First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Lord’s Day June 15, 2003 Anno Domini

Matthew 8:14-17

He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.

  I.  Our infirmities and sicknesses are part of what is no longer “very
good” in God’s world.
 

      A.  Sin and sickness: directly connected.
        

Genesis 1:31; Genesis 2:16-17; Exodus 15:26; Revelation 2:22; James 5:14-15.

      B.  Sin and sickness: indirectly connected.
        

Job 1:1; Job 2:7; John 9:2-3; 2Corinthians 12:7.

      C.  Sin and corruption will be removed through redemption.
        

Romans 8:20-21; Genesis 8:1; 1Corinthians 15:21-22, 49, 54.

   II. Christ, God’s healer, bore our infirmities and sicknesses
on the cross.
 

     A.  The biblical significance of sickness: man is corrupted
and needs to be saved.
    

     B.  Healing: a sign pointing to complete restoration.
    

     C.  Christ our healer: he came to save mankind.
       

Isaiah 53:4-5; Exodus 15:26 & Mark 6:56.

   III. Christians  live in Christ  with their infirmities and
sicknesses until the resurrection.
 

     A.  Christians still develop infirmities and sicknesses
because God has yet to reveal a greater glory in us.
       

Jeremiah 45:1-5; Psalm 119:49-50.

     B.  The Christian response to infirmities and sicknesses:
prayer, patience, medicine, hope.
           

James 5:13, 14; Romans 12:1; Luke 10:34; 1Tim 5:23;1Corinthians 15:42-43.

     C.  Christians are healed in order to serve.
    

     D.  Lord’s Day healing services.
       

Hosea 6:1; Matthew 10:1; 1Peter 2:24-25.

Pastor Christian Adjemian, Dipl.Div., Ph.D.

pastor@reformedprescambridge.com phone: 617.864.3185