Forgiveness and Healing

Just an under-developed thought. I was thinking about how several times Jesus healed someone sick, crippled, blind, etc. and as they departed he would say something to the affect of "Your faith has made you whole. Depart and sin no more."

I began to connect that to our spiritual lives. Sometime sin hinders us in our ministry or life in general.

Sometimes we are crippled in our spiritual lives because of sin. Sometimes we are deaf and mute(unable to listen to or to speak the things of God). Sometimes we are sick, momentarily unable to do what needs to be done. (And sometimes that sickness manifests itself to physical symptoms like nausea or loss of appetite.)

And for those unsaved, sometimes they are blind or they have leprosy where they are nearing death.

We may come to points in our life where we feel sick spiritually. Unable to appreciate God's goodness like we normally do; unable to minister and help others without the nauseating feeling of guilt and sin in our lives.

We may come to points where we are crippled. No longer able to serve in a particular ministry due to our sin, or unable to minister to that one person, or finding yourself "unable" to go to church without being reminded of your sin, therefore you do not go.

We may come to points where we are deaf or mute. Unable to hear God's voice clearly, or unable to speak of God's goodness without sin covering your mouth, reminding you of the sin you've committed.

But Christ brings healing. By his stripes we are healed.

Every time someone in the Bible was healed by Jesus, there was a prerequisite of faith. The woman with a problem with her blood, the cripple lowered through the roof, the man whose child was sick.

We are healed by Jesus through faith. Regardless of the illness. If you are alive and are looking for healing, you will obtain it through faith.

When we are forgiven, we are healed. Scars may remain, but we are healed. Trust may be broken, but we are healed.

When we seek in faith God's forgiveness our ears and mouths are opened; our legs are made whole; our health is renewed from being sick.

Don't think you can't be forgiven. You can be made whole again by Jesus through faith.


Verses:

John 5:4-9, 14 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. (14) Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Mark 10:51-52
And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Matthew 9: 20-22 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.