IT’S A DONE DEAL!  1 PETER 2:21-25

“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 Pet. 2:24).

The  last phrase  of this  verse is the  same as Isaiah 53:4, with one important  exception: It places our healing in the past tense. We have already been healed! This is a hard concept for some people to grasp. They cannot understand how they could already be healed if there is sickness in their bodies. So, one way to get around  this  is to say that this is speaking of spiritual healing. However, Matthew 8:17 made it very clear that the healing Isaiah was speaking of was physical, not spiritual.

The key to understanding this concept is relating it to the forgiveness of our sins. When were our sins forgiven? According  to Scripture,  they were forgiven when Christ  died, long before we ever received it. Our  prayers only enable us to receive what was already accomplished  in the spiritual realm and bring it into physical reality. That’s the way it is with healing.

Jesus has already accomplished  our healing. The same virtue  that raised Him  from  the dead is resident within every believer (Eph. 1:19-20).  It’s a done deal. All  we must  do is believe and give physical substance (Heb.  11:1)  to what’s already true in our born-again spirits. It’s infinitely easier to release something  that we already have than to try to get something that we don’t have.

Start releasing your healing by confessing and acting on your faith instead of trying to use your faith to ask God to heal you. He’s already done it!