WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 Well, it's been pure joy this month of December to focus on the person of Jesus Christ. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:10.200 So this is our fourth of four sermons on the person of Jesus. 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:14.439 And I've taken my cue from our confession of faith on who Jesus is. 00:00:14.939 --> 00:00:21.859 The last doctrine and focus today is that Jesus is not only truly God, he is also truly man. 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:28.940 And as that perfect mediator, the God-man, we get to see from this amazing Old Testament prophecy, 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:31.740 the work of our Savior, Jesus Christ. 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:37.579 I'll read this trusting that it is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear and sufficient word. 00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:39.980 It's his very own word for you and for me. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.539 Isaiah 53. 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:48.480 Who has believed our report and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 00:00:49.219 --> 00:00:54.820 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of dry ground. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:56.920 He has no form or comeliness. 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.259 And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:07.560 He is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 00:01:08.939 --> 00:01:12.560 And we hid, as it were, our faces from him. 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:16.500 He was despised and we did not esteem him. 00:01:17.539 --> 00:01:21.460 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:25.879 Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:29.579 But he was wounded for our transgressions. 00:01:29.839 --> 00:01:32.139 He was bruised for our iniquities. 00:01:32.679 --> 00:01:36.039 The chastisement from our peace was upon him. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.739 And by his stripes we are healed. 00:01:40.739 --> 00:01:45.599 All we, like sheep, have gone astray and have turned everyone to his own way. 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:51.019 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.599 He was oppressed and he was afflicted. 00:01:55.479 --> 00:01:57.060 Yet he opened not his mouth. 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:04.219 He was led as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before its shearers is silent. 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:06.699 So he opened not his mouth. 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:09.639 He was taken from prison and from judgment. 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:12.319 And who will declare his generation? 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:16.780 For he was cut off from the land of the living for the transgressions of my people. 00:02:17.219 --> 00:02:19.579 He was stricken and made them. 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:24.159 And they made him a grave with the wicked. 00:02:25.079 --> 00:02:27.199 But with the rich at his death. 00:02:27.739 --> 00:02:29.799 Because he had no violence. 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:36.539 Nor was any deceit found in his mouth. 00:02:37.299 --> 00:02:39.819 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:43.400 And he put him to grief. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:48.799 When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.539 He shall prolong his days. 00:02:51.019 --> 00:02:53.819 And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:57.919 He shall see the labor of his soul and be satisfied. 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.699 By his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.599 For he shall bear their iniquities. 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.199 Therefore, I will divide him a portion with the great. 00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:13.060 And he shall divide the spoil with the strong. 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:16.079 Because he poured out his soul unto death. 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:18.740 And he was numbered with the transgressors. 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:21.219 And he bore the sin of many. 00:03:21.579 --> 00:03:24.599 And made intercession for the transgressors. 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:29.099 This is the word of the Lord for the people of God. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:30.740 Thanks be to God. 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:31.639 Please be seated. 00:03:33.079 --> 00:03:34.159 The grass withers. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:35.120 The flower fades. 00:03:35.219 --> 00:03:37.120 But the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:40.799 Let's pray. 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:40.880 Amen. 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:48.420 Oh Lord. 00:03:51.140 --> 00:03:52.980 This prophecy that we read. 00:03:53.480 --> 00:03:55.060 Fulfilled by Jesus Christ. 00:03:55.380 --> 00:03:56.640 Is so glorious. 00:03:57.980 --> 00:04:00.020 Our faith is so small Lord. 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.220 We depend on your Holy Spirit. 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:05.080 To take your truth. 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:06.840 And help us to grasp it. 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:08.920 We pray that you will do that Lord. 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:09.800 For Christ's sake. 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:12.280 Help us to behold you. 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:14.120 More today. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.379 And to know you more truly we ask. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:19.100 For your glory. 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:19.879 Amen. 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:25.900 Some of the most important things. 00:04:25.900 --> 00:04:26.900 In life. 00:04:27.460 --> 00:04:29.160 We cannot fully. 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:30.420 Wrap our heads around. 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:33.080 Let me give you a very simple example. 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:33.900 To begin with. 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:36.420 I can't understand time. 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:37.699 Realistically. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.240 A point of reference in time. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:43.879 So when I say our nation is 249 years old. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.819 Wrestle with that number for a little bit for yourself. 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:48.680 I try to put markers. 00:04:48.819 --> 00:04:50.220 And try to imagine what that is. 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.620 But very quickly as that number gets bigger. 00:04:52.819 --> 00:04:53.759 I'm just lost. 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:54.980 I have no point of reference. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.540 So when I tell you our nation. 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:59.019 Think of all that's happened. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:03.099 You can study U.S. history for probably 12 years. 00:05:03.419 --> 00:05:04.359 And keep going. 00:05:04.539 --> 00:05:05.500 And know it in detail. 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.399 And that's just 249 years. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:09.659 You double that kids. 00:05:09.719 --> 00:05:11.339 And we're right around 500 years. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:15.240 Can you imagine twice as much time passed? 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:16.659 Twice as many events. 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:18.220 Now listen to this. 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:20.060 The passage we read. 00:05:20.740 --> 00:05:22.500 Which undeniably. 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:25.160 Prophesized the work of Jesus Christ. 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.720 700 years. 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:28.660 Past. 00:05:28.660 --> 00:05:30.960 Between when Isaiah wrote down these verses. 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:32.720 And when God the Son. 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:34.240 Veiled himself. 00:05:34.760 --> 00:05:35.500 In the flesh. 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:36.400 Truly man. 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:38.980 And accomplished all that God had purposed. 00:05:39.440 --> 00:05:40.580 700 years. 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:42.779 And yet we read it now. 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.779 About 2025 more years later. 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:47.719 And it's so close. 00:05:47.939 --> 00:05:49.939 I mean it's just so near and intimate. 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:53.159 It's like we're there watching this happen before our eyes. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.159 You see how this is such an important truth. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:57.839 And our minds are limited. 00:05:57.979 --> 00:05:59.439 But yet we can grasp it truly. 00:06:00.719 --> 00:06:03.180 And if you're able to grasp the work of Christ. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.959 In this glorious passage that we read. 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:06.919 And with God's help that we'll walk through. 00:06:07.539 --> 00:06:08.439 You can have assurance. 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:09.939 That this is the Holy Spirit. 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:11.860 For administering his truth to you and to me. 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:13.800 To give us eyes of faith. 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:15.959 And I hope that the sermon today. 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:19.259 Is really a worship experience for all of us. 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:20.600 The application. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:22.220 Worship the Lord. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.740 As we read through these verses one more time. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:25.660 Together. 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:28.159 The title of our sermon today. 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.500 Is the unexpected arm of the Lord. 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.740 The unexpected arm of the Lord. 00:06:35.379 --> 00:06:37.339 And I have six or so observations. 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:39.240 I hope to point out to you. 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:40.819 Number one. 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.480 The Lord's promise to unsleeve his arm. 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:48.560 Should terrify sinners like you and me. 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:51.879 The Lord's promise to unsleeve. 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.680 To pull back the sleeve of his arm. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:55.399 It should terrify us. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:57.079 Because you and I are sinners. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.040 And this image of the arm of the Lord. 00:07:00.139 --> 00:07:01.579 It comes from the passage itself. 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.019 Would you please look at verse one. 00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:08.759 To whom has the arm of the Lord. 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:10.479 Been revealed. 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:14.719 Now this is a prophetic idiom. 00:07:15.299 --> 00:07:17.159 It's the Holy Spirit filling Isaiah. 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:19.939 And helping him now to convey. 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:21.379 In words in Hebrew. 00:07:22.060 --> 00:07:23.259 This glorious vision. 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:24.000 In these words. 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:25.859 That the spirit is breathing out through him. 00:07:25.919 --> 00:07:26.699 And through his pen. 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:31.099 What else does all the rest of the scripture say. 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:31.920 About God. 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:33.759 John 1 18 says. 00:07:33.979 --> 00:07:35.959 No one has seen God. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:37.219 At any time. 00:07:37.479 --> 00:07:38.399 This is John 1. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:39.639 Pointing us to Christ. 00:07:39.719 --> 00:07:41.139 Who is the full glory of God. 