COMMUNION

BY CURRY R. BLAKE

General Overseer
John G. Lake Ministries
And
Dominion Life
International Apostolic Church
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 COMMUNION
Sunday Morning Broadcast given
by Curry R. Blake on August 7, 2011

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This message is going to be on Communion. We will be

teaching you on what you should do to be ready to take
Communion. Anything that is wrong in spirit, soul, or body
should be fixed before you partake.

Let us pray:

“Father, we just thank You for this day. Lord, we thank

You that we come together even in the form of through
the internet, CD, DVD, and all these various ways.
Lord, we thank You that we’re taking advantage of
them, right now, in the name of Jesus. We know Your
blessing is upon Your Word, and we know that we are
blessed, because we are in Your Son. Father, we thank
You for these blessings, and we say, in the name of
Jesus, right now, that everything said and done through
this broadcast is for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
and of our Father which is in heaven, by the work of the
Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus. Amen.”

We’re going to look at Matthew chapter 26 to begin our

teaching. Communion, what is generally called the “Lord’s
Supper,” is in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. We’re going to notice
some things about it today.

I’ve taught on Communion in the DHT. If you’ve been in

the DHT and gone through the Divine Healing Technician
Training, then you’ll recognize some of this, but we’re also
bringing a little more detail into it this time.

Like I said, Matthew, Mark, and Luke is where it’s

recorded, and the easiest way to remember where it’s found is
that it’s always two chapters before the last of the book.
Matthew has 28 chapters, so it would be in chapter 26. We’ll
look at Mark and Luke later on.

These are called the Synoptic Gospels, because they all tell
the same stories. John is the only one that’s not in sync with
everybody else. We’re going to notice that Matthew and Mark
have particular information, and Luke had some different
information. We know that Matthew was one of the disciples,
one of the apostles, so he shared his Gospel.

Mark got his information through Peter, and most of the

Gospel of Mark is Peter’s Gospel, preached through someone
else. That is basically the best way to say it. One of the things
too, is we always know that Peter was very quick to speak up
and quick to step out. He was always the one to say, “Here, I
want to come out. I want to walk on water. I want to do these
things.” He was always very quick to move.

The key word to the Gospel of Mark is “immediately.”

Every time, you’ll find Mark saying, “Immediately” or
“Straight way.” The Gospel of Mark is very short, and to the
point, but the key word is “immediately.” It is like Peter, in the
sense that Peter was always jumping out to do something.
 Then, of course, Luke traveled with the Apostle Paul, so
we would expect to see a little difference in the Gospel as Luke
would present it. Luke is the one we know of as a physician,
especially before he started traveling with Paul. There is no
record of him continuing his medical practice after traveling
with Paul.

Since Luke was a physician, called a beloved physician,

then it also stands to reason that his Gospel would be the most
detailed. He had exact terminology and exact phrases that were
very descriptive, so he was very attentive to detail. It is the
same thing with the Book of Acts.

In Matthew 26, starting in verse 17, it says,

17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread

the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where
wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the
passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and

say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand;
I will keep the passover at thy house with my
disciples.

He didn’t say, “Can we use your house?” He said, “I’m

coming to your house. Get ready. I will be there.”

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed

them; and they made ready the passover.

20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with

 the twelve.

21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you,

that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began

every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his

hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but

woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is
betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had
not been born.

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and

said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast
said.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and

blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples,
and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

When we look at all of these, we’re going to look at

several different viewpoints. Then, a little later, I will take you
to 1 Corinthians chapter 11, and we will look at it, which is
where we usually preach it from. I am going to show you
certain differences there.

He said, in verse 27,

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it

 to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which

is shed for many for the remission of sins.

That is Matthew’s version of it.

Look at Mark chapter 14. In verses 12 and 13, it says,

12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they

killed the passover, his disciples said unto him,
Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou
mayest eat the passover?

13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and

saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall
meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow
him.

There is a little more detail here in verse 14,

14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the

goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is
the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover
with my disciples?

This is a little more detailed, and it also shows how Jesus

operated. I wouldn’t say He operated in the gifts. We would call
this a gift of the Spirit, but since we know He operated in the
fullness of the Spirit, He had this knowledge and was operating
in it.
Verse 15 says,

15 And he will shew you a large upper room

furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the

city, and found as he had said unto them: and they
made ready the passover.

17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I

say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall
betray me.

19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto

him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of

the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of

him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is
betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never
been born.

22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and

blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said,
Take, eat: this is my body.

23 And he took the cup, and when he had given

thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for many.

Some of the details are the same, but there are a couple of
extra details.

In Luke chapter 22, verse 7, it says,

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the

passover must be killed.

