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Jesus Was Bruised For Us

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Luke 4:18, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Isaiah 42:3, A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Matthew 12:20, A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Isaiah 53:5, But 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.

Even children quickly learn what it means to be bruised.  If we take a fall or get bumped we can see the way a the body reacts to the bruise.  The pain that comes from a bruise lasts for a while.  The spot(s) can remain sore and discolored until it is all healed.

Jesus was beaten before they nailed Him to the cross.  He was probably very sore and worn out when He was forced to carry the cross they nailed Him to.

It is fair to say that Jesus was crushed, discouraged, and oppressed by those that tormented Him.  He allowed all of this to happen because of our wicked ways. 

I’ve had a bruised body, a bruised ego, and my emotions have been trampled on and bruised.  I’ve known what it is to be crushed, discouraged, and oppressed.  You have probably undergone circumstances in your life where you’ve known these kind of sorrows, too. 

God provided a way for us to be healed of all the bruises in our lives.  Jesus really did take that chastisement for us.  He was punished for our sins even before He died on the cross.  He took our infirmities upon Himself. 

Take a look at some of the Scriptures placed at the top of this writing.  See where God tells us that HE TOOK THE BRUISES FOR US SO THAT WE CAN BE HEALED.  We can be set free from a life of sin.  Jesus made a way that we can be free from tyranny and oppression.  Jesus died that we can know what it is to know about His way, His truth, and His life. 

If you ever had pain that you thought would never come to an end think of these passages.  Remember that God paved the way that you can be healed.  There is no problem too big for our Lord.  There is no sickness on this earth that God cannot heal. 

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Hebrews 10:15 To The End

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

 16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

 17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

 18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

 19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

 20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

 21And having an high priest over the house of God;

 22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

 23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

 25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

 26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

 28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

 29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

 30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

 32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

 33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

 34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

 36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

 37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

 38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

 39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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