even people who die of natural causes die because of a weakness of something.
If God healed every person. he would heal that weakness.. and again, no one would die
You absolutely have it completely wrong.
Healing is available to all Christians because the atonement of Jesus is not just for the forgiveness of sins, but is comprehensive - it covers spiritual, emotional and physical healing.
Isaiah 53:4 is claimed by some Christians as only being spiritual healing - forgiveness of sins, but the word translated as healed, means to be completely healed in every way as seen in KJV with Strongs numbers:
Isa 53:5 But he
H1931 was wounded
H2490 for our transgressions,
H4480 H6588 he was bruised
H1792 for our iniquities:
H4480 H5771 the chastisement
H4148 of our peace
H7965 was upon
H5921 him; and with his stripes
H2250 we are healed. H7495
Healed is number H7495 in Strongs Hebrew dictionary, defined as:
H7495 (
Strong)
râphâ' râphâh
raw-faw', raw-faw'
A primitive root; properly to mend (by stitching), that is, (figuratively) to cure: -
cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See H7503.
Total KJV occurrences: 68
His stripes made us thoroughly wholes, which is confirmed in the New Testament where the greek word SOZO is translated both as saved and as healed, because His atonement covers the gamut of spiritual, emotional and physical healing:
1Pe 2:24 Who
G3739 his own self
G848 bare
G399 our
G2257 sins
G266 in
G1722 his own
G848 body
G4983 on
G1909 the
G3588 tree,
G3586 that
G2443 we, being dead
G581 to sins,
G266 should live
G2198 unto righteousness:
G1343 by whose
G3739 stripes
G3468 ye were healed. G2390
Word
G2390 is the word healed, defined as:
G2390 (
Strong)
ἰάομαι
iaomai
ee-ah'-om-ahee
Middle voice of apparently a primary verb;
to cure (literally or figuratively): - heal, make whole.
Total KJV occurrences: 28
Romans 10:13 for just one example: whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be SOZO (saved).
SOZO: (made completely whole - spiritually, emotionally, and physically)
Thus Romans 10:13 says that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be made completely whole.
Therefore it’s clear that the atonement of Jesus is not limited to forgiveness of sins alone - thus any believer who’s sins are forgiven has His complete atonement available to them,
with the caveat that in Christianity you only get the promises you believe in.
If a believer is taught God doesn’t heal today,
they might have rock-solid faith that Jesus saves souls and His atonement covers sins, but have zero faith that healing is available to all who are saved.
Scripture makes clear that everyone Jesus healed physically was done in fulfillment of the Isaiah 53:4 atonement prophecy:
Mat 8:16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word
and healed all who were sick.
Mat 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “
He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
The only way He could have healed people physically to fulfill His atonement healing prophecy, is because physical healing is included in it.
This being so, one would expect to find physical healing linked to the forgiveness of sins in scripture- which is exactly what is found.
Psalm 103 says the benefits of God are that He forgives ALL our sins and heals ALL our disease.
James 5 also links physical healing and forgiveness of sins:
Jas 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
The clincher is found in Jesus healing a paralytic
by forgiving his sins:
Luk 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luk 5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
Luk 5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
To review why physical healing is for today for all who by faith have the healing atonement of Christ applied to them:
The Bible shows us healing is available for everyone who has been saved, and born again:
1)
Healing is the children’s bread; (Matt. 15:22-28)
2) Jesus already healed us by His stripes (1 Peter 2:24).
3) Jesus healed everyone who was sick, in fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophesy that He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses
Matthew 8:16-17, (refers to Isaiah 53:4-5, the Atonement of Jesus).
4) The benefits of God is He forgiveness ALL our sins and heals ALL our diseases Psalm 103:3;
Also, many are the afflictions of the righteous but God delivers them out of THEM ALL,
Psalm 34:19
5) Healing is such a part of His atonement that Jesus healed a paralytic by forgiving his sins: “pick up your mat and walk, your sins have been forgiven”. Luke 5:20-25
Psalm 103:3, Luke 5:20-25, and James 5:13-15 all link physical healing with forgiveness of sin.
Why? It’s part of salvation - of being made completely whole, spiritually, emotionally, and physically - SOZO - interchangeably translated in the Bible, as ‘saved’, and ‘healed’.
The Hebrew in Isaiah 53:5 means: by His wounds, bruises, and stripes, we are made completely whole.
Not partially whole, with just our sins forgiven, but made completely whole.
This is really just the tip of the topic.