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:43.240 Yet it's also affirming that God. 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.480 Is not seeable. 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:49.019 God is spirit. 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:50.579 John 4 34. 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:53.039 Luke 24 39. 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:55.480 Spirit does not have flesh and bones. 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:57.240 Colossians 1 15. 00:07:57.420 --> 00:07:59.180 God is invisible. 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:02.860 So when verse one of Isaiah 53 says. 00:08:03.460 --> 00:08:05.080 To whom has the arm of the Lord. 00:08:05.200 --> 00:08:05.840 Been revealed. 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:07.920 We take all of scripture into account. 00:08:08.020 --> 00:08:09.140 To understand his meaning. 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:11.900 And his meaning is that. 00:08:12.140 --> 00:08:12.660 An arm. 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:13.939 Of a king. 00:08:14.200 --> 00:08:15.240 Is what executes. 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:16.520 The will of the king. 00:08:17.340 --> 00:08:18.640 It's God's action. 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:21.280 And the action of God. 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:22.560 Is going to be revealed. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:25.200 But even the way in which it's revealed. 00:08:25.340 --> 00:08:26.260 Will be unexpected. 00:08:27.260 --> 00:08:29.060 I believe that gets very closely. 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:30.600 At the meaning in verse one. 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:34.300 Now when God reveals his will. 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:35.100 To this earth. 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:36.180 Is that good news. 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:37.440 Or bad news. 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:40.000 We don't get good news. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:40.879 Until we first. 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:42.519 Let the bad news. 00:08:42.820 --> 00:08:43.820 Push us low. 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:45.840 Look at verse six. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.560 All we. 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:49.480 How many of us. 00:08:50.500 --> 00:08:51.200 All we. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:51.980 Like sheep. 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:52.920 Have gone astray. 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:54.679 We have turned one. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:56.379 We have turned. 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:57.179 Everyone. 00:08:57.659 --> 00:08:58.839 To his own way. 00:08:59.959 --> 00:09:01.379 See for all of us. 00:09:02.179 --> 00:09:03.759 To know this prophecy. 00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:04.599 God will. 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:05.699 Unveil. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:06.879 His will. 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:07.779 His action. 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:08.959 In human history. 00:09:10.339 --> 00:09:12.299 This should be terrifying news. 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:14.759 Because God is just. 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.259 He binds himself. 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:18.099 To punish evil. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:20.379 Because God is just. 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:22.259 And he freely. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:23.740 Promises blessing. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:25.019 In a covenant. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:26.420 He. 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:27.899 He is binding himself. 00:09:28.060 --> 00:09:28.600 To also. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:30.159 Bless righteousness. 00:09:32.040 --> 00:09:33.180 Think of the opposite. 00:09:33.379 --> 00:09:34.100 It would be unjust. 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:34.980 For God to. 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:36.240 Bless evil. 00:09:36.940 --> 00:09:37.960 And it would be unjust. 00:09:38.040 --> 00:09:38.700 Of God to. 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.420 Overlook. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:40.159 Or skip over. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:40.659 Or brush. 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:41.420 Under the rug. 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:42.100 The rug. 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:43.300 That sin. 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:44.659 And not punish it. 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:46.639 So he must punish evil. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:47.220 And he will. 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:48.220 Bind himself. 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:48.840 Graciously. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:49.639 To reward. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:50.920 Righteousness. 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:53.460 The reason. 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:54.540 All we like sheep. 00:09:54.540 --> 00:09:55.480 Have turned astray. 00:09:55.820 --> 00:09:56.940 And every one of us. 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:58.240 Has turned to our own way. 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:00.659 It's part of a story. 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:01.159 That begins. 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:01.899 Way before. 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:03.060 Any one of us. 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:04.420 It's because. 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:05.120 Adam. 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:06.340 Disobeyed God. 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:06.980 In the garden. 00:10:06.980 --> 00:10:10.220 God gave. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:11.300 Adam. 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.460 A promise of. 00:10:13.060 --> 00:10:13.340 Life. 00:10:13.680 --> 00:10:14.500 For obedience. 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:15.820 And curses. 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:16.879 For disobedience. 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.340 And Adam. 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:18.980 Representing. 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:19.779 All of mankind. 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:20.940 The human race. 00:10:21.420 --> 00:10:22.159 He sinned. 00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:23.360 And he brought us. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:23.980 All under. 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.180 The curses. 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:27.100 That deserve death. 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:28.740 We are cursed. 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:29.580 By being into. 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:30.659 This line. 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:31.600 Of Adam and Eve. 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:33.420 And this curse. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:33.940 Permeates. 00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:34.740 Every aspect. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:35.539 Of who we are. 00:10:36.300 --> 00:10:36.800 We're cursed. 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:37.399 In body. 00:10:37.599 --> 00:10:38.259 And soul. 00:10:38.459 --> 00:10:38.979 Inner man. 00:10:39.199 --> 00:10:39.740 Outer man. 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.059 In the inner man. 00:10:41.139 --> 00:10:41.500 We're born. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:42.259 Hating God. 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:44.299 In the outer man. 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:45.339 Our hatred for God. 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:45.979 Comes out. 00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:47.299 As sin. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:48.639 Born out in our flesh. 00:10:49.219 --> 00:10:50.039 Through our words. 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:51.039 Through our actions. 00:10:52.099 --> 00:10:53.159 We are born. 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:54.159 Loving. 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:55.159 Our sin. 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:56.919 Seeking after. 00:10:57.079 --> 00:10:57.639 Our ways. 00:10:57.699 --> 00:10:58.579 And not God's way. 00:11:00.439 --> 00:11:01.439 And when God. 00:11:01.439 --> 00:11:02.339 The holy God. 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.839 Reveals himself to us. 00:11:03.959 --> 00:11:04.919 We're exposed. 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:05.039 Christ. 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:07.120 This has been. 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.059 What the build up. 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:08.819 In all of this. 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:10.139 Wonderful book of Isaiah. 00:11:10.579 --> 00:11:11.939 The very first chapter. 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:12.519 Isaiah 1. 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:12.899 5. 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:13.379 And 6. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.679 Describes. 00:11:14.839 --> 00:11:15.939 The people of God. 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.539 As covenant breakers. 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.299 He describes them. 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:18.959 As having a. 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:19.959 Sick head. 00:11:19.959 --> 00:11:21.379 And a faint heart. 00:11:21.979 --> 00:11:22.679 They're covered. 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.659 From head to toe. 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:24.579 In bruises. 00:11:24.819 --> 00:11:25.500 And sores. 00:11:25.699 --> 00:11:26.240 And raw. 00:11:26.719 --> 00:11:27.159 Wounds. 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:28.519 This is the language. 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:29.079 Of Isaiah. 00:11:29.219 --> 00:11:29.759 Describing. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:30.799 Our sin. 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:32.439 A sick head. 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:33.340 And a faint heart. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.020 That's the inner man. 00:11:35.660 --> 00:11:36.540 And the outer man. 00:11:36.780 --> 00:11:37.660 Like a leper. 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.100 Full of sores. 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:39.980 And raw wounds. 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.720 We are rotting. 00:11:42.140 --> 00:11:43.020 Both internally. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:43.900 And externally. 00:11:44.020 --> 00:11:44.680 Under the curse. 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:45.700 Of sin. 00:11:46.400 --> 00:11:47.000 Isaiah 1. 00:11:47.060 --> 00:11:47.420 18. 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.400 Describes our sin. 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.200 As scarlet. 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.620 And crimson. 00:11:53.280 --> 00:11:54.540 We had a nosebleed. 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:55.080 In the family. 00:11:55.260 --> 00:11:55.920 And the carpet. 00:11:56.140 --> 00:11:56.920 Not just the rug. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:57.620 But carpet. 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.340 That you can't take up easily. 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:00.760 Is light gray. 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:02.439 So the moment. 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:03.740 That blood. 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:05.059 That dark. 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:05.919 Crimson red. 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:07.059 Hits the gray carpet. 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:08.419 Run and grab. 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:09.759 The hydrogen peroxide. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:11.179 And squirts them on. 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:12.200 And starts scrubbing. 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:13.080 And it's amazing. 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:13.819 How it bubbles up. 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:14.279 And you scrub. 