WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.540
 So let's now read together from Isaiah 53. Let's hear God's word.

00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:13.820
 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:19.480
 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.

00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:27.160
 He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:34.320
 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering and familiar with pain.

00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:40.780
 Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:48.840
 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him and afflicted.

00:00:49.460 --> 00:00:54.140
 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities.

00:00:54.140 --> 00:01:00.060
 The punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:09.159
 We all, like sheep, have gone astray. Each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:12.840
 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth.

00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:19.879
 He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:26.339
 By oppression and judgment he was taken away, yet who of his generation protested?

00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:32.039
 For he was cut off from the land of the living. For the transgression of my people he was punished.

00:01:32.539 --> 00:01:37.219
 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death.

00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:42.099
 Though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth,

00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:46.780
 yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer.

00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:50.280
 And though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,

00:01:50.739 --> 00:01:54.039
 he will see his offspring and prolong his days,

00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.919
 and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.

00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.399
 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied.

00:02:02.139 --> 00:02:05.799
 By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,

00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:08.259
 and he will bear their iniquities.

00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:12.060
 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,

00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:14.879
 and he will divide the spoils with the strong,

00:02:15.359 --> 00:02:17.519
 because he poured out his life unto death,

00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.159
 and was numbered with the transgressors.

00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:22.419
 For he bore the sin of many,

00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:27.180
 and made intercession for the transgressors.

00:02:27.899 --> 00:02:32.340
 So we will think about the first six verses today,

00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.259
 this famous servant song in Isaiah 53,

00:02:35.259 --> 00:02:39.500
 and we'll think particularly about the suffering of the servant

00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:41.259
 from those first six verses.

00:02:41.539 --> 00:02:43.280
 You are perhaps familiar with the phrase

00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:47.399
 that one man's freedom fighter is another's terrorist,

00:02:47.699 --> 00:02:51.239
 the point being that one's perspective and point of view

00:02:51.239 --> 00:02:55.959
 influences how we view particular characters and their actions.

00:02:56.060 --> 00:02:57.359
 We can think of Nelson Mandela,

00:02:57.479 --> 00:02:58.819
 we can think of Martin Luther King,

00:02:58.899 --> 00:03:00.079
 and many others.

00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.640
 We recognise too, don't we, I think,

00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:08.380
 that our perspectives on a person or on a situation can become fixed,

00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:11.680
 especially if it's connected to our view of the world

00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:12.720
 and how the world works.

00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:15.520
 And we see that in a very polarised world that we live in today.

00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:17.580
 People find themselves in camps,

00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:21.380
 and it's really hard to even understand how the other thinks.

00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.800
 Well, we're going to spend three weeks in this remarkable chapter

00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:27.920
 with a remarkable perspective.

00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:31.180
 What we have is Isaiah, led by the Spirit,

00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:36.060
 700 years before the death of Jesus,

00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:39.200
 and it's as if he, led by the Spirit,

00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:43.960
 is overhearing eyewitnesses to the events

00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.120
 around the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.500
 And he hears them confess.

00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:50.580
 We thought one way, but we got it wrong.

00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.939
 We were wrong about Jesus.

00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:57.180
 So as he is being revealed, this prophecy,

00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:02.079
 Isaiah transports his first hearers forward 700 years,

00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:06.520
 and he then transports us back some 2,000 years,

00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:08.860
 back to the suffering and the death of Jesus

00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:11.740
 so that we might be able to answer,

00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:13.400
 what is my perspective?

00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:18.540
 What is my verdict on Jesus and what he came to do?

00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:24.420
 You've perhaps heard people talk about being on the wrong side of history,

00:04:24.520 --> 00:04:26.340
 particularly in the world of politics.

00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:28.020
 You know that there is an important issue,

00:04:28.700 --> 00:04:32.480
 and the logic goes that if you find yourself on the wrong side of that issue

00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.100
 or that policy, you will, and your party will lose out in the end.

00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:40.660
 Well, in a sense, we hear that principle being applied by the apostles

00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:42.520
 in the Book of Acts.

00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:46.639
 The crucial event is the sending of Jesus

00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.819
 and his work on the cross and his resurrection.

00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:50.659
 And the apostles will say,

00:04:50.799 --> 00:04:53.180
 if your verdict on Jesus does not match up with God's,

00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.539
 then you are on the wrong side and you will lose out,

00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:57.240
 and you will lose out eternally.

00:04:57.899 --> 00:05:00.060
 So in Acts chapter 2 and at verse 36,

00:05:00.159 --> 00:05:00.599
 Peter says,

00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:02.939
 God has made this Jesus whom you crucified.

00:05:03.159 --> 00:05:04.339
 There's the world's verdict.

