MAN OF SORROWS: ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Man Of Sorrows
a) Isaiah Chapter 53 is the prophecy of the suffering servant.
b) We'll begin where the chapter should really begin, at the words, "Behold my Servant..." (Isaiah 52:13), and continue through all of chapter 53. We won't attempt to glean everything these 15 verses offer, but will concentrate on the key statement, He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isaiah 53:3).
c) This statement refers to Christ’s suffering on the cross, where "his appearance was marred more than any man..." (Isaiah 52:13-14). Our passage ends with the statement, "He poured out himself unto death and was numbered with the transgressors — yet he himself bore the sins of many and interceded for the transgressors (Isaiah 53:12).
d) Christ suffered death to atone for our sins. Atonement means to make “at one” with God those who are separated from him by sin (1 John 2:1-2).
e) He rose to intercede for us as our great High Priest who ever lives. Intercession means being our advocate with God, representing us before God. (Romans 8:34 Hebrews 7:25-27). This is the focus of our learning.
2. Acquainted With Grief
Isaiah 53:1-3
53 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
a) In the hearts of unbelievers, Christ "has no form or majesty... that we should be attracted to him". As believers, however, he does attract us, because like us he is "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief". The very thing that makes some people despise him, makes us turn to him, because he understands our struggles and hurts and sorrows.
b) In him we see God not as a remote and incomprehensible Being, but as "a man..." who is truly one of us. Moreover, as "a man of sorrows" he has been through the same sorrows and temptations as we experience and therefore is able to understand and sympathize with us (Hebrews 4:14-16).
The End ...
1. Man Of Sorrowsa) Isaiah Chapter 53 is the prophecy of the suffering servant.
b) We'll begin where the chapter should really begin, at the words, "Behold my Servant..." (Isaiah 52:13), and continue through all of chapter 53. We won't attempt to glean everything these 15 verses offer, but will concentrate on the key statement, He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isaiah 53:3).
c) This statement refers to Christ’s suffering on the cross, where "his appearance was marred more than any man..." (Isaiah 52:13-14). Our passage ends with the statement, "He poured out himself unto death and was numbered with the transgressors — yet he himself bore the sins of many and interceded for the transgressors (Isaiah 53:12).
d) Christ suffered death to atone for our sins. Atonement means to make “at one” with God those who are separated from him by sin (1 John 2:1-2).
e) He rose to intercede for us as our great High Priest who ever lives. Intercession means being our advocate with God, representing us before God. (Romans 8:34 Hebrews 7:25-27). This is the focus of our learning.
2. Acquainted With Grief
Isaiah 53:1-3
53 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
a) In the hearts of unbelievers, Christ "has no form or majesty... that we should be attracted to him". As believers, however, he does attract us, because like us he is "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief". The very thing that makes some people despise him, makes us turn to him, because he understands our struggles and hurts and sorrows.
b) In him we see God not as a remote and incomprehensible Being, but as "a man..." who is truly one of us. Moreover, as "a man of sorrows" he has been through the same sorrows and temptations as we experience and therefore is able to understand and sympathize with us (Hebrews 4:14-16).
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