OF WHOM DOES THE
PROPHET SPEAK?
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ehold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were
astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more that the sons of men: So
shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told
them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. Who has believed our report? and
to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? for he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of dry ground; he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should
desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it
were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with
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. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers is dumb, so he openeth not
his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation? for he was
cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his
mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he had put him to grief; when thou shall make his soul an
offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in
his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous
servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death; and he was
numbered with transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The Prophet Isaiah 52: 13-15; 53: 1-12
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THE GOOD NEWS
THE FACT OF SIN: The Lord looked down
from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand,
and seek God. They are all together become
filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not
one. (Psalms 14: 2, 3) For there is not a just
man upon the earth, that doeth good and
sinneth not. (Ecclesiastes 7:20)
THE RESULT OF SIN: But your iniquities
have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face from you,
that he will not hear. (Isaiah 59:2) But we
are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all
do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
Behold all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
the soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezekiel
18:4) The result of sin is eternal separation
from God.
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THE NEED FOR ATONEMENT: For I will
pass through the land of Egypt this night,
and will smite all the first born in the land of
Egypt, both man and beast: and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I
am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you
for a token upon the houses where you are;
and when I see the blood, I will pass over
you, and the plague shall not be upon you to
destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
(Exodus 12: 12, 13) For the life of the flesh
is in the blood and I have given it to you
upon the altar to make an atonement for
your souls for it is the blood that maketh
atonement for the soul. (Leviticis 17:11)
GOD’S PROVISION FOR SIN TODAY:
Shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself:
(Daniel 9:26) But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed
... for he was cut off out of the land of the
living: for the transgression of my people
was he stricken. (Isaiah 53: 5-8)
GOD’S REQUIREMENT: And Abram
believed in the Lord; and he counted it to
him for righteousness. (Genesis 15: 6)
That if you shall confess with your mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your
heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you shall be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Gentile;
for the same Lord over all is rich unto all
that call upon him. For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:9-13.