““He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
1 Peter 2:24-25 (NIV)
These 2 verses are full of Isaiah 53.
Peter understands Isaiah 53 as prophecy about Jesus of Nazareth.
He understands Jesus as our example, to be followed. That is - He expects us to emulate the characteristics of Christ in our daily lives, and interactions with those around us. He understands Isaiah 53 as teaching us that Christ’s sacrifice gives us the ability to live in a way consistent with Christ and inconsistent with our sin nature. Peter understands “by His wounds you have been healed”, as a declaration of the reality that every Christian has been healed from their own propensity to go their own way of sin. His understanding of this verse stands against teachers who teach that our physical healing is in the atonement. Peter saw the healing in the atonement as a spiritual healing, a cutting away of our sin nature, a renewed ability to be led by the Shepherd and Overseer of our soul.
Oh that we might live in the fullness of this healing!
That we might die to sins and live for righteousness today.
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