A Saviour From Sin 08.12.08

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It is Tuesday July 12, 2008 and today we are continuing our studies on the book of Isaiah, Please read Chapters 52-57 in your Bible or Click Here to read. Cut & Paste to your browser: biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2052-57&version=9

Today we will read and learn about the foretelling of Christ to bear our grief, the suffering, and sin; the Lord's everlasting love for Israel; that everyone is a sinner; and a call to faith and repentance. Today's message focuses on the importance of realizing that there is no more important message in all the world than the Good News that Jesus died for our sins.

The Jews of the first century were looking for a warrior-king, like David, to deliver them from the oppression of Rome. However, Isaiah had foretold of the Messiah, "Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider." (Isaiah 52:13-15).

Written seven centuries before Christ died on the cross God revealed to this to Isaiah. It is so vivid that it seems Isaiah is standing right there at the foot of the cross describing the Savior's sacrifice and suffering to us. "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." (53:3-6).

Isaiah foretold of the suffering that Jesus would have to endure to redeem a sinner. As we read the first four books of the New Testament, we realize that these prophecies of Isaiah, from naming the place of Christ's birth, His significant birth, to the specific details of His sacrificial death and resurrection, were all fulfilled.

Christ suffered and died on the cross in our place and conquered death by His resurrection. It was on the cross that He revealed His love and made the supreme sacrifice so each one of us could receive forgiveness for our sins. "And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." (Luke 24:44-47).

In today's reading Jesus Christ is revealed as the One who was rejected by His own people (Isaiah 53:3), remained silent when He was falsely accused (Isaiah 53:7), was buried with the rich (Isaiah 53:9), and was crucified with sinners (Isaiah 53:12).

Today's Prayer:

Dear Lord,
Nothing brings abiding peace more than knowing that we are saved from the penalty of sin and that we are firmly grounded in Your holy precepts. It makes us feel safe in a struggling world that continues to search for knowledge from all the wrong sources. We are sound in our outlook when we align our understanding and convictions with the teachings of Christ, His disciples and the prophets of old. In You we are saved and we are sound. In Your mighty name Jesus.....Amen.

Have a wonderful and blessed day!
God Bless,
Christina

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