Sunday 26th March 2023 PM
Bible Reading - Isaiah 52:13 – 53:6
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2) He was pierced
Isaiah 52:13 – 53:6
But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matt 5:39)
the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (1 John 4:14)
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. (Isa 53:3)
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. (Isa 53:5)
1. His agony
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. (Isa 53:4-5)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! (Matt 23:37)
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema bachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)
But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. (John 19:34)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor 5:21)
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. (Acts 8:30-31)
2. Our assets
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. (verse 5)
Peace
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” (Luke 2:14)
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace (verse 5)
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
Healing
and with his wounds we are healed. (verse 5)