The Bible Does Not Say Jesus Took Our Sicknesses On The Cross — Zac Poonen

Medicine, Faith, and Human Commandments

Now there are some Christian groups that say if you're sick, you should not take medicine. So like it's the vehicle legal yadi, but I'll learn to do it without it. They say that's the mark of faith. I don't miss was it.

Another element is on the ground and They say if you take medicine, that means you don't have faith. Now if there is a command in the New Testament saying you should not take medicine, of course We would obey it even if you have to die.

But when there is no such commandment, if we make a commandment, that's a commandment of man. And we don't have to obey the commandments of men. So there is no such command which says don't take medicine.

The Claim That Jesus Bore Sicknesses on the Cross

And Many people say didn't Jesus take our sicknesses on the cross. See most Christians. I'd say 95 99 percent of Christians read the Bible very carelessly. Where does it say that Jesus took our Sicknesses upon the cross.

I know a lot of Pentecostals say that. But there is not a single verse like that in the whole Bible and I've studied it for 50 years. None. I'm the only logical I think you can remove it. I'm with him.

I put it but the war take on a pillow. I'll show you the verse that they quote. It's very important for us to know this because many of us get sick and sometimes we have Problems as to what shall we do when this fellow comes and says believe this verse.

How Scripture Fulfillment Unfolds in Jesus' Life

Whenever we you know. One of the things we read in the New Testament Gospels is that many times it says so that the scripture might be fulfilled. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. So that the scripture might be fulfilled which 700 years earlier Micah said out of Bethlehem the ruler will come.

We read that Jesus went to Egypt When Herod wanted to kill him. That was to fulfill another prophet another prophecy my Matthew 2 15. There was a prophecy in the book of Hosea that out of Egypt I have called my son.

Then we read Herod killed all the babies in Bethlehem. That was to fulfill what Jeremiah said verse 17 and 18 that there's a great weeping in Rama Kappa Jeremiah. Many times in scripture it says that Jesus came and lived in Nazareth verse 23.

So that it might be fulfilled that he might be called a Nazarene At the end of his life. When he was hanging on the cross you read in John chapter 19. Verse 28 When Jesus knowing that all the things had been accomplished In order that the scripture might be fulfilled said I'm thirsty.

And then he said in verse 30 it's finished. After that he said it's finished. So from birth to death it was so that it might be fulfilled so that it might be fulfilled so that it might be fulfilled. Now notice one thing.

We want to study the scriptures carefully. When it happened at that time it was fulfilled. He was born in Bethlehem it happened the scripture was fulfilled. He went to Egypt and came back the scripture was fulfilled.

When the Herod killed the babies that's the one scripture was fulfilled. Not later immediately. When Jesus came to Nazareth immediately scriptures fulfilled that he was called a Nazarene Jesus. Then he went from Nazareth verse chapter 4 verse 13 in Matthew 4 13 to Capernaum.

And then verse 14 15 the scripture was fulfilled that the land of Zebulun will see a great light. The people of Zebulun saw a great light. When was it fulfilled right then not future. Now I'll show you another verse Matthew chapter 8.

Matthew 8:16–17 and the Timing of Healing

Please keep this principle in mind. Matthew 8 verse 16. When the evening came They brought to him many who were this demon possessed and he cast them out of the Spirits of the word and he healed all those who were ill.

He healed all the sicknesses and diseases of hundreds of people there. Everyone without exception. Not one fellow went out from there even with a fever. Whether it was a cold or a cancer they were healed.

Why in verse 17. In order that the scripture as Isaiah said might be fulfilled. He took our infirmities and carried away our disease. He carried away our disease and carried away our infirmities. This is how it happened according to Isaiah.

Now tell me was it fulfilled there or in the future? Right there he took away those infirmities and diseases. This is the verse that so many Christians misquote that it was fulfilled three years later when he was hanging on the cross.

Three years later when he was hanging on the cross, many misquote that it was fulfilled. That's not what scripture says. He healed them so that it might be fulfilled that he took away their infirmities and sicknesses.

