Bible Discussion Thread

Isaiah 53, verses 4 through 6 says, '4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried, it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins! 5 But he was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed! 6 All of us have strayed away like sheep. ' These verses give us a different way of looksing at Jesus ' death than is commopnly presented to us. The death of Jesus is not a philanthropic thing decided by Jesus just because he was a nice guy. No! His death was substitutionary. That is, he died in our place. That Friday was the day God had planned for our death, but Jesus took our place. It is like we are marching up Calvery 's his to our death, but we see Jesus has already gone there is our place. So the healing we get is to have our sins removed, not physical healing. You can get to heaven even if you are sick, or have one eye missing, one leg missing, or after having just died of a dreaded disease. But you can 't get into heaven if you are still charged with sin. So our sins are the reason Jesus went to the cross! God bless us for considering this!