![]() ![]() “He was also ‘a man of sorrows,’ for the variety of his woes he was a man not of sorrow only, but of ‘sorrows.’ All the sufferings of the body and of the soul were known to him the sorrows of the man who actively struggles to obey the sorrows of the man who sits still, and passively endures. His sorrow was for others, and for the fallen, desperate condition of humanity. Most of our sorrow is really just self-pity. This, among other reasons, made Him despised and rejected by men. Yet He knew sorrow and grief so intimately that He could be called a Man of sorrows. It would be wrong to think of Him as perpetually sad and morose indeed, He certainly showed great joy (such as in Luke 10:21). He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief: Jesus was not a “life of the party” man. There must be something about the presentation of the gospel that will appeal to people.to what is called ‘the modern mind.’ I wonder if we stop to think that in our efforts to make the gospel message ‘attractive’ we are drawing a curtain across the face of Jesus in His humiliation? The only one who can make Him attractive is the Holy Spirit.” (Redpath)į. We have to use the methods of technique which must be smart, well-presented, streamlined. “These days it appears that we must dress up the gospel to make it attractive. This means that when we try to attract people to Jesus through form or comeliness, or beauty, we are using methods that run counter to the nature of Jesus. This doesn’t mean that Jesus was ugly, but it does mean that He did not have the “advantage” of good looks. Jesus was not a man of remarkable beauty or physical attractiveness ( comeliness). He has no form or comeliness…no beauty that we should desire Him: Prophetically, Isaiah gives a more compelling description of Jesus than we find anywhere in the gospel accounts. Is it dark? Then all is fair for a grand show of light the light will never seem so bright as when the night is very very dark.” (Spurgeon)Į. “Do not say, ‘It is useless to preach down there, or to send missionaries to that uncivilised country.’ How do you know? Is it very dry ground? Ah, well, that is hopeful soil Christ is a ‘root out of a dry ground,’ and the more there is to discourage the more you should be encouraged. God can bring the most wonderful things out of dry ground. In respect to spiritual, political, and standard of living matters, it was indeed dry ground. As a root out of dry ground: Jesus grew up in the Galilee region of Roman occupied Palestine. If the plant is before Him, it doesn’t even matter that the ground is dry. In God’s presence, that which seems to be weak is strong. A tender plant is weak and vulnerable - unless it is before Him, that is, before the LORD God. But all the while, He was as a tender plant - of seeming weakness and insignificance, not like a mighty tree. He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant: Jesus did grow up, as He increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men ( Luke 2:52). ![]() But the strength, power, and might of God will be expressed in the midst of this suffering, seemingly weak Messiah.Ĭ. Yet we will see a Messiah weak and suffering. The arm of the LORD is a picture of His strength, power, and might. To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? In this context of the Messiah’s suffering and agony, this line seems out of place. Second, he anticipates the rejection of the Messiah, that many would not believe our report.ī. First, he anticipates how strange and contradictory it seems that this suffering Messiah, whose visage is marred more than any man, is at the same time salvation and cleansing to the nations. Who has believed our report? Prophetically, Isaiah anticipates at least two things here. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.Ī. There is no beauty that we should desire Him.Ī Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.Īnd we hid, as it were, our faces from Him He has no form or comeliness and when we see Him, ( Isaiah 53:1-3) How man saw the suffering Messiah.Īnd to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?įor He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, The atoning suffering of the Servant of the LORD.ġ. This chapter contains a beautiful summary of the most peculiar and distinguishing doctrines of Christianity.” (Adam Clarke)Ī. “This chapter foretells the sufferings of the Messiah, the end for which he was to die, and the advantages resulting to mankind from that illustrious event. The Atoning Suffering and Victory of the Messiah
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