Isaiahs Gospel 1st Part

Mo. 9/22/14: Isaiah 52:7                  What is the good news?

      How beautiful upon the mountains

      Are the feet of him who brings good news,

      Who proclaims salvation,

      Who says to Zion,

      “Your God reigns!”

What is the good news? The good news is God’s salvation.

Tu. 9/23/13: Isaiah 52:13 – 15a                  What is the bad news?

      Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;

      He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.

      Just as many were astonished at you,

      So His visage was marred more than any man,

      And His form more than the sons of men;

      So shall He sprinkle many nations.

What is the bad news? He was wounded to death.

We. 9/24/14: Isaiah 53:1 – 2                  What sounds improbable?

      Who has believed our report?

      And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

      For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,

      And as a root out of dry ground.

      There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

What sounds improbable? His virgin birth: a plant grows in dry ground.

Th. 9/25/14: Isaiah 53:3 – 4                  What did He carry?

      He is despised and rejected by men,

      A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

      Surely He has borne our griefs

      And carried our sorrows;

      Yet we esteemed Him stricken,

      Smitten by God, and afflicted.

What did He carry? He carried my sins.

Fr. 9/26/14: Isaiah 53:5 –6                  Why was He wounded?

      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.

      All we like sheep have gone astray;

      We have turned, every one, to his own way;

      And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Why was He wounded? His wounds bought our healing.