The Double Curse & the

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When it comes to sickness and

disease there are so many Christians

that are confused about where it comes

from and what is the purpose of it in

their lives. Some have even been taught

that everything that happens to them in

life is the will of God for them. But

nothing could be further from the truth.

Let’s look at it from this angle using the

Word of God as our benchmark. If

sickness was the will of God for you,

then why did James say,

Is any 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 shall save the sick and the

Lord shall raise him up... (James

5:14-15).

Then we have the words of Jesus in

Mark chapter 16 revealing that believers

shall lay hands on the sick and they

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shall recover. Then the words of the

apostle Peter in I 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.

The scriptures reveal that there was

no sickness nor disease on this planet

until Satan showed up in the form of a

serpent and deceived Eve into eating of

the forbidden fruit and Adam went

along with it. It’s obvious that sickness

and disease came through sin and the

temptation to sin came through Satan.

There was no sickness or disease on

planet earth until Satan came and sin

entered into the earth.

Then if you study the book of

Revelation you will find that when

Satan is removed from the earth, there

will be no sickness nor disease. But in

the meantime, God made abundant

provision even under the Old Covenant

for healing and deliverance from

sickness. As long as Israel obeyed the

Covenant, there was no sickness among

them.

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Then under the New Covenant the

scriptures reveal that by the stripes and

bruises that were placed upon Jesus’

back, “we were healed.” We need to

stress the fact that our salvation and our

healing were accomplished at the very

same time. Sin and sickness are the

double curse!

When Adam sinned, he received the

curse of spiritual death. Spiritual death

cut off his life force from God, and

physical death began. Adam’s sin also

brought about the curse of sickness.

Sickness is an attack to weaken and kill

the body.

The Word of God reveals that your

healing was bought and paid for by the

Lord Jesus Christ at the very same time

that your salvation was. I want you to

grasp this great truth. If you need

healing in your body, please don’t read

this half-heartedly. If a doctor was

talking to you and said, “Now, I have

something that will make you totally

well,” you would give your full

attention to what that doctor said. That

doctor cannot reverse the curse—but the

Word of God can. So pay attention with

everything you have to grasp these

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truths.

He is despised and rejected of

men; a man of sorrows, and

acquainted with grief: and we hid

as it were our faces from Him; He

was despised, and we esteemed

Him not (Isaiah 53: 3).

Isaiah was prophesying about Jesus.

“He is despised and rejected of men, a

man of sorrows.” If you look into the

Hebrew, you will find that this was

mistranslated into modern English.

When we think of “sorrow” today, we

think of someone who is upset over a

friend or a loved one, or is sorrowful

about something. The word “sorrow” is

actually the word “pain.” Why was

Jesus a man of pain? Because He bore

our pain. He took it upon Himself. “And

acquainted with grief.” The word

“grief”

is another unfortunate

translation. It does not mean grief as we

know it. It means, “He was acquainted

with sickness and disease.” Why was

Jesus acquainted with sickness and

disease? It was not because He was

sickly, but because He took our sickness

and disease upon Himself.

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Surely He hath borne our

griefs, and carried our sorrows:

yet we did esteem Him stricken,

smitten of God, and afflicted

(Isaiah 53: 4).

What did Jesus bear? The Word

says He bore our pain! Is there any

question in your mind that the Word of

God is an established fact? It is forever

established in the heavens, and it is the

basis for our Christian belief. Right

here, on the printed page, the Word of

God says, “He hath borne our sickness

and diseases.”

The Double Curse Carried Away

The Word “borne” means, “to lift

up, bear away, and remove to a

distance.” Just as the scapegoat went

into the wilderness, carrying sin, never

to be seen again, so Jesus has “carried

away, borne away, our sickness and our

disease. He has carried them away.”

You may be thinking: “yes. but I’m still

sick?”

Is the Word of God true or not? If it

is true—and I believe with all my heart

it is true: “Jesus carried away our

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sicknesses and our diseases, and our

pain.” He removed them from us. “Yet

we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of

God, and afflicted. But He was

wounded for our transgressions....”

What are “transgressions”? Sins,

right? “He was wounded for our

transgressions, or sins. He was bruised

for our iniquities, or sins.” Do you

believe that part of the Scripture? If we

went to some churches, they would

definitely believe that Scripture, and

even preach on it every Sunday of the

year, but many would not preach the

rest of it.

Yes, He bore our transgressions and

our iniquities, but read the rest of the

verse: “the chastisement of our peace

was upon Him: and with His stripes we

are healed.” Some will quote that as,

“With His stripes some are healed.”