00:12:14.340 --> 00:12:14.819 And it comes out. 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.480 You put more on. 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:16.360 And sometimes. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:17.519 It'll extract out of there. 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:18.299 If you get it quickly. 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.879 But in the ancient world. 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.500 To dye. 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.679 A piece of cloth. 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:24.600 Scarlet. 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:25.259 Or crimson. 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.980 It was permanent. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.799 That cloth. 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:29.419 Will always be that color. 00:12:29.419 --> 00:12:30.919 You can never wash it out. 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:31.839 Anymore. 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:34.079 It's become part of the fabric. 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.759 And that's what our sin is. 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.479 Under the curse. 00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:38.479 Of Adam. 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:42.199 God cannot overlook. 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.719 Our filthy. 00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:46.319 Unremovable stains. 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.360 Unremovable by our own efforts. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.879 We can scrub and scrub. 00:12:51.479 --> 00:12:52.439 Put stuff on it. 00:12:52.979 --> 00:12:53.899 It won't come out. 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:56.419 Because God is just. 00:12:56.579 --> 00:12:57.079 And almighty. 00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:59.259 He must crush. 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.899 He must pulverize. 00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.799 His enemies. 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.379 You and me. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:06.000 Who are born hating him. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.340 And he's an eternal. 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:09.259 Holy God. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.980 That's the only just response. 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:13.199 To creatures like us. 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.340 So when sinners like us. 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:16.639 Hear. 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.939 That God. 00:13:18.079 --> 00:13:19.019 The holy God. 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.620 The creator. 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:21.939 Is unsleeving his arms. 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:24.280 We should be in terror. 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:27.320 We should expect his wrath. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:28.480 Amen. 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:32.280 Well here's the second observation. 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.900 The Lord tells us. 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:35.860 That the revelation. 00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:36.820 And life. 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:38.340 Of his arm. 00:13:39.140 --> 00:13:40.140 Will be unexpected. 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:44.000 It'll be unexpected. 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:45.480 For several reasons. 00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:45.920 First. 00:13:46.420 --> 00:13:47.760 Where the arm of the Lord. 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.920 Will spring up from. 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.720 Is unexpected. 00:13:49.880 --> 00:13:50.620 Look at verse two. 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.539 As a root. 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.799 Out of dry ground. 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.879 You picture dry ground. 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:56.639 In the Middle East. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.580 In the deserts. 00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:59.519 Nothing is going to spring up. 00:13:59.600 --> 00:13:59.980 From that. 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:00.899 On its own. 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:02.480 Dry ground. 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.179 Refers to. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.519 Parched desert land. 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.179 Where nothing. 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.440 Should be able to grow. 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.899 Even with a lot of human help. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:10.440 And it's just going to spring up. 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.279 The word root. 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:13.740 It's. 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.539 It's a plant. 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.060 That's going to now. 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.299 Have deep roots. 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:18.580 Gaining substance. 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:20.139 In a place where there's no substance. 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:20.879 To be gained. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.960 It highlights the supernatural work. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.400 Of God. 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.980 To bring forth Jesus Christ. 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:27.480 Into humanity. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.200 To sustain him. 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.560 Just like a root. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.420 Out of dry ground. 00:14:31.420 --> 00:14:32.879 Against all odds. 00:14:34.020 --> 00:14:35.320 Our Savior will. 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.400 Grow. 00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:38.440 And survive. 00:14:39.300 --> 00:14:40.660 And fulfill all righteousness. 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:42.000 Under these conditions. 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:44.460 Within fallen creation. 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:46.900 Think of how our Lord Jesus. 00:14:46.900 --> 00:14:48.879 Was born into a poor family. 00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.600 A weak nation. 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:53.740 His parents are sinners. 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:55.900 His. 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.300 You know. 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:57.580 His adoptive father Joseph. 00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.879 All around him. 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:01.200 A nation whose worship. 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:02.100 Has been corrupted. 00:15:02.660 --> 00:15:04.160 Who've lost sight of God's word. 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.160 And yet. 00:15:05.280 --> 00:15:06.000 He fulfilled. 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:07.259 All righteousness. 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.740 Against all odds. 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:10.720 A second way. 00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:11.120 In which. 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.480 The springing up. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.600 Of this arm of the Lord. 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.659 Is unexpected. 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.759 Is in the form. 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:17.259 The form in which. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.300 He will enter creation. 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:19.159 Verse 2 says. 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.139 For he. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.759 This is the arm of the Lord. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.899 Will grow up. 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.620 Before him. 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.440 As a tender. 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.320 Plant. 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:28.180 In a botanical sense. 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:29.420 It refers to a young. 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.180 Green. 00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:31.200 Suckling shoot. 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.740 That draws its life. 00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.899 From the main trunk. 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.360 It suggests something. 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.399 Extreme. 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:38.060 Extremely vulnerable. 00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:38.899 And dependent. 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:40.800 See. 00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:41.659 The arm of the Lord. 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.420 Could have come. 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.579 As a great cedar. 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.759 Already established. 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.459 And mighty. 00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.279 Providing shade. 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.099 For all the nations. 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.419 But look at the humility. 00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:50.799 Of our Lord Jesus. 00:15:51.599 --> 00:15:52.819 He came into this earth. 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:54.240 Like a fragile twig. 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.179 In the desert. 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.819 That could have easily. 00:15:56.819 --> 00:15:57.819 Been trampled on. 00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.539 And snapped. 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:02.000 As a tender suckling. 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:02.799 God the son. 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.899 And the person. 00:16:03.959 --> 00:16:04.799 Of Jesus Christ. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.259 Grew. 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.759 Through the natural. 00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:07.939 Weak stages. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.419 Of human development. 00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:11.339 We have many. 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.120 Many children. 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.180 And parents. 00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:13.740 Grandparents. 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.480 Aunts and uncles. 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.100 Older siblings. 00:16:15.280 --> 00:16:15.879 You know what it's like. 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.240 To take care of a little child. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.399 And we also know. 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.600 How your little sibling. 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.180 Is a sinner. 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:21.960 Such a sinner. 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.240 Right? 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.360 Well this is why. 00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:24.000 Our Lord Jesus. 00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:24.420 Had to. 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:26.060 He came to fulfill. 00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:26.899 All righteousness. 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.839 Through every stage. 00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:28.659 Through every stage of life. 00:16:29.459 --> 00:16:30.059 His righteousness. 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.879 As a child. 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.859 Covers my sin. 00:16:32.119 --> 00:16:32.859 As a child. 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.259 His righteousness. 00:16:34.599 --> 00:16:35.500 As a teenager. 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.039 With all the changes. 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:37.719 And the hormones. 00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.739 And that hard stage. 