In His own body

WORDs of Saving Grace - in His own body

1 Peter 2:24  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.

It has been mankinds nature to pass blame to someone else since the beginning of sin (Genesis 3:12).

However it has always been God's nature to make an atonement for our failures, although He is forever without any blame (Genesis 3:21).

The suffering He went through on "the tree" was not for His sins, but it was our sins that He "bare". This literally means to place upon ones self as a load to carry, or to sustain anothers punishment.

This was not figurative or symbolic, because He literally suffered our sin "in His own body". He did not blame the devil or place the sin on another. He took them all upon or rather even inside Himself - the weight of all mankind throughout all time and creation "IN" His body.

A trangression is sin that is seen outwardly, on the outside. But there is sin even deep with the heart (iniquity) that no one hears or sees. Yes, He took those "in" Him as well.

The stripes and punishment He took is beyond anything we ourself could ever carry (bare). And just as He showed His life giving power to heal the physically sick, He still heals from the eternal punishment of sin.

thank you - JESUS!