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Intro
Describe Moses’ time on Sinai standing in the presence of God and the angels.
The sheer force of the holiness of God’s glory would physically alter Moses.
Imagine having to go back up the mountain.
Merciful and Just?
Mercy and justice appear to contradict each other.
We love the idea of justice as long as someone else is getting it.
We want mercy alone for ourselves.
God is both.
This displays itself in our lives as that nagging feeling that we haven’t done enough or that desire to hide our sins.
We sing and talk about God’s goodness but ...
Then God does something no one expects, in a way no one expects.
Enter the mysterious Servant
Enter the mysterious Servant of Isaiah.
God himself is speaking.
Isaih 52:13-15
This Servant will act wisely - be successful.
He will do what is right to make sure he is successful.
That’s pretty important news for those of us who have been unsuccessful.
1 Ptr 1:10-13
Ac 8
Mark 10:45
This Servant will act wisely - be successful.
He will do what is right to make sure he is successful.
What does God tell us about this Servant and what he will do?
What does God tell us about this Servant and what he will do?
Somehow the servant will be exalted.
Somehow he will be incredibly injured.
Somehow he will affect many nations (sprinkle or startle)
Merciful or just?
Enter the Third Option.
God himself enters the drama and changes the story.
He becomes a man.
The Word became flesh.
Jesus came to face God’s justice so we could experience God’s mercy.
How do I know this is Jesus?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and 1 Peter all explicitly state this text is about Jesus!
The New Testament refers to at least 41 times!
Change of narrator (past tense like a news interview).
Listen to the accuracy of 700 B.C.! To put that in perspective the US is only 240 years old.
The Life and Ministry of the Messiah
The arm of the Lord was entirely unexpected.
Jesus is both the servant and the power of God.
A tender shoot is no more than an annoyance!
There was nothing impressive about his looks that should make us take note of him.
He was definitely no Saul!
The religious leaders rejected him for goodness sake!
Yet he was a man of suffering and pain.
The idea is that Jesus didn’t run from suffering or pain.
He stayed and cared for the suffering.
They were ashamed of Jesus because he did’t represent the things that were important to them.
He didn’t prize wealth, or prestige, or reputation, or being served by others.
He prized holiness and service and prayer.
He said the problem was our hearts not the things around us.
They were ashamed of God.
man of suffering.
Today people treat Jesus the same.
They want deliverance from the symptoms of their problems but reject the cure - a relationship with Jesus.
Isaiah 53:
The Execution of the Messiah
We sinned, he suffered
These verses represent the center of the passage.
This is the gospel message: the innocent Servant dies as a sacrifice for sin.
We/our:
transgressions (rebelliousness)
iniquities (crookedness)
our wandering
He
pierced (hands, feet and side)
oppression and affliction
crushed under the weight our our sin (the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all).
Sin is an ever-increasing burden.
And no one protested.
We sinned, he suffered.
He died, we received peace.
How is this appropriated to our lives?
Belief that leads to repentance and baptism.
The Burial of the Savior
He submitted all the way to death on a cross
Where were Jesus’ brothers?
Even his physical family was ashamed of him.
Jesus would be with the rich in his death.
tells us about Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (two wealthy men).
Marvel at the precision of God’s plan!
Do you think it is coincidence that you’re here today?
Isaiah 53
Resurrection: the Vindication of the Satisfied Servant.
We need to understand this from God’s standpoint.
Jesus wasn’t a martyr.
Jesus’ death wasn’t an accident.
The cross wasn’t plan B ().
He will prolong his days - the resurrection is part of the plan.
Remember Satan offered him a Kingdom if he would leave God’s plan of sacrifice.
Love kept him.
Love for the Father - love for his people (offspring-church)
Application
Application
Those who fear they haven’t done enough - what could you add to his work?
Live gripped by the sacrifice of God.
Those who struggle to feel love and worth - look at the price paid for your freedom!
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