Isaiah 53:4-6 NLT
[4] Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
[5] But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
[6] All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.
Reflection . . .
This is a very familiar passage from Isaiah, one that foretells the suffering that Jesus would bear on our behalf on the cross.
What did Jesus carry/suffer?
- Our Weakness
- Our Sorrows
- Our Punishment
- Our Rebellion
- Our Sin
Why did Jesus suffer for us?
- To Make us Whole
- To Heal us
- To Bring us to God
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 ESV
Into Practice 