00:05:05.039 --> 00:05:07.000
 God has made him both Lord and Messiah.

00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:07.979
 There's God's verdict.

00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:10.079
 Acts chapter 3 that we read,

00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.419
 you killed the author of life.

00:05:11.479 --> 00:05:12.419
 There's the world's verdict.

00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.399
 But God raised him from the dead,

00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:17.339
 and he glorified him.

00:05:17.359 --> 00:05:18.879
 And we are witnesses of this.

00:05:18.939 --> 00:05:20.339
 There's God's verdict.

00:05:20.979 --> 00:05:22.259
 So this unique voice,

00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.019
 this unique perspective from Isaiah 53

00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:27.379
 brings us a really vivid description

00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:30.399
 of Jesus' suffering and death and resurrection.

00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:33.139
 We'll see that in those three weeks running up to Easter,

00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:37.959
 and we're called then to share the Lord's verdict on Jesus

00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.779
 and to help us to do that,

00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:42.339
 we're going to focus today

00:05:42.339 --> 00:05:47.339
 on what Isaiah says about Jesus suffering in his life

00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:50.719
 and Jesus suffering in his death.

00:05:52.019 --> 00:05:53.799
 So first of all, in the first three verses,

00:05:54.019 --> 00:06:00.399
 two perspectives on the suffering of Jesus in his life.

00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.699
 So here's Isaiah's prophecy

00:06:02.699 --> 00:06:07.039
 in which he is revealing to us

00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:09.879
 what contemporaries of Jesus might have said

00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.679
 after the cross,

00:06:11.799 --> 00:06:13.979
 after they have witnessed those events.

00:06:14.339 --> 00:06:18.599
 And in view here are those who have now come to faith

00:06:18.599 --> 00:06:20.159
 in the Lord Jesus.

00:06:21.239 --> 00:06:22.819
 In verse 1,

00:06:23.939 --> 00:06:25.339
 these people say,

00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:26.979
 who has believed our message?

00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:29.080
 They have come to believe the message of Jesus

00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:30.680
 and now they're sharing that message,

00:06:30.780 --> 00:06:32.480
 but they are finding themselves resisted,

00:06:32.819 --> 00:06:33.920
 being resisted rather.

00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:38.960
 So as they share their testimony,

00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.340
 what is their approach?

00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:42.740
 Their approach is very much

00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:44.000
 there's a before and there's an after.

00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:45.620
 We used to think this way about Jesus,

00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:48.360
 but now with God's revelation,

00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:49.280
 we think differently.

00:06:50.460 --> 00:06:54.220
 So their perspective on Jesus suffering life before faith,

00:06:54.220 --> 00:06:55.900
 let's look at verse 2.

00:06:56.500 --> 00:06:58.260
 They regarded Jesus as nothing special.

00:06:59.640 --> 00:07:01.640
 He grew up before him like a tender shoot.

00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:02.900
 Jesus was fragile.

00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:04.100
 Jesus was weak.

00:07:04.640 --> 00:07:07.360
 Think about perhaps the spring flowers in your garden,

00:07:07.540 --> 00:07:10.800
 knowing that all it would take would be a harsh frost

00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:14.240
 and those flowers would not make it.

00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.920
 He grew up like a root out of dry ground.

00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:18.640
 What does that saying imply?

00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:21.960
 It implies that Jesus was unimpressive.

00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.739
 He began from unpromising conditions.

00:07:27.339 --> 00:07:29.739
 Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:32.560
 Isn't he Mary's son?

00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.439
 Isn't he the son of the carpenter?

00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:39.339
 What about the appearance of Jesus?

00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.419
 He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him.

00:07:43.859 --> 00:07:46.679
 Nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:47.819
 There was nothing compelling,

00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:49.939
 nothing imposing.

00:07:49.939 --> 00:07:53.939
 Jesus did not draw attention by his physical presence

00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.219
 or by his nobility.

00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.319
 Rather, we know Jesus was born in a stable

00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.720
 and his home town was a backwater village

00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.019
 that was regarded with contempt.

00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:07.319
 He was homeless.

00:08:07.939 --> 00:08:09.060
 When he rode into Jerusalem,

00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:10.240
 he didn't come on a war horse.

00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:12.079
 He came on a donkey.

00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:15.699
 When image is everything,

00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:18.920
 many look at Jesus and say,

00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:19.720
 he's nothing special.

00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.720
 Verse 3 takes it further

00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:25.879
 to imply that in their thinking before faith,

00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.199
 Jesus was a nobody.

00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.300
 He was despised and rejected by mankind.

00:08:31.020 --> 00:08:33.120
 The natural reaction of people to Jesus

00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:34.700
 was to treat him with contempt.

