MAN OF SORROWS: AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW HIS STEPS
(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. An Example To Follow His Steps
Isaiah 53:6-7
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
a) The manner in which Jesus lived, and died, causes us to follow him. If we would walk in someone’s steps, we can have no better example and shepherd than Jesus. "All we like sheep have gone astray". He who himself was "led as a lamb to the slaughter" is able now to be our shepherd. He'll be our spiritual guide along the right path and lead us to green pastures of eternal life (1 Peter 2:20-25, Psalms 23).
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. An Example To Follow His Steps
Isaiah 53:6-7
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
a) The manner in which Jesus lived, and died, causes us to follow him. If we would walk in someone’s steps, we can have no better example and shepherd than Jesus. "All we like sheep have gone astray". He who himself was "led as a lamb to the slaughter" is able now to be our shepherd. He'll be our spiritual guide along the right path and lead us to green pastures of eternal life (1 Peter 2:20-25, Psalms 23).
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