27 February 2001

Text: Isaiah 53
THE SUFFERING SERVANT

AN UNBELIEVING GENERATION
(Mark 9:19; Matt. 23:37-38; Luke 11:29-32; John 1:10-11)
1. "Who has believed our report?"
2. "To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Isa. 53:1; Luke 10:21-24

A POETIC DESCRIPTION OF THE HIDDEN YEARS OF THE MESSIAH
1. "He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant…" Isa. 53:2
2. "As a root out of dry ground…" Isa. 53:2
3. "He has no form or comeliness…
There is no beauty that we should desire Him…" Ps. 53:2

THE SUFFERING OF THE MESSIAH
1. "He is despised…" Isa. 53:3
2. "He is rejected by men…" Isa. 53:3
3. "A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…" Isa. 53:3
1. "He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows…" Isa. 53:4
2. "He was wounded for our transgressions… bruised for our iniquities" Isa. 53:5
3. "The chastisement for our peace was upon Him…" Isa. 53:5
4. "By His stripes, we are healed…" Isa. 53:5
5. "The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all…" Isa. 53:6, 11
6. "He was oppressed and He was afflicted yet He opened not His mouth" Isa. 53:7
7. "He was taken from prison and from judgment…" Isa. 53:8
8. "He was cut off from the land of the living…" Isa. 53:8
9. "For the transgressions of My people, He was stricken…" Isa. 53:8
10. "They made His grave with the wicked, but with the rich at His death…" Isa. 53:9,12
11. "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him…He has put Him to grief…" Isa. 53:10
12. "You make His soul an offering for sin…" Isa. 53:10
13. "He poured out His soul unto death…" Isa. 53:12
14. "He made intercession for the transgressors…" Isa. 53:12

THE RESULTS OF THE SUFFERING OF CHRIST
1. "He shall see His seed…" Isa. 53:10
2. "He shall prolong His days…" Isa. 53:10
3. "The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand…" Isa. 53:10
4. "He shall see the labour of His soul and be satisfied…" Isa. 53:11
5. "He shall justify many" Isa. 53:11
6. "I will divide Him a portion with the great…" Isa. 53:12

A NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGICAL APPRECIATION OF THE SUFFERING AND DEATH OF CHRIST
"Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus" Romans 3:24-26