Lesson 21 of 26 in a series on Old Testament Vistas. This sermon on Isaiah 52-53 was