Jesus: Our Healer and Liberator from Sin

Sin is so proteon in its manifestations that one picture is Never Enough though sin is one thing one disease if you like it has many different manifestations like many of physical disease has many different manifestations and therefore if we are truly to understand this whole problem of sin, we must look at these various pictures. [00:03:06]

Sin always robs it always takes away from us of course it doesn't tell us that it comes to us as a would be friend offering us marvelous things come and see life says sin come with me and I'll rarely give you something worth having how attractive it is how enticing it is and that is how it fools us all. [00:04:01]

Eventually all men as the result of sin know what it is to be brokenhearted I say eventually all must know that whether in time or not it's bound to come the rich men of whom our Lord speaks you remember in his story about D and Lazarus he wasn't brokenhearted while he was still in this world but after he died and found himself in hell he was brokenhearted. [00:05:06]

Sin amongst the other things that it does to us does this it it bruises us it crushes Us in some shape or form and the Lord says here that he has come to give to set at Liberty them that are bruised. [00:06:49]

The effect of bruising is to paralyze you see there are many many things that can put us into a state of captivity the obvious one is the one we've already dealt with Satan the strong man armed keeping his Goods in peace keeping us within the bounds of his Palace not allowing us to climb the wall or to go out through the door. [00:09:29]

Sin itself causes us to be bruised and battered there's a word in the Old Testament that tells us that the way of the transgressor is hard and it's absolutely literally true sin the life of sin is a very hard way. [00:12:40]

Sin is something that knocks us about had you ever thought of sin like that no the tragedy is isn't it that because we are so deluded by the devil we never think of it it like that we rather think of it and we don't recognize the category at all of course but as we go to do the things that lead to sin and that are sin our attitude is that we are going to enjoy ourselves. [00:13:09]

Sin is something ultimately not that you and I do or take up it's something that's done to us and we are the victims but wait a minute that's only the beginning of it it is also something therefore inevitably that always leads to pain and to suffering. [00:16:40]

Sin is punished sin always will be punished God's very nature insists upon it and God strikes The Sinner in some shape or form the ways vary tremendously and Men often don't realize it but as certainly as we are here it is true and so not only are we bruised because sin does it directly God smites God causes suffering God makes us pay the price. [00:31:09]

Christ says I've come to set him at Liberty I'm going to put him on his feet I'm going to heal his wounds I'm going to draw out the bruise I'm going to deliver him from it I'm going to enable him to move his muscles and exercise himself and work and move like a man. [00:32:51]

He was bruised he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes are we healed or listen to it in the 10th verse of the same chapter yet it ha pleased the Lord to bruise him. [00:33:39]

The Holy Spirit that is given to all who are in Christ Jesus he draws out the bruises they come right to the surface and they vanish from the skin you can't see them and then new life is infused it all happens together the new life and the new Power the new Vigor the nerves are restored the muscles are restored a man is made alive he's a new creature a new creation. [00:39:55]