Jesus - In My Place Condemned He Stood

1 Who has believed what we have heard? And who has the arm of the Lord been revealed to? 2 He grew up before Him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at Him, no appearance that we should desire Him.

And who has the arm of the Lord been revealed to?

2 He grew up before Him like a young plant

and like a root out of dry ground.

He didn’t have an impressive form

or majesty that we should look at Him,

3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; He was despised, and we didn’t value Him. 4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

no appearance that we should desire Him.

3 He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.

He was like someone people turned away from;

He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground.

2 He grew up before him like a young plant

4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.

and like a root out of dry ground.

and He carried our pains;

5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds. 6 We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all.

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Who has believed what we have heard?

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

2 He grew up before him like a young plant

and like a root out of dry ground.

He didn’t have an impressive form

or majesty that we should look at him,

no appearance that we should desire him.

3 He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.

He was like someone people turned away from;

he was despised, and we didn’t value him.

4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,

and he carried our pains;

but we in turn regarded him stricken,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,

crushed because of our iniquities;

punishment for our peace was on him,

and we are healed by his wounds.

6 We all went astray like sheep;

we all have turned to our own way;

and the LORD has punished him

for the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;

and who considered his fate?

For he was cut off from the land of the living;

he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

but he was with a rich man at his death,

because he had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

10 Yet the LORD was pleased to crush him severely.,d

When you make him a guilt offering,

he will see his seed, he will prolong his days,

and by his hand, the LORD’s pleasure will be accomplished.

11 After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied.

By his knowledge,

my righteous servant will justify many,

and he will carry their iniquities.

12 Therefore I will give him the many as a portion,

and he will receive the mighty as spoil,

because he willingly submitted to death,

and was counted among the rebels;

yet he bore the sin of many

and interceded for the rebels.

He didn’t have an impressive form

but we in turn regarded Him stricken,

or majesty that we should look at him,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

no appearance that we should desire him.

5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions,

3 He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.

crushed because of our iniquities;

He was like someone people turned away from;

punishment for our peace was on Him,

he was despised, and we didn’t value him.

and we are healed by His wounds.

4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,

6 We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, He did not open His mouth. 8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment; and who considered His fate? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

and he carried our pains;

but we in turn regarded him stricken,

we all have turned to our own way;

struck down by God, and afflicted.

and the Lord has punished Him

5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,

for the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, He did not open His mouth. 8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment; and who considered His fate? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

crushed because of our iniquities;

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,

punishment for our peace was on him,

and we are healed by his wounds.

yet He did not open His mouth.

6 We all went astray like sheep;

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

we all have turned to our own way;

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

and the Lord has punished him

He did not open His mouth.

for the iniquity of us all.

8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;

7 He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth.

and who considered His fate?

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

he did not open his mouth.

9 They made His grave with the wicked and with a rich man at His death, although He had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully.10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely. When You make Him a restitution offering, He will see His seed, He will prolong His days, and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;

and who considered his fate?

and with a rich man at His death,

For he was cut off from the land of the living;

although He had done no violence

he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

and had not spoken deceitfully.

9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely. r

but he was with a rich man at his death,

When You make Him a restitution offering,

because he had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,

10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely.,d

and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

When you make him a guilt offering,

11 He will see it out of His anguish,

he will see his seed, he will prolong his days,

11 He will see it out of His anguish, and He will be satisfied with His knowledge. My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will carry their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion, and He will receive the mighty as spoil, because He submitted Himself to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet He bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels. (The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version. (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009)

and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.

and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

11 After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied.

My righteous Servant will justify many,

By his knowledge,

and He will carry their iniquities.

my righteous servant will justify many,

12 Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,

and he will carry their iniquities.

and He will receive the mighty as spoil,

12 Therefore I will give him the many as a portion,

because He submitted Himself to death,

and he will receive the mighty as spoil,

because he willingly submitted to death,

and was counted among the rebels;

yet He bore the sin of many

yet he bore the sin of many

and interceded for the rebels.

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Introduction:

“God’s power is at its greatest not in his destruction of the wicked but in his taking all the wickedness of the earth into himself and giving back love.”

The gospel is good news and it is also scandalous. It is scandalous because it reverses the moral order that we use to make judgments. When God justifies sinful and ungodly men by their faith in the finished work of Christ, he is rewarding bad people. Our thinking is that only good people get rewarded, not bad people. But the bible declares that we are all sinners, all bad. That there is none righteous, no not one. The greatest miracle of all that God performs is the life changing salvation that declares an unrighteous and ungodly person righteous in his sight because of Christ. The cross, the substitute was the only way for God to justify the ungodly.

As we continue to consider the Suffering Servant, Jesus Christ, as prophesied to us here in , want us to first consider:

I. The Problem and Pain of Our Guilt

v.4, “Yet He himself bore our sicknesses, and he carried our pains...”

v.5, “pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities...”

v.8, “He was struck because of my people’s rebellion..”

v.6, “We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way;

A. The Honesty that Eludes Us

The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version. (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), .A. The Honesty We Need

A. The Honesty We Need

We demand honesty of others…but do we honestly look at ourselves? We use mirrors to look at ourselves to carefully observe the outside and to protect our reputation and image…but what if we could hold up a mirror before us that allowed us to see our insides? The bible is that mirror...

