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READ: Isaiah 53:4-6
LISTEN: Isaiah 53

“Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5

Isaiah wrote about a suffering servant who would come and give his life as a sacrifice for sin roughly 700 years before the time of Christ. This suffering servant would be pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities (Isaiah 53:5). Jesus later announces that he was arrested and sent to the cross so that Scriptures like Isaiah 53 could be fulfilled. Jesus’s suffering and death would pay our punishment and ultimately set us free from sin and death.

Jesus’s faithfulness through his death and resurrection means we can be free from the penalty and power of sin and experience true and lasting peace. Jesus, the faithful one, died and rose from the grave so the unfaithful ones (us) could be forgiven, granted new hearts and given eternal life. This is what Jesus, the faithful suffering servant, is offering to all who receive him by faith.

TODAY: Rejoice that Jesus, the faithful one, has come to rescue us, the unfaithful ones. This is the gospel, the good news of who Jesus is and what he has done. Have you received this good news? The Bible promises that all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10:13). If you have already received Christ as Savior, praise God with Ada Bible Worship singing “Name Above all Names.” Consider these words: “The perfect sacrifice, your body broken, as you restored to us what sin had stolen.”