Isaiah 53:5
New King James Version (NKJV)
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
Stripes in Hebrew
- Stripes in Hebrew : chabburah
- Reference : http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2250.htm
Chabburah root word
- chabburah root word : chabar
- Reference : http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2266.htm
Chabar means joined
- Jesus Joined together with us
- By His Joined together with us we are healed
- Jesus Joined to our diseases so we can join to His health
- Jesus Identified Himself with us in our sufferings
- We have to Identify ourselves with the life of Christ
- Jesus identified with our diseases
- We have to identify with His Health
- Jesus identified with our sin and death
- We have to identify with His Life and Glory
- Jesus identified with our poverty
- We have to identify with His Riches
- How can Head be rich and body be poor
- Jesus is our Head, Church is the body of Christ
Don’t identify you with yourself. Identify you with Christ.
1 John 4:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
All that Jesus is, we are
- Is Jesus sick? NO
- Is Jesus poor? NO
- Is Jesus sad? NO
AS JESUS IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD