Do we have the inner peace that comes from God in spite of our trials and difficulties? The shed blood of Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins. With his stripes we can be healed of our physical diseases. What about our griefs and sorrows? Does the sacrifice of Jesus Christ deal with the pains of the mind? The purpose of this article is to explain how Jesus Christ bore our griefs and sorrows.

The Sufferings of Jesus Christ

The prophet Isaiah wrote about the future sufferings of Jesus Christ in Isaiah 53:3-5:

"3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." (KJV)

The Hebrew word for grief refers to pains of the body, and the Hebrew word for sorrows refers to pains of the mind.

12 Ways That Jesus Christ Bore Our Griefs and Sorrows

Jesus Christ bore our griefs and sorrows even before his death on the cross. Here are 12 ways in which Christ bore our sorrows:

1. Life threatened by Herod as an infant (Matthew 2:16)

2. Falsely accused of casting out demons through Satan (Matthew 9:34; 12:24)

3. Falsely accused of being demon possessed and mad (John 8:52; 10:20)

4. Life in danger often and the Jews sought to stone him (John 8:40; 10:31)

5. Falsely accused of being a glutton and winebibber (Matthew 11:19)

6. Falsely accused of breaking the Sabbath (John 5:18)

7. Tempted often by Satan (Luke 4:13)

8. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot with whom he had spent three and a half years (Matthew 26:14-16)

9. Forsaken by his disciples (Matthew 26:56)

10. Peter denied three times that he even knew him (Matthew 26:75)

11. Mocked and spat upon (Matthew 27:29-30)

12. Felt forsaken by His father while dying on the stake (Matthew 27:46)

Matthew seems to indicate that after Jesus Christ fasted for 40 days and defeated Satan that Satan left him. Matthew