00:16:38.979 --> 00:16:39.839 His righteousness. 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:40.559 Covers all. 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.379 My sins. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.099 As a teenager. 00:16:42.479 --> 00:16:43.319 And so it goes. 00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:44.459 Through every stage. 00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.979 Our Lord Jesus. 00:16:46.619 --> 00:16:47.879 So loves his people. 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:49.219 And his righteousness. 00:16:49.219 --> 00:16:50.079 To cover us. 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.279 Is so complete. 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.360 The arm of the Lord. 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:56.860 Assumed a true human nature. 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:59.480 He's described as a man. 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.500 Of sorrows. 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.980 He assumed all of our common. 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:04.160 Infirmities. 00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.700 I'd make you raise your hand. 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.940 But every hand would go up. 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.180 If you've had an infirmity. 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:10.000 In the last month. 00:17:10.399 --> 00:17:11.559 We've got shoulders. 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.339 Backs. 00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.059 Noses. 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.579 Fever. 00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:15.119 We've got so many infirmities. 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.940 So many issues. 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.339 And according to his human nature. 00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.700 Jesus suffered. 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.259 Everything we have experienced. 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.299 He is acquainted. 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.299 With grief. 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.920 Our Lord Jesus. 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:28.119 Was not insulated. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.299 From the troubles. 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.139 Of this life. 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.740 Psychological. 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.539 Physical. 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.160 Tolls. 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.019 Of living in a fallen world. 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.599 Being sinned against. 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.299 Feeling the limitations. 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.000 According to his human nature. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.660 That we feel. 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.259 And he possessed. 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.980 A true. 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.740 Human. 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:47.839 Soul. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.500 See a person. 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.059 His body. 00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.720 And soul. 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.980 And according to his human nature. 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.720 Jesus Christ. 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.159 Had a true human body. 00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.980 And also a true human soul. 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.720 The inner man. 00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.519 The inner life. 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:01.019 And all the trouble. 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:02.079 That we know from this. 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.039 And even in his inner being. 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:06.119 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:07.019 Was acquainted. 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:10.059 He experientially knew. 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:11.319 He was familiar with. 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.299 He was familiar with. 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.740 The full spectrum. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:14.579 Of human sufferings. 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.960 Truly a man. 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.799 Of true sorrow. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.839 Well acquainted with grief. 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.519 The word grief. 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.679 Can be translated as. 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:25.639 Sickness or malady. 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.440 Of the inner person. 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.859 So our confession of faith. 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.220 Rightly expresses. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.279 God the son. 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:32.460 He says. 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:32.299 God the son. 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:34.200 Took upon himself. 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.839 Man's nature. 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.319 With all the essential properties. 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.220 And common. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.440 Infirmities. 00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.600 Thereof. 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.920 See how unexpected. 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.799 This arm of the Lord is. 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.799 And how he's revealed. 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:48.799 And how he comes. 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.279 To be God's. 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.759 Savior. 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.980 He will enter. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:54.579 This earth on a mission. 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.099 But in the most humble. 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.400 And vulnerable. 00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.140 Way. 00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.859 Imagine. 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.420 Beyond that. 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.720 It's beyond anything. 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.539 We could imagine. 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.240 Or expect. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.720 Except he did it. 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.180 The Lord tells us. 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.019 That the revelation. 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.700 And the life of his arm. 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.859 Will be unexpected. 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.500 Number three. 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.660 The Lord also tells us. 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.440 That Israel. 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:18.539 And the world's reception. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.619 Of his arm. 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.740 Will be unexpected. 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.440 The Lord also tells us. 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.119 That Israel. 00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.559 And the world's reception. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.879 How they received him. 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.319 Was unexpected. 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.500 Israel is the people. 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.059 Of the book. 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:36.079 Israel knows the promise. 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.500 From Genesis 3.15. 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.799 From the seed of woman. 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.579 I will send. 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.839 My servant. 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.140 To crush the serpent's head. 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.960 And all the prophecies. 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.779 That are piled up. 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:46.099 In the Davidic covenant. 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.960 He will come like. 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.839 Like a king. 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.420 Like David. 00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:48.980 To rule. 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.220 And to subdue the enemies. 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.860 And he will sit on the throne. 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:53.019 Forever and ever and ever. 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.660 So that's the expectations. 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.779 Of the coming Messiah. 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:58.100 But it should have not been. 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.940 Such a surprise. 00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.120 Because we also have. 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:02.079 Verses like 2 and 3. 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.360 Of Isaiah 53. 00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:05.640 There is no beauty. 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.480 That we should desire him. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.819 And he will be despised. 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:12.759 To despise something. 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:12.759 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:13.179 Is to. 00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:15.059 To hate it. 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.019 It's not just. 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:17.679 To dislike it. 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.759 But to deem him worthless. 00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.759 And of no account. 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.159 It's considering a thing. 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.980 To be nothing. 00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:26.259 That's the reception. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.559 That the arm of the Lord. 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.019 Would get. 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.859 He would be rejected. 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.960 By men. 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.720 The word rejected. 00:20:33.939 --> 00:20:35.639 It means to be left off. 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.919 Or to cease. 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.039 Peace. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:39.019 Someone who people will. 00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:40.820 Cease to interact with. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.519 Completely. 00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:43.200 Abandon and walk away. 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:46.420 Yet we esteemed him stricken. 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.620 Smitten by God. 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.700 And afflicted. 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.460 Israel. 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.759 The world. 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.080 And each of us. 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.320 If we're left on our own. 00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:55.519 Without the Holy Spirit. 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.800 Giving us faith. 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.340 We are blind. 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.480 To the glory of Christ. 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.640 Christ. 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.240 We don't see. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.880 The wickedness of our sin. 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.259 We don't see. