Scripture:
Isaiah 53:4-9 (NIV)
Isaiah 53:4-9 (NIV)
Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Devotional:
In the movie A Green
Mile one of the characters was sentenced to death for a crime he did not
commit. In fact he tried to save a life
but couldn’t. Even in jail the man did
what he could to help others. There is
someone who was born a long time ago. This
man was falsely accused, wrongly beaten, and died a very painful death. All for sins He did not commit.
Jesus lived the perfect life with no sin what so ever. Yet in the end He allowed Himself to be
wrongfully tried and crucified. When
Jesus hung on the cross the sin laid upon Him was not His own. He took up all the sins of the world, all
people from the past, in the present, and those yet to come. Because He willingly took upon our sin in
death we gain life. In His death and
resurrection we find salvation. Our
redemption is paid in full by what Christ did for us.
When judgment comes we will stand before God guilty. Romains 3:23-24 (NIV), “for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” My question to you is
simple. Who will be the one to pay the
price of your sins? Will the words come
from Jesus that state “I paid the price for their sins; they are no longer
guilty but have been cleansed.” Through
Jesus we are made righteous. Through Him
we are purified and can come before God free of sin…
