SORROW TO JOY: TRIALS TO ETERNAL JOY
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Sorrow To Joy
a) He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3).
b) Isaiah Chapter 53 is the prophecy of the Suffering Servant, who is none other than Jesus Christ.
c) How do we know that Isaiah 53 is speaking about Jesus Christ? The Ethiopian Treasurer was reading this chapter. He asked Phillip, “Of whom does the prophet speak?” Then Phillip preached to him Jesus. (Acts 8:26-40)
d) The sorrow portrayed in Isaiah 53 is sorrow that turns into joy.
2. Trials To Eternal Joy
a) Our sorrows and tribulations in this life will be replaced by joy in heaven.
b) "Surely our pains He Himself bore, And our sickness He carried" (Isaiah 53:4).
c) "This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: He took our illnesses and bore our diseases." (Matthew 8:17, Isaiah 53:4).
d) Matthew has just told us that Jesus, by healing the sick, fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 53:4 that Jesus bore the pains and sickness of humanity.
e) Even today, Jesus supports us in our tribulations. He comforts us with the knowledge that eternal glory awaits us after our trials (Romans 8:18, Revelation 21:4)
f) "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us" (Romans 8:18).
g) "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4).
h)) "He will see his offspring, he will prolong his days..." (Isaiah 53:10).
The End ...
1. Sorrow To Joy a) He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3).
b) Isaiah Chapter 53 is the prophecy of the Suffering Servant, who is none other than Jesus Christ.
c) How do we know that Isaiah 53 is speaking about Jesus Christ? The Ethiopian Treasurer was reading this chapter. He asked Phillip, “Of whom does the prophet speak?” Then Phillip preached to him Jesus. (Acts 8:26-40)
d) The sorrow portrayed in Isaiah 53 is sorrow that turns into joy.
2. Trials To Eternal Joy
a) Our sorrows and tribulations in this life will be replaced by joy in heaven.
b) "Surely our pains He Himself bore, And our sickness He carried" (Isaiah 53:4).
c) "This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: He took our illnesses and bore our diseases." (Matthew 8:17, Isaiah 53:4).
d) Matthew has just told us that Jesus, by healing the sick, fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 53:4 that Jesus bore the pains and sickness of humanity.
e) Even today, Jesus supports us in our tribulations. He comforts us with the knowledge that eternal glory awaits us after our trials (Romans 8:18, Revelation 21:4)
f) "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us" (Romans 8:18).
g) "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4).
h)) "He will see his offspring, he will prolong his days..." (Isaiah 53:10).
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