‘But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.’ Isaiah 53:5 As a firstborn, I’m used to taking responsibility for everything my siblings do. If my younger sister sneaks out to play with the neighbors when she’s not…
‘He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.’ Isaiah 53:7 Have you ever been accused of something you didn’t do—something that could actually get you in…
‘He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.’ Isaiah 53:3 One of the things Jesus had to go through to get you that free salvation was grief. Remember John…
‘He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.’ Isaiah 53:3 Yesterday, we talked about how salvation, which we received as a free gift, had a price, and it was…
‘knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. ‘ I Peter 1:18-19 What I’m about to say might sound wrong initially, but I’ll say…
‘that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ‘ Romans 10:9-10 Jesus is Lord. I don’t know what confession…
‘Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.‘ John 6:21 So far, we have talked about Jesus sending the disciples to the other side of Bethsaida after they had fed the five thousand. We have also looked at how Jesus saw that they…
‘Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land. ‘ Mark 6:47 When we looked at this scripture yesterday, we talked about how Jesus could still see them even though they were in the middle of the sea, in the dead of night and…
‘Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray. Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was…
don’t forget that the ‘It is written’ of God is as loud and audible as the ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ It’s God’s voice in letters, and it is just as powerful. Whether you felt a shiver when you read it or not, that word is what God said, period. If you run with it, it will yield the same results.
