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“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isaiah 53:3, NIV) I have to join the ranks of those who have falsely accused God of not being able to understand the suffering and…
“He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” (Isaiah 53:2, NIV) The King of kings and the Lord of lords took on human flesh, and there was…
“Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher…
“Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.” (Isaiah 55:3, NIV) As I have been doing devotions through the book of Isaiah, something has become very clear to me. I am guilty of complicating my Christian faith…
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,…
“Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ” (Isaiah 53:1, NASB95) We are going to spend some time in Isaiah 53. Along with Psalm 22, it is the longest connected section of Messianic prophecies about Jesus. Read Isaiah 53 sometime today and tell me if you don’t get the…
“How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” (Isaiah 52:7, NASB95) Quoted by the Apostle Paul in Romans 10:15, this verse is ascribed to those who share the message of God’s…
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who is made like grass; that you have forgotten the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth; that you fear continually all…
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. ” (Isaiah 53:5, NIV) For the last two days we have focused on Jesus’ suffering on our behalf. We have reminded ourselves that God understands us…
“Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. ” (Isaiah 53:4, NIV) This verse continues the theme of the previous verse that Jesus indeed understands pain and suffering because He came as our substitute. He came to bear the pains we experience…