00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.659
 We see that all through his life

00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:39.740
 with the religious leaders.

00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:42.340
 We hear the mockery at the cross.

00:08:42.420 --> 00:08:43.200
 He saved others,

00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.740
 but he can't save himself.

00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:47.460
 Jesus was a man of suffering,

00:08:47.560 --> 00:08:50.060
 a man of sorrow and familiar with pain.

00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:53.279
 Isolated, misunderstood,

00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:56.120
 not receiving sympathy.

00:08:57.680 --> 00:08:59.440
 And bear in mind that he's familiar

00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.539
 with sorrow and pain only

00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:04.480
 because he came to take ours,

00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:06.879
 because he came to save us.

00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:09.259
 He left the glory of heaven

00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:10.759
 with it was no sorrow or pain

00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:12.879
 to enter into our world

00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:13.919
 to save us.

00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:15.919
 Verse 3 says,

00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:17.659
 he was held in low esteem,

00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.620
 drawn from the world of accountancy.

00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:22.939
 Jesus is a zero.

00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:25.259
 People turned their faces

00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:26.879
 and turned their backs to Jesus.

00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:28.919
 He was devalued and degraded

00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.179
 both in his life

00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:32.340
 and as he died.

00:09:32.340 --> 00:09:34.720
 And Isaiah allows us

00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.639
 to overhear this testimony.

00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:38.420
 This was how we saw Jesus,

00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:39.340
 but now,

00:09:40.139 --> 00:09:41.259
 with the perspective of faith,

00:09:41.300 --> 00:09:42.040
 it's quite different.

00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:43.879
 Back to verse 1.

00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:45.940
 Who has believed our message

00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:47.460
 and to whom has

00:09:47.460 --> 00:09:49.460
 the arm of the Lord been revealed?

00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:50.100
 Who is Jesus?

00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:51.460
 He is the arm of the Lord.

00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:52.220
 What does that mean?

00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:56.580
 Jesus is God's demonstration

00:09:56.580 --> 00:09:58.360
 of saving power.

00:09:59.420 --> 00:10:01.420
 It's used a lot in the book of Exodus.

00:10:02.339 --> 00:10:06.000
 God saving by an outstretched arm,

00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.120
 the arm of power

00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.459
 to rescue from slavery.

00:10:10.579 --> 00:10:11.759
 The point now we see

00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.339
 Jesus is God's powerful saviour.

00:10:14.459 --> 00:10:15.299
 He brings freedom,

00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:16.759
 not from physical slavery,

00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:18.299
 but from spiritual slavery,

00:10:18.299 --> 00:10:19.759
 from sin leading to death.

00:10:19.979 --> 00:10:21.819
 And he sets people free

00:10:21.819 --> 00:10:24.019
 so that we might enjoy life with God.

00:10:25.719 --> 00:10:27.379
 And they're now able to see that.

00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:28.740
 So how did this change happen?

00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:31.000
 Because this is a total 180, isn't it?

00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:32.500
 Verse 1, again,

00:10:32.579 --> 00:10:33.199
 is so important.

00:10:33.339 --> 00:10:34.279
 To whom has the arm of the Lord

00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:35.639
 been revealed?

00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:37.519
 It was revealed to them

00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:38.959
 by God,

00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:39.839
 by his Spirit,

00:10:39.959 --> 00:10:42.039
 giving them the eyes of faith.

00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:42.939
 Without that,

00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:44.539
 they would have continued

00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.919
 to treat Jesus with contempt.

00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:46.939
 And without the eyes of faith,

00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.439
 so too would we.

00:10:49.099 --> 00:10:49.579
 Now,

00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:50.659
 they understand

00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:51.579
 Jesus suffers

00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:52.940
 to save us.

00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:54.879
 And so the message

00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.480
 that Isaiah 53 brings

00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:58.560
 is don't ignore Jesus.

00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:01.480
 Don't despise Jesus.

00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:04.940
 As Isaiah draws us in,

00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:07.280
 let's ask the question,

00:11:07.420 --> 00:11:08.320
 what is my verdict

00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:09.580
 on Jesus,

00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:11.200
 the suffering servant?

00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.520
 Does it match the crowds

00:11:13.520 --> 00:11:16.560
 of culture and society?

00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.759
 Does it match the Lord's verdict?

00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:24.500
 If you're a worshipper of Jesus today,

00:11:25.319 --> 00:11:26.299
 praise God

00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:27.639
 that he has revealed

00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.939
 that truth to you,

00:11:29.419 --> 00:11:30.579
 that he has given you

00:11:30.579 --> 00:11:31.500
 the eyes of faith.

00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:32.959
 It was nothing to do with us.

00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.539
 It's all a gift of God's grace.

