The Messiah
Notes
Transcript
Intro:
Intro:
AG: Here we have the first of 4 Servant Songs referring to Messiah . They speak of His gentle manner and worldwide mission.
RS:
The Coming of Christ (Isa 42:1–9)3
The Coming of Christ (Isa 42:1–9)3
v 1-3 Refer to Jesus’ first coming to Earth.
A. The Messiah’s anointing (Isa 42:1):
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory;
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He is filled by the Holy Spirit.
He is God and while on Earth as a man, he is filled with the Holy Spirit.
B. The Messiah’s achievements (Isa 42:2–4)
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
1. What he does not do (Isa 42:2b, 3a, 4a)
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
a. Shout or quarrel in public (42:2b)
At His first coming He didn’t cry out in the streets\
He was meek and walked in quiet humility among the lost
(The only time we see anything different was in the Temple)
b. Crush the weak (42:3a)
He handled the weak with tender mercy
He brought comfort and encouragement to the weak and oppressed (HE still does)
c. Stop until truth and righteousness prevail (42:4a)
He will ultimately bring justice to the whole Earth
He will not be defeated and He will never surrender
2. What he does do (Isa 42:2a, 3b, 4b)
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
a. Acts with gentleness (42:2a)
b. Brings justice to all (42:3b)
c. Ushers in a reign of righteousness (42:4b):
Even distant lands will wait for his instruction.
C. The Messiah’s assurance (Isa 42:5–9):
Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
God the Father himself guarantees all of the above.
GOD the Son is empowered and commissioned by God the Father.
The Father guarantees Jesus’ will fulfill His mission
He is a covenant:
MacArthur Study Bible NASB Commentary
The Servant is a covenant in that He personifies and provides the blessings of salvation to God’s people Israel. He is the Mediator of a better covenant than the one with Moses, i.e., the New Covenant
MacArthur Study Bible NASB (Commentary)
bring out prisoners. Jesus fulfilled these words (9:1, 2; Mt 4:13–16) when He applied them to miracles of physical healing and freedom from spiritual bondage during His incarnation (Mt 11:5; Lk 4:18). Under the Servant’s millennial reign on earth, spiritual perception will replace Israel’s spiritual blindness and her captives will receive their freedom (29:18; 32:3; 35:5; 61:1).42:9
\former things … new things. The “former things” are already fulfilled or about to be fulfilled prophecies of Isaiah (cf. 41:22). The “new things” pertain to the future accomplishments of the Lord through His Messiah-Servant when He comes.
IV. The Chorus of Creation (42:10–17)
IV. The Chorus of Creation (42:10–17)
A. The singers (Isaiah 42:10–12 ):
Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the habitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands.
All creatures on earth are urged to praise God.
All creation praises the Lord.
B. The song (Isaiah 42:13–17):
The Lord goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.
And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.
They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, “You are our gods.”
God is to be praised for two things:
1. Defeating his enemies (42:13–15)
God brings victory
Jesus will lead Heaven’s host into the final battle and wipe out Satan and his forces including the Antichrist
He brings victory even now in our lives.
2. Delivering his people (42:16–17)
God delivers us unlike the idols
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
Some of ch 42 is already complete and some is yet to be fulfilled.
Jesus spoke of his return in conjunction with the Lord’s supper.
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
It is this messiah we celebrate in the Lords supper today
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—
if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
Pray
and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”