The Lord Jesus speaks about His flesh as the bread which is broken for the life of the world. This is the perfect physical health. The Lord Jesus had to demonstrate this in His earthly ministry; that the dead were resurrected and many sickly people received healing. We can take a look at the woman who was bleeding for 12 years; she touched His garment and she was healed. In Him was and is life and healing. Look at what the bible says, “I am the bread of life (zōē). Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die” (John 6:48-50).
Is the Lord Jesus speaking about the spiritual life? He says their forefathers ate manna and are dead, not spiritually but physically because spiritually they were already dead. The word zōē means life, not eternal life or spiritual life. Those who eat His flesh, the bread of life they shall not die. This does not imply that they will live forever on earth, but it implies that they cannot die prematurely. In essence, they will experience the quality life of Christ here on earth. We have this blessing within our reach today, the bread and wine in the Holy Communion.
The Apostle Paul also spoke about the Communion and said that many people are sick because they partake of it in an unworthy manner. Let’s be in one spirit here, he didn’t say unworthy men, but the manner in which they partook of it. He even said that those who are hungry must eat in their houses because he wanted them to discern the body and wine. The word ‘discerning’ from the Greek is diakrinō which means to separate thoroughly. Meaning that, the blood and the body are separate. When Jesus was having supper with His disciples, He made this distinction because He made them eat the bread first and then explained what it symbolised then the wine later.
This is what Paul quoted, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you, do this in the remembrance of Me” (1 Corinthians 11:24). The Lord Jesus said that His body is broken for us, in what manner? That our bodies may not be torn or broken, what happened to Him was an exemption for us. The Lord Jesus gave His body up for us that His body may be in us. When He died on the cross there was a divine exchange. If we have His body how can sicknesses remain in our bodies? There is no way for in His body was found no sins nor sicknesses nor viruses. Even the woman who deserved not, for she was unclean bleeding for 12 years, she touched His garment and she was made whole. I will touch on that towards the end of this message...
I want to tell you today that through the Holy Communion which is also called The Lord’s Supper, you can be healed. The believers’ way to healing is through the Holy Communion because Jesus said we must do it in remembrance of Him. The prophet Isaiah also foretold something amazing about the body of the Lord Jesus, when he said, “… and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). Look, when the Lord Jesus was going through that excruciating pain in His flesh, He was suffering what we were supposed to suffer.
He was there so that we may not be going through that situation again. If you have cancer, remember that by His stripes you are healed. My friends look, and this is in the past and not future, God did not say He will heal us by His stripes, but we are already healed. For me to tell you this, you don’t have to pay anything. However, people have the propensity of thinking that if it’s free, it’s not real but if pay it’s real. In God, if you pay then it’s not real and if it’s free, and then it’s not only real but authentic. Moreover, it is there in your bible and no one should scam you for your health. Why should you today be charged while the Lord Jesus said, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8).
As you can see that the Lord Jesus wants us to give healing for free because we have also received freely. Healing of the sick, cleansing of lepers, raising of dead people and casting out of demons should be done freely. No one should be charged, not even a cent. God showed us love by bringing His Son to come into our midst although no one asked Him of Him. It is by grace that the Lord sent His Son; we did not deserve Him because we prayed, fasted or offered a certain offering or sacrifice. The bible says that God sent Him because He loved the world (read John 3:16).
Healing is already given to us through the love of God, what we need to do is to believe only. When we do believe, we receive and when we receive it then it’s granted. You don’t have to observe the Law or The Ten Commandments; you need to believe to receive in your healing that you are already healed. Healing comes by faith on the Lord Jesus Christ. Like what Paul said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will saved, you and your household” (Acts 16:31). The word saved is not only confined on the spirituality, but on everything good that you may desire in your life. It means healing, being made whole, family reunion, prosperity, spiritual deliverance from evil spirits and good marriage.
In other words, Paul was saying to this Philippian jailer that if he would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, he would have the salvation of his soul and everything that he needed and also for his family alike. I want to tell you this that our families are important, we should never neglect them no matter how cruel they may be towards us. When you see that your family problems are beyond what you can bear, then you can take the Holy Communion on their behalf, even for some family member who is sick will be healed through your partaking of the Holy Communion.
Let me just quote other healings visible in the bible to prove that the Lord Jesus Christ is the true Healer of all sicknesses. I want to quote a woman who was bleeding for 12 years and show you something of it. Let’s first go back to the Old Testament. The bible says, “If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, other than at the time of her customary impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days of her customary impurity. She shall be unclean. Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening” (Leviticus 15:25-27).
This is the case of the woman who was bleeding 12 years; she was supposed to remain in the house because of her uncleanness. But she realised that she was going to die, so she took her uncleanness and presented it to the Lord Jesus and the Lord Jesus took it and cleansed her. The bible says the bleeding stopped at that very moment she touched the garment of the Lord Jesus. When we believe there is nothing stands our way, the woman broke the law by going through the crowd to even touch the holy Man. But she found favour in sight of God and she was healed.
What do you think made her to go to Jesus knowing very well that she was unclean? The bible says that she heard about Jesus. Note that, Jesus did not preach to her but she heard about Jesus from someone who was perhaps just talking. So according to her situation, she might have gone to Jesus because she heard that in Jesus you can receive regardless of your condition. She heard of the grace of Jesus that He does not judge but heals the sick. You too can receive your healing today from Jesus regardless of how unclean you are.
When this happened to this woman, I submit to you that she was even able to bear children. She could not bear children in that condition because no man could come near her because of her uncleanness. So when she heard of Jesus she was healed and she became fruitful. Maybe this is the condition of your life right now, you are unfruitful, but when you hear and when you become cognisant of His grace, you will be fruitful. I suggest also that for this area or condition of your life that you are worried about, take the Holy Communion and present the case to the Lord and never worry about it anymore.
By grace we have been saved through faith. If you see in Leviticus, this woman sinned and caused many men unclean because she was bleeding. Since the bible states that there were many people around the Lord Jesus, there are many whom she touched and many who touched her as well. What about those who stepped on her footsteps and on the blood itself, also they were made unclean. This woman actually deserved to be stoned to death, but hey, she left that area with a perfect health through Jesus.
“...For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). According to the gospel of the letter she was supposed to be stoned for she knew she was unclean but came to the crowd. Nevertheless, the Spirit gave her life. This is it my friend, the grace of God through Christ is life and healing. When we take communion, we cleanse our bodies from all sicknesses. People, did you know that you can take communion as a treatment? Yes, you can take every day in the morning until you are healed and even after you are healed and even after being healed, you can still continue. My friend, you can do this for the rest of your life everyday if you like.
When you take the Holy Communion everyday, don’t take it legalistically. But have this in your mind that it is Christ who is preparing the Communion for you, although it is you who prepares it for you. If you have this mentality, then you will never get bored of it.
Stay in health through grace and love...
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