A Self-healing Mechanism Inside You
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the
dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from
the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by
his Spirit that dwelleth in you
(Romans 8:11).
Isaiah 53:5 says, “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.” This is one
of the scriptures that many Christians use all around
the world, to claim healing. In reality, however, the
Prophet Isaiah was here talking to the Jews and not
to Christians. He gives them a preview of the grace of
the coming Messiah, and tells them, “…with his stripes
we are healed.”
Then the Apostle Peter, in his epistle, looks back
at the Cross, and says “…by whose stripes ye were
healed” (1 Peter 2:24). But he was talking to the Jews.
He wasn’t talking to every Christian. The Jews were
the ones under the covenant; the covenant of healing
was for the Jewish Church, the Old Testament Church.
They were the ones healed by His stripes.
The Church of Jesus Christ that was born after His
resurrection, in the real sense, doesn’t require healing
from God. The Church has a self-healing mechanism.
What the Church received is eternal life; eternal life
doesn’t need healing. Eternal life is the God-life, the
very essence of divinity; life that is “uninfectable,”
untainted with sickness, disease and infirmities. If
you have eternal life, it doesn’t matter what trouble
you may have in your body, if you’d stir up the gift of
God—the life of God in your spirit—your whole body
will be vitalized.
Our opening text says, “If the spirit of Him that
raised up Jesus from the dead lives in you, He’ll vitalize
your mortal body. The Spirit in you is life-generating.
The Bible says the first man, Adam, was made a living
soul, the second Adam was made a life giving Spirit
(1 Corinthians 15:45). We’re not born after the first
Adam; we’re born after the second Adam, Jesus Christ.
Jesus never needed healing; and as He is, so are we
in this world.
You have a life-giving Spirit resident in you. You
were given a life that’s greater than healing. As long as
you’re a babe in Christ, you’ll need healing. The Bible
calls healing the children’s bread. When you come to
maturity, you’ll give up childish things. You won’t be
seeking healing. Rather, you’d say, “I’ve got the life of
God in me; therefore, I’ll never be sick.” And if you’re
used to getting sick, say, “I’ll never be sick again,
because I have the life of Christ in me.” Hallelujah!
Confession
I have the life and nature of God in me; therefore, I’m an
overcomer and more than a conqueror. I live a triumphant
and victorious life every day, far above sickness, disease, the
devil and the negative system of this world!
Further Study
1 John 5:13; John 5:26; Romans 8:10
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Hebrews 11:17-40
Ezekiel 8-10
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 12:1-11
1 Chronicles 14