00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:35.859
 So let's praise him for that.

00:11:36.699 --> 00:11:37.859
 And if you have up until now,

00:11:37.899 --> 00:11:38.319
 as it were,

00:11:38.419 --> 00:11:39.379
 walked on by,

00:11:40.199 --> 00:11:41.179
 ask God

00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:42.879
 to reveal the truth

00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:43.579
 to your heart.

00:11:45.819 --> 00:11:47.159
 Why did Jesus come?

00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:49.479
 Jesus came because by nature

00:11:49.479 --> 00:11:50.179
 we are all

00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:51.719
 on the wrong side of history.

00:11:52.719 --> 00:11:54.399
 We are separated from God

00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.419
 because of our sin

00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:56.639
 and our guilt,

00:11:57.479 --> 00:11:59.339
 our deliberate rejection of God.

00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.179
 We stand under the judgment of God

00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:03.039
 and we face,

00:12:03.459 --> 00:12:04.219
 left to ourselves,

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.579
 eternal separation

00:12:05.579 --> 00:12:06.339
 without God

00:12:06.339 --> 00:12:07.579
 and without anything

00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:08.359
 that is good.

00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.319
 Jesus came because

00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.020
 we are a people

00:12:11.020 --> 00:12:11.760
 who need

00:12:11.760 --> 00:12:13.680
 to be rescued

00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:15.820
 and God in love

00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:16.520
 sent Jesus,

00:12:17.280 --> 00:12:18.320
 our loving rescuer.

00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:19.820
 Who is Jesus?

00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.780
 Jesus is the Lord's gift to us.

00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:23.860
 Jesus is the substitute

00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:25.740
 who suffers and dies

00:12:25.740 --> 00:12:27.860
 in love for us.

00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:30.680
 And he's come to promise

00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:33.360
 true, eternal life,

00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.940
 lasting and solid hope,

00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:38.680
 deep, unending joy,

00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:40.879
 freedom from guilt

00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.899
 and fear,

00:12:42.339 --> 00:12:43.079
 the answer

00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:44.479
 to our loneliness

00:12:44.479 --> 00:12:47.239
 in his person

00:12:47.239 --> 00:12:48.979
 and in his work.

00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:51.500
 Are we trusting him?

00:12:52.859 --> 00:12:53.979
 Have we seen

00:12:53.979 --> 00:12:55.139
 who he is?

00:12:57.819 --> 00:12:59.500
 And let me ask a further question

00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:00.839
 if we're Christians today.

00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.899
 Who are we sharing

00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:03.740
 this message with?

00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:04.159
 So remember,

00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.139
 this is testimony

00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.519
 of people whose lives

00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.159
 have been changed

00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:08.000
 so now they're followers

00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.439
 of Jesus

00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.399
 and they want to bring

00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.319
 the good news.

00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.399
 Remember the power

00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.339
 of our stories.

00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:16.679
 I read a recent survey

00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.519
 that said 57% of people

00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.279
 who come to faith

00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.899
 come because a friend

00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:21.839
 or a family member

00:13:21.839 --> 00:13:23.620
 taught them from God's word

00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:25.279
 and showed them Jesus

00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.019
 in their life

00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:27.519
 and in their actions.

00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.939
 So are we praying

00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:31.740
 and praying for one another

00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:33.240
 to have opportunities

00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.360
 and when those opportunities

00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.320
 come that we would

00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.860
 take them

00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.000
 and that our life

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.600
 and our character

00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.200
 and our words

00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.960
 would point people

00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.200
 towards Jesus.

00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:43.879
 Well,

00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:44.740
 from two perspectives

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.300
 on Jesus'

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.659
 suffering life,

00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.180
 let's think now

00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:49.300
 about two perspectives

00:13:49.300 --> 00:13:50.060
 on Jesus'

00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:52.600
 suffering in his death.

00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.440
 So Isaiah is continuing

00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:55.779
 to invite us in

00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.800
 to listen in

00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:58.080
 to the testimony

00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:59.220
 of these spectators

00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.960
 who were at the cross

00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.639
 and it's very vivid

00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.680
 his description.

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.300
 The events,

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:04.960
 did you notice,

00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.680
 the events are described

00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:08.820
 in the past tense

00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:09.940
 as if they have already

00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:10.620
 taken place.

00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.000
 Isaiah invites his readers

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.759
 to span time and space

00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.660
 to take us right

00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:18.420
 to the foot of the cross.

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.879
 So as we watch

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.700
 the suffering

00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:25.240
 and the death of Jesus,

00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:27.900
 what's clearly understood

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:30.879
 by the people

00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.259
 in view here

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:33.819
 is that God

00:14:33.819 --> 00:14:34.659
 was involved

00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:36.079
 in the death

00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:36.939
 of Jesus.