He took it. You see you see there when he healed them. Now why is this so important? We know the Bible says that when Jesus hung on the cross he took our sins. But nowhere does it say it took our diseases.

Sin, Forgiveness, and the Limits of Physical Healing

And so we can say with confidence. That you need not have the guilt of any of your sins. As soon as you confess it he forgives your sins. Because he took your sins. And that is why I live without the guilt of any sin in my life.

If Jesus had also taken my diseases. First of all, I won't be wearing glasses. That is a sickness in case you didn't know. And I would have hair on my head that is another type of sickness. I wouldn't have a backache.

I wouldn't have a headache. I'll never get a cold or a fever. I won't even sneeze like I did just now. Because Jesus took everything. Have you seen any human being live like that? They're all liars who say that Jesus took all their diseases.

They wear glasses they are bald and they have so many other coughs and colds and fevers and they say Jesus took all our diseases. Now if that is the way Jesus takes our diseases. Then I say maybe he's taken my sins also in the same way.

Then I'm not sure whether all my sins are forgiven. You see how the devil fools believers. Did Jesus do a thorough work of taking away the guilt of all my sins? I know he has not done a thorough work of taking away all my diseases from my body right now.

But I have 100 trust on what he did on the cross. That's why I'm 100 sure that all my sins are forgiven. That's why I'm 100 sure that all my sins are forgiven. If Jesus took my sin and my sickness.

Even in the midst of all my faith all my sicknesses are not gone. I still wear glasses. I still have aches and pains. Then how do I know I have faith for the forgiveness of my sins? See sickness is a visible thing, forgiveness of sins is an invisible thing.

You know whether I can see without my glasses or not. It's a visible thing sickness. But forgiveness of sins is invisible. Maybe I'm fooling myself that I'm forgiven. Because this visible thing is not working.

He took my diseases they say. But I'm still wearing my glasses. Then how do I know I have faith for the forgiveness of my sins? Many Christians are totally inconsistent. That's because they don't read the Bible carefully.

He took our infirmities and sicknesses. It was fulfilled when he took those people's sicknesses away. Now there's another verse Where it says by his stripes we are healed. That is from Isaiah 53. We read in Isaiah 53 Verse 5 he was pierced for our transgressions.

Isaiah 53 and the Healing Described in 1 Peter 2

Crushed for our iniquities. The chastening of our well-being fell upon him. By his scourging we are healed. Now being healed Means two things. We can be healed in our spirit. We can be healed in our body.

Which healing is it talking about? Because the Bible does speak about healing inwardly. Whenever you're in doubt you must compare scripture with scripture. So we say is there a place in the New Testament where this verse is quoted?

Yes it is quoted in 1 Peter chapter 2. That's the only place in the New Testament where it is quoted. What does it say in 1 Peter 2? The subject is Following verse 21. 1 Peter 2 verse 21. Following Jesus' example and walking in his footsteps.

You must see the subject Following in his steps who committed no sin. In whose mouth there was no lie. It doesn't say in addition in whose body there was no disease. It doesn't say we got to follow in him in whose body there was no sickness.

That is impossible. But follow in his steps who committed no sin. Follow in his steps who never told a lie with his mouth. Follow in his steps who never told a lie with his mouth. Follow in his steps who when he was reviled verse 23 did not revile in return.

Follow in his steps who while suffering did not utter any threats. Follow in his steps who kept entrusting himself to the one who judges righteously. And then it says. Because he bore our sins in his body on the cross.

Dying to Sin and Living in Righteousness

Not our sicknesses. He bore our sins. That we might die to sin. Not get rid of our sicknesses. We might die to sin And live to righteousness. This is the fulfillment of that Old Testament verse. It says here by his stripes you are healed.

So where is that Old Testament verse fulfilled? By his stripes you are healed means what? It says here that I might die to sin and live to righteousness. That is how we are healed. Because I believe that sin is a million times worse than any physical sickness.

The whole subject is not about physical healing. It is about giving up sin and living in righteousness.