It was for their good and God’s glory that they were permitted to endure such seasons of suffering (1 Peter 1:1-9). Yet, Peter points the Christian to find hope in God in the opening verses as he directs the troubled souls to see the sovereign hand of God in the midst of their pain. As a result, we face difficulty, persecution, and disease in this life. The days of Paradise have long since been removed by the decay and ripple effect of sin (Rom. That is abundantly clear as we visualize the world around us. We live in a broken world with devils that threaten to undo us. Jesus took my sicknesses and by His stripes, I am healed! 1 Joyce Meyer, “Healing Scriptures” (Fenton, MO: Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc., 2008), 11-12. My diseases went to the Cross with Jesus and died with Him there. I am made whole by the blows He received. With the stripes that wounded Him, I am healed and made whole. Satan cannot put on me what Jesus bore for me. I don’t have to bear what He bore for me. He bore them and carried them away to a distance. He took my sicknesses on Himself and carried my pains. Surely He hath borne my sickness and diseases and carried my pains. For instance, we find the following words from Joyce Meyer in a document titled, “Healing Scriptures” where she states the following confession after quoting Isaiah 53:3-5: However, many false teachers have hijacked the words of Isaiah that are quoted by the apostle Peter and employed them for purposes of their perverted health, wealth, and prosperity heresy. In the New Testament, Peter quotes directly from this passage on numerous occasions in his letter to hurting and persecuted Christians. The context of the chapter is clearly devoted to the suffering of Jesus who paid our sin debt and pleased God as the substitutionary sacrifice. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, The prophet writes:īut he was pierced for our transgressions Some of the most encouraging words we find in the pages of Scripture are found in the chapter devoted to the suffering Servant in Isaiah 53.
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