Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:7-12
SERMON NOTES
Death on Earth, Life in Heaven
(Isa. 53:7-12)
– Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:30-35
– William Reese and William Williams: And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice/ Kissed a guilty world in love.
1. Christ’s death was voluntary.
– 53:7; Matt.26:62-63; 27:12-14; 1 Pet.2:23; Phil.2:8; Matt.26:53; John 10:17-18
2. Christ’s death was innocent.
– 53:9; died with the wicked ones but buried in the tomb of a rich one (Matt.27:57-60)
– unlike Isaiah 6:5, see John 8:46a
3. Christ’s death was substitutionary.
– for my people, seed or offspring, for many, for transgressors
– Rom.8:3-4
4. Christ’s death was followed by triumph.
– 53:10-12; Phil.2:8-9; 1 Pet.1:10-11
– Rev.5:9-10