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Introduction
I’m sure it might seem a little strange that I would preach on on Resurrection Sunday.
It seems like it would be more of a fitting Good Friday sermon, since this passage focuses heavily on the suffering of Jesus Christ.
And the resurrection is not the suffering of Jesus Christ, it’s the vindication of Christ.
So why focus on ?
Well, this passage is not only about the suffering of Jesus Christ but also the victory of Jesus Christ, and how he would accomplish salvation.
Out of the 4 passages I wanted to teach on for this series makes the most sense to teach on Resurrection Sunday.
And it actually does hint at the resurrection as well.
But nothing could be more appropriate to our series and to Resurrection Sunday, than to behold God to behave Godly for God’s glory.
And because actually does make a reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This passage is not only about the suffering of Jesus Christ but the victory of Jesus Christ, and how he would accomplish salvation.
But as we will see, this passage is not only about the suffering of Jesus Christ but the victory of Jesus Christ, and how he would accomplish salvation.
Right before that quote in , is quoted in .
So there is this incredible unity between and as it specifically relates to Jesus’ ministry.
The goal of our series is summarized by the title, “Beholding God to behave Godly for God’s Glory”.
Which is interesting because it shows an already rejection of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially by the Jews, whom you think wouldn’t have rejected the Gospel.
talks about the fact that Jesus showed the people signs, and gave the people reason to believe.
And they still did not believe.
We’ll see the glory of God has He pours out His wrath on His Son
Because predicted that people would still reject the Gospel.
And showed the judgment that seals them in their unbelief.
We’ll see the glory of the God-man as He works to atone for our sin
So this brings us to a head this morning.
Because the bookends of our series of and expose two kinds of people.
And the way we’ll do that with our last sermon is by looking at the point of this passage which is the title of our message this morning is “Beholding the Glory of Christ Crucified”.
And we’re going to behold the glory of Christ crucified in one of the most intense passages in Scripture.
And these two kinds of people are probably here with us today.
Those who obey the Gospel and those who reject the Gospel.
And what makes it intense is the fact that in the Hebrew text this is some of most beautifully crafted Hebrew poetry in all of Scripture.
And I did say, “obey” especially because also quotes and Paul uses that to prove his statement, “Not everyone has obeyed the Gospel”.
He does say faith comes by hearing and hearing by the preaching of the word of Christ.
But ties faith to obedience the same way the reformers did, “faith alone saves, but a saving faith is never alone”.
And that’s significant as this is beautiful as much as it is graphic.
And it isn’t just the suffering of the servant its the victory of the servant as we will see.
Verse 1 actually creates our introduction for us and shows us the way in which we should behave godly:
And again that theme is that we can have incredible changes in our lives by beholding God.
And notice how verse teaches us that:
And this kind of faith is the result of someone listening to what we have for us in .
(NASB95)
1 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
1 Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
So Beholding God to behave Godly for God’s glory is fulfilled in , as we behold the Glory of Christ Crucified.
Believe this message and behold the revelation of the Lord as He pours out His wrath on His son instead of on us.
And how His Son succeeds in saving us from our sins.
The goal of this sermon is to address the two people groups.
Those who are not obeying the Gospel and those who are.
Which means that if the Lord should reveal himself, then we would be able to behold him.
And therefore we would believe.
For those who are not obeying the Gospel, the goal is for you to see what Jesus Christ did explicitly for you and not potentially for you but absolutely for you.
So that when you realize that Jesus did this for you, you won’t be able to help but to obey the Gospel as the supremely satisfying reality of your life.
16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”
For those who have put their faith in the Gospel, that this would motivate you to live a life worthy of the Gospel, like says.
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
So preaching the word of Christ displays Yahweh for people to behold.
And , the second question sets up the context by saying,
Here’s the way Yahweh is going to reveal Himself.
Behold the Sorrows of Christ
(NASB95)
1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? [the answer is no one] And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
[and the reason is because it is dependent the Lord revealing himself]
This is the way in which the Lord reveals himself.
So this set
In fact it’s difficult to initially see how Christ is glorified in this passage, except till the end.
The first stage in beholding the glory of Christ crucified is to behold Christ in what at first does not seem so glorious at all.
But notice initially, there’s two things that really don’t seem glorious about Christ.
Notice,
There’s two things that don’t seem glorious about Christ in the beginning of this chapter.
Notice,
(NASB95)
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
This is the way in which the Lord reveals himself, which
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
The sorrows of Christ are seen in two ways:
Notice the two things that we behold:
Jesus is not an attractive man
Jesus is a sorrowful man
Now he’s not a sorrowful man because he’s depressed, but because as verse 4 indicates, he’s bearing our grief.
Now why wouldn’t Jesus be physically attractive?
Wouldn’t the Son of God be handsome?
The point is that we wouldn’t be attractive to Christ’s looks but irresistibly attracted to Christ works.
It’s purposeful that Jesus was not physically attractive.
Plus, Jesus is not supposed to be naturally attractive to us.
He ends up being supernaturally attractive to us.
As when the Holy Spirit shows us the work of Jesus Christ in passages like this, we are irresistibly drawn to Christ through the Gospel.
Which would be the same in the first century when Jesus fulfills this, with a continued Greek cultural mindset, a prominent Roman mindest and a Jewish mindset.
We’re not talking about something that isn’t intensely beautiful.
And it’s important to start seeing the Gospel that way.
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
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