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and

prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

It says, “Then came the day of unleavened bread.” I’m

reading passages from the same instance or event. “Then came
the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.”
Then it says, “And he sent Peter and John.” The last Gospel said
He sent two. Now, we know which two. “He sent Peter and
John, saying, ‘Go and prepare us the passover, that we may
eat.’”

9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we

prepare?

10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are

entered into the city, there shall a man meet you,
bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house
where he entereth in.

11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house,

The Master saith unto thee, Where is the
guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with
my disciples?

12 And he shall shew you a large upper room

furnished: there make ready.

13 And they went, and found as he had said unto

them: and they made ready the passover.

14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and

the twelve apostles with him.

15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired

to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat

thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said,

Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of

the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake

it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of
me.

20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This

cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed
for you.
 This is the closest account to what is given to us in 1
Corinthians chapter 11. This is the first time where He said,
“This is My body which is given for you.” He said, “This do in
remembrance of Me.” Verse 20 says, “Likewise also the cup
after the supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new testament in My
blood, which is shed for you.’” These are the basic examples of
what took place.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 11, starting in verse 23, is where

we normally teach Communion or at least healing in
communion. Here, of course, Paul is writing, and we know, as I
said, that Luke traveled with Paul, so we ought to see some
details here. We ought to see some things a little more clearly
and in alignment with what Paul said. In 1 Corinthians, chapter
11, starting with verse 23, he says,

23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I

delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same
night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and

said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for
you: this do in remembrance of me.

That is slightly different. When the Word in Luke says,

“This is my body that was given for you,” it actually means,
“My body was given up for you.” Here it says, “His body which
was broken for you,” so he’s giving a little more detail. He says,
“…this do in remembrance of me.”

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when

he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
 remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this

cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

We’re going to look at this part in detail. First, I’m just

going to read through it, and then we’ll take it apart a little later
on, and look at the details.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and

drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be
guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat

of that bread, and drink of that cup.

He said, “Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and

drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily…” You might want to
underline “unworthily.” “…shall be guilty of the body and
blood of the Lord, but let a man examine himself…” Underline
“examine.” “…and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
cup.”

He tells us two things. One, you should examine yourself,

and two, you should not partake of the Lord’s Supper
unworthily. We’re going to get into the details of what
unworthily means.

In verse 29 it tells why you shouldn’t take it unworthily.

He says,

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily,

 eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not
discerning the Lord’s body.

30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among

you, and many sleep.

“For this cause…” What cause? Eating and drinking

unworthily and not discerning the Lord’s body is the cause.

When it says, “many sleep,” it means to die young or die

early. It has something to do with you taking Communion
correctly that should keep you from being sick, weak, or dying
prematurely. If you’re seeing a lot of weakness, and sickness
and premature death in the church, then obviously, the church
has not been partaking of Communion correctly.

He says in verses 31 and 32,

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be

judged.

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the

Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world.

There’s a lot here, so we’re going to go back and look at

this.

It says in verse 31, “If we would judge ourselves…” The

Greek word for “judge” there is diakrinō and is pronounced
dee-ak-ree’-no. It means to separate thoroughly. In other words,
“Analyze it; look at it.” It can mean to withdraw from, oppose,
discriminate between, and it can also mean to contend with and
to discern.

He is basically trying to say, “We should judge ourselves,

we should examine ourselves, we should not doubt ourselves,
and we should check ourselves.” He says here, “If we would
judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”

If you look at verse 31 in the King James, it says, “For if

we would judge ourselves,” and then at the end, it says, “We
would not be judged.” These two words for “judge,” and
“judged,” are not the same words; they’re different words.

One is diakrinō and the other is the word krinō. It shows

that it has the same root, but it is not the same word.

Krin ō means to distinguish, to try, to be condemned or to

punish. What it means here is, “If we judge ourselves, we will
not be judged.” It says, “If we analyze ourselves, if we examine
ourselves, then we will not be judged.

What it is saying is, “If you will judge yourself, you won’t
be judged. If you will analyze yourself, then you won’t be tried,
you won’t be judged, and you won’t be condemned.”

In various places in the King James, the same word is used

and translated as avenge, conclude, condemn, to damn, to
decree, to determine, to esteem, to judge.

There are a lot of these aspects here, so what he’s saying is,
“Check yourself.” He is talking about eating and drinking
unworthily.

In verse 32, it uses that same word krinō.

 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the
Lord…

If you judge yourself, if you check yourself, then you

won’t have to be judged. You won’t have to be tried and
sentenced, so to speak.