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.019 The righteousness. 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.660 That God requires of us. 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.960 Unless the spirit. 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.819 Causes us. 00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:11.980 To humbly. 00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.960 Behold that. 00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:15.360 And when we do. 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:17.099 We see the glory of. 00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.380 Jesus Christ. 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:20.299 Who we rejected. 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:22.559 Who we esteemed not. 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:27.700 Revelation 22.16. 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:30.039 upholds the Jesus Christ. 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.220 That we know by faith. 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.759 Who completed his mission. 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.500 Jesus said. 00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.360 I am. 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.440 The root. 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.400 And the offspring of David. 00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.600 I am. 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.140 The bright. 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.160 And morning star. 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.400 I am. 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.100 That shoot. 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.779 In the desert. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.640 The root. 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.299 And offspring. 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.960 Of David. 00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.880 Truly man. 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.160 And yet. 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:48.840 Somehow. 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.000 I am. 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.779 God himself. 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.160 The bright. 00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.380 Morning star. 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.700 No beginning. 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.460 No end. 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.700 God himself. 00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:59.340 This is the glorious. 00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:00.220 Jesus Christ. 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.799 He is the heavenly branch. 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.279 Joined. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.220 On earth now. 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.160 In his human nature. 00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.019 This language. 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.620 That we are given. 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.620 In Isaiah 53. 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.259 Describing. 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.600 You know. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.279 Agricultural images. 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.720 We can. 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.259 We can take it to a point. 00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:19.460 I don't want to read more into it. 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.720 But. 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.840 It is a metaphor. 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.960 Given in this passage. 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.500 For us. 00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.160 And when a gardener. 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.299 Graphs a branch. 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:27.599 Into another stalk. 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.539 The two pieces of. 00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.259 Of this tree. 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.299 Remain distinct. 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.899 The wood of the branch. 00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:35.240 Does not become the wood. 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.000 Of the root. 00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.839 Yet they share one. 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.480 Life. 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.980 Our confession of faith. 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.500 Says that. 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:44.180 The divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.899 Was not turned into flesh. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.659 Nor was his humanity. 00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.599 Swallowed up. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.940 By his Godhead. 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:52.860 To whom has. 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.559 The arm of the Lord. 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.220 Jesus Christ. 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.380 God man. 00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:59.320 To whom has he been revealed. 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.500 If you look to Jesus today. 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.080 Look again. 00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:05.960 And look again. 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.380 He's been revealed to you. 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.180 The Lord has. 00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.420 Unsleeved. 00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.320 His act. 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.960 His will. 00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:13.900 His arm. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.299 And it's Jesus Christ. 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.539 You and I. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.339 Who can behold him. 00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.960 By faith. 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.200 We've had our eyes. 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.879 Opened. 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.519 And now. 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.859 Veiled in flesh. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.680 The Godhead. 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.659 We see. 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.119 And his spirit. 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.879 Causes us. 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.839 Stirs us up. 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.139 To hail him. 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.659 The incarnate. 00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.519 Deity. 00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:33.980 Our Lord Jesus. 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:36.380 So his reception. 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.380 Was unexpected. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.180 And even more unexpected. 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.420 Is the grace we receive. 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.960 When the spirit. 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.440 Causes us to behold him. 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.599 By faith. 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.579 Number four. 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.539 The Lord tells us. 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.079 That by his arm. 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.860 A most unexpected. 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.140 Exchange. 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.440 Will take place. 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:58.220 By this arm of the Lord. 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.140 Who's been revealed. 00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.860 To those. 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.680 Who he gives. 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.539 He gives faith. 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.019 You're going to be able to now. 00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.559 Behold. 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.759 In the person of Jesus. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.419 An exchange. 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.819 That is. 00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.019 Most unexpected. 00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.799 I want you to listen. 00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:15.059 In these next several verses. 00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.779 For these words. 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.940 He'll say. 00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.359 He. 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.720 And then he'll say. 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.440 For our. 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.480 And then he'll say. 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:21.919 Our. 00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.940 And he'll say. 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.679 Upon him. 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.500 So listen for that. 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.740 And what's being referred to. 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.000 As something that was ours. 00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.379 Put on to him. 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.700 Something that is his. 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.500 Put on to us. 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.299 Him bearing what was ours. 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.519 And us receiving what was his. 00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.000 And the term for. 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:38.579 What's happening in these verses. 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.299 Is to impute. 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.259 To impute means to. 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.579 Throw on. 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.619 Throw one thing. 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.680 On to another. 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.680 To put. 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.119 Or to. 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.019 To charge. 00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:51.039 If you want to use an accounting term. 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.419 So look with me at verse four. 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:55.480 Surely he. 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.519 He. 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.800 Has born. 00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.680 Our. 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.519 Griefs. 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.980 And carried. 00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.400 Our. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.120 Sorrows. 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.200 Yet. 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.580 We esteemed him. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.420 Stricken. 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.620 Smitten by God. 00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.580 And afflicted. 00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.740 Verse five. 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.519 He. 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.740 Was wounded. 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.140 For. 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.779 Our. 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.840 Transgressions. 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.860 A transgression. 00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.620 Means to be. 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.080 To be breaking the law. 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:19.720 It means that. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.259 You've. 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.599 You've violated. 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.579 What God has command. 