Healing Comes Through the Cross

Introduction

We together together today to celebrate Good Friday.

Good Friday is the darkest day in history—but also the most powerful

For those who knew and Loved Jesus, it must have been a very confusing and frustrating time

Just days earlier, they had watched Him ride into Jerusalem with crowds shouting “Hosanna.” literally shouting “Save Us!”

There was excitement, hope—maybe even certainty that this was the moment everything would change.

But now… everything feels like it’s falling apart.

The One they believed was the Messiah was arrested

The One who healed others is now being beaten beyond

The One who spoke with authority is now silent before His accusers

Nothing is unfolding the way they expected.

They had a picture in their minds:

A King who would take the throne

A deliverer who would overthrow oppression

A victory that would be immediate and visible

But instead, they are watching:

Betrayal ,Injustice, Suffering

And what looks like defeat

And the tension is this:

God is working, but it doesn’t look like what they thought it would

Can you imagine the questions going through their minds?

“Did we misunderstand?”

“Is this really how it ends?”

“Why isn’t He stopping this?”

What they didn’t realize… was that in the middle of what looked like chaos, God was accomplishing something far greater than they could ever imagine.

The cross wasn’t a failure of God’s plan… it was the plan.

And sometimes, we find ourselves in the exact same place:

God is moving but it doesn’t look like we expected

Prayers seem unanswered

Situations feel like they’re getting worse, not better

But just like them, we have to learn this truth:

God is often doing His deepest work when we understand Him the least

And nowhere is that more evident than at the cross

where confusion meets purpose, and suffering becomes the pathway to healing.

What looked like suffering and defeat was actually the moment of greatest victory

The cross was not just for forgiveness—it was for healing and restoration

Key Question:

What did Jesus actually accomplish on the cross?

For may Christians the cross it about forgiveness, salvation, spending eternal Life in heaven,

but in reality the cross is all these things and much more.

A: The Suffering Servant Bore Our Pain

Isaiah 53:3–4 NASB95

3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

Did you catch verse 4?

v4 “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows”

“Griefs” and “sorrows” also point to sickness, pain, and affliction

Key Insight:

Jesus didn’t just carry our sin He carried our suffering

Emotional pain

Physical sickness

Mental anguish

He entered fully into human brokenness

Application:

There is no pain you carry that Jesus has not already carried

Healing begins with recognizing He understands and has borne it for you!

Imagine someone carrying a heavy backpack everywhere they go.

At first, it doesn’t seem like much—just a few things inside. But over time, more gets added:

A rock for every disappointment A weight for every hurt A burden for every worry

A reminder of every failure

And after a while, they don’t even realize how heavy it’s become they’ve just learned to live with it.

They wake up with it. They walk through life with it. They’re exhausted, but they think it’s normal.

Then one day, someone says, “You don’t have to carry that anymore.”

But here’s the problem....they’ve carried it so long, it feels like part of who they are.

So even when given the opportunity to set it down… they hesitate.

WHY?

Because letting it go means:

Trusting someone else to carry it Admitting they were never meant to hold it Believing that freedom is actually possible

And this is what Jesus does at the cross.

He doesn’t just say, “Try harder.” He says, “Give it to Me.”

Not some of it. Not the lighter parts. All of it.

Because the truth is:

The weight you’re carrying… is the very weight He already carried.

Some of us are still carrying what Jesus already died to take.

B: The Cross Provides Healing

Isaiah 53:5 NASB95

5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.

“By His stripes we are healed”

The suffering Jesus endured was intentional, not accidental

Matthew connects this for us.

Matthew 8:16–17 NASB95

16 When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases.”

Jesus fulfilled Isaiah through healing ministry

The cross completes what His ministry revealed

Key Insight:

Healing is not separate from the cross—it flows from it

Forgiveness and healing are both part of redemption

Salvation is holistic: spirit, soul, and body

Application:

We can come to God for healing because of the cross

Healing is rooted in what Jesus has already done

One of the reason I love Good Friday, is the amazing number of healings i have take place

now i believe God can heal anytime, but I also see a special release of grace upon the time that we honor the greatest event in History.

I’ve seen cancer healed, broken bones mended, hearing return, blind eyes see.

Good Friday is a time when my faith is increased believing God is going to do something amazing!

C: Healing Through His Wounds

1 Peter 2:24 NASB95

24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

“By His wounds you have been healed”

His suffering became the pathway to our restoration

Key Insight:

God brings healing through what appears to be brokenness

The cross looked like loss but produced life

His wounds became our healing

Application:

God can redeem what is broken in your life

Pain can become testimony through Christ

Testimony Time

D: The Cross Heals at the Deepest Level

Luke 23:33–34 NASB95

33 When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. 34 But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

“Father, forgive them…”

Even in suffering, Jesus releases forgiveness

Key Insight:

The deepest healing is spiritual

Healing from sin

Healing from separation from God

Healing of the heart

Without this, all other healing is temporary

Application:

True healing begins with reconciliation with God

We must receive forgiveness and extend it

ABC of the Gospel

A – Admit Admit that you have sinned and need God. Recognize that you cannot save yourself.

B – Believe Believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins and rose again. Trust that His sacrifice is enough to save you.

C – Confess Confess Jesus as Lord. Turn from sin and choose to follow Him.

E: The Finished Work of the Cross

John 19:30 NASB95

30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

Luke 23:46 NASB95

46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

“It is finished”

The work of redemption is complete

Key Insight:

We don’t fight for healing we receive from the finished work

The cross is not potential, it is provision

We live from what Jesus has already accomplished

Application:

Stop striving start receiving

You don’t have toearn your healing, you just have to be willing to receive it

Stand in faith on what Christ has finished

Let’s recognize that there are times when we need each other

James 5:14–16 NASB95

14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Galatians 6:2 NASB95

2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

Mark 2:3–5 NASB95

3 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. 4 Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. 5 And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Conclusion: The Invitation of the Cross

The cross offers:

Forgiveness

Healing

Restoration

New life

everything we need to have right relationship with the father

Final Challenge:

Will we come to the cross fully?

Not just for salvation—but for healing in every area?

The cross is not the end—it leads to resurrection life

Call to Response (Good Friday Moment)

Invite people to:

Bring their pain, sickness, and brokenness to the cross

Receive what Jesus has already provided

Prayer opportunities:

Physical healing

Emotional healing

Spiritual restoration

Closing Prayer Focus

Thank Jesus for the finished work

Receive healing by faith

Surrender every area of brokenness