Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:1-4
SERMON NOTES
Despised and Rejected by Men
(Isaiah 53:1-4)
– those who reject Christ actually fulfil the Bible’s prophecies!
1. The Servant will be despised by the world.
– 53:1-3; cited in John 12:37-38; Rom.10:16
– John 1:11, 46; Matt.13:55
– unlike Joseph (Gen.39:6) and David (1 Sam.16:12); 2 Cor.10:10
– Job 17:6
2. The Servant will be afflicted by God.
– 53:4; strange (52:13; 50:8; 42:1)
– Rom.8:3, 32
3. The Servant will carry our sorrows and sufferings.
– 53:4; cited in Matt.8:16-17
– there is healing in the atonement but it is not immediate, on this earth.