12/4/26 – At the Cross – Easter Series - H Williams

Isaiah 53 doesn't read like a suggestion. It reads like a declaration. And it is obviously, clearly, undeniably God's will that his people would be healed. Let's see it like this. Imagine a father who has a child who has received a critically ill diagnosis. They're basically on the deathbed. And the father's a doctor. In fact, he's been named the greatest physician who ever lived. He's got a Nobel Peace Prize. And he stands before the child with the cure in his hands, and all he needs is for the child to receive it. No one would ever question whether the father wants his child healed. Of course, he does. It'd be absurd to think otherwise. Right? [00:19:06] (59 seconds)  #Isaiah53Declaration

So if healing's included in the finished work of the cross and if it is God's will that we are healed, why don't we always experience it? It's an honest question, and I wanna answer it. Let's look at Hebrews 10 verse 14. Says, for by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever. Those who are being made holy. And there's a tension there, isn't it? Because on the one hand, this verse says that we have been made perfect forever. And on the other hand, it says that we are being made holy. And there's a reason for this. Both are true. Perfected forever is our identity in the finished work of a cross. That is who we are. That is who God has made us to be. Being made holy or being sanctified is our growth. It's our process of walking out by faith. [00:24:50] (64 seconds)  #FinishedWorkIdentity

When Adam fell, he didn't just break a rule. He broke a relationship. The communion between the creator and the creation was shattered. And in that moment, something entered into the human race that touched every area of the human life. The bible says that from that moment on, our spirits were dead in sin. Our hearts became filled with shame and fear, and our bodies started moving towards sickness and death. And this entered through one decision, and the consequences spread to every person who ever lived. [00:08:02] (39 seconds)  #FallShatteredRelationship

When we receive Jesus as our lord and savior, we receive the full freedom from what Jesus has paid for right here and right now. We are free from sin. We are free from death. We have received complete healing and complete wholeness. We are not striving for victory in our health. We are living from it. So this week's application is how do I respond? One, we receive what Jesus has already purchased for us. Our first response is to receive by faith what Jesus has already done. Our role is not to strive. It's not to beg. It's not to plead, but to trust and receive. [00:29:40] (51 seconds)  #LivingFromHealing