"We can never talk too much about the cross of Christ , the suffering , the sacrifice the endurance and the meaning".
"The Power of the cross which leads to salvation is a foundational and eternal completion."
I and a sister have been reading some familiar scriptures this week and once again fresh of the page was encouragement , truth and power.
Isaiah 52:13-14
13 See, my servant will act wisely[b]
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
"The Power of the cross which leads to salvation is a foundational and eternal completion."
I and a sister have been reading some familiar scriptures this week and once again fresh of the page was encouragement , truth and power.
Isaiah 52:13-14
13 See, my servant will act wisely[b]
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
Lets just take a moment to reflect on this image...
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem
" Whoa ! and this is where we stopped , dwell ed prayed and studied. I never read this part like this before , if i am not mistaken this is a prophecy , prophesying how Jesus was before this cross, reference to his life, though their is not much written about his childhood this says he was " A man of suffering , familiar with pain , like one whom PEOPLE HIDE THEIR FACES.
Dare i say this next sentence but according to Isaiah he was despised by many and men presumed he was stricken by God - Isaiah 53:4 - Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
I know many who think upon Christ as a perfect picture and that he is in the way he is and was and still will be , the way he lived and obeyed and lived a sinless life. I can firmly say he was not the Jesus you can see below -Few scars. He was holy yet was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes[g] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[h] and be satisfied[i];
by his knowledge[j] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Through out my walk with Christ i want to be honest and confess that maybe only at Easter time i reflect on his sacrifice and salvation i can honestly say with scripture to back me up that my prayer is that i never go a day without THANKING him for my salvation which was paid at a great sorry GREAT price , i often wonder what is was like in heaven that day when he spared his Son in that hour when darkness reigns, Somethings are not for us to know :)
I will leave us with this to back up what i have just said and to encourage us !
Psalm 51:12-17
New International Version (NIV)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes[g] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[h] and be satisfied[i];
by his knowledge[j] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
Through out my walk with Christ i want to be honest and confess that maybe only at Easter time i reflect on his sacrifice and salvation i can honestly say with scripture to back me up that my prayer is that i never go a day without THANKING him for my salvation which was paid at a great sorry GREAT price , i often wonder what is was like in heaven that day when he spared his Son in that hour when darkness reigns, Somethings are not for us to know :)
I will leave us with this to back up what i have just said and to encourage us !
Psalm 51:12-17
New International Version (NIV)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
Amen ,
Thank you for reading love Hayley xxx
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