What A Savior
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD
revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there
is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from
him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we
are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as
a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who
shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with
the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he
hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he
shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he
shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he
bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:1-12)
Today’s
Morsel: I believe that the greatest chapter in the
Bible that expresses Jesus' salvation for us was written by Isaiah in this 53rd
chapter
of his book. I believe that this chapter was the backdrop for the gospel message, the foreshadow of Calvary, and the salvation for every soul.
Everything that Jesus went through in His life and ministry was outlined by
Isaiah in this chapter. In Acts Chapter 8, verses 26-35,
Scripture states, “And the angel of the Lord spake
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of
the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to
Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias
the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to
this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the
prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said,
How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would
come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He
was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer,
so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and
who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. And the
eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this?
of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at
the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.” (Acts 8:26-35) Even the eunuch received his
understanding of this Savior and his need for salvation on a dusty desert trail
on his way home. What about you? Do you understand who this Savior was and
is? It is all very clearly written in The Book for us to
understand.
Sing: O, what a Savior, O, hallelujah, His
heart was broken on Calvary. His hands were nail-scarred, His side was
riven, He gave His life-blood for even me.
Thought For Today: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
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