00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.659
 But before faith,

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.419
 they thought God

00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:41.340
 was punishing Jesus

00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.279
 for his sin.

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:46.019
 But once the Spirit

00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.860
 worked and opened

00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.279
 their eyes

00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.000
 and gave them faith,

00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:48.779
 they saw Jesus

00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.279
 as punished

00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.240
 for our sin.

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.319
 So let's consider

00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:53.319
 both those perspectives.

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.279
 Let's see how they viewed

00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:54.799
 the cross

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.899
 before faith

00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.939
 when they thought

00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.799
 Jesus was punished

00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:59.639
 for his sin.

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.019
 Look at the second part

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.659
 of verse 4.

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.879
 It's very strong language.

00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:06.199
 We considered him

00:15:06.199 --> 00:15:08.179
 punished by God,

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.840
 stricken by him

00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:11.360
 and afflicted.

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.039
 This is the language

00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:13.319
 of deep suffering.

00:15:14.459 --> 00:15:15.039
 They clearly,

00:15:15.199 --> 00:15:16.039
 as they watched the cross,

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.620
 recognised God's hand

00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.199
 of punishment

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:19.139
 upon Jesus

00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.179
 but they misunderstood

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:22.079
 why it was happening.

00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:24.159
 We know

00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:25.399
 that the charge

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.980
 that was brought

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.279
 by the religious leaders

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.279
 was that Jesus

00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:29.719
 was guilty of blasphemy,

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.339
 claiming to be

00:15:31.339 --> 00:15:32.240
 Son of God

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.219
 when he wasn't.

00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:35.879
 And then when we go

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.480
 to the cross,

00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.120
 we hear mockery,

00:15:39.079 --> 00:15:40.620
 let God rescue him

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:42.959
 if he delights in him.

00:15:44.719 --> 00:15:46.459
 So many in the crowd

00:15:46.459 --> 00:15:47.480
 looked at Jesus

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.500
 and thought,

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.439
 here is someone

00:15:49.439 --> 00:15:50.139
 who is dying

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.459
 under God's curse

00:15:51.459 --> 00:15:52.799
 and he deserves it

00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.620
 because he's claimed

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.279
 something that is

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.459
 just not true.

00:15:56.479 --> 00:15:57.379
 He's made himself

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:59.099
 equal to God.

00:16:00.859 --> 00:16:01.319
 But then,

00:16:01.479 --> 00:16:03.099
 as the Spirit worked

00:16:03.099 --> 00:16:03.879
 and as the truth

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.559
 was revealed,

00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:05.819
 what's their view

00:16:05.819 --> 00:16:06.339
 of the cross

00:16:06.339 --> 00:16:07.539
 after faith?

00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:08.939
 Not that Jesus

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.399
 was punished

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.519
 for his own sin,

00:16:10.719 --> 00:16:10.919
 no,

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:12.079
 that Jesus was punished

00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:13.699
 for our sin.

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.659
 The Spirit works

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.120
 in them

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.799
 and they recognise

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.639
 Jesus is

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.399
 our substitute.

00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.220
 He takes our sin,

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.179
 he takes our place,

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:27.039
 he takes our punishment.

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.139
 Isaiah's first hearers

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.980
 were familiar

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:34.759
 with the Day of Atonement

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.480
 and what happened

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.679
 on the Day of Atonement

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.240
 is that there were

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.220
 two animals,

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.200
 two goats

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.580
 and one goat

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.800
 it was taken

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:44.220
 and the sin

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.820
 of the people

00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.200
 as it were

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.900
 was transferred

00:16:45.900 --> 00:16:47.600
 onto that animal

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.259
 and then it was slaughtered

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.980
 as a way to say

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:52.520
 it's a blood sacrifice

00:16:52.520 --> 00:16:53.740
 that is required

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:55.040
 for forgiveness

00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:56.120
 and peace with God.

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.480
 But then there was

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.220
 the other animal,

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.980
 the scapegoat

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.879
 and again the sins

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.280
 of the people

00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:00.960
 were symbolically

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.980
 laid on that animal

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:03.040
 and the animal

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.740
 was then sent

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.980
 out into the world

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.680
 and it's carrying

00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.039
 as it were

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.600
 those sins,

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.660
 carrying them

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.400
 out of sight.

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.580
 And now the testimony

00:17:11.580 --> 00:17:12.680
 from Isaiah 53

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.160
 is Jesus is what

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.039
 that ceremony is,

00:17:15.080 --> 00:17:16.539
 what the Day of Atonement

00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.620
 points to.

