Isaiah 53:1-12 (1) Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? (2) For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (3) 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. (4) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5) 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. (6) 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. (7) He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (8) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (9) And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (10) Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (11) He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (12) Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 54:1-5 KJV (1) Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. (2) Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; (3) For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. (4) Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. (5) For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Isaiah 53 begins speaking of unbelief.
(4) Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. BY THE BODY OF CHRIST. Romans 7:24-25 KJV (24) O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (25) I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. There are two reactions about which I want to address this message.
(14) For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: We must clearly understand that as far as God is concerned, when Jesus Christ died on that cross, WE ACTUALLY DIED.
(6) 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. Matthew 20:28 KJV (28) Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. John 11:50-52 KJV (50) Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. (51) And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; (52) And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Hebrews 2:9 KJV (9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. And we die with Him to actually present ourselves to God as those alive from the dead afterwards. Romans 6:13 KJV (13) Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. He died as us. Exodus 12:30 KJV (30) And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. After the Hebrews stood inside their houses where the blood of the lamb was placed around their doors, we read not one house did not have someone dead.
God saw the suffering on the cross and was satisfied.
(1) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (2) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. The devil is getting a lot of people over the barrel without any real need for it.
But we need to rebuke the devil by telling him he has no right doing this. God's PEOPLE MUST ENFORCE WHAT JESUS DID FOR US ON THE CROSS!
Leviticus 1:4 KJV (4) And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. THE SACRIFICE IS ACCEPTED FOR THE OFFERER.
(57) When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: (58) He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. (59) And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (60) And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. John 19:38 says Joseph was always a secret disciple before this as a member of the sanhedrin council.
(43) Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. He was like a LION!
John 19:39 KJV (39) And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. These two fearful men suddenly became BOLD AS LIONS when Jesus died.
Now, this does not mean you can go to a judge in court for a crime you committed before your salvation, and say Jesus paid for the crime, so you should be set free.
Isaiah 54:1-5 KJV (1) Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. (2) Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; (3) For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. (4) Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. (5) For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Once you know this, you will no longer accept defeat from the devil through accepting his lies that you must reap what you sowed as a sinner, BUT YOU WILL SING VICTORY!!! JOY will be in your heart! It's no coincidence that SINGING is there immediately following the note of Isaiah 53. Verse 4 says FEAR NOT!
Exodus 14:13 KJV (13) And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. Exodus 14:16 KJV (16) But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. Exodus 14:23-28 KJV (23) And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. (24) And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, (25) And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. (26) And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. (27) And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. (28) And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. Exodus 14:31 KJV (31) And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. Exodus 15:1 KJV (1) Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Notice that AFTER ISRAEL SAW what God did to the Egyptians, THEY SANG!!!
(2) The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. GOD is my strength and MY SONG!
I will sing because GOD triumphed gloriously!
(23) So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. Judges 5:1-3 KJV (1) Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, (2) Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. (3) Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. SAME THING HERE ALSO! When king Jabin died, Deborah sang! We YOU SEE GOD'S WORK IN DEFEATING THE DEVIL THROUGH DEATH, YOU WILL SING! So there are those who fret and despair and are confounded because they live defeated lives through thinking these attacks are reaping what they sowed as sinners. But those of FAITH who know what the cross is all about, HAVE JOY!
Don Francisco wrote a humorous song that deals with this: (The Traveler (The Lord and I Together) - © Don Francisco [1981] NP-33106 - Newpax records) THE PACKAGE I was wakened in the morning' by a knockin' on the door So I got up and went to see what all the knockin' was for There stood the Devil with a box addressed to me He said "Boy, I've got something here I think you oughta see I said, I know that I don't want it if it's anything from you 'Cause I hate everything you say and don't like anything you do But then he pointed with his finger and he smiled kinda sly 'Cause the package said "from God" there in the corner, way up high So I said, "if it's from God, then why'd He send it here by you" He said, "He always sends me when there's dirty work to do" And this box is full of misery, poverty and shame To perfect you thru your suffering 'till you're worthy of His name Well, I'd been pretty patient, but that last line took the cake I just couldn't take no more, I'd taken all that I could take So I told him what I thought of him and all his filthy lies Then I fired a shot that got him right between the eyes I told him "Jesus took my sickness and my poverty away You nailed it to the cross yourself when you murdered Him that day The suf'ring that I do will be for love and not for shame I'm already worthy by His blood, to wear His name And I know my Father loves me and has only good in store So you just take that jive and get away from my front door You can write my name on pacages until I'm ninety two But every single one I'm sending back to Hell with you" Go on get out of here Sic 'em, Fide. |