Jesus Bore Our Sickness

…that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.” -Matthew 8:17

Jesus took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. Some people have said to me, “Now, Brother, you must realize this verse is talking about a spiritual healing.” But that erroneous way of thinking has put people in early graves. The infirmities and sicknesses God is talking about here aren’t spiritual in nature. Just back up about four verses and you’ll see what Jesus did to fulfill that Old Testament Scripture.

A centurion had come to Jesus and said, “My servant is home sick of the palsy. Just speak the Word and my servant will be healed.” (Matt. 8:8.) “And Jesus said unto the centurion, go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you. And his servant was healed in the same hour” (v. 13). That’s physical healing.

Then Jesus went to Peter’s house, where Peter’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. “And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered unto them” (v. 15). That’s physical healing.

Finally, verse 16 says, “When the evening had come, they brought to Him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were sick.” That’s physical healing.

Then, after all those physical healings, Matthew says, “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.” Jesus fulfilled this Scripture by physically healing people. That means Jesus bore our physical infirmities on the Cross so we could live healthy and whole all the days of our lives!

CONFESSION:

In His death, burial and resurrection, Jesus paid for both my sins and sicknesses. I am free from sickness and pain because He already bore them for me!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999