Raw Deal“But
He was wounded for our trangressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our peace [shalom or wholeness with nothing broken,
nothing missing] was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”
Nick Nolte may be The Good Thief, but the devil is a bad thief and a liar who tries to sell us a raw deal. If we are experiencing poverty, sickness, oppression, failure and discouragement, it’s not ours because we’re holding on to the wrong package. We can write Return to Sender on the box because Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Jesus came from heaven, where there is no poverty, no sickness, no SARS, no suffering, no war, no pain, and went to the cross for us. Jesus literally defeated death, sin, hell, and the grave, and He paid for all that with His precious blood and the stripes on His back — healing, health, prosperity, restoration, deliverance, protection, peace of mind, and wholeness is ours. We only have to make the exchange. Jesus came to repossess our old lives and replace it with the glory of God He had in heaven. Jesus brought it with Him as the Son of God and freely made the trade for us at the cross. When Jesus cried out, ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30), it really was because there was nothing left for Him to do. God has done His part, and it’s up to us to reach out in faith and receive all the promises in the Word of God that He has already paid for — A Life Less Ordinary, a God kind of life beyond measure, surely overflowing with goodness and mercy all the days of our lives. (Psalm 23:6) Copyright © 2003 Eddy Ministries. All rights reserved. Subscribe/Unsubscribe: eddyn@earthlink.net
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