The Servant’s Rejection

Isaiah 52:13-53:6

About the Sermon

Things are not always as they seem. Jesus did not seem to be all that much to those who looked on him in his life. When he was young, he wasn't that special. Who would expect a boy to be the answer to the world's problems? His sufferings in life only seemed to confirm the obvious: that this was not our man. Some said he was a blasphemer. Some said he was a common criminal. Others said he was a troublemaker. To some who hoped for more, he was another failed prophet. But his rejection by us turned out to be a rejection for us. Who would have known? None of us apart from the revelation of God concerning his Servant in Isaiah 52:13–53:6.

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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