Is There Healing in the Atonement?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. Healing is in the atonement. Jesus paid for both sin and sickness when He shed His blood and was striped for us. By His stripes we are healed.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Isaiah 53:4-5: “Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows… with His stripes we are healed.” Matthew 8:16-17 applies this to physical sickness: “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
- 1 Peter 2:24: “By whose stripes ye were healed.” The same cross that removes sin breaks the claim of sickness.
- Psalm 103:3: “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.” God ties forgiveness and healing together.
- Mark 2:9-11: Jesus showed that the authority to forgive sins and to heal the body stood together—“Which is easier…?”
- James 5:14-15: The church is commanded to pray for the sick, anoint with oil, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick. God would not ordain a promise without providing it in the sacrifice.
- Exodus typology: At the Passover (a type of Christ our Passover, 1 Corinthians 5:7), Israel came out and “there was not one feeble person among their tribes” (Psalm 105:37). The blood on the door spared, and the Lamb they partook of strengthened—pointing to salvation and healing in the Lamb.
- Numbers 21:8-9 with John 3:14: The brazen serpent lifted up for the bitten (sick, dying) foreshadows Christ lifted up. Looking and living shows healing flowing from atonement type.
- Exodus 15:26: “I am the LORD that healeth thee.” The Redeemer reveals Himself as Healer.
- 1 Corinthians 11:29-30: Not discerning the Lord’s body led to weakness and sickness—showing His broken body is our provision.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- The Bible says He “bore” our sicknesses and “by His stripes we are healed.” If He bore it, we don’t have to carry it. Salvation and healing are twin benefits from the same sacrifice.
- Not all are saved though salvation is provided; it must be received by faith. So with healing—it is provided, and we receive by faith in His Word and promise.
- We still live in mortal bodies and await full redemption of the body at the resurrection (Romans 8:23). We are not promised to never die in this age, but we are given healings as a foretaste and token of that coming redemption.
- Sometimes there is delay or a trial, but unbelief limits the manifestation (Mark 6:5-6). Yet the promise stands, and the church is to obey James 5 and believe God’s Word.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, the same Lord who forgives your sins is the One who heals your diseases. Come on the basis of the blood, confess His Word, be prayed for, and believe. It’s not three remedies or three works—one Lamb, one cross, one covenant—salvation and healing provided together.
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Believing God
52-0224 §61
Someone not long ago said, "Now, look, you can't preach divine healing in the atonement." Smart, Baptist preacher, which was too far off then. Said, "Now I won't argue with you about the atonement, which I know you haven't got a foot to stand on; very fundamental." I said, "I know you haven't got a foot... Here is one Scripture right before you, that will take the whole thing out, 'He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquity, the chastisement of our peace upon him, with his stripes we are he...
God has a Provided Way
54-0404E §31
So, if divine healing is in the Word, that settles it. If "He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we were healed," that was the sacrifice; that settles it. As far as I'm concerned, that's all. If God did it there, promised He'd do it, that settles it.
Hebrews, Chapter 6, part 3
57-0915M §93
"So He was wounded for our transgressions, and with His stripes we were healed." So, there's nothing I would have, to heal you. There's nothing the church would have, to heal you. The only thing we can pray for is this: that your faith will not fail, that you'll come to the altar this morning to accept Christ as your Healer as you did for your Saviour. And without any... God works miracles; He shows great signs: blind, deaf, dumb, everything, are healed right here at the Tabernacle. But whether it is or not, we acc...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
58-0312 §60
Now, look. Now, I have just explained to you by the Bible that all healing comes from God, and is already a finished work. How many knows that now? How many knows that if Jesus the Son of God was standing right here with this suit on that some of you people sent me the other day...? All right. How would I... How could... If He was standing here, and you come to Him and said, "Lord Jesus, will you heal me?" (Now, be careful.) could He do it? He could not. He's already done it. It was in the atonement. How many knows...
Israel and the Church: Israel at Kadesh-Barnea
53-0328 §85
...er looked upon that serpent got healed of their diseases. What a beautiful picture tonight of Jesus Christ! He said, "As Moses ... just as Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness!" Here it is, now get it. If you're sick, you'll find out what will heal you. As Jesus said, "As Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up." The same reason, in a compound reason, "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we are healed." They were murmuring against G...