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“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions;
He was crushed for our iniquities;
upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with His wounds we are healed.”
— Isaiah 53:4–5
The central theme of this song is very clear: Jesus is the healer of our souls and our bodies. The lyrics are a confession – a proclamation – of what God has already accomplished through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Let us look at what the Word of God says. The song is rooted in several key passages:
This is not a theory. It is not wishful thinking. It is a covenant revelation of God’s nature and of Christ’s finished work.
The song puts those truths into our mouths as confession:
This is how faith works: we believe, therefore we speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). The lyrics model that process.
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### Isaiah 53:4–5 – The Suffering Servant
Isaiah prophesied about 700 years before Christ. In Isaiah 52:13–53:12 we have the great prophecy of the Suffering Servant. The Jewish people had suffered exile, judgment, and oppression. God gives them a revelation of a Servant who will suffer not for His own sins but for the sins and pains of others.
In Isaiah 53:
This is not just a man suffering; it is substitution. Our guilt, our sins, our sicknesses, our pains – laid upon Him.
The New Testament identifies this Servant as Jesus:
### Psalm 107:20 – God’s Method: His Word
Psalm 107 describes people in trouble because of their own rebellion and folly. They are sick, near the gates of death (vv.17–18). Then something happens:
“He sent out His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.” (v.20)
God does not always send an angel. He sends His Word. Healing and deliverance are in the Word. That is why the song rightly says:
> “God sents His Word and heals me, and delivers me from destruction.”
(Grammatically imperfect, but spiritually exact.)
### Exodus 15:26 – God’s Covenant Name
In Exodus 15, Israel had just come out of Egypt. They had seen the plagues. They had passed through the Red Sea. Then they came to bitter water at Marah. God healed the waters and made a covenant declaration:
“I am the LORD, your healer.” (Exodus 15:26)
In Hebrew, this is YHWH Rapha – “The LORD who heals you.” This is not merely something God does. It is something God is. Healing is part of His eternal character.
### Acts 10:38 – Jesus’ Ministry Defined
Peter summarizes the earthly ministry of Jesus in one verse:
“…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” (Acts 10:38)
Notice:
### Mark 16:18 – The Church’s Commission
After His resurrection, Jesus commissions His disciples:
“These signs will accompany those who believe… they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” (Mark 16:17–18)
Healing is not only in the ministry of Jesus. It is part of the ongoing ministry of the Church in His name.
The song rightly moves from “He is here to heal me” to “we lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.” What Christ began, He continues through His Body.
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### 1. “Healed” – Hebrew *rapha* (רָפָא) – Isaiah 53:5; Exodus 15:26
In Isaiah 53:5:
“…and with His wounds we are healed.”
The Hebrew word is rapha. It means:
This same root is used in Exodus 15:26:
“I am the LORD, your healer (*YHWH Rapha*).”
So when Isaiah says, “With His wounds we are healed,” he uses the same word connected to God’s covenant name as healer. This is not vague, spiritual comfort. It is a real, restorative act of God.
The song echoes this directly:
> “With His wounds I was healed.”
> “With His wounds we were healed.”
Notice the tense: “was healed” / “were healed.” This is entirely biblical. 1 Peter 2:24, quoting Isaiah, says:
“By His wounds you were healed.”
Peter uses the aorist tense in Greek – a completed action. The provision is finished at the cross. We do not ask God to decide whether He wants to provide healing. He has already done so in Christ. We receive what has been provided.
### 2. “Borne” and “Carried” – Hebrew *nasa* (נָשָׂא) & *sabal* (סָבַל) – Isaiah 53:4
“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” (Isaiah 53:4)
These words are used elsewhere for the bearing of sin and guilt. Isaiah deliberately uses this language to show: Jesus did not merely see our sickness and pains; He took them onto Himself as His own burden.
Matthew 8:16–17 confirms this:
“He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ‘He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.’”
Matthew, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, applies Isaiah 53:4 directly to physical healing.