He says if we are judged, if we are tried, and if we are

sentenced, in this sense, then we are chastened of the Lord.
People say, “See, that’s sickness and death, that’s coming from
God, and He’s going to kill you if you do it wrong.” That’s not
what was being said. He was saying, “We are chastened of the
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”

The Lord does not chasten through sickness or disease. It is

through His Word. The Bible says very clearly, “His Word is a
rod and a staff.” It is referring to the shepherd’s staff in the Old
Testament. In the Book of Psalms 23:4 it says, “Thy rod and
Thy staff they comfort me.” That word comfort doesn’t mean
just to make you feel good. It means literally, to keep you
inline. That’s how you are comforted. You know you’re inline,
and that you’re right with God, and that things are right.

The second part of verse 32 says,

32 …that we should not be condemned with the

world.

The condemned here is the Greek word katakrinō which is

the same root word. It means to judge against; that is, to
sentence: condemn, damn.
 What it’s saying is, “If you will judge yourself and
examine yourself, then you won’t be sentenced. You won’t be
condemned with the world.” It says, “If we are judged, then
we’re going to be judged, chastened of the Lord, by His Word.”
By His Word, you are checking your heart to make sure your
heart is right.

How do you check your heart? You check your heart in

alignment with the Word of God. You make sure that your heart
is in alignment with the Word of God, that your motives are
right with the Word of God. As you see in the Word of God,
“It’s by these precious promises that we become partakers of
God’s Divine Nature,” then that brings us into alignment with
God, and because of that, once we’re in alignment with God’s
will and His Word, then we won’t be condemned.

God uses His Word to chasten us. A lot of times, we think

that chasten means to punish, but the word chasten doesn’t
necessarily mean to punish. As a matter-of-fact, in this
particular verse, the word used is paideuō. It literally means to
train, instruct, educate, or correct. It does not mean to punish.

God is not using these things to punish you. What He’s

saying is, “If you will get your heart inline with the Word of
God, if you will be right with God, and if you will partake of
the Lord’s Supper with the right motives and the right
reasoning, and knowing why it’s being done and what was
provided, then you won’t be judged. Sickness and disease won’t
be on you, because you’ll be walking right with God.

As you partake of Communion, if you’re sick, you can be

healed; if you have committed sin, you can be forgiven; all of
that can take place in a moment.
 A lot of people make a big deal out of it, and say, “Well,
Jesus has dealt with the sin.” He has dealt with it, and you need
to deal with it. You need to decide that you’re no longer going
to walk that way.

He says here that if you are chastened of the Lord, taught

and instructed by His Word, then you will not be condemned
with the world. The world, honestly, is still condemned.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 11, the Apostle Paul was writing

the teachings that he had received from the Lord Jesus after
Jesus was resurrected, so there is still a judgment that is coming
on the world. That’s why Jesus, and even John the Baptist, told
the Pharisees that came to them, “Who’s warned you to flee
from the wrath that’s to come?”

I want you to look again at verse 27 of 1 Corinthians

chapter 11.

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and

drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily…

That word, “unworthily,” is anaxiōs and is pronounced an-

ax-ee’-oce. It is an adverb which means irreverently;
unworthily.

What he’s saying is, “Whosoever shall eat this bread and
drink the cup of the Lord irreverently, without taking a moment
to reflect and to know what it is for, then they will be guilty of
the body and the blood of the Lord. Then, because of that, there
is sickness, and weakness, and premature death.”
 I’ve heard it taught in different ways in many churches.
People say, “Well you’ve got to discern the body, which means
the body of Christ, and you can’t have ought against anybody in
the body of Christ, so before we partake of Communion, if
there’s anybody in this congregation that you have anything
against, you need to go to them.”

It’s not right to have something against anybody anywhere,

not just in the local congregation. That’s not what it’s talking
about. It says that you should be taking a moment to just
analyze yourself, and ask, “Is there anywhere that I have fallen
short? Is there anywhere I’ve messed up? Is there anybody that
I have ought against? Is there anybody that has ought against
me? Am I sick in my body, or do I have mental anguish? Do I
have worry?”

Worry, believe it or not, is a sin. Worry is fear; it is doubt;

it is unbelief. It is faith in the devil’s ability to overcome God’s
blessings on your life. That’s all it is, so you need to overcome
fear. It’s the old saying, “We have nothing to fear, but fear,
itself.” That’s partially true, but the key here is that fear is an
enemy to be defeated, and it shows up in forms of worry.

Honestly, if you worry long enough, or if you have fear

long enough, it will destroy your body. It will put stress into
your body. It will do things that will cause your body to start
falling apart, so you have to get rid of that.

He says in verses 28 and 29, “But let a man examine

himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
For he that eats and drinks unworthily,” remember, irreverently,
“eats and drinks damnation.”

If you remember correctly, it said in verse 31, “If we would

judge ourselves, we should not be judged.” That was krinō,
which means to distinguish, to be condemned or to punish.
Here, damnation is krima and is pronounced kree’mah. It means
a decision (the function or the effect, for or against crime);
avenge, condemned, condemnation, damnation.

