Level: 2, Lesson: 7
HEALING IS IN THE ATONEMENT
OUTLINE

God has already purchased healing for every person. Every person who is born-again has had the healing power of God deposited on the inside of him.

Matthew 8:16-17, "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

Isaiah 54:4-5, "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But 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."

Jesus healed people physically to fulfill the scripture that, "by His stripes we are healed."

I Peter 2:24, "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."

Part of what Jesus came to do was heal your physical body.

"SOZO," the Greek word for salvation in the New Testament, means healed as well as forgiveness of sins.

Ephesians 1:19-20, "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places."

The same power that it took to raise Jesus from the dead is living on the inside of you.

Matthew 10:1, "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease."

Jesus commanded His disciples to heal the sick. You have authority over sickness. Healing is just as much a part of what Jesus came to accomplish in your life as forgiveness of sins.

God never wants you to live in sickness. He is not the author of it. God does not put sickness in your life to humble you and teach you something.

You have to draw the life-giving power of God out of you through faith to walk in supernatural, divine health. If you passively submit to sickness in your life, it can have dominion over you.

HEALING IS IN THE ATONEMENT
Lesson Text

There will always be individual situations where good people are not healed, but does that mean it wasn’t God’s will to heal them? Certainly not! II Peter 3:9 says, "The Lord is . . .not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." This scripture leaves no doubt that it is the Lord’s will for everyone to be saved, but will there be good people who are not saved? Certainly! There will be millions of good people who attend church and lead good lives, but will perish because they trusted in themselves, just as the Pharisees of Jesus’ day did. Likewise, not everyone God wills to be healed will be healed.

So, for a variety of reasons, none of which are God’s fault, not everyone who desires salvation gets saved. Likewise, not everyone who desires healing gets healed. We can’t let sympathy and personal experience form our doctrine, then go to God’s Word to try and prove what we already believe. We have to make the decision Paul made in Romans 3:4, when he said, "let God be true, but every man a liar." We need to reckon God’s Word to be true and our own experiences, our own opinions, a lie.

What does God’s Word say? The scriptures teach that Jesus paid for our healing in His atonement, the same way He paid for our sins. In the same way that God would never make us sin, He would never make us sick. Sickness and sin are both covered in the atoning work of Christ.

The very word "saved" or "salvation" in the Greek means "healing", as well as forgiveness of sins. They are synonymous. The Greek word is "sozo," and it was translated "made whole" in reference to healing in Matthew 9:22, Mark 5:34, and Luke 8:48. This same Greek word was used in James 5:15, where James said, "And the prayer of faith shall save the sick." Healing is mentioned as a benefit of our salvation in the same sentence as forgiveness of sins in Psalms 103:3, Isaiah 53:4-6, and I Peter 2:24.

Isaiah 53:4-5 gives a very clear presentation that Jesus bore our sickness and disease, just as He bore our sins. "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But 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" (Isaiah 53:4-5). The Hebrew words for "wounded" and "bruised" refer to Jesus bearing our pains and sicknesses. By His stripes we were physically healed (I Peter 2:24).

You don’t have to be a Hebrew scholar to know that.

In the New Testament, Matthew quoted Isaiah in reference to Jesus healing everyone present. Matthew said, "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sickness" (Matthew 8:17). So, New Testament scripture provides a commentary on Old Testament scripture. There is no doubt that Isaiah was speaking of physical infirmities and sickness. Healing is part of Jesus’ atonement.

Jesus’ life provides one of the strongest arguments that it is God’s will to heal everyone. Jesus said in John 5:19, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." There are 17 different times in the gospels where Jesus healed all of the sick that were present. There are 47 other times where Jesus healed one or two people at a time. There are no instances where Jesus refused to heal anyone or where Jesus put a sickness on anyone. Therefore, in light of the statement that He did everything His Father did, we can conclude that God is not the one bringing sickness into our lives. When Peter preached the gospel to Cornelius in Acts 10, he said, " . . .God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him" (Acts 10:38). Notice that Jesus healed all that were oppressed of the devil.

HEALING IS IN THE ATONEMENT
(Additional Information)

(Matthew 8:16) There are 17 times in the gospels where Jesus healed all of the sick who were present (Matthew 4:23-24; 8:16-17; 9:35; 12:15; 14:14,34-36; 15:30-31; 19:2; 21:14; Mark 1:32-34,39; 6:56; Luke 4:40; 6:17-19; 7:21; 9:11; 17:12-17). There are 47 other times where He healed one or two people at a time (Matthew 8:1-4,5-13,14-15,28-34; 9:1-8,20-33; 12:10-13,22-23; 15:21-28; 17:14-18; 20:30-34; Mark 1:21-31,40-45; 2:1-12; 3:1-5; 5:1-20,25-43; 7:24-37; 8:22-26; 9:14-29; 10:46-52; Luke 4:33-39; 5:12-15,17-26; 6:6-10; 7:1-17; 8:27-39,43-56; 9:37-42; 11:14; 13:11-17; 14:1-5; 18:35-43; 22:51; John 4:46-54; 5:2-15; 9:6-7; 11:43-44). Nowhere do we find Jesus refusing to heal anyone. In light of Jesus’ statement that He could do nothing of Himself but only what He saw the Father do (John 5:19 and 8:28-29), His actions are proof enough that it is always God’s will to heal.

Healing has been purchased for us as part of the atonement of Christ. The Lord would no more refuse to heal us than he would refuse to forgive us. That does not mean that we deserve healing—we don’t. It is a gift of God just as salvation is a gift of God (Romans 6:34; Ephesians 2:8). We don’t deserve to have our sins forgiven. We cannot demand salvation from the Lord. But we can expect it. Likewise, healing has been purchased for us through the atonement of Christ. Healing belongs to us but it is still the mercy of God that has provided healing, and every act of healing is an act of mercy.

(Matthew 8:17) The fact that this verse substitutes "infirmities" and "sicknesses" for the words "sorrows" and "griefs" in Isaiah 53:4 makes it clear that when Isaiah said, "with his stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5), he was speaking of the physical healing of our bodies. Jesus provided for physical healing as well as forgiveness of sins. The very word "save" is translated "made whole" in reference to physical healing in Matthew 9:22, Mark 5:34, and Luke 8:48. James 5:15 says, "the prayer of faith shall save the sick." Many scriptures mention the healing of our bodies in conjunction with the forgiveness of our sins. Examples are Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 53:4-6; and 1 Peter 2:24. Healing is a part of our salvation, just as much as the forgiveness of our sins.

Here are some questions to think about for this lesson

Level 2 Lesson 7 Questions
HEALING IS IN THE ATONEMENT

1. According to Matthew 8:14-17, how many people did Jesus heal?
2. According to Isaiah 53:3-5, what type of healing is this scripture talking about?
3. What happens to sickness and infirmity according to Matthew 8:17?
4. What two things does I Peter 2:24 say that Jesus did for us?
5. Read James 5:14-15. The word "saved" in verse 15 is the Greek word "SOZO," which is translated "to deliver, protect, heal, preserve, be whole." It's the same word the Bible refers to as salvation. So according to these verses and the Greek definition of salvation, what is included with your salvation?
6. When Jesus sent out his disciples in Matthew 10:7-8, what did he tell them to say?
7. What actions proved that they were sent by Jesus?
8. What did Jesus proclaim to His disciples to do in Mark 16:15-20?
9. In verse 16, what did he say will happen?
10. In verse 17, what did he say will happen?
11. In verse 18, what did he say will happen?

Back to the top