00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:22.879 You've. 00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.720 You've made yourself. 00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.559 Unholy. 00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.759 Profaned. 00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.439 Defiled. 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:29.840 And he was bruised. 00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.980 For our. 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.880 Iniquities. 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:36.200 See the two things that happened to him. 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.180 Which we deserve. 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.340 Are to be wounded. 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.620 And to be bruised. 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.640 In verse five. 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.620 To be wounded is to be pierced through. 00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:47.299 To be bored through. 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.259 To be bruised literally means to be crushed. 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.740 Pulverized. 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.080 Or crumbled into dust. 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.279 That's what you and me deserve. 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.880 Pulver. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.759 Describes the action of grinding. 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.559 Grain into flour. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.580 Or crushing heavy stones. 00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:05.360 Stones down into sand. 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:08.140 It implies a weight. 00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.220 So heavy. 00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.620 That the person beneath it. 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.620 Beneath that weight. 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:13.400 Will be completely shattered. 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.680 And this arm of the Lord. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.039 Was wounded. 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.759 And bruised. 00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.360 And crushed. 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.400 For us. 00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:25.259 Because of our great sin. 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:27.099 Our iniquity. 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.019 Our transgression. 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.619 And by his stripes. 00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.640 We are healed. 00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.559 Do you need healing today? 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:40.940 It's by his stripes. 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.919 And his stripes alone. 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.859 That we can be healed. 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.740 Verse six says. 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.440 The Lord. 00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.700 So God. 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:50.159 Has laid upon him. 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.240 The arm of the Lord. 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.759 The iniquity. 00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.599 Of us all. 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.679 To lay on him. 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:55.960 Means. 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:58.480 Means cause to strike him. 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.319 It paints a picture. 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.420 Of our crookedness. 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.980 Being gathered up. 00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.680 And smashed. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.660 At Jesus Christ. 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.740 To violent. 00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:10.079 Violently collide. 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.640 Into him. 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.860 It's the language. 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.200 Of a lightning strike. 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.759 Hitting its. 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.519 Its target. 00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.380 With impact. 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.339 The Lord. 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.579 Laid on him. 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.740 The iniquity. 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.299 Of us all. 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:26.440 And what was his. 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.579 That he gives to us. 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.619 Verse nine. 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.980 Tells us in. 00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.119 Simple terms. 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.419 He's blameless. 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.659 He's perfect. 00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.500 He's holy. 00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.659 He did no violence. 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.480 Nor was any deceit. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.720 Found in his mouth. 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.339 He did no violence. 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.359 His outer man. 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.299 Never sinned. 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.960 Nor was deceit. 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.079 Found in his mouth. 00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.960 And out of the overflow. 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.519 The mouth. 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.659 The heart speaks. 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.480 His inner man. 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.279 His soul. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.680 His soul. 00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.339 Was perfect. 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.139 And spotless. 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.259 Loved God perfectly. 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.420 What was ours. 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.460 Was thrown on. 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.259 To Christ. 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.200 Verse four. 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.579 Says it was our griefs. 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.220 That he bore. 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.059 Our sorrows. 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.839 That he carried. 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.920 Verse five. 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.160 It was our transgression. 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.399 Not just little mistakes. 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.619 But our rebellion. 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.480 Against God. 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.639 See we know the law. 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.779 That God requires. 00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.619 Yet we break it. 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.980 We disobey God. 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.420 With a clenched fist. 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.480 Toward his authority. 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.579 In our iniquities. 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.400 It's a perverse crookedness. 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.339 It's the internal bent. 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.460 Of our human nature. 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.200 That makes us. 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:35.279 Prone to wander away from God. 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.599 What we deserve is. 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.680 Chastisement. 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.900 And sickness. 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.380 And God's justice requires. 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.220 Specific. 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.240 Judicial. 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.039 Penalty. 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.119 For what we have done. 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.379 See the work of the Lord. 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.519 In this most. 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.279 Unexpected. 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.099 Unexpected. 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.839 Exchange. 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.059 Charles Spurgeon. 00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.619 Worshipped. 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.700 Marveling at this. 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.759 Glorious exchange. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.240 He wrote. 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.220 Behold. 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.460 The arm of the Lord. 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.960 Bared in the person. 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.559 Of Jesus. 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.059 He does not come. 00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.899 To scrub. 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.980 The old nature. 00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.440 He comes to offer. 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.079 A substitutionary. 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.519 Death. 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.859 The wrath. 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:16.480 That should have burned. 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.539 You and me. 00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.859 Burned him. 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.200 His blood. 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.879 Alone. 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.960 Has the power. 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.539 To make. 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.799 Your scarlet. 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.099 White as snow. 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.940 God's arm. 00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:28.720 That might have crushed you. 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.900 Was instead. 00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.759 Crushed. 00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.680 For you. 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:34.519 That's the end of Charles Spurgeon's quote. 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.519 Amen. 00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.839 How unexpected. 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.000 And how glorious. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.599 If we receive this. 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.579 As true for you and me. 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.859 It's our sin. 00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.460 That he bore. 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.019 Therefore. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.319 It's his righteousness. 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.359 That we receive. 00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.199 Number five. 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.179 The Lord tells us. 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.119 That his arm. 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.679 Will suffer. 00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.279 Something. 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.919 Most unexpected. 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.240 Verse seven. 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.039 He was oppressed. 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.480 And he was afflicted. 00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.559 Yet he opened. 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.339 Not his mouth. 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.299 He was led. 