Healing by The Stripes of Christ
"...by
Whose
stripes ye were healed"
-I
Peter 2:24 [KJV]
We
must not think that by self-loathing, self-deprivation or
self-humiliation we will be healed of the disease of sin. The healing
of the soul is in the humiliation of Christ, not in ours; in His
agonies, not ours; in His death, not ours. To rely on or trust in
anything other than the crucified Redeemer is to set up a rival to
Christ. Do not beat up on self, thinking that God will be more
pleased with you. God is only pleased with His Son. Look outside
of sinful self to the crucified, buried, risen and exalted Christ.
Spiritual healing is by the stripes of the Savior, not the stripes of
the sinner.
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
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