Because of sin, death came into this world. This includes every form of death, both physical and spiritual. Physical death encompasses sicknesses and diseases.
Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men...
But when Christ died for us, He dealt with sin so that death no longer reigns in this life (Rom 5:17; 5:10). Read also Romans 6 and Romans 8.
Sin and sickness are technically interchangeable in the Word, because sickness came as a result of sin. If sin is dealt with, then sickness is dealt with. Check out the verses below.
Psalm 103:3 - Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases...
Isaiah 53:4, 12 - Surely He has borne ('nasa' in Hebrew) our griefs...; And He bore ('nasa' in Hebrew) the sin of many...
Matthew 8:17 - ...that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah... "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
1 Peter 2:24 - Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
Mark 2:9-11 - Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
When our eyes are open to see that sin and sickness are interchangeable in the Word, we begin to realise that whatever that deals with sin also deals with sickness.
If God forgave your sin, He also healed you. It's a package. But many churches like to separate them, because their idea of salvation is only spiritual. But God's idea of salvation is holistic as it includes wholeness and total well-being, whether spiritually, emotionally, mentally or physically.
One of the most powerful verses lies in Romans 6.
Romans 6:7 - For he who has died 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 from sin.
You can also read it this way... 'For he who has died has been freed 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.'
Just as a dead person cannot have sin or live in sin, a dead person cannot have sickness or live in sickness. A dead person simply cannot respond to sin and sickness.
The problem lies with us still focusing on sin and sickness. We are not dead enough. We are resurrecting our old man which was already crucified with Christ on the Cross.
Romans 6:11 - Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin...
In other words, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. The more we reckon ourselves DEAD to sin and sickness, the more we are FREE from sin and sickness.
Living 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 for sin and sickness.
What is the practical approach to sickness?
If you are experiencing any symptoms in the physical body, you say, "I am not sick. I am dead to sickness. I live in Him. His life lives in me. I am the HEALED opposing every symptom."
If you are walking in health, you say, "I am dead to sickness. No sickness can be in me. No sickness nor symptom can attach itself to me. Because I am dead to it. I am alive in Christ. His resurrection power and life is in me. His light is in me. This destroys whatever darkness that tries to come near me."
