"3He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our GRIEFS*
And carried our SORROWS;*
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
Jesus paid a terrible price to redeem us. In fact He OVERPAID the price! The Holy Spirit has painted us many pictures to give us a glimpse of that price, of what He suffered on our behalf, from Genesis to Revelation. Nowhere is it more graphically portrayed than here in Isaiah 53.
To hear some preach about this passage, you get the idea that what Jesus did for us ONLY redeemed us from our sins. That He most certainly did! But to believe it is ONLY forgiveness of sins keeps us from fully appropriating what His death accomplished: Our physical well-being.
Church, God does not differentiate between sin and sickness. He takes care of both in exactly the same way. Follow the link below for more on this topic and learn something about Jesus' love for us in the book of Leviticus: https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/jesus-love-for-you-in-the-book-of-leviticus/
The word in Hebrew for "GRIEFS" in this verse is "choli: sickness." This refers to any kind of PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL or MENTAL illness. It is NEVER Used to describe spiritual healing, though all healing actually begins in your spirit. Remember what it says in Proverbs: "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." When you are physically healed, it conversely accomplishes positive things in your spirit!
In the same manner, the word for "SORROWS" in Hebrew is the word, "macov: pain." This means PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL or MENTAL pains. It absolutely DOES NOT ever refer to spiritual healing. NEVER.
When you partake of communion and believe that the bread and the cup both ONLY represent His taking away Your sins, you are being ROBBED of it's full and intended benefit. His blood was meant for the forgiveness of your sins, represented by the cup, and the PHYSICAL healing of body and soul, your complete shalom, represented by the bread.
This "robbery" is what Paul was talking about when he wrote about partaking "in an UNWORTHY MANNER." When you do not differentiate between the body and the blood as one being for physical healing, the other for forgiveness of sins, you are robbing yourself of it's full intended benefit. THIS IS PARTAKING IN AN UNWORTHY MANNER.
It isn't the person who is unworthy because, "Hello," WE ARE ALL UNWORTHY; it is the MANNER which robs us of all God's benefits.
The Church has failed to offer her people all these benefits. That is why many are sick and die before their time. IT IS NOT TRUE, as is widely taught, that people fall sick and die prematurely because they are unworthy. THIS IS A LIE FROM THE PIT OF HELL.
The devil is behind this "teaching," if you can call it that. You see, He cannot do anything about the fact that we are going to heaven, but he can try his best to blind Christans, preachers and teachers, perpetrate his lies through them and see that we get there quicker by believing falsehood. Can't tell others about Jesus or be of any earthly good if you're DEAD. This is the big danger of believing false teachings. There is no, was not and never will be any danger to your spirit. Nothing can you think, say or do can change your right standing before God no send you to hell. Your righteousness, after all, is not your own. It is totally based on the righteousness of Another Who was punished in your place: Our Lord Jesus!
God intends for us to be PHYSICALLY WHOLE AND HEALTHY, live a long and prosperous life in order to be able to tell as many as possible about His beloved Son.
I hope this is clear.
Don't ever let anyone.....pastor, teacher, preacher, theologian, even if he has a PhD.....tell you that you cannot partake of communion because you have unconfessed sin in your life which makes you unworthy until you confess them to God. ANOTHER OF THE DEVIL'S LIES.
This whole erroneous culture of confession came out of misinterpreting, misunderstanding and misapplying 1 John 1:9. This passage is misapplied because it has been taken out of context. To understand what it's proper context is, follow the link below for more on that topic: https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/the-gospels-part-3-of-16-rightly-dividing-the-word-of-god/)
Jesus said, "Do this IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME." But what do we do? Turn it around and make it all about us remembering our sins! Leave it to man to make it all about man. You are told to "Search your heart, confess any sins so you can partake 'worthily.'"
Tell me Church:
Did Jesus take away ALL your sins.
YES!
Did He do a good job?
YES!
All means ALL.
Are there any left?
NO. None for your entire life. So what are you remembering if they're ALL gone? Make up your mind. Are they ALL gone or not?
Oh I know: you were taught that all your sins from your past up until you accepted Christ were put away but you must still confess as you go, right? If that is your understanding, you are in the same boat as Simon the Pharisee.
Remember him? Jesus was invited to dine at his house one day when a sinner woman came in. She was weeping, washing His feet with her tears and wiping them away with her hair. During the course of this encounter, it came to light that Simon thought the same thing: That you must confess as you go in order to be made right with God again.
Jesus set him straight, explaining the difference between "PRESENT TENSE FORGIVENESS AND PERFECT TENSE FORGIVENESS." If you're confused on this topic and want to know what Jesus said, follow the link below:
The truth is, Church, if you are truly born again, YOU ARE NEVER UNQUALIFIED TO PARTAKE OF COMMUNION. To believe otherwise is an insult to Jesus and the blood He shed for our complete cleansing.
Jesus did a complete work in cleansing your entire life--from the moment you asked Jesus into your heart to the day you see Him face to face! AMEN!
The word, "Shalom," means completeness, wholeness, health, {physical, mental, emotional} peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity {yes, financial} perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord.
It comes from the root verb shelem meaning to be complete, perfect and full. In modern Hebrew the obviously related word Shelem means to pay for, and Shulam means to be fully paid.
And Who FULLY PAID for us?
JESUS!!!
Don't make holy communion a remembrance of your sins that are already cleansed. Jesus said, "Do this IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME."
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