The word used here for damnation or condemnation is just

a slight variation of the word that means to be judged, so you
can see the difference in it.

He says, “He will drink damnation (or condemnation) to

himself.” Notice that he’s not saying God is condemning you.
He’s not saying that God, in this sense, is damning you. He is
saying that you drink it to yourself by not understanding why
you’re partaking of it and knowing what’s going on with it. He
goes on to say,

29 …not discerning the Lord’s body.

Discern means to distinguish mentally, as to discern right

from wrong.

We’re going to take a moment, as we go through this, and I

want you to begin to just reflect. I would hope that anybody
under the sound of my voice, watching this, or just listening to
it is not practicing a lifestyle of sin, to where they’re just living
like the world.

We can’t be lights to the world if we’re like the world.

Here’s what I want you to reflect on: the areas in your life that
need to be changed.

Before we actually get started with the Communion, I want

you to take a moment to reflect on areas in your life that do
need to be changed.

I am going to show you how you can be healed by eating

the bread. Obviously, we know that the juice, or whatever
you’re using as the drinking element here, represents the blood
of Jesus, which is for your cleansing from sin. Just as you can
be healed, you can be cleansed from sin. You know this, but I’m
going to show it to you in detail.

You also need to realize that during this time of

Communion you can become free from worry, you can become
free from fear, and you can actually have relationships made
right. You can actually heal yourself, not just physically, but in
spirit, soul, and body. You can heal those around you, by getting
right with God and knowing first and foremost that the only
reason all of this works is because Jesus has made a way for
you to be right with God.

In the near future, I will be doing a teaching on

“Righteousness.” We’ve made this thing of being righteous into
a very theological term, and we’ve made it very mysterious. In
actuality, the word righteous just means to be made the way you
ought to be. That’s all it means. In some places, it means that
you have right standing; you are in right standing with
someone, which means there’s nothing against you.

However, it goes beyond just right standing. It means that

you have been made right. I almost want to preach on it right
now, just because it is so vital. Once you understand
righteousness, everything changes! Everything!

Right then, you realize that if you are right with God, there
is nothing between you and God. There is nothing to block any
of His blessings. There’s nothing that you need more of. You’re
not waiting for a new anointing, a new wave, a new revival, a
new gifting or anything else. You are right with God, and you
are made the way you ought to be.

That’s where all of your peace comes from. In Isaiah it

says, “The fruit of righteousness is peace forever.” Since the
fruit of righteousness is peace, once you are righteous, you have
the fruit of peace; you are at peace.

There are a lot of things going on in the church today. The

reason there is no peace in the church is because number one,
people have not been made righteous, and number two, those
that are don’t know they’ve been made righteous. They don’t
know that they have peace with God.

We sing it all the time at Christmas, “Joy to the world.

Peace on earth; goodwill toward men.” We say it every year, but
people don’t realize that’s more than just a cute little saying. It’s
more than just a Scripture that you quote. It is a reality of the
born again spirit; you have peace with God. You can relax; you
don’t have to struggle. You don’t have to fight for acceptance.

We’ll be doing a teaching before long on the favor of God.

With that we’ll also be teaching, at the same time, in the area of
what people sometimes call “open heavens.” Let me tell you,
“If you have God’s favor, the heavens are open.” If you have the
favor of God, the person next to you may not be right with God,
but the heavens are open to you, and you can ask and can
receive from heaven for them and bring heaven into their life.

If they don’t accept Christ, if they don’t accept heaven into

their life, and if they don’t accept the righteousness, which is by
Jesus Christ, then whatever peace you give them, whatever help
you give them, is generally short lived. They would have to
constantly come back to you to get it, because they can’t get it
for themselves.

That’s one of the reasons why we need to evangelize this

world. They need to hear the “Good News” that God loves them
and that God wants that relationship with them.

In Isaiah 53, starting in verse 1 it says,

1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the

arm of the Lord revealed?

I’ve always said that the question is answered right there.

The arm of the Lord is revealed to whoever believes the report
of God. If you believe (whosoever believeth), the arm of the
Lord, the strength, the power of God, is going to be revealed to
you, so it is a choice to just believe.

He said, “For he shall grow up.” This is the testimony. This

is what to believe. Verses 2 and 3 continues,

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,

and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form
nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is
no beauty that we should desire him.

3 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.
 Verse 4 is where we start looking at what we’re talking
about today.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our

sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted.

“Surely,” means absolutely without question. “He hath,”

past tense, “borne our griefs.” The word “borne” there is the
Hebrew word nâśâ and is pronounced naw-saw’. Nâśâ’ means
to suffer; to bear. If you’ve been to the DHT, you’ve heard this
aspect of it before. It is actually a synonym for the next part
where it says, “…and carried our sorrows.”

