The Solution
Isaiah 53 brings to the surface a huge problem...our sinful state. It is heart wrenching to read and digest how willing God was for Jesus to be the solution to the problem. In this season of celebrating we need to take ownership and remember why Jesus had to come.
We are beloved children of God, but we are also...
v4) sick, in pain, struck down, afflicted
v5) rebellious and full of iniquity
v6) sheep gone astray, gone to our own ways
Because of us, Jesus was...
v4) stricken, struck down, afflicted
v5) pierced, crushed, punished
v7) oppressed, slaughtered, taken away
v8) cut off
v9) assigned a grave with the wicked
v10) a guilt offering
v11) in anguish
v12) submitted to death, counted among the rebels
But ultimately victorious! Praise God for sending us a loving solution to our sin!
Isaiah 53
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
