Don’t Try It, Live It!

“But He was pierced for our transgressions and He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” (NIV) They pierced Him for our wrong doings, (with a sword in His side, blood and water came out) and they crushed Him for our weaknesses, the punishment it took for us to have peace was on Him, and 39 times He was whipped, it covered every sickness and disease the world would ever experience. It has been said, each of the 39 stripes He endured on the cross represented a sickness or a disease, (in that culture back then only 39 stripes were allowed). This is the reality of what the Lord went through for us. He wasn’t under the fallen state of man since God was His Father, so He was the perfect sacrifice to remit all the stuff that goes along with the fallen state of mankind. We’ve not only been redeemed from the curse of the law, but restored as well to the original state of mankind (before sin entered the picture) by faith in God’s word. To actually live this renewed state of existence, we must deal with the effects of sin already in this world and people that don’t have a clue about this subject. By drawing near to God, He’ll draw near to you, and will turn your life around for the better. Don’t try it, live it!