In Hebrew, the word “carried” is sâbal and is pronounced

saw-bal’. It means to carry (literally or figuratively), or be
burdensome; to bear, be a burden.

The word “carried” and the word “borne” are synonyms.

They both mean the same thing, which is for one to carry
as a punishment for another, or for one to bear something as a
punishment for someone else so that the other person doesn’t
have to. Of course, we all know that’s what Jesus did.

Jesus has borne our griefs, and He has carried our sorrows
so that we don’t have to. He did it as a punishment. He didn’t
deserve it, but He bore it, and He carried it for us. As a matter of
fact, you will find that everything you read in Isaiah 53, He did
for us. He did nothing for Himself. He did it for us.

We will come back and look at this verse in a moment,

because the word “griefs” doesn’t just mean griefs. The word
“sorrows” doesn’t just mean sorrows. We will prove that in just
a moment. At the end of verse 4, it says,

4 …yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,

and afflicted.

Notice the word “afflicted.” Verse 5 says,

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was

bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed.

“But He was wounded for our transgressions…” Over and

over again you’ll see that, “He…for our.” “He was wounded for
our transgressions.” “He was bruised for our iniquities.” “The
chastisement of our peace was upon Him.” Watch: “…and with
His stripes we are healed.”

Later on, we’ll read this, and you’ll see a difference

between “with” (as in Isaiah 53:5) and “by” (as in 1 Peter 2:24).

When it said in 1 Peter 2:24, “by His stripes we were

healed,” it was past tense. We’ll look at that in a moment. Here
though, in Isaiah, notice this is future and present tense. He
said, “with His stripes.” In other words, “When the stripes were
being inflicted, when He was being whipped at the whipping
post, is when your healing was paid for.” It was not necessarily
on the cross itself, but at the whipping post. Your healing has
been bought and paid for. Your sickness and disease have
already been taken away. It already cannot legally stick to you.
Unfortunately, like any other situation, if you don’t know that,
then the enemy’s not going to tell you.

God called preachers to tell you the Good News that you
have already been paid for, and your healing has already been
paid for; it’s already been purchased. Jesus has bought and paid
for it, and it’s not right that He had to bear it and you have to
bear it, also.

Verse 6 says,

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned

every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all.

Remember that everything He did, He did for us. In verse

7, he says,

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he

opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is
dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

“He was oppressed.” If He was oppressed, it was so that

you don’t have to be. “He was afflicted,” so that you don’t have
to be. “Yet he opened not his mouth,” and there are times when
you shouldn’t either. “He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his
mouth.”

Verses 8, 9, and 10,

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and

 who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off
out of the land of the living: for the transgression of
my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with

the rich in his death; because he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath

put him to grief: when thou shalt 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.

“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him.” Why? That’s

because the Lord knew what it was going to purchase and
provide.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be

satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many; for he shall bear their
iniquities

The first part of verse 11 says, “He shall see of the travail
of His soul, and shall be satisfied.”

The second part of verse 11 is another thing that we’re

going to emphasize, and it says, “…by His knowledge,” or “…
by the knowledge of Him,” as we would say, “shall my
righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear...”

Remember, in verses 4 and 5, it said, “He has borne and

carried.” The word “bear” here, in verse 11, is an English
translation of the same word for “carried” up in verse 4. It is the
same word sâbal. In verses 4 and 5 it said, “He has carried our
sorrows.” Here in verse 11 it says, “He shall bear their
iniquities.” Whatever He did with our iniquities, He did with
our sorrows.

I told you that the word “sorrow” isn’t the best translation.
The word “sorrow,” is actually the word for disease, sickness,
or malady. What He did with our sicknesses, and what He did
with our diseases, He did with our iniquities. What He did with
our iniquities, he did with our sicknesses and diseases.

I know there are churches that do not believe in physical

healing (or what some people call the Atonement of Jesus), or
His redemption on the cross. I really don’t see anyway around
saying it, because here it says, in exact words, that whatever He
did with our iniquities, He did with our sicknesses.

If He did not bear our sicknesses for us so that we don’t

have to bear them, then we have no reason to believe that He
bore our iniquities. That would mean that we’re still in our sin. I
want to say this is just based on “plain English,” but it’s not. It’s
based on “plain Hebrew.”

In Ephesians chapter 4 it says that the Five-Fold Ministry

is going to be here to grow up the body of Christ into Jesus
Christ so that the body looks like Him. We know that we’re not
going to have the Five-Fold Ministry in heaven; therefore, we
know that the body is going to grow up here. We know that the
body of Christ is going to grow up to look like Jesus and talk
like Jesus.

It already says that we have the mind of Christ, but many

people are not drawing on that mind of Christ. The way that you
draw on the mind of Christ is that you have your mind renewed
to the Word of God.

