February 24th, 2023
by Robert Presson
by Robert Presson
“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.” — Matthew 8:17 ESV
It is part of the nature and character of God to heal. One of the names of God in the Bible is found in Exodus 15:26, and it is “Jehovah-Rophe,” which means “I am the God who heals you,” or more literally, “God your doctor.”
When Jesus came, He demonstrated what the Father was like. So naturally, Jesus spent a lot of His time healing people. God is a healer. And Jesus is God, and He came to show us what God is like, and so everywhere He went, He healed people. “He went about … healing” (Acts 10:38); “And he went throughout all Galilee… healing every disease and every affliction among the people” (Matt 4:23); “… he healed them” (Matt. 15:30).
And “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Heb. 13:8). Jesus still heals today.
What is astonishing about Jesus the Healer, though, is not only does He heal because it is the nature of God to heal; Jesus heals because He knows what it is like to hurt.
Jesus is our wounded Healer.
Mental agony and sweating blood in the Garden of Gethsemane; 39 lashes at the whipping post; a 50-pound crossbeam carried all the way down the Calvary Road; a crown of thorns shoved into His face; nails in His hands and feet; dehydrated and starved; a slow, drawn-out death on the cross, and how did it end? Doctors who have studied the crucifixion say that Jesus’ heart exploded. Or as they wound say, it was heart failure due to shock and constriction of the heart by fluid in the pericardium. Jesus literally died of a broken heart. “He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed” (Isaiah 53:5 NLT). Look to Jesus, the Healer. The One who was wounded is the One who makes you whole.
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This blog is an excerpt from Robert Presson’s devotional book, “Look to Jesus,” available for a donation of any amount at cityrevivalnola.com/give. Please indicate that you would like the book when you give.
It is part of the nature and character of God to heal. One of the names of God in the Bible is found in Exodus 15:26, and it is “Jehovah-Rophe,” which means “I am the God who heals you,” or more literally, “God your doctor.”
When Jesus came, He demonstrated what the Father was like. So naturally, Jesus spent a lot of His time healing people. God is a healer. And Jesus is God, and He came to show us what God is like, and so everywhere He went, He healed people. “He went about … healing” (Acts 10:38); “And he went throughout all Galilee… healing every disease and every affliction among the people” (Matt 4:23); “… he healed them” (Matt. 15:30).
And “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Heb. 13:8). Jesus still heals today.
What is astonishing about Jesus the Healer, though, is not only does He heal because it is the nature of God to heal; Jesus heals because He knows what it is like to hurt.
Jesus is our wounded Healer.
Mental agony and sweating blood in the Garden of Gethsemane; 39 lashes at the whipping post; a 50-pound crossbeam carried all the way down the Calvary Road; a crown of thorns shoved into His face; nails in His hands and feet; dehydrated and starved; a slow, drawn-out death on the cross, and how did it end? Doctors who have studied the crucifixion say that Jesus’ heart exploded. Or as they wound say, it was heart failure due to shock and constriction of the heart by fluid in the pericardium. Jesus literally died of a broken heart. “He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed” (Isaiah 53:5 NLT). Look to Jesus, the Healer. The One who was wounded is the One who makes you whole.
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This blog is an excerpt from Robert Presson’s devotional book, “Look to Jesus,” available for a donation of any amount at cityrevivalnola.com/give. Please indicate that you would like the book when you give.
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