So when the song says:
> “Jesus took my sickness and carried my pains,”
that is not poetic exaggeration. It is a literal statement of what occurred at the cross, confirmed by the Gospels.
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Let us move stanza by stanza and align the lyrics with the Word of God.
### Chorus: “Jesus took my sickness and carried my pains / And with His wounds I was healed.”
This chorus combines Isaiah 53:4–5 and 1 Peter 2:24.
Just as He took our sins, He took our sicknesses and pains. The same sacrifice that deals with our guilt also addresses our infirmities.
Healing is rooted in a finished work, not in a future negotiation.
1 Peter 2:24:
“He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree… By His wounds you were healed.”
This shows the dual provision of the cross:
1. Forgiveness of sins.
2. Healing (ultimately in spirit, soul, and body).
To separate these two consistently is to divide what God has joined.
### Verse 1: “God sents His Word and heals me, and delivers me from destruction / For He is the Lord who heals me.”
Here we have:
Notice the twofold result: healing and deliverance from destruction. Sickness is part of destruction. It breaks down the body, the mind, and often the family.
How does God intervene? “He sent His Word.”
John 1:14 tells us: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Ultimately, God’s Word is not only a spoken message, but a person – Jesus Himself. He is God’s final Word of healing and deliverance.
When the song says, “For He is the Lord who heals me,” it echoes the covenant name YHWH Rapha. This places healing not as a side issue, but as part of God’s revelation of Himself.
### Bridge: “He is the Lord who heals me.”
Repetition in worship is not vain if it is filled with truth. This declaration drives a spiritual reality into our hearts:
James 1:17 tells us:
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above… with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
Healing is a good and perfect gift. There is no shadow in God’s nature concerning this.
### Verse 2: “Jesus heals everyone oppressed by the devil who comes to Him for God is with Him.”
This verse is almost a paraphrase of Acts 10:38:
“…Jesus of Nazareth… went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
Two crucial truths:
1. Sickness is often satanic oppression.
Not every sickness is due to a personal demon, but Scripture gives the ultimate origin of sickness in Satan’s rebellion and man’s fall. Jesus identifies a spirit of infirmity (Luke 13:11–16). Peter calls sickness “oppression of the devil” (Acts 10:38).
2. Whoever comes to Him
In the Gospels, no one who came to Jesus for healing was turned away.
The deciding factor is not the reluctance of Christ, but the approach of faith. “Everyone… who comes to Him.”
### Verse 3: “And with His wounds I was healed. / He is the same today and forever. / He is here to heal me.”
This verse joins three powerful truths:
1. The finished work – “With His wounds I was healed.”
Already accomplished at the cross.
2. The unchanging Christ – Hebrews 13:8:
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
The One who healed multitudes in Galilee has not changed. If He was healer, He is healer, and He will be healer.
3. His present presence – “He is here to heal me.”
Jesus promised: “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20)
“I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
The Spirit makes His presence real. The same resurrected Christ is now “here” by His Spirit to apply what He accomplished once for all.
### Verse 4: “I speak to mountains of sickness and they move.”
This is drawn from Jesus’ teaching on faith:
“Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.” (Mark 11:23)
Key principles:
The song applies this directly:
> “I speak to mountains of sickness and they move.”
That is biblical spiritual warfare. We agree with God’s Word and address the sickness as an intruder and a mountain that must move.
### Verse 5: “We believe in Jesus’ name. / In His name we lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.”
This verse brings us to the corporate dimension.
Faith must center on the person and authority of Jesus. His name represents all that He is and all that He has accomplished.
This restates Mark 16:17–18:
“These signs will accompany those who believe… they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Here we move from:
to
Healing is not a private privilege only. It is part of the mission of the Church. Faith in His name, exercised through the laying on of hands, releases His healing power.
Acts 3 shows this pattern. Peter and John heal the lame man at the temple:
“And His name—by faith in His name—has made this man strong whom you see and know.” (Acts 3:16)
Peter did not claim to have power in himself. The power is in the name, released through faith.