You have to have your mind renewed, and once your mind
is renewed, then you have the mind of Christ in reality, not just
in potential. If you have the mind of Christ, and we all have the
mind of Christ, then we all should be coming to the same
knowledge; we should all be gravitating toward the same
knowledge. Ephesians 4:11 through 15 says that we should all
come into the knowledge of the Son of God.

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;

and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of

the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of

the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to

and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into

him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Here in Ephesians chapter 4, he is talking to the Church.

He’s not saying, “Until we all come to know that Jesus is the
Son of God.” You’re not even in the Church if you don’t know
that. You’ve got to know that to even get born again.

He was telling the Church, “You’re all going to have a full

experiential knowledge that Jesus Himself has. You’re going to
know what He knows.”

The beauty of that is that it says, “In Him is hidden all the
treasures and wisdom and knowledge of the universe,” so in
Him is this wisdom that we potentially have within us. People
say, “I just can’t believe that.” Well, then you don’t believe the
Bible.

Even in 1 John 2:27, he tells us that we have no need that

any man teach us anything, because we know all things right
now.

27 But the anointing which ye have received of him

abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach
you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath
taught you, ye shall abide in him.

As a believer, you already know all things; you just don’t

know you know them. That is because they’re in your spirit, and
if you have not had your mind renewed, then they have not
made it up to your mind yet. Every believer has the mind of
Christ.

Every believer has that, but not every believer has the mind
of Christ in their mind. Not every believer has had their mind
renewed to the Word of God, which is the mind of Christ.
 As the Five-Fold Ministry does its job, there is going to be
a group of believers (the body of Christ, true believers, the
elect, the remnant, or whatever terminology you want to use),
according to Romans 8, that are going to grow up into fully
manifested sons of God.

They’re going to start to manifest as sons of God, and

they’re going to manifest the Lord Jesus Christ. As they do that,
they’re going to do it in the fullness of knowledge and
understanding that Jesus Himself had. We are going to start to
show that we do know all things, and all the things we know are
going to shift from our spirits to our minds, because our minds
will be renewed.

As we do that, then honestly a lot of the signs over the

doors of churches are going to start falling off. Right now, when
I go to Africa, especially into Kenya or some of those places in
north and northeast Africa, they’ll have a sign that says Baptist
over the door, or it’ll say Pentecostal Church, or different names
of denominations that you can see here in the States and other
countries.

Here, in America, when you drive down the street and you
see a sign that says Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic, or
Baptist, or any other name, you know what you’re going to get
when you walk in there. You have a good idea what that church
is going to be like.

When you go to Kenya, and Tanzania and places like that,

it really doesn’t matter what the sign is over the door. Almost
everybody there is Pentecostal. Everybody there speaks in
tongues and believes in healing. Why? That’s because it’s not
about the tag over the door. They have come to a knowledge,
and an understanding of the knowledge, which is the Word of
God. The Word is in Christ Jesus. This knowledge says healing
is for today, and it says gifts and manifestations of the Spirit are
for today. The good thing is that they’ve been able to break past
the sign over the door.

Here in America, we’re so territorial (I mean that in a

negative light), that people don’t ever get past that sign. “Well,
this is the way we’ve been doing it for hundreds of years,
therefore, we’re going to keep on doing it this way,” instead of
saying, “Do you know what? Maybe we need to check and see
if we’re missing it somewhere.”

Let’s go back to Isaiah 53, verse 12,

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the

great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and
he was numbered with the transgressors; and he
bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.

It is talking about Jesus defeating an enemy and taking the

spoil. It says, “I will divide him a portion with the great, and He
(talking about Jesus) shall divide the spoil with the strong,”

In other words, “Beloved, you’re just going to have to get

strong if you’re going to take your part in the spoil and if you’re
going to have healing.” Jesus has spoiled the principalities and
has defeated the enemy. The enemy doesn’t want you healed.
The enemy doesn’t want you to have peace of mind. The enemy
would love for you to be in fear.
 Everybody is always worried about what’s going to happen
tomorrow when the stock market opens. I’m telling you, “As
believers, we are to be a symbol of stability and not fear. We
should be just moving right along and just staying steady with
God. “He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” That was
said about Jesus. It should be said about us.

He says here, “He will divide the spoil with the strong.”
You have to decide, “I’m going to take it.” That’s what He said
in Matthew. He talks about how the Kingdom of God suffers
violence, and the violent take it by force. There has to rise up, in
you, the ability to say, “I know it’s not God holding back my
healing. I know it’s a devil. I know it’s the enemy. I’m going to
take the spoil that Jesus has provided.”

You start to take, not just receive, but to take from the
enemy and then hold onto it, and say, “This is mine, devil, and
you can’t have it. I’m healed. I’m whole. I’m healthy. I have
peace of mind. I have right standing with God. I am righteous
through Jesus Christ.”

