Scriptural Foundation: Isaiah 53:4-5;
Galatians 3:13
“4 Surely He has
borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten
by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for
our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed”
(biblegateway.com – NKJV).
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Christ HAS
redeemed us from the curse of the Law! The Law required us to pay for our sins;
the wages for sin according to the Law is death! Jesus has taken care of our
debt for us by dying on the cross and taking our sins upon Himself and we now
have a choice whether we are going to live or die – heaven or hell – blessings
or cursing! There is NO in-between; you are either for God or against Him –
there is NO middle ground!! All you have to do to receive the new life Jesus
has already died for you to have is accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior AND embrace His
righteousness – develop a personal relationship with God
the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit so you can walk out your new life!! We are
made whole, we are made complete in Christ!! We are NOT who were before!! Our
past does not dictate who we are or will be in the future!! We are a new
creation in Christ Jesus once we accept Him as our personal Lord and Savior!!
God has had a
plan for our lives before the world begin and nothing or nobody is going to
stop it. The only way God’s plan for your life is not completed, YOU give up!
We belong to God and nothing or anybody is able to pluck us out of His hand!
Even the enemy using Eve to cause Adam to disobey God did not stop God’s plan
for mankind – he could not do it then and will not stop God’s plan NOW – God
had a Ram in the bush and His name is Jesus Christ!! God knew everything that
happened in the Garden would happen; there is nothing which happens that takes
God by surprise.
God prepared a
way of escape for us (ALL mankind); the way is ALREADY made – you do not have
to work for salvation because Jesus already has given you salvation and along
with it, EVERYTHING you need to live in this world with the victory (He has
overcame the world) – Jesus has paid for salvation with His life and now all
you have to do is receive it!!
Isaiah
prophesied in Isaiah 53:4-5 about Jesus; how He would take away the
sin, sicknesses, diseases, infirmities, iniquities, sorrows, griefs, etc. of
mankind and give us His peace, His love, His joy, His gentleness, His
longsuffering, His faith and His goodness – among other things; through the Holy
Spirit (1 Corinthians 12-14; Galatians 5:22). Jesus also gave us His righteousness so
we could become righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21); this is what makes us brand new
creatures in Him. Our righteousness WERE as filthy rags but now we are
washed by the Blood of the Lamb – Jesus!! However, in order for this new life
to be manifested in us, we MUST accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior –
then every promise in the Book can be manifested in our lives.
God bless,
Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks
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