Sickness In Our Bones

 

Earlier this week I was listening to Shadows by Nine Lashes and this line really stuck out to me: Rip out the sickness in our bones.

There are a couple of things that stick out about this line. First, I love the imagery. It shows us how deep our sin really goes. And it is a call to action to remove the sin and lead a better life. What is a little disappointing is that this is not a possible task for us as humans. The next lines do address this, There is a man named Forgiveness And he will take us home.

Let’s take a look at 1 John 2:1-2

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

And Romans 8:1-4

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

What do these tell us about the Sickness in our bones?

This sickness has indeed been ripped out but not by us, rather Jesus has ripped out the sickness in our bones and absorbed it into himself. Jesus died on the cross to kill our sins and when he rose the sin did not rise with him.

Rest assured the sickness in your bones has been removed.