THE CROSS OF JESUS DESIGNED FOR US
Isa 52:13-53:13
THE EXALTED JESUS
52:13 See, my servant will
act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 14 Just as many
were appalled at him
his appearance was so
disfigured beyond that of any man
and his form marred beyond
human likeness.
A. This prophecy is about our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 740 years
before his birth (According to C.I.
Scofield).
1. God the Father, revealed to Isaiah His
exaltation and His
crucifixion.
2.
The crucifixion was the means to an end, a divinely appointed
end.
3. The nation of Israel was completely out of fellowship the Father.
4. They had rejected God rule over them and
refused to worship
Him,
5. As a result, the Lord promised the
chastisement of the nation
(verse 1:24).
B. The Lord is merciful and gracious toward
us.
1. He promised the exaltation of a Savior.
2. The extreme humiliation of the cross
preceded Jesus' exaltation.
3. According to the text he beat with a
whip laden with bone and
metal.
4. After 39 latches, the back of Jesus was
probable completely
bare of skin and covered with blood.
a. The end of this humiliation; by His
stripes, we are healed
5. According to the text, Jesus was
beaten beyond human
recognition.
b. The end of this; our recognition by
the Savior.
b. Jesus' humiliation became our
exaltation.
JESUS ON THE THRONE
V:15. so will he sprinkle many
nations, and kings will shut their mouths
because of him. For what they were not
told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will
understand.
A. The word “sprinkle” is the
Hebrew word “nazar”, which
means spurt or spatter.
1. I suggest that in the context it mean to
cleanse those who
accept Jesus as their personal Savior.
2. Ezek 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean; I will cleanse
you from all your impurities and all
your idols.
3. The word of God has spread throughout the world
following
the death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
4. During the crucifixion, some came to a
knowledge of Christ.
a. Simon from Cyrene, got the blood of Jesus on his back
carrying the cross of Jesus.
b. On a cross next to Jesus, a
convicted murderer confessed
his sins and received salvation.
c. At the death of Jesus, Roman guards
proclaim Jesus as
the Son of God.
Matt 27:54
When
the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus
saw the earthquake and all that
had happened, they were terrified,
and exclaimed, "Surely he
was the Son of God!"
B. God gave Herod one last
chance to proclaim Jesus as Lord.
1. Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not
give praise to God, an angel of the
Lord struck him down, and he was eaten
by worms and died.
2.
What if this coronavirus is a warning from God that He
is no respecter of person.
a. The old, the young, the rich, the
poor, the strong and the weak
are all affected by this virus.
b. What if God is giving us as a
world, one last chance to praise Him.
3. I know a God who can put an end to this
virus today.
a. I know the way to get God’s
attention.
b. Praise God with all your heart.
Psalms 22:3 says
God inhabits the praise of His
people.
c. Go to God in prayer and ask Him for
an end to this virus.
James 5:16
Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.
THE OBEDIENT LIFE OF JESUS
V.53:1. Who has believed our
message and to whom has the arm of the Lord
been revealed?
2. 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.
A. This appears to describe
the early life of Jesus before He started His
Earthly ministry.
1. All we know about the early life of
Jesus is that He grew in the
Spirit.
Luke 2:51-52
Then
he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But
his mother treasured all these things in
her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature, and in favor with God
and men.
2. Notice Jesus set the example for us to
train our children.
a. He was obedient to his earthly parents.
b. He was God, yet obedient to the
authority the Father placed
over Him.
c. As a result, He had the favor of the
Father and men.
3. If we want our children to have favor, we
need to be sure to train
them to be obedient and respectful of us
as parents and
others in charge.
B. God charged Isaiah with
the responsibility of warning Israel of
His upcoming chastisement.
1. Israel rejected God’s rule commands in favor of the
lifestyle
of the surrounding nations.
2. They claim God for protection, but idol
gods for living.
3.
One hundred years later, Jerusalem would be burnt to the
ground and Israel would be exiled into Babylon.
4. God is so tolerant that He gave Israel 100 years to repent
and return to Him.
5. They did not believe the prophet.
6. In 2020, where are we in our
relationship with God?
7. Is this worldwide coronavirus a warning
from God?
THE REJECTED MINISTRY OF
JESUS
V:3. 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.
4 Surely he took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten
by him, and afflicted.
A.
This describes the hatred of
men during the earthly ministry of Jesus
1. He was born into a poor family
Mark 6:3
Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this
Mary's son and the brother of James,
Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his
sisters here with us?" And they
took offense at him.
2. His family lived in a city that had a
history of being bad.
John 1:46
"Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael
asked.
3. Whatever good Jesus did was despised by
men.
Luke 19:47-48
Every day he was teaching at the temple. But
the chief priests, the
teachers of the law and the leaders
among the people were trying to kill
him.
