Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5(KJV)
Sin creates a wound in our relationship with God. It breaches the spiritual nutritional support that emanates to us from the Lord to nourish our inner being. It is an ulcer that undermines our very existence and destroys God's intended plan for our lives. Sin makes us depressed because feel guilty after the sin has been committed. It brings grief and sorrows to the self and sometimes to those around us. But there is an antidote to the damaging effect of sin, and that is, the blood of Jesus. By dying on the cross, he took our sinful nature, our griefs and sorrows, our depressions, our failures, and nailed them to the cross. He paid the price that we should have paid for our sins, which is death, and He put on us His own righteousness. We have been healed by His stripes. We now have peace with God. Because of this, we can go to Him with all confidence as His children. Our relationship with God has now been renewed or restored because of the redemptive blood of Jesus.
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart but go to Him in prayer and ask Him to come into your life and make you whole from all your sins. He is faithful and just to forgive you if you confess them. You will then become a child of God. Take the bold step of faith today!
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