẹnití òun tikararẹ̀ fí ará rẹ ru ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa lórí igi, kí àwa, kí o le di okú sí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kí a sí dì áàyè sí òdodo—nípa ìnà ẹni tí a mú yín láradá. 1 Pétérù 2:24
Àpọ́sítélì Pétérù rán wa létí ohun tí wòlíì Isaiah sọ tẹ́lẹ̀ nípa Jésù, ní nǹkan bíi ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rin [700] ọdún ṣáájú Àgbélébùú, ṣugbọn o di mímù ṣẹ nígbà ayé Pétérù. Bawo ni ifẹ Ọlọrun ti o tobi ti o ni ẹru ti gbọdọ jẹ fun wa, lati ran Ọmọ Rẹ lati ku lori ìgi agbelebu fun awọn ẹṣẹ wa. Jesu jiya fun gbogbo aisan wa, ailera, irora ati ẹdun, o mu ohun tí o ṣe òkùnfà wọn kuro fun gbogbo wa. Èyí tumọ si pe a lé ru igbagbọ wa sókè fun gbigba iwosan ati lati di mimọ, ni Orukọ Jesu.A di oku si ẹṣẹ, pẹlu Jesu, nipa igbagbọ ninu Rẹ ati ninu ohun ti O ṣe fun wa. Nitoripe a ti ra wa pẹlu ẹjẹ Jesu, a ko jẹ ti ara wa mọ, bikoṣe ti Ẹniti o fi ẹmi Rẹ san an fun awọn ẹṣẹ wa. A ni lati ranti pe a ti di oku si ẹṣẹ ki a le wa laaye fun ododo. Nitoripe a ku pẹlú Jesu. A tun mu wa larada nipa ina lati ara Rẹ lori ìgi Agbelebu. Ní tóotọ́ ìwọ̀nyí ni àwọn ìnà, ìpalára àti àìsàn kanṣoṣo tí Jesu faradà rí. O gbe pẹlu ara pipe ati ìlera nigba ti o wa ní ayé titi di igba ti a fi muu, ti a fí iya jẹ ẹ ti a sì kàn mọ agbelebu. Ni ọrun Jesu ni ara ologo pipe.Jesu ti ṣe ohun gbogbo ti O ni lati ṣe fun iwosan wa, nitorina o jẹ tiwa, nipasẹ Kristi. Bi a ṣe ni imọ ijinlẹ si otitọ yii, o rọrun lati le ṣe idiwọ lodi si iyemeji lati le gba iwosan wa. A gba ohun ti Ọrọ Ọlọrun sọ nigba ti a ba mùú wá sí ojúṣe. Jesu sa gbogbo ipa fun iwosan gbogbo eniyan lẹkan ṣoṣo pátá pátá nigba ti O jiya lori igi agbelebu. Bayi o tọ́ fun wa lati gbagbọ nitootọ ninu iwosan wa, ati ki a sì gbà a mú ṣinṣin. A nilo lati ṣiṣẹ lori ohun ti a gbagbọ kii ṣe lori bi a ṣe lero. A gbọdọ bẹrẹ si ṣe ohun ti a ko le ṣe, gẹgẹ bi iṣe igbagbọ. Bí o bá ní láti jà fún ìwòsàn rẹ tí o sì fẹ́ mọ púpọ̀ sí i nípa rẹ̀, o lè ka “Ìwòsàn nípa ìgbàgbọ́” àti àwọn àpilẹ̀kọ mìíràn nínú abala “Ìwòsàn: Ara, Èrò ati Ọkàn.”
BIBELI KIKA: Isaiah 53
ADURA: O ṣeun Ọlọrun Baba wa nitori Ọrọ Rẹ sọ pe a ti mu wa larada, èyí tumọ si pe a ti mu mi larada tẹlẹ. Ati pe ti o ba ti mu mi larada tẹlẹ, o tumọ si pe a ti mu mi larada nitõtọ ni bayi. O ṣeun Oluwa pe iwosan mi jẹ apakan ti “gbogbo awọn ibukun ti ẹmi” ti a ti bukun mi tẹlẹ ninu Jesu Kristi! Ogo ati ọla fun Orúkọ mimo Re. Amin.