By His Stripes

Healing in Jesus name

let people know oportunties Testimonies of Healing at the end

Today is Good Friday

The day we celebrate the greatest thing that has ever happended on planet earth.

Jesus God who became man gave up His life that we might have life and have it abundantly.

Normally death is a bad thing, so it might seem strange to call it good.

but we should all take the time to remind ourselves why it was good.

Before the Cross

A. Only the Jewish people were God’s people

everyone else was a gentile

B. Sacrifice was the only means to appease God

There were three voluntary offerings.

The first was the burnt offering, a voluntary act of worship to express devotion or commitment to God.

It was also used as an atonement for unintentional sin. The elements of the burnt offering were a bull, a bird, or a ram without blemish. The meat and bones and organs of the animal were to be totally burnt, and this was God’s portion.

The second voluntary offering was the grain offering, in which the fruit of the field was offered in the form of a cake or baked bread made of grain, fine flour, and oil and salt.

The grain offering was one of the sacrifices accompanied by a drink offering of one-quarter hin (about a quart) of wine, which was poured into the fire on the altar (Numbers 15:4–5).

The third voluntary offering was the peace offering, which consisted of any unblemished animal from the worshiper’s herd, and/or various grains or breads. This was a sacrifice of thanksgiving and fellowship followed by a shared meal. The high priest was given the breast of the animal; the officiating priest was given the right foreleg.

These pieces of the offering were called the “wave offering” and the “heave offering” because they were waved or lifted over the altar during the ceremony.

The fat, kidneys, and lobe of the liver were given to God (burnt), and the remainder of the animal was for the participants to eat, symbolizing God’s provision. The vow offering, thanksgiving offering, and freewill offering mentioned in the Old Testament were all peace offerings.

There were two mandatory sacrifices in the Old Testament Law.

The first was the sin offering. The purpose of the sin offering was to atone for sin and cleanse from defilement.

There were five possible elements of a sin sacrifice—a young bull, a male goat, a female goat, a dove/pigeon, or 1/10 ephah of fine flour.

The type of animal depended on the identity and financial situation of the giver.

A female goat was the sin offering for the common person,

fine flour was the sacrifice of the very poor,

a young bull was offered for the high priest and the congregation as a whole, and so on.

These sacrifices each had specific instructions for what to do with the blood of the animal during the ceremony.

The fatty portions and lobe of the liver and kidneys were given to God (burnt); the rest of the animal was either totally burned on the altar and the ashes thrown outside the camp (in atoning for the high priest and congregation), or eaten within the tabernacle court.

The other mandatory sacrifice was the trespass offering, and this sacrifice was exclusively a ram.

The trespass offering was given as atonement for unintentional sins that required reimbursement to an offended party, and also as a cleansing from defiling sins or physical maladies.

Again, the fat portions, kidneys, and liver were offered to God, and the remainder of the ram had to be eaten inside the court of the tabernacle.

C. The Holy Spirit rested on a specific person for a specifc time to carry out a specific task

for example Samson the strong Man

What comes to mind when you hear the name “Samson”? 

Some will immediately think of the woman that brought him down – “Delilah”. 

Others will think of his “super strength” or his “Long hair”. 

Still others think of someone who had amazing strength but was quite dumb when it comes to the ladies.

I tell you what pops in my mind. The way he received and lost ans again received the power of the Holy Spirit

Judges 3:10 NASB95

The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went out to war, the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, so that he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

Judges 14:6 NASB95

The Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 14:19 NASB95

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.

Judges 15:14 NASB95

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.

Judges 16:20 NASB95

She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

Judges 16:28–30 NASB95

Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.” Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left. And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

After the Cross and the Ressurection

A. Anyone can be in God’s family not just by lineage

Jesus

John 10:16 NASB95

“I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Peter

Acts 15:7–9 NASB95

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. “And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

B. Jesus was the perfect ultimate sacrifice

John the baptist

John 1:29 NASB95

The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36 NASB95

and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

With the time of the Passover feast being very near, the first thought might be the sacrifice of the Passover lamb.

The Passover feast was one of the main Jewish holidays and a celebration in remembrance of God’s deliverance of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt.

In fact, the slaying of the Passover lamb and the applying of the blood to doorposts of the houses (Exodus 12:11-13) is a beautiful picture of Christ’s atoning work on the cross.

Those for whom He died are covered by His blood, protecting us from the angel of (spiritual) death.

Christ as a “guilt offering”

Isaiah 53:10 NASB95

But the Lord was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.

Romans 8:3 NASB95

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

While the idea of a sacrificial system might seem strange to us today, the concept of payment or restitution is still one we can easily understand.

We know that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)

and that our sin separates us from God.

We also know the Bible teaches we are all sinners and none of us is righteous before God (Romans 3:23).

Because of our sin, we are separated from God, and we stand guilty before Him.

Therefore, the only hope we can have is if He provides a way for us to be reconciled to Himself, and that is what He did in sending His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross.

Christ died to make atonement for sin and to pay the penalty of the sins of all who believe in Him.

It is through His death on the cross as God’s perfect sacrifice for sin and His resurrection three days later that we can now have eternal life if we believe in Him.

The fact that God Himself has provided the offering that atones for our sin is part of the glorious good news of the gospel that is so clearly declared in

1 Peter 1:18–21 NASB95

knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Jesus was and is the Perfect Burnt, Sin, and Guilt Offering

We no longer have to offer physical sacrifices becuase Jesus became the eternal sacfice for everyone!

C. Holy Spirt is now perpetually for all who believe.

Acts 1:8 NASB95

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Luke 11:13 NASB95

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

D. Healing is available for all who need it

Isaiah 53:1–5 NASB95

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. 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. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 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.

Peter confirmed Jesu fullfilled this prophetic word

1 Peter 2:22–24 NASB95

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 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.

The 39 lashes that Jesus bore were taken so we could be healed.

Body Soul and Spirit

Jesus physically bore the stripes so we know It referes to physical healing of our bodies

Jesus was rejected, abandoned, and mocked so we know it referes to healing for ours Mental/Soul

Jesus died and rose again to bring healing to our Spirit.

Jesus covered everything

Testimonies of Healing

Pray for healing