Some occasionally will be healed.

“Some have been healed.” No! This is a

settled, established fact: “With His

stripes we are (present tense) healed.”

As far as God is concerned it is a

finished work.

Yet it pleased the Lord to

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bruise Him; He hath put Him to

grief: when thou shall make His

soul an offering for sin, He shall

see His seed, He shall prolong His

days, and the pleasure of the Lord

shall prosper in his hand. He shall

see the travail of His soul, and

shall be satisfied: by His

knowledge shall my righteous

servant justify many; for He shall

bear their iniquities (Isaiah 53: 10-

11).

The word "bear" is the same word

that is brought out in verse four and

serves as a theme for the rest of this

chapter: “He hath borne our griefs (or

pain).” Jesus bore our sins, our

iniquities. At the very same time, He

also bore our sicknesses, our diseases,

and our pain. Throughout the Word of

God there is no separation of the two in

the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

When Jesus bore our sins to make it

possible for us to be saved and be a new

creature in Christ Jesus, He also bore in

His body our sicknesses and diseases so

we might be whole, well, and healed. At

the same moment that He was bruised

for our sins. He took the stripes on His

back for our healing.

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Sick Christians

Some say, “But you know there are

a lot of sick Christians”! It is obvious

there are many sick in the Body of

Christ. I cannot give you only one

reason for the number of sick

Christians, but I can tell you why many

in the Body of Christ are sick. I believe

Paul gave us the answer in I Corinthians

11:

For he that eateth and

drinketh unworthily, eateth and

drinketh damnation to himself, not

discerning the Lord’s body. For

this cause many are weak and

sickly among you, and many sleep

(I Corinthians 11:29-30).

Paul said it was from “not

discerning the Lord’s body.” And he

said, “For this cause many are weak

and sickly among you.” What does that

mean? He did not say it was from not

discerning the Lord’s blood. They were

discerning that the blood washed away

their sins, but they were not discerning

the fact that His body was broken for us,

so we might be healed.

We have emphasized salvation in

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the blood of Jesus, but how many times,

in comparison, have we emphasized that

Jesus bore our sicknesses and diseases

at the very same time? How often have

we been taught that salvation of the soul

and physical healing of the body

happened at the same time? How many

times have we heard that? Not enough,

obviously, and many have not heard it

once.

If it is true that Jesus bore our

sicknesses at the same time that He bore

our sins, why are many sitting in church

born again, but sick? It’s because we

have not had enough repetition of these

Scriptures to establish confidence in our

hearts. We need as much confidence

(faith) in healing as we have in

salvation. When we arrive at that point,

we will see people who come to be born

again instantly healed. They will be

healed just as they are saved, because

they will be taught, “Come and accept

Jesus as your savior and you will be

healed.” We do not expect that now, but

we should.

Look at the argument, “If Jesus bore

away sickness and disease at Calvary,

why aren’t all Christians healed?” Let’s

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turn it around: “If Jesus bore away sin

and iniquity at Calvary, why are people

still unsaved?” Why is everyone not

born again? It is because they do not

receive and accept salvation. Isn’t that

true? All it takes to receive forgiveness

of your sins is to accept and receive

what Jesus did on your behalf. Isn’t that

true?

Yet all Christians don’t accept Jesus

as their Healer when they are born

again. As a matter of fact, many

Christians never accept the fact that the

stripes placed on Jesus’ back were for

their healing. This is the same basic

reason people die and go to hell: They

refuse to believe what Jesus did on the

cross, or they don’t understand what

Jesus suffered to bring salvation. To

keep Christians from being sick they

must have a better understanding of how

to make a demand on God’s provision

for healing (I Pet. 2: 24, Isa. 53: 5-6).

You will never hear me say, “Well,

the reason you didn’t receive your

healing is because you don't have

enough faith.” If you believe God’s

Word you will have faith. If you don't

have enough faith, it’s because of a lack

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of knowledge of the Word coupled with

the fact that God's Word doesn’t abide

in you. Jesus said,

If you abide in Me, and My

words abide in you, ask what you

will and it shall be done unto you

(John 15: 7).

When the Word of God abides in

your heart in abundance; that is faith.

MARANATHA!

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Document Outline

- Double Curse Double Cure

- 1 The Double Curse & the Double Cure

- The Double Curse Carried Away

- Sick Christians

Table of Contents

Double Curse Double Cure

1 The Double Curse & the Double Cure

The Double Curse Carried Away

Sick Christians