God Who Forgives

"You answered them O LORD our God;
You were to them the God Who Forgives, El Nasa"
Psalm 99:8.

The name "God Who Forgives" is not only forgiveness of sins, but also healing of sicknesses and diseases.

There has alway been a close connection between the two.

David said, "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities;
who heals all your diseases"
Psalm 103:2,3.

Isaiah 53:4,5 shows that Jesus bore both our sins and our sicknesses. "Surely He has borne our griefs [literally sicknesses] and carried all our sorrows [literally pains] . . . He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed".

When Jesus healed the paralytic man in Luke 5, He told him that his sins were forgiven.

Then so the Scribes and Pharisees would realize that He had authority to forgive, Jesus told the man to arise and take up his bed and go home.

The man received both forgiveness of sins and physical healing.

James 5:15,16 said, "The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed".

The God who forgives our sins is the same God who heals our sicknesses and diseases!