God's Twin Mercies

1 Peter 2:24 (NIV)

24 “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.”

We must die daily to sin because we're still working it out of our lives.  

Healing is like that.  We are healed, but we are still working sickness out of our lives like we do sin.  

These are the twin mercies of God.  Satan has twin afflictions which are sin and sickness.  

We see God's twin mercies throughout the Bible. We see sin and sickness addressed in the passage below.  

2 Chronicles 7:14  (NIV)

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 

You see these twin mercies in the passage below on the lame man healed by Jesus.

Matthew 9:5-6  (NIV)

5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”

Just like freedom from sin is mine, but I must pursue it.  Healing is mine, but I must pursue it, too.  My role is the process.

It is a process not a formula.  We are pursuing all that God has for us.  We like the end result, but God likes the process because we must depend upon Him.  

We see this pursuit of forgiveness and healing in passage below also. 

James 5:13-16 (NIV)

13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 

14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 

15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 

16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.  

Lord, we ask for your twin mercies to be forgiven and healed.  We have habits that need to go away.

1 John 5:14 (NIV)

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 

15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Lord, what we have prayed for is according to your will as revealed to us in Scripture.  We thank you for hearing us in Jesus name.  

Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands

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