### Final Chorus: “Jesus took our sickness and carried our pains / And with His wounds we were healed.”
Notice the shift from my to our.
Earlier: “my sickness… my pains… I was healed.”
Later: “our sickness… our pains… we were healed.”
This reflects a growing revelation:
Isaiah 53 consistently uses the plural: our griefs, our sorrows, our transgressions, our iniquities. The song ends in that corporate confession, aligning fully with Scripture.
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The truths in this song require a response. Biblical faith is always practical. Let us consider four clear steps.
### 1. Align Your Mouth with God’s Word
First, we must say what God says about healing.
Faith is expressed by confession. 2 Corinthians 4:13:
“Since we have the same spirit of faith… ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak.”
Stop saying:
Begin to say:
Your tongue can either cooperate with the devil’s oppression or with God’s deliverance. Do not give your mouth to the enemy.
### 2. Receive Healing by Faith in the Finished Work
Second, we must receive healing as something provided at the cross.
Just as with salvation from sin, there are three elements:
1. Knowledge – You see in Scripture that Christ bore your sickness.
2. Assent – You agree that this is true.
3. Trust – You personally rely on it and act on it.
Say to God honestly:
“Lord Jesus, I believe that on the cross You took my sickness and carried my pains. I believe that by Your wounds I was healed. I now receive that healing into my body, my mind, and my soul.”
Faith is not a feeling; it is a decision to trust God’s Word above symptoms, circumstances, and opinions.
### 3. Confront Sickness as an Enemy and a Mountain
Third, we must resist sickness when it seeks to occupy us.
James 4:7:
“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Often sickness is connected with demonic oppression (Acts 10:38; Luke 13:11–16). Even when it has a natural factor, the enemy seeks to use it to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).
Use the authority Christ has given you. Speak like this:
You are not begging. You are enforcing a victory already won by Christ.
### 4. Minister Healing to Others in Jesus’ Name
Fourth, we must act on Mark 16:18.
“They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
This is not limited to pastors. It is for “those who believe.” If you are a believer, this promise is for you.
Practical steps:
The song leads us there:
> “We believe in Jesus’ name.
> In His name we lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.”
Make that a pattern in your family, your home group, your church.
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### Proclamation
Declare this aloud, deliberately and thoughtfully:
> **In the name of Jesus, I proclaim:
> Jesus took my sickness and carried my pains.
> Upon Him was the chastisement that brought me peace,
> and with His wounds I was healed.
> The Lord is YHWH Rapha – the Lord who heals me.
> He sent His Word and healed me
> and delivered me from destruction.
> Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever;
> what He was in Galilee, He is to me now.
> He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,
> and I confess that His healing power is at work in my life today.
> In His name I speak to every mountain of sickness:
> Be removed and cast into the sea.
> My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
> Sickness has no legal right to remain in me.
> In Jesus’ name, I receive my healing,
> and I am free from destruction.
> And as a believer, I will lay hands on the sick,
> and they shall recover.
> This is my inheritance in Christ. Amen.**
### Prayer
Let us pray:
“Lord Jesus Christ, I acknowledge You as my Savior, my Lord, and my Healer. Thank You that on the cross You took my sins, my sicknesses, and my pains. Thank You that by Your wounds I was healed.
I bring before You now every area of sickness in my body, every affliction in my mind, every wound in my soul. I renounce unbelief and fear. I submit to You and resist the devil. I speak to every mountain of sickness and oppression and command it to move, in Your mighty name.
Holy Spirit, make real in me what Jesus has accomplished. Let the life of the risen Christ flow into every cell of my body, into every part of my being. Restore, repair, and make whole, according to the Word that You have spoken.
And Lord, use me as an instrument of healing to others. Give me boldness to lay hands on the sick and confidence that they will recover, because Your Word cannot fail.
I receive Your healing provision now, by faith, in the name of Jesus.
Amen.”
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