Authority of the Believer - 18

As we continue our discussion on healing, let’s look at some more scriptures which will establish our right to have healing and our right to take authority over any sickness or disease that tries to attach itself to our bodies.

In Isaiah 53:3,4,5, and 10 we see that Jesus was made sick with our sicknesses. God was pleased to crush Him with sickness. Jesus literally experienced our sicknesses and diseases, every sickness and every disease that would ever come upon us. He did that for us. I cannot comprehend or even imagine all the sicknesses and diseases of the world that would ever exist being placed upon Jesus all at once. It is impossible to take in that kind of information. This prophecy in Isaiah includes our sickness, pains, transgressions, iniquities, and provides for our peace and healing.

Jesus bore our sickness before we were ever born, just like we would ask a friend to carry disease for us so we don’t have to put up with it. Only we didn’t have to ask Jesus. He voluntarily took all of the diseases in case one tried to come on us. Even though a disease may never come on you or me, He took it just in case. Isn’t that something! That’s why we thank Him rather than dwelling on trying to get healed. We’re grateful to Jesus for taking the disease for us. We’re so thrilled we don’t have to suffer because He suffered instead. That is why we are grateful.

In Matthew 8:16,17 we see that the people brought to Jesus many who were possessed with devils and He cast out the spirits with His Word and healed all that were sick. Why? That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah in chapter 53 quoted above: He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.

And then in 1 Peter 2:24 KJV we read: 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.

In Acts 10:38 we read in the Amplified Bible: How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him.

Oppress means to exercise power over. When we make Jesus the Lord of our bodies, the devil has no way to exercise power over us. He would have to come through Jesus to get to our bodies and he doesn’t dare. The only thing he has left is deception. He tries to make us think we are sick and diseased with the physical symptoms he attempts to get us to believe and accept. Once we accept the package, we are in his territory and he pours it on strong. What we have to do is stand up, look him square in the eyes and say: No, devil, take your hands off God’s property. You have no rights here. I take the authority over you that you have been trying to exercise over me. I have authority over you and all your sicknesses and diseases. Now, git!

I pose a question to you. Why would God deliver us from all but one area in our lives—sickness? That doesn’t even make any sense in the natural world. If Jesus took our place and bore our sicknesses and diseases, why would we do the same? No! No! A thousands times No! He bore every sickness or disease or infirmity that would ever try to attack you and me or try to attach itself to our bodies. We have been delivered from sickness.

You are free today from all that satan would attempt to put on you and convince you that you have. Rejoice! You are delivered. You are healed. You are free.