“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.” Isaiah 53:4 August 25, 2022 The most important question of the day, and any day, is answered in Isaiah 53:4-5. God’s Servant, Jesus Christ, did NOT die to merely give us an example in how […]
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“Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.” Isaiah 52:13 August 24, 2022 Standing on the Florida shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean for the first time was an experience never to be forgotten. I was nine years old at the time. I have never gotten over
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Behold, the Lord GOD helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up. Isaiah 50:9 August 23, 2022 The prophets of the Old Testament are unappreciated and unread by many Christians. What a loss. Wrapped in the language of poetry in
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“I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.” Isaiah 50:6 August 22, 2022 Injustice stings and cries for a remedy. We see it everywhere. Wicked men traffic in the use of children for sexual gratification. Wealthy
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“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” Isaiah 50:4 August 19, 2022 The “mystery” Servant of the Lord in
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But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.” Isaiah 49:4 August 18, 2022 It might seem unimaginable that the Servant, the Messiah, could have struggled with a sense of failure. In this
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“Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.” Isaiah 49:1 August 17, 2022 Polls often dominate the news. From time to time some of these polls attempt to show how “religion” plays less and
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“Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.” Isaiah 42:1 August 16, 2022 Comfort! Do we need it? We do, as did Israel at the lowest point in her history as a nation. Exiled from
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“If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. But this gain for a land in every way: a king committed to
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“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” Matthew 5:22 August 12, 2022 Jesus lived no sheltered life. He witnessed anger early