Then, of course, the devil will try to tell you, “Well,

remember when you did this? Remember when you did that?
You’re no different; you’re still the same. You’re still doing it.”
That’s when you look at him, and say, “Devil, let me tell you
something. I don’t know what you’re looking at, but I am
different. I am born again. I am righteous. Yes, I might have
done some of those things, but I don’t even remember, and God
doesn’t remember. Even if that did happen, I am not coming to
God to be righteous because of what I did or didn’t do. I’m
righteous because of what Jesus did.” That is where your faith
should be.

He says here in the last part of verse 12,

 12 …because he hath poured out his soul unto
death: and he was numbered with the transgressors;
and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors.

“Because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he

was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of
many.” That’s the same word used up in verse 4 for carried or
borne; the word nâśâ. “He bare the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.” Again, whatever He did with
your sin and iniquity, He did with your griefs and sorrows,
which are your sicknesses, infirmities, and diseases.

I should preference this, Matthew chapter 8, verse 16 and

17, by saying, “This is God’s commentary; God’s own
commentary on Isaiah 53.” It says,

16 When the even was come, they brought unto him

many that were possessed with devils: and he cast
out the spirits with his word, and healed all that
were sick:

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by

Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our
infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

This is straight out of Isaiah 53, verse 4,

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our

sorrows.
 He’s saying there, in Matthew, that the words, griefs and
sorrows, mean literally in the Hebrew, our infirmities and our
sicknesses.

Then, it is tied to 1 Peter 2:24, where it says,

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.

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree…” That’s forgiveness of sin right there. It goes on to say,
“…that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes you were healed.” Isaiah 53:5 says,

5 …and with his stripes we are healed.

Notice: he changed it from “we are healed” in Isaiah 53 to “you

were healed” in 1 Peter 2:24.

24 …by whose stripes ye were healed.

Why? It is because Jesus went to the cross. He paid for it.

Everything before the cross was by faith. Everything after the
cross is by fact. Now, you have faith in the fact, but it’s still a
fact. The fact is “by whose stripes you were healed.” He bore
those for you.

I know we emphasize healing a lot, but I’m here to tell you

today, “It’s not just healing. It’s a total Gospel for the total man.
It’s a complete, spirit, soul, and body. It is healing of spirit, soul
and body.” Now that I have said that, I want to emphasize this
part: your spirit did not need healing. Your spirit was dead. It
needed resurrection. That’s the born again experience.

You were resurrected from death and from being dead in

your trespasses and sins, to walk in newness of life, to walk in
newness of spirit, to rise up and walk as a son of God, literally,
with the Spirit of God in you. Because of that, you’re nature and
everything is changed. You should be healed of all griefs,
sorrows, sickness, disease, infirmities; you name it. It is a total
Gospel for the total man; a total cure.

The church should not have to be referring people to

psychologists, or psychiatrists, or anybody else. All most of
them do is ask you, “What do you think of that? How does that
make you feel?” Well, I think you can figure that out on your
own. You know how you feel.

What you need to realize is that when they figure out that
they really can’t help you, they just prescribe drugs to try to
numb you so that you don’t feel that way, so you won’t react
negatively. That is not fixing the problem. The problem is in the
spirit.

I’m not saying you’re sick in your spirit. What I’m saying
is that when you get born again, it fixes that problem. Get your
mind renewed to the Word of God, and start to walk in the
things of God. Walk in the truth of God, and “by these precious
promises, you become partakers of His nature.” You can’t have
the nature of God and be standing around worrying, and in fear,
and jump every time somebody says something to you. The
righteousness of God gives you boldness. The Bible’s very
clear. It says, in Proverbs 28:1,
 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion.

“The righteous are as bold as a lion,” but it says, “The

wicked flee when none pursue.” The sad part is that the church
has been made righteous, but it has not been emphasized. It has
not been relayed to the people.

I just want to read this to you. It is out of Young’s Literal

Translation of Isaiah 53. It’s a literal translation straight from
the Hebrew. In verse 3 it says,

3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains,

and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the
face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him
not.

4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains

– he hath carried them, And we-we have esteemed
him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised

for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace is
on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

(Isaiah 53:3-5, Young’s Literal Translation)

Do you hear that? “By His bruise there is healing.” “By

His stripes, and by His whipping,” there is healing to us.
“Surely our sicknesses he has borne.” Again, I don’t want to
emphasize just healing. I do want to bring that out to you, but
there is a lot more to it.

I want to go to Matthew chapter 8, verse 16. This is out of

the Wuest Translation, an exact translation of the literal Greek.
It says,

16 Now, evening having come, they brought to Him

many who were possessed with demons. And He
ejected the spirits by a word. And all those who were
ill He healed, in order that there might be fulfilled
that which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet
saying, He himself took away our infirmities and
carried off our diseases.