00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:20.980
 His life is that

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.960
 perfect sacrifice,

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:23.580
 his blood brings

00:17:23.580 --> 00:17:24.160
 forgiveness,

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:24.940
 he is the one

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.860
 who carries sin

00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:28.000
 and disposes of it

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.340
 in his life.

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.440
 And we see in verses

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.299
 four to six,

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.539
 I think three important

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:35.660
 aspects of the gospel.

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.299
 First we see the cost,

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:40.220
 the cost of our salvation.

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:41.980
 Look again at verse four.

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:46.299
 Surely he took up our pain

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:49.139
 and bore our suffering,

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:51.659
 yet we consider him

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.559
 punished by God.

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.200
 There's an emphasis

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.619
 in this chapter

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:56.619
 on the great distinction.

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.220
 There's he,

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.940
 the servant,

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.919
 Jesus and we,

00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:00.539
 those who benefit.

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.319
 But the point is

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:02.680
 that Jesus stands

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.539
 and acts alone

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:05.359
 in his suffering.

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.899
 Jesus took up our pain

00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:11.319
 and bore our suffering.

00:18:11.479 --> 00:18:12.359
 Perhaps it would be helpful

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.399
 to think of the image

00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:16.059
 of waist disposal.

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.359
 What if you get someone

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.139
 who comes to do

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:19.719
 a bulky uplift?

00:18:20.459 --> 00:18:21.259
 What do they do?

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.279
 They come and they pick up

00:18:22.899 --> 00:18:23.959
 our waist,

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.639
 our rubbish.

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:26.079
 They perhaps put it

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.219
 on their shoulders

00:18:27.219 --> 00:18:28.559
 depending how heavy it is

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.679
 and they then dispose of it.

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.860
 So it is no longer

00:18:32.860 --> 00:18:34.759
 our problem.

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:38.220
 Isaiah 53 reminds us

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.560
 that Jesus picks up

00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:40.820
 our sin,

00:18:41.320 --> 00:18:44.600
 our moral and spiritual garbage

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:47.580
 and he shoulders it

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:49.240
 and he carries it

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.240
 as if it was his own

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.960
 and he disposes of it.

00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:56.060
 He takes the full punishment

00:18:56.060 --> 00:18:56.600
 for it

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.099
 so it is fully forgiven

00:18:59.099 --> 00:19:01.259
 for those who have

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.019
 the eyes of faith

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:04.099
 and who trust in Jesus

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.879
 and that what he did

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.339
 on the cross

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.279
 he did for us.

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:08.619
 This is costly grace.

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.659
 This is the cost

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:10.619
 to God

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.579
 of our salvation.

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.099
 Jesus,

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.179
 the Son of God,

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.459
 dies for our sin

00:19:15.459 --> 00:19:16.240
 in our place

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.839
 to secure for us

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.179
 a forgiveness

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:21.359
 we can freely receive

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.779
 by faith,

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.419
 by trusting

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.159
 and believing.

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:28.139
 So that's the cost

00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.740
 that we see

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.439
 in the gospel.

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.980
 But then in verse 5

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:32.519
 we are shown

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.000
 the exchange

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.579
 that takes place,

00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.819
 the great exchange

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.579
 that takes place

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.240
 in the gospel.

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.639
 Jesus takes something

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.539
 from us

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.719
 and he gives something

00:19:42.719 --> 00:19:43.240
 to us.

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.819
 What does Jesus take?

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:45.740
 Verse 5

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.920
 He was pierced

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:49.980
 for our transgressions

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.700
 He was crushed

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:53.460
 for our iniquities

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.779
 The punishment

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.819
 that brought us peace

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.480
 was on him

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:58.000
 and by his wounds

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.680
 we are healed.

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.960
 Jesus takes

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.920
 our sin

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:03.859
 One of the words

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.700
 is transgression

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.460
 that's a deliberate

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.099
 breaking

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.279
 a deliberate rejection

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.920
 of God's law.

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.480
 when we turn

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.920
 our back

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.660
 on what we clearly

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.259
 know God

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.380
 wants us to do

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.400
 when we break

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.000
 and dismiss

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.940
 the Ten Commandments

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.519
 for example

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:19.380
 and Jesus takes

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.200
 our iniquity

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.880
 when God sets

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.680
 a straight path

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:24.100
 and we make it crooked

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:26.480
 because we don't

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.539
 live to fully

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.200
 please God

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.100
 Jesus takes

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:30.039
 that on himself

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:31.920
 so he takes

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.340
 our sin

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.660
 and then he takes

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.680
 the penalty

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.120
 for sin

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:36.980
 he is pierced

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.120
 and he is crushed

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:40.279
 and he bears wounds

