Sunday, August 4, 2013

Who has believed our message

Isaiah 52:13-15 53:1-3
Describing the coming Jesus- God's sfffering Servant. his feature, face... He will act wisely he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have ot heard, they will understand.
Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Why?
This fourth Servant Song is the best-known of all. The scene shifts from the joyous home-coming to the lonly figure who paid the price of it. How different this is from the people's understanding of the future king: no svvlim, only rejection - a figure despised and ignored. Could God's hand be in this? 'Yes It was my will that he should suffer'
Even we, believer, esteemed him not. We have to meditate it more.
I believe the message of Jesus.
How?
Dear Lord, may your Holy Spirit remind me, let me honor your name, be a good servant before you, esteem Jesus Christ and obey his words.

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