(The New Testament: An Expanded Translation)

That is the element there. Let’s go to Psalms chapter 103:2.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his

benefits:

That’s the problem. Many groups, church denominations,

and even non-denominations forget some of His benefits.

Maybe you do not believe in healing, physical, bodily

healing in the sacrifice of Jesus at the whipping post and on the
cross. I would just simply ask you that when you partake of
Communion and you have the bread or the wafer, and you have
the juice or the wine, if you do not believe in healing, believe
that by His crucifixion we receive forgiveness of sins.

What provides for the forgiveness of sin? It’s His blood.

Without the shedding of blood, there’s no remission of sins.

What’s the bread for? Why even eat the bread, if it doesn’t
do anything? “We should eat the bread, because it’s His body
broken for us.” “How is it broken for us?” “Except by the
stripes, and by those stripes, you’re healed.”

Partake worthily. Stop and examine it. Realize it, and say,
“His body was whipped, beaten, and striped for me, and by His
stripes, I’m healed. This bread represents His body that was
broken so that I can be healed, and with this bread, I receive my
healing, because of His stripes.”

Then you eat that bread. That’s how Communion is

supposed to be taken. If you take it that way, sickness and
disease will disappear in the church, but if you keep doing it the
old way, then you’re going to keep having the same old thing
you’ve always had. You’re going to be weak, and sick, and
dying prematurely.

If you believe in the blood, and if you believe in the juice

that represents the blood and for the forgiveness of sin, you can
receive that forgiveness of sin, then you can be weak, you can
be sick, and you can die earlier. You’ll just see Jesus sooner.

I firmly believe that if you’re born-again, you’ll go to be

with Him, but there’s no need to go soon. There’s no need to go
prematurely. Live out your fullness of days, and do all the good
you can for the kingdom of God here.
 PRAYER FOR
COMMUNION

We have our Communion elements here. We are going to

open them up and take them.

As we read to you in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, it says that

when He gathered them together that night, He took the bread,
and He broke it. He said, “This is My body broken for you;
given for you.” By His stripes, you’re healed.

Take that bread, hold it up, and say,

“Father, in the name of Jesus, I believe Your Word; that

by His stripes I am healed. By His body being broken
for me, I receive healing in my body.

By this bread, which represents His broken body, right

now, I receive healing. I will no longer be weak, sick,
and I won’t die early. I will live a good strong life, and I
will declare the works of God.

In the name of Jesus, right now, I purposely examine

myself, and I say, ‘Yes, I believe. I believe that by His
stripes I am healed.’”

Right now, in the name of Jesus, we consecrate this

bread to represent the body of Jesus Christ, and we say
in the name of Jesus, by the receiving of this bread, we
 also receive our healing, in the name of Jesus.”

Go ahead and partake.

It said that after He had broken the bread and they had
eaten it, then He took the cup, and He said, “This cup is the
New Testament in My blood.” We know that it says, “Without
the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin,” so we know
what this represents.

If you are born again, you should be partaking of this. You

should know that this represents the blood of Jesus. We could
talk for a long time about the blood of Jesus. There is nothing
more precious in all the earth, throughout the universe, and
throughout all eternity that is more precious than the blood of
Jesus Christ.

Right now, we take this cup, and we pray,

“Father, we lift this cup to You, and we say, ‘We

recognize that this represents the blood of Jesus Christ
that was given and was shed for the remission of sins so
that we could be born-again, and we could be made
right with You, Father.

We receive with this blood, the righteousness of God, in

Christ and through Christ. Through His sacrifice, we
receive it now, in the name of Jesus; complete
forgiveness of all sin, cleansed, made whole, and made
pure.

Right now, as we partake of this cup, we recognize that

 there is nothing standing between us and You Father,
that we are absolutely clean and whole, just as if we
were born again, all over again, and for the first time.
In the name of Jesus, right now, we receive forgiveness,
and cleansing. We are in complete union with You, in
the name of Jesus.’”

Take the cup.

Right now, if you have been sick, begin to move. Be free.

Be healed. Be made whole.

Right now, we command the blessing of healing upon you.

We say, “You be healed in spirit, soul, body, and mind.”

Right now, we command your mind to be healed, to be

freed in the name of Jesus.

We command fear to GO, and NEVER return! It has no

right in the child of God. In the name of Jesus, right now, I set
you absolutely free!

Right now, you’re clean, whole, and righteous before God;

healed in spirit, soul, and body, in the name of Jesus.

“Father, we thank You for this day. Father, I say, ‘By

the name of Jesus, that your saints, your children, are
growing, and they will grow up to look like Your Son, in
the name of Jesus. Amen.’”