The Servant’s Name

Isaiah 49:1-13

About the Sermon

It matters for every Christian if Christ truly is our salvation according to the Scriptures. If the Bible's story of salvation is not a unified story then Christ is not salvation for us. He's just another first century man laying claim to the role of messiah. This week brings us to the second of four "Servant Songs" at the heart of Isaiah's message. The first song dealt with the servant's mission. This song in Isaiah 49:1–13 deals with the servant's identity. This servant, "Israel," is both the nation and an individual who restores the nation and incorporates the nations into the people of God.

About the Series

How did Jesus learn about who he was and what he came to do? How did those who wrote about Jesus in the New Testament Scriptures come to fully grasp the significance of his death and resurrection? From the Old Testament Scriptures and from the book of Isaiah in particular. In this short series we turn to what are often called the Songs of the Servant in the book of Isaiah. Many years before Christ came, Isaiah told us what our savior came to do and why: to grant us forgiveness and life. Or, put another way, to bring rebels from the wilderness of sin and death into the paradise of life with him.
How did Jesus learn about who he was and what he came to do? How did those who wrote about Jesus in the New Testament Scriptures come to fully grasp the significance of his death and resurrection? From the Old Testament Scriptures and from the book of Isaiah in particular. In this short series we turn to what are often called the Songs of the Servant in the book of Isaiah. Many years before Christ came, Isaiah told us what our savior came to do and why: to grant us forgiveness and life. Or, put another way, to bring rebels from the wilderness of sin and death into the paradise of life with him.

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