4. The attitude of the Jews
grieved Jesus.
Mark 3:5
And
when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved
for the hardness of their hearts, he saith
unto the man, Stretch forth thine
hand. And he stretched it out: and his
hand was restored whole as the
other.
5. There are some folk who
don't want to see your recovery
a. They would rather leave you in a
destitute situation than lend
a helping hand.
b. But the God we serve is compassionate
enough to restore us
to our full potential.
B. Jesus went to cross to provide
salvation for the whole world.
1. Many that He died for, yelled crucify
Him even though the
Roman government found Him innocent.
2. At the Father's command, He committed
Himself to die.
3. He knew the horror and the pain of
crucifixions.
C. In
the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus went God in prayer
with a grieved heart.
Matt 26:39
He went a little farther and fell on His
face, and prayed, saying, "O My
Father, if it is possible, let this cup
pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I
will, but as You will.
1. In prayer on the cross, Jesus was
grieved as He witnessed the harden
hearts of His people.
Matt 27:46
Eloi, Eloi,c lama
sabachthani?"-which means, "My God, my God, why
have
you forsaken me?"
2. Today, does the Lord have reason to ask
you and me that question?
“My people, My people, why have you
forsaken Me?”
THE BENEFIT OF THE CROSS
V:5. 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.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each
of us has turned to his own
way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did
not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and
as a sheep before her shearers
is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
A. Six hundred years before
His death Jesus revealed to Isaiah in detail
His death on the cross.
1. First, we have the reason for the
cross
a. Pierced for our transgressions.
b. Crushed for our iniquities.
c. Can you see the skin of Jesus back
being ripped
apart by Roman whip, 39 times?
d. Can you see the Roman sword piercing
the side
Jesus on the cross for you?
2. Second, we have the result of Jesus'
agony on the cross.
a. Reconciliation with the Father;
peace.
b. We are healed of all of trials and
tribulations
we will experience in this
life
3. Third, our current lifestyle and attitude
and the
way of salvation.
a. We have rejected God's way for our
way in sin.
b. God laid all of our sins on the back
of Jesus.
c. Can you see all your lies, your hate,
your envy, your
unforgiving spirit buried in the ripped
skin of Jesus?
d. Can you see God’s forgiveness in the
blood of Jesus
4. Forth you see the attitude of Jesus
headed to the cross.
a. Jesus went willingly to the cross.
b. He did not object to torture He
received.
c. Can you see Jesus on the cross in
pain with your
salvation on His mind?
d. Can you see Jesus dying on the cross
securing your
place in heaven?
REDEMPTION AT THE CROSS
V:8. By oppression and
judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his
descendants?
For he was cut off from the
land of the living;
for the transgression of my
people he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave
with the wicked,
and with the rich in his
death, though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his
mouth.
A. Can you see an innocent
man saying to the Father, I will
Take_____(add your name) punishment? Kill
me for
______( add your name).
John 10:17-18
Therefore doth my Father love me, because
I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself.
THE PLAN OF THE FATHER TO CRUCIFY
THE SON
V:10. Yet it was the Lord 's
will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life a guilt
offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his
days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his
hand.
JESUS ON THE THRONE
V:11 After the suffering of
his soul,
he will see the light [of life] and be
satisfied;
by his knowledge of my righteous servant will
justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
A. This is a prophecy of the
Lord’s death and resurrection and
the establishment of His Church.
1. God allowed His Son to die for our sins
2. God made Himself an acceptable offering
for our sins
3. God used evil man to do His will to bring
about our
place in Heaven.
4. God planned all this out before the
foundation of the
world.
B. Second, we see the
resurrection of Jesus as King of Kings.
1. In this prophecy is the success of the
Church.
2. We also see the continuing justification
of those called
out of the world to be the church of Jesus.
3. The blood that Jesus shed on the cross
will never lose
its power to save sinners. (verse 11).
4. It is good news that Jesus requires
nothing from us
but faith in His death (John 3:16).
JESUS OUR INTERCESSOR
V:12 Therefore I will give him
a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils
with the strong,
because he poured out his
life unto death,
and was numbered with the
transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the
transgressors.
A. The wages of sin is death.
1. Jesus took on our sins, past. Present
and future
in His death on the cross.
2. Jesus the judge, took the place of us
to satisfy His
own law.
a. We could die for ourselves because of
our sins.
b. Jesus interceded with Himself for us.
B. The GOOD NEWS is Jesus is still interceding
for us.
1. Consider this, every time you sin, the
blood of Jesus
shed on the cross covers you.
2. Every time someone treats you wrong,
the broken
torn flesh of Jesus comforts you.
What Jesus is telling you
today is you got worth
You are worth the price He
paid on the cross
You are His love. The love He
showed you on the cross
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
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West Sam Houston Parkway North
Houston, Texas 77041
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