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.939 Like a lamb. 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.699 To the slaughter. 00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:04.039 And as a sheep. 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.039 Before the shears. 00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.639 Is silent. 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.079 So he opened. 00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.759 Not. 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.720 His mouth. 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.539 In our Bible study. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.139 This morning. 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.259 Mrs. Hartley pointed out. 00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.899 How we are called sheep. 00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:17.019 Who went astray. 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.659 In our human nature. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.759 And Jesus now. 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.419 In verse seven. 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.619 Identifies himself. 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.299 With us. 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.339 The sheep. 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.199 Opened not his mouth. 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.559 And was led. 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.259 Like a lamb. 00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.539 To the slaughter. 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.379 He was taken. 00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.939 As a prisoner. 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.079 For judgment. 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.259 And who could have guessed. 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.960 What his future. 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.579 Would have been. 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.960 Verse eight. 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.539 Is difficult. 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.519 That's my best. 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.420 Paraphrase of it. 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.399 Verse nine. 00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:45.099 And they made his grave. 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.779 With the wicked. 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.559 But the rich. 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.440 At his death. 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.680 See the arm of the Lord. 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.359 Not only took on. 00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.460 Flesh for us. 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:54.159 And lived for us. 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.799 And let our sin. 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.500 Be thrown. 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.399 Upon him. 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.980 But then he also. 00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.099 Suffered. 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.720 For us. 00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.559 On the cross. 00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.220 He died. 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.039 And was buried. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.879 For us. 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.640 The wages. 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.600 Of our sin. 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.360 Is death. 00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.060 And this is the most. 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.300 Unexpected thing. 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.760 That the arm of the Lord. 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.240 Underwent for us. 00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.340 According to his. 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.380 Human nature. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.960 He died. 00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.740 Verse 10 says. 00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.480 God made. 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.180 Christ's soul. 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.540 An offering. 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.600 For sin. 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.440 What type of offering. 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:30.220 The point of reference. 00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:30.720 In Isaiah. 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:32.300 Is the ceremonial law. 00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.760 The sacrificial system. 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.300 The soul. 00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:36.400 Of Jesus Christ. 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.700 A sin offering. 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.780 Another name for it. 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.340 Is a guilt. 00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.260 Offering. 00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.300 Under the old covenant. 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.280 Levitical law. 00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.400 Full. 00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.440 Restoration. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.420 Was needed. 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.880 For this type of sin. 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.660 To be forgiven. 00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:53.480 And our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.000 Fully. 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.120 Satisfied. 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.040 God's justice. 00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.940 He didn't merely. 00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:59.280 Cover over our sin. 00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:00.540 He paid. 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.140 The debt. 00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.740 In full. 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.660 Including the punishment. 00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.140 Due. 00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.060 Unto us. 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.740 Verse 5. 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.339 As it was. 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.620 The chastisement. 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.579 That we deserved. 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.660 Was now. 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.559 Completed by Christ. 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.920 So that we could receive. 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.079 His peace. 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.599 We can have that pronouncement. 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.200 From God. 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.180 The just God. 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.339 Go. 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.720 In peace. 00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.079 Your sins. 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.180 Are fully. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.359 Satisfied. 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:27.759 God. 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.759 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.759 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.759 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.759 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00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:36.519 Christ, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.980 has fully satisfied the justice of God. 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:45.220 So when God's law exposes our sin, 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:52.720 and when we're so aware that our sin stirs up God's wrath as it should, 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:56.240 like the electricity in the dark clouds, 00:32:56.240 --> 00:33:01.920 remember when the giving of the law at Mount Sinai came with thunder and pews of lightning. 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.460 It was terrifying. 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:12.319 We need to remember that Jesus Christ has received that discharge, that wrath. 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:16.460 He was receiving in his body as our substitute, 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:21.599 the full justice of God in our place. 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:32.200 The Lord himself in Jesus Christ stood on the cross as a lightning rod. 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.940 By his sacrifice of himself, 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:42.220 the storm of God's wrath against the sin of God's people has been fully discharged. 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:48.240 The force of God's wrath against you and me who are in Christ has been spent. 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:52.900 It would be unjust of God to pour out wrath on his people. 00:33:53.920 --> 00:34:00.099 It's been completely received and buried by Jesus Christ. 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:06.279 There's nothing left for those who are in Christ but peace, 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.320 blue skies, 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:11.300 the shining face of the Lord. 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:21.360 The sixth observation is that the Lord tells us the end for which his arm will work so unexpectedly. 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:27.740 The end for which the arm of the Lord will do all this glorious work so unexpectedly. 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.360 What's it all for? 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.200 Look at verse 10. 00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:34.240 It pleased the Lord. 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:39.439 It was a delight for God to accomplish his will, 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:42.459 his eternal decree in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.939 What's the end of it? 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.679 Well, God will prolong his days. 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:51.319 This is a whisper that we can see now. 00:34:51.419 --> 00:34:52.879 This is referring to the resurrection. 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:57.019 Jesus Christ rose from the dead and he lives forevermore. 00:34:57.019 --> 00:35:02.459 And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:07.880 Just as it was the pleasure of the Lord to accomplish his decree and his will 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:09.599 and save a people to himself, 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.539 all authority is put in the hand of Jesus Christ. 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:17.579 And the pleasure of the Lord will continue to prosper in his good hand. 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.179 Verse 11 says, 00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:23.559 He, Jesus Christ, the arm of the Lord, 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:28.880 shall see the labor of his soul and be satisfied. 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:36.820 Our Lord Jesus Christ is satisfied to have you and me as his own. 00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:41.280 And it's described as a labor of his soul. 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:47.260 That word labor, it's like the agonizing toil of childbirth. 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:55.420 See, that toil of Christ's soul on the cross as he prays for his people, 00:35:56.420 --> 00:36:00.460 it's bringing forth an everlasting inheritance. 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:05.280 His spiritual seed, his children, his nation that he will adopt. 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:11.760 The confession mentions that the seed, the spiritual offspring, 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:17.780 it's all those who put their faith in Jesus and receive his work freely 00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.480 because it cost him so much. 00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:22.720 And that's what we get at the rest of verse 11. 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:28.400 It's by knowledge of the righteous servant that we receive this, 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.520 that we are justified. 