in the book of Romans the Apostle Paul taught us something about the kingdom of
God and he said in verse 17 of chapter 14 he said the kingdom of God is not
meat or drink but it's righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit the
kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy and righteousness is God's
answer to the sin problem peace is God's answer the answer to the torment problem
and joy is his answer to the sickness problem in laughter laughter is good
medicine and so the kingdom is a it represents a tri a triune healing for
the whole person spirit soul and body in fact the word evil in the Lord's Prayer
to deliver us from evil of course evil refers to sin but it comes from a word
that means pain and that word comes from a word that means poor and so we have
sin sickness and poverty we're all dealt with with a redemptive brushstroke of
Jesus the shedding of His blood never again were those three areas to ever
have authority over a believers life again in Ephesians chapter 2 it says
that Jesus bore on His body the dividing wall so think think about this with me
Jew and Gentile there's never been a group of people more diverse or separate
than those two there's the haves and the have-nots and Jesus took and bore on His
flesh the dividing wall between these two groups that means He has destroyed
the power of division I don't care if it's a family division if it's a
division in in a business if it's a racial division if it's a division
that's political doesn't matter what it is Jesus bore the brunt of the power of
division to the cross and it was dismembered which means when we pray in
communion we have the authority to declare an end to division in any
situation that we know of because He took care of it
and the same way that He settled the issue of sin so He settled the issue of
division so it says that he bore our sickness and our pain to the cross the
Father poured out His wrath upon His son why would he do that
because His son became sin Jesus became sin so we could become righteous
so He took if you could imagine sickness disease pain poverty evil all the junk
He wore it on his own flesh the Father poured out His wrath and killed His own son
Jesus became a curse so that you and I wouldn't have to bear the curse
you'll hear people say with the sickness whatever it might be is just a curse it
is but Jesus became a curse so we wouldn't have to bear the curse
He actually became sin and took the wrath of the Father in our place so that we
would be qualified for forgiveness qualified for deliverance qualified for
unity qualified for healing qualified for blessing and increase the redemptive
work of Jesus is to heal the whole person