If we would be honest, we know that there is a problem…even our best intentions can be clouded by impure motivations. We are guilty. The bible speaks about the truth of the human condition - it is a mirror into our very souls.

, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

B. The Cover Up Attempt

Illustration: Adam and Eve in the garden - once they discovered they were unclothed they attempted to cover up..

-8, “they knew that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.. and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

, “and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

“efforts to hide their shame are as puny as their efforts to hide from God since their man-made coverings are ineffective (v. 21). “Made” (ʿāśâ) and “coverings” (ḥăgōrōt) anticipate v. 21, where God “made” durable “garments” (kotĕnôt) from animal skins for their needed apparel.” (K. A. Mathews, , vol. 1A, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996), 239.)

Their efforts to hide their shame are as puny as their efforts to hide from God since their man-made coverings are ineffective (v. 21). “Made” (ʿāśâ) and “coverings” (ḥăgōrōt) anticipate v. 21, where God “made” durable “garments” (kotĕnôt) from animal skins for their needed apparel.

Rather than being honest about our sin, we seek to cover it with man-made excuses or reasoning. We attempt to self-justify.

One reason we blame others is due to our own need for deflecting the attention away from any problems that may be within us.

K. A. Mathews, , vol. 1A, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996), 239.

Ask yourself a question. Why do I need to be found right all the time? Why is it that we have such a difficult time saying “I’m sorry” or admitting mistakes?

C. The Blame Game

, “The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate.”

Adam shifted the blame. We shift the blame..that is a good way to cover for ourselves. To make ourselves look and feel better.

Parents blame children, children blame parents, husbands blame wives and vice versa. We seek to throw the spotlight on someone else in order to ease our own conscience.

But when it comes to sin, we can’t do that..we are all guilty. We have no one to blame but ourselves.

II. The Purpose and Promise of the Gospel

The gospel declares that Christ bore our shame and our guilt. We needed a scapegoat - and Jesus is the believer’s scapegoat. The promise of the gospel is that all who will repent and believe in Christ will be saved. declares, “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Guilt removed - stain removed - penalty removed - righteousness transferred - life changed forever by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit given to every believer.

This is only possible because of the substitute - the savior - Jesus Christ.

The Mission of the Savior - Jesus Christ

We should not read these descriptive terms that describe Jesus and feel pity. Instead we should rejoice because Jesus Christ fulfilled his mission and purpose. Pity will not save you.

states, “so he will sprinkle many nations...”

The imagery of this points back to the Levitical priest who would sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat on the day of Atonement. In the New Testament, we have the gospel in full flower as Christ is both our priest and sacrifice. He needed no cleansing, he came to cleanse many nations - or people of every tribe and tongue.

Jesus Christ is the believer’s scapegoat.

A. His Death Was Sacrificial

“He himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains...

“He was pierced because of our transgressions..”

“crushed because of our iniquities...

“punishment for our peace was upon Him.”

“and we are healed by his wounds...”

“and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all.”

Our guilt, our sin, required the death of Jesus. The Lord Jesus Christ placed himself in our place on the cross. He is is our sin bearing substitute. God charged the unfathomable debt we owed to Christ. Our sin, our shame, our sorrow and guilt....

Illustration from the Old Testament of the Scapegoat:

, “When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts—all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

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We have a huge problem…sin. What is our greatest need? Forgiveness…how is this obtained? We need a substitute. A savior. What can truly free us from guilt and shame and give us the power to overcome indwelling sin? The religions of this world do nothing to atone completely for the guilt and fact of sin. Eastern religions and New Age teachings emphasize human effort to confront moral behavior and guilt. In the end, there is no hope for complete forgiveness. The men who murdered thousands o September 11th 2001 believed a lie taught by the fundamentalist religion they held that to achieve paradise they had to kill what they termed as infidels. Buddhists emphasize a man-centered approach of specific steps in the hopes of achieving what they term Nirvana or a Zen-like place of tranquility and peace.

“When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts—all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

The religions of this world do nothing to atone completely for the guilt and fact of sin. Eastern religions and New Age teachings emphasize human effort to confront moral behavior and guilt. In the end, there is no hope for complete forgiveness. The men who murdered thousands o September 11th 2001 believed a lie taught by the fundamentalist religion they held that to achieve paradise they had to kill what they termed as infidels. Buddhists emphasize a man-centered approach of specific steps in the hopes of achieving what they term Nirvana or a Zen-like place of tranquility and peace.

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C. His Death Was Intentional

B. His Death Was Intentional

Jesus died on purpose and with a purpose. From the human viewpoint, the cross of Christ is a gross injustice. Wrongfully accused and beaten during a mock trial and caught seemingly in a web of political and religious plotting. Yet, the death of Jesus Christ at the cross was not the case of events spiraling out of control, but of a sovereign God carrying out an intentional plan of redemption.