00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:35.460 By his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify how many? 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:37.840 Many, a great multitude, 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:40.300 more than the stars of the sky. 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:43.180 Yet it's not all. 00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.920 It's those who know him. 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.960 It's those who have a knowledge of the servant. 00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:49.140 It's those he purchased. 00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:55.900 For he shall bear their iniquities. 00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:00.840 All those who know God are justified. 00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.400 Why? 00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:06.039 Because Jesus Christ bore their iniquities. 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.920 Verse 12 says, 00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:11.960 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:15.000 and he shall divide the spoil with the strong. 00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.340 Notice the language here. 00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:19.420 God is satisfied with the work of Jesus. 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:23.219 It's God's good pleasure to bless Jesus Christ, 00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:26.219 to give him the spoil of his conquest, 00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:30.019 to put the people, the reward that he purchased, 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.699 into his own hands. 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:34.579 And who can pluck anyone out of the powerful hands 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:36.000 of the arm of the Lord? 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:42.039 Verse 12 tells us all that he did that secures us. 00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.340 And just hear this to encourage you, 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.779 to give you your assurance of salvation 00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:48.739 if Jesus is your Lord. 00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.699 Number one, 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:52.279 you are his because Jesus Christ 00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:55.039 poured out his soul unto death. 00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.960 To pour out your soul that way, 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.720 it's to make naked, 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.880 to empty, 00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.740 or to be stripped and made bare. 00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:07.579 He poured all of himself out in prayer 00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:10.460 to the Lord unto death. 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:15.360 It's like turning a jar completely upside down 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.380 until the very last drop is gone. 00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.880 And so he emptied himself 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:25.000 according to his human nature of all life. 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:26.280 Number two, 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:28.460 he was numbered with the transgressors. 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.820 He says, 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.119 I, as the arm of the Lord, 00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.920 as God himself, 00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.920 I will become their sheep, 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.119 their substitute. 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.840 Number three, 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:39.059 he bore the sin of many. 00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.599 Number four, 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:43.059 he made intercession for the transgressors. 00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.980 It's Jesus interposing himself, 00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.539 standing in between, 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.900 pleading, 00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:53.059 and offering his life, 00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.340 Lord, 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.219 look at my righteousness 00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:56.639 and account it to my people 00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:58.420 and take their sin 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.820 and pour it out on me. 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.139 Verse 10 tells us 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:03.059 it was Jesus Christ's 00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:05.739 great joy to do this. 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:10.299 He shall see his seed. 00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:14.159 This is the great end of his work. 00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:16.019 It's so that his people 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.119 will be with him 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:19.199 and he can delight 00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:21.900 and be satisfied in seeing us. 00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:24.440 Not only having us, 00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.519 you know, 00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.780 in the fields far away, 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:29.059 but delighting in us, 00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.519 his people, 00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.519 seeing us. 00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.760 Brothers and sisters, 00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:37.119 maybe some for the first time today, 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:41.619 the unsleeving of the arm of the Lord, 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:44.860 it should have been our worst nightmare. 00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:47.760 The coming of Jesus Christ 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:49.599 should have been terrifying. 00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.660 Instead, 00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:54.340 he came in the most unexpected way. 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.920 He veiled himself 00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:59.900 in humility, 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.880 in weakness, 00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:05.340 to show us the love 00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.500 and faithfulness 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:08.480 of our covenant-keeping God. 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:12.199 Instead of bringing God's wrath 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:13.360 and judgment to earth 00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:15.240 like he has every right to do, 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.440 Jesus Christ came 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.599 and revealed 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.380 the grace of God 00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:21.519 for all who will come to him. 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:25.639 He is our only hope. 00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.519 In Jesus Christ, 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.440 we put all our faith. 00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:32.619 We are his reward. 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.880 Believe this. 00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:36.900 We are the spiritual seed 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.960 of Jesus Christ. 00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:40.619 Let yourself trust this. 00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:44.980 You are God's joy. 00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:48.640 Let this reality 00:40:48.640 --> 00:40:50.760 stir our hearts for him. 00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:55.920 We'd never dream to expect this, 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.260 would we? 00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.059 But by faith, 00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:59.280 we trust the promise. 00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.079 It's the Lord's great pleasure 00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.340 to redeem you in me 00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:05.720 and then to prepare you and me 00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.539 for himself 00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:08.559 and then to see 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:10.440 and enjoy you and me 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.019 in glory soon. 00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.720 Don't you long for that day? 00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.660 Let's pray and thank him. 00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:22.579 Oh Lord, we praise you 00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:24.780 for who you are 00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:27.740 and how you've revealed yourself 00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.480 to us, 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.880 the person and work 00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.780 of Jesus Christ. 00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:33.540 we worship you, 00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:33.860 Lord. 00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.900 Oh Lord, 00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.400 our words 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.440 can never come close 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.080 to giving you 00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:40.740 all the glory 00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.380 that you do. 00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:43.260 What we can't say 00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.840 in our words, 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.120 Lord, 00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:46.580 we simply breathe it out 00:41:46.580 --> 00:41:47.740 from our souls 00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.440 by the help 00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:49.100 of your spirit. 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.500 We pray that you 00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.480 please receive this, 00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:51.780 Lord, 00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.880 as worship 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.700 from your church, 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.440 from your people, 00:41:55.060 --> 00:41:56.400 as a fragrant offering, 00:41:56.580 --> 00:41:56.720 Lord, 00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.600 going up to you 00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.279 by faith 00:41:58.279 --> 00:42:00.199 because of our mediator, 00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:01.179 Jesus Christ, 00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.059 the only man 00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:06.980 and the only divine mediator. 00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.960 We praise you. 00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:11.759 Please apply this truth, 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:11.980 Lord, 00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.699 to our lives 00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.339 this hour, 00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.579 this day, 00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.239 this week, 00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.199 and this year, 00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.739 we ask 00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:18.000 by your power 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:19.699 counting on your help 00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.679 as we abide in you. 00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.860 Amen. 00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.039 Amen. 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.059 Amen. 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.059