The Meal That Heals

The Meal That Heals

“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” 1 Peter 1:18-19 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 The Venom of the Serpent When a sinner approaches God for forgiveness of sins, the precious blood of Christ cleanses the spirit and soul from all sin (1 John 1:9). An example, in the natural, of how this spiritual transfer occurs is a snakebite. The average person who is bitten by a highly venomous snake could die within a matter of minutes or hours. Yet, there are reptile lovers who have been bitten so often that their bodies have built up immunities to the poison. After years of bites, they have become immune to certain types of dangerous snakes. As humans, we are all subject to the bite of the serpent, Satan. We have no protection against him without Jesus Christ. As Christ bore the sins of the world, He experienced a bite from the serpent. Christ’s blood built up immunities to the serpent’s bite and, when we who are bound by sin receive a fresh application of His blood, the life of Christ enters our spirit, thus making the deadly bite of the enemy null and void. By faith, we receive a spiritual blood transfusion and the law of sin and death is broken as the law of the Spirit of life in Christ is released in our spirit and our mortal bodies! “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 Most Christians fully understand this great plan of salvation and redemption. Yet, according to Isaiah, there are other benefits to be derived from the sufferings of Christ. The two areas Isaiah spoke of deal with emotional and physical well being.

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