Full Salvation

This is my third post and I do hope to have at least one more. We will see how the weekend goes.

Seeing as how mine and my husband's lives revolve around the constant care of our precious son, Shaun, it's hard to write about anything else when sharing about my walk with the Lord. So, I thought I would give my beliefs regarding salvation and healing and how it pertains to us. I realize some do not share my views and that's fine, but this is how I interpret His Gospel of Good News for His children.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is so profound, yet so simple. He even tells us in Matthew 18:3 that we must become like little children to enter the kingdom of heaven. Think about a little child, perhaps a special little one in your own life. When you tell them something they believe it. They love you, you told them, so they believe your words. That's what we have to do when it comes to our Heavenly Father...take Him at His word. His word is truth. It's like Peter in John 6:68 when he asked the Lord where else the disciples could turn because he knew only Jesus had the words of eternal life.We have no where else to go! Our son needs help and we have tried for twenty-two of his twenty-six years to find help in the form of doctors, psychiatrists, specialists, doctors who turned out to be quacks, special diets, supplements, you name it. We even took him across the United States when he was five and paid thousands of dollars for a treatment that turned out to be bogus. And, he tried to climb out the windows of the plane on the trip out to Oregon. On our return trip he at least stayed in his seat. These are things you never forget.

Our son was detoxed from prescription drugs, that never helped him, only made him worse, in a special developmental center about an hour from our home. He just returned in December after being away from us for nine long months. This is the first thing that has ever been helpful. He is remarkably better but we are holding out for a full recovery. How can we say that? The blood of Jesus. Nothing speaks a better word than His blood.  The name of Jesus Christ is above the name of autism or any other sickness or disease.

We did all of this not just to see our son healed but because we believe Jesus came to give life and life abundant, as the word tells us. It is satan (I refuse to capitalize his name) who came to steal, kill and destroy. The church gets that wrong much of the time by saying God puts sickness and disease on His children to teach them a lesson. I cannot find such a thing in Scripture and we do not glorify God when we remain ill when His Son poured out His divine blood to bring us healing.

This is where I think so many Christians fall short, including myself, many times. I hear His word, I read and study His word, yet I fail to always take it to heart, yes, to believe it. I think if we always believed we would always receive. Didn't Jesus tell us in Matthew 11:24 that when we pray we are to believe we receive? Do you always believe you are going to get what you pray for? I wish I could say I do, without fail. But, no, at times I fail.

 I believe when Jesus was on the cross and He cried out "Tetelestai" He was declaring "It is finished" and He didn't mean only His human life. The work of His cross was then completed as He died. He had given all of His precious blood to save us, heal us and deliver us from all sin, sickness and disease. It was a true completed work of salvation to the fullest extent. Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. I woke up singing that beautiful old hymn the other morning and it carried me through the entire day. He comes to us like that, so often and so unexpected, to bless and encourage.

 Unless it is our appointed time to die, I believe it is always God's will to heal. We should never just settle for ill health. The fault is not with God. He is perfection. It lies with man's inability to simply receive the blessing of healing. It is a package...salvation and healing. They go hand in hand.
Both are ours, paid for in blood.

Isaiah 53 is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible and we need look no further to have our questions answered regarding what was purchased for us by Jesus.

Surely He has born our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and our pains.... (v. 4)

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. (v.5)

Many other verses tell us that healing is ours:

Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals {each one of] all your diseases...
~Psalm 103:3

He sent His word and healed them.
~Psalm 107:20

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
~Matthew 10:8

Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will heal the sick and the Lord will raise him up.
~James 5:14-15

Verse after verse promises healing for us. But should we feel condemned if we have not been able to receive our healing? No. In fact the word tells us in Romans 8:1 that there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ.

So, we keep asking, seeking, knocking and refusing to give up! Salvation is ours to the full!



Sandy