Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Galatians chapter 3:
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Did Jesus need to redeem Himself from the curse of the Law? No, He needed to redeem you and me from the curse thus the cross was explicitly for our benefit. We should never downplay the importance of the cross and its impact on our lives. Paul referenced Deuteronomy chapter 21 in the above passage:
22 “If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
23 his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.”
Jesus did not deserve to be put to death until He took on our sin, the ultimate act of unconditional Love. How can we deemphasize the importance of such a critical act on our behalf? This very act should be an important aspect of our expression of gratitude toward Our Heavenly Father. When Jesus hung on the tree, He redeemed us from death as well as sickness and disease. He suffered thirty-nine stripes on our behalf and our faith in our healing should equal our faith in our redemption. However in many believers’ lives, faith in healing seems to be more difficult than faith in our redemption.
By THE SPIRIT, Peter wrote in 1 Peter chapter 2:
22 “(Jesus) Who committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Verse 24 expresses both aspects of the cross, our redemption and our healing. Let us each build our faith up in the latter so that we no longer accept the curse of sickness and disease in our life. I know how difficult this can be but as I purify my heart and fully accept FATHER’S promises in my life, my faith will grow strong in the area of health and healing. Instead of having faith in man’s methods, contraptions, and treatments of sickness and disease, my faith will rely on FATHER’S supernatural power to heal the very body HE created. What a blessing!