, “ am the good Shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

He was humiliated yet silent - “he was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open His mouth.” “Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, He did not open His mouth.” He did not seek to defend himself.

He was punished yet innocent - “He had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully.” He did not deserve the treatment he received.

he did not deserve the treatment he received.

C. His Death Was Victorious

v. 10, “Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely. When You make Him a restitution offering, He will see His seed, He will prolong His days, and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.”

When You make Him a restitution offering,

He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,

and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

, “God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. 26 God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.”

, “he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?

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God presented Him as a propitiation ythrough faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. 26 God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

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The cross of Jesus Christ is not a place of defeat, but a place of victory. And to the victor goes the spoils:

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Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,

and He will receive the mighty as spoil,

because He submitted Himself to death

, “Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion, and He will receive the mighty as spoil, because He submitted Himself to death.”

and He will receive the mighty as spoil,

because He submitted Himself to death.”

Jesus said, “It is finished...”

III. The Scandal of God’s Grace

, “He will see it out of His anguish, and he will be satisfied with His knowledge. My righteous servant will justify many..”

A. The Forgiveness that Truly Frees Us

The justification that God offers through Christ is a reversal of the human concept of justice. The guilty go free and the innocent is punished.

At the cross God has done what we could never do nor have the authority to do..transferred the blame and guilt for sin onto the perfect and sinless lamb of God-Jesus Christ. Jesus did not die for good people. Jesus died for guilty and ungodly people, sinful men and women. People like you and me. God our judge thru Christ becomes God our justifier. In Christ, God forgives sinners, completely. This sin bearing mercy and scandalous grace glorifies God and frees the sinner from the penalty of sin and also the power of sin.

B. The Facts that Must Be Proclaimed

The bad news, the worst news, the good news and the best news.

The gospel is good news. The bad news is that we are all guilty before God…the worst news is that we are powerless to do anything to change that..the good news is that Jesus Christ bore our sin, guilt and shame at the Cross…the best news is that if a lost sinner will run to the cross and trust Jesus alone they can have forgiveness of sin - full and free, new life, peace and eternal life.

Back to the questions in verse 1 - “Who has believed what we have heard…And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

By the power of God your eyes have been opened to the truth…will you believe and be delivered and saved this morning?

C. The Savior Who Must Be Trusted

Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations 5258 What Could Remove Her Sin?

At a great parliament of religions, held at Chicago many years ago, practically every known religion was represented, and many were the learned discourses delivered.

During one session, Dr. Joseph Cook, of Boston, suddenly rose and said: “Gentlemen, I beg to introduce to you a woman with a great sorrow. Blood stains are on her hands, and nothing she has tried will remove them. The blood is that of murder, and nothing will take away the stain. She has been driven to desperation in her distress. Is there anything in your religion that will remove her sin and give her peace?” A hush fell upon the gathering as the speaker turned from one to another for an answer. Not one of the company replied.

Raising his eyes heavenwards, Dr. Cook then cried out, “I will ask another question. John, can you tell this woman how to get rid of her awful sin?” The great preacher awaited, as if listening for a reply. Suddenly he cried, “Listen, John speaks: “The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7).”

Not a soul broke the silence; the representatives of Eastern religions and Western cults sat dumb. In the face of human need, they were without message of hope. The Gospel of Jesus Christ alone could meet the need. The sin of the race demanded the blood of Calvary.

There are not many ways to God’s forgiveness. All roads do not lead to heaven. Good people in the eyes of men die every day and go to hell - separated from God forever. Not because God sent them there, but because they chose to reject the savior.

, “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Conclusion:

The Holy Bible: Holman Christian Standard Version. (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2009), . Conclusion:

There has never been found a better illustration of sacrificial love than that in Charles Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities, where Sidney Carton dies for Charles Darney. The young Frenchman has been condemned to die by the guillotine. Sidney Carton is a dissipated English lawyer who has wasted great gifts and quenched high possibilities in riotous living. When he learns the plight of his friend, he determines to save him by laying down his own life—not for the love he has for the man, but for the sake of the man’s wife and child.

Paul Lee Tan, Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc., 1996), 1193.

To that end Carton gains admission to the dungeon the night before the execution, changes garments with the condemned man, and the next day is led out and put to death as Charles Darney. Before he went to the dungeon he had entered the courtyard and remained there for a few minutes alone, looking up at the light in the window of the daughter’s room. He was led by the light of love, but it led straight to a dungeon and thence to the guillotine.

As we see him ascending the steps to the place of death, his hands bound behind his back, taking his last look at the world, these words of our Saviour come to mind: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” ().

Stand unclean, no one else could In my place condemned He stood Now his nearness is my good Hallelujah! What a Savior

Hallelujah, praise to the one Whose blood has pardoned me Oh what a Savior, Redeemer and King Your love has rescued me

Back to the questions in verse 1 - “Who has believed what we have heard…And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

Hallelujah, praise to the one Whose blood has pardoned me Oh what a Savior, Redeemer and King Your love has rescued me

Back to the questions in verse 1 - “Who has believed what we have heard…And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

By the power of God your eyes have been opened to the truth…will you believe and be delivered and saved this morning?

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