Maundy Thursday Prayer Night

Caleb Eissler

"It is Finished" • Sermon • Submitted 4 years ago

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As we rest upon the truths of Isaiah 53 we can see how through the death of Christ we can not only see our own death. But also how Jesus dealt with depression and anxiety so that we can have living hope.

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As we prepare to finish our time together, I want us to close with a brief meditation on Isaiah 53 and by taking the Lord’s Supper together.

Over the course of our time in Isaiah, we have seen a common theme throughout the entirety of the book. Despite His immense faithfulness and love, God’s people turn away from Him in sin, putting idols before Him. Yet, despite the immense unfaithfulness and rejection of His people, God offers forgiveness for His people in countless ways, that they might come to worship and love Him. God is the only One who can truly meet their needs and satisfy their desires.

In many ways, that’s our story too. Despite God’s immense faithfulness and love, we turn away from Him in sin, putting idols before Him. Yet, despite our immense unfaithfulness,, God offers us forgiveness that we might come to worship and love Him.

In many ways, Isaiah 53 is where these two stories collide. Despite 2,700 years of separation between the original audience of Isaiah and us, Isaiah 53 gives us a powerful glimpse at exactly what God means when He offers us forgiveness.

When Isaiah was delivering this prophecy, the people of God were expecting for a powerful Messiah to come in, riding on a white horse and defeat all His enemies in battle, bringing perfect political peace to the Kingdom. For them, the words of Isaiah would have been an absolute shock, an absolute plot twist far exceeding anything you might see in the Sixth Sense. But what God offered them was so much better than anything they could have imagined...that we could have imagined.

Let’s read Isaiah 53 together.

[Read Isaiah 53]

We’re not going to break down the entire passage. I just want to reflect on two things briefly.

1.) When we see the death of christ we also see the death of our oldselves

2.)Jesus dealt with depression and and anxiety to give us a living hope. True Hopeless is impossible for a Christian.

Death is necessary for salvation. The death of Christ and the death of our old selves.

It was on this night, the Thursday of Holy Week, about 2000 years ago that Jesus sat down with the disciples to partake in the Lord’s Supper.