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.279
 all pictures

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.860
 of violent death

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.920
 and

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.720
 as we are reminded

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.279
 he is punished

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.900
 by God

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:48.360
 and that is

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.440
 a deeper agony

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.740
 than the physical

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.779
 pain he endured

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:53.440
 Jesus as he becomes

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.180
 the sin bearer

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.620
 of the world

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.200
 is regarded

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.880
 by his father

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.000
 as the worst sinner

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.519
 who ever lived

00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.380
 and Jesus feels

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.819
 that sense

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.900
 of being forsaken

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.259
 by his father

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.860
 on the cross

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:05.039
 as he faces

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.500
 in himself

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.740
 the holy anger

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.240
 of God

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.039
 against sin

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.740
 and remember

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.880
 Jesus is sinlessly

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.400
 perfect

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.240
 he is doing that

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.500
 not for his sin

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.079
 but for our sin

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:16.240
 so Jesus takes sin

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.220
 and it's penalty

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.079
 and what does he give

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.859
 Jesus gives

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.220
 we're told

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.839
 peace

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.740
 and healing

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:24.640
 the wonderful message

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.240
 of the gospel

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.920
 is that Jesus

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.740
 is abandoned

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.519
 so that we can be

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:28.920
 welcomed

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.279
 so that we can be

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.079
 reconciled

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.720
 Jesus takes

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.759
 into himself

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.579
 the poison

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.220
 of sin

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:37.119
 so that we

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.859
 can be healed

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:40.159
 and here is the

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:41.059
 unique beauty

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.819
 of Christianity

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:44.480
 because it shows

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.559
 us God's grace

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.619
 and kindness

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.720
 on full display

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.199
 the Bible doesn't

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:50.899
 say to us

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.639
 do better

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.399
 try harder

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.339
 try and earn

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.460
 your salvation

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:56.359
 what we see

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:57.199
 in this exchange

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:57.859
 is that it's all

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.960
 about God's kindness

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.699
 we could never

00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:01.019
 pay the price

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.960
 for our sin

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.200
 we could never

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.460
 earn God's favour

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.279
 because we can never

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.420
 be good enough

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.799
 rather by faith

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.740
 we receive it

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.579
 as a gift

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:11.100
 purchased for us

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:12.039
 at the cross

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.460
 by the suffering

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.340
 of the Lord Jesus

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:17.120
 and then there's

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.819
 another aspect

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.720
 of the gospel

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.180
 that we see

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.819
 in verse 6

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.259
 and that's

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.220
 the rescue

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.299
 that takes place

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:34.819
 notice that the

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.879
 verse starts

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.440
 and finishes

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.379
 with an

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.579
 all

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.839
 we all

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.059
 this is a vital

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.740
 part of the

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.440
 testimony that's

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.039
 shared in Isaiah

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.519
 53

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.660
 we all have

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.379
 gone astray

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.599
 there's the extent

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.119
 of the human

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.500
 problem

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.000
 no one is

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.639
 exempt from

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.180
 the problem

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.059
 of sin

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.220
 all of us

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.859
 in our conscience

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.740
 in our hearts

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:54.359
 know that all

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.980
 is not well

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.660
 between us

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.099
 and God

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:57.200
 left to ourselves

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.559
 there's a second

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.700
 all at the end

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.099
 there

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.960
 the Lord has

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.420
 laid on him

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.079
 the iniquity

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.680
 of us

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.460
 all

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.559
 there's the extent

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.460
 of God's solution

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.379
 and God's salvation

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.019
 there is no one

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.420
 who can say

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.319
 this is not open

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.680
 to me

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.819
 this is not for me

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.000
 anyone who has

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.819
 faith and who

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.899
 looks to Jesus

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:16.000
 will know

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.139
 that he has

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.899
 taken sin

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.379
 that he has

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.000
 carried out

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.859
 that rescue

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:23.220
 the picture here

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.839
 in verse 6

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.720
 is of a wandering

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.259
 sheep

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:27.059
 and a wandering

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.659
 sheep

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.460
 far from the

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.720
 shepherd

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.799
 is in danger

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.799
 and notice here

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.019
 it's in danger

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.439
 by their own

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:33.759
 choosing

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.460
 they turn to

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.099
 their own

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.720
 way

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.539
 we turn

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.279
 away

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.279
 from our

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.039
 good and

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.500
 gracious

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.000
 king

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.519
 abandoning

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.019
 the shepherd

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.480
 and his

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.779
 care

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.279
 for us

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.779
 and God's

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.500
 response

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:47.019
 the penalty

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.000
 for wandering

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.660
 the penalty

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.480
 of rebellion

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.879
 is not laid

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.599
 on God's

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:51.819
 people

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.359
 it's laid

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.480
 on Jesus

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.099
 Jesus

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.660
 as he said

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.200
 in John 10

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.000
 I am the good

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.400
 shepherd

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.980
 and I lay

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.960
 down my life

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.599
 for the sheep

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:02.200
 Jesus suffers

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.700
 death

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:04.180
 so that you

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.680
 and I

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.660
 might enjoy

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.639
 true life

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:08.600
 if we

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.360
 look to

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.660
 him

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:11.420
 and trust

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.840
 him

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.520
 and trust

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:13.160
 his care

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.620
 and trust

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:13.860
 what he

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.180
 did

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.580
 on the

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:14.880
 cross

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.500
 again

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.000
 Jesus

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.640
 is being

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.540
 presented

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.080
 to us

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.440
 as

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.240
 the

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.840
 suffering

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.759
 servant

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.440
 the suffering

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.140
 saviour

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.740
 and Isaiah

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.500
 invites the

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:26.860
 question

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.440
 what is my

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.860
 verdict

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.140
 on the

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.560
 cross

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.400
 on Jesus

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.980
 suffering

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.040
 on the

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.360
 cross

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:34.080
 remember

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.480
 Jesus

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.980
 death and

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.420
 resurrection

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.080
 our true

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.600
 history

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:39.640
 every

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.900
 scholar

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.460
 of note

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.240
 every historian

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.580
 of note

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:43.960
 whether they're

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.460
 Christian or

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.700
 not

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.460
 recognises

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:47.860
 the cross

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.480
 is fact

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:50.500
 and many

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.960
 even

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.160
 sceptical

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.440
 even

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.779
 non-Christian

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.519
 scholars

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.240
 recognise

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.460
 the resurrection

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.320
 has

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.600
 facts

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.800
 backing it

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.120
 up

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.759
 this is

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.360
 truth

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:04.420
 don't rush

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.100
 by the truth

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.719
 don't ignore

00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:06.119
 the truth

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.679
 don't think

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:08.059
 that it's

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.859
 a small

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.199
 thing

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.699
 or for

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:10.980
 another

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.279
 day

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.679
 this is

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.000
 too

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.839
 important

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:15.119
 remember

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.819
 the Lord's

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.139
 verdict

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.339
 God glorified

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.659
 Jesus

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:17.980
 God

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.819
 raised

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.359
 Jesus

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.219
 and in

00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.599
 that

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.279
 there is

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.779
 a reminder

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.119
 that the

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.759
 price for

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.459
 our sin

00:25:23.459 --> 00:25:24.159
 and guilt

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.779
 is fully

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.139
 paid

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.679
 that sin

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.279
 and death

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.779
 have been

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.599
 defeated

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.199
 that Jesus

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.639
 has been

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.259
 vindicated

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.819
 and raised

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.500
 in

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.399
 triumph

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:35.319
 so just

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.659
 like the

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.119
 characters

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.740
 of Isaiah

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.439
 53

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:39.339
 who have

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.500
 been

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.019
 pictured

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.419
 in this

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.859
 prophecy

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:42.299
 if as

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.659
 yet you

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.019
 have not

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.519
 trusted

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.319
 in Jesus

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.819
 as Lord

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.339
 and Saviour

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.879
 recognise

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.819
 that you

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.299
 need

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.359
 the work

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.919
 of God's

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.240
 spirit

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.619
 in your

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:49.939
 life

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.519
 to change

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.019
 your heart

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.519
 and change

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.200
 your perspective

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.740
 ask him

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.080
 to do

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.380
 that

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.580
 read

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.240
 God's

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.700
 word

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:59.460
 read

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.680
 the

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.440
 gospels

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.299
 discover

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.000
 who

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.299
 Jesus

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.620
 is

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.960
 and why

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.140
 he

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.480
 came

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.539
 so that

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.759
 you would

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.180
 trust in

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.400
 him

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.140
 so as we

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.720
 approach

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.460
 Easter

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.840
 is it not

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.400
 too far

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.779
 away now

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.120
 let's

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.460
 worship

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.900
 Jesus

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.299
 with the

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.580
 eyes

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.019
 of faith

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.600
 remembering

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.039
 that there's

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.539
 no part

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.840
 of our

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.080
 need

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.420
 that he

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.840
 doesn't

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.100
 deal

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.380
 with

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.160
 that's

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.440
 good

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.860
 news

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:20.180
 and if

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.340
 we're

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.759
 trusting

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.039
 him

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.519
 take

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.940
 heart

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.779
 that we

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.019
 are on

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.440
 the right

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.900
 side of

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.279
 history

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:27.160
 that Jesus

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.220
 the

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.920
 saviour

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.759
 is for

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.120
 us

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.519
 and he

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.940
 is with

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.220
 us

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.539
 and he

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.840
 has won

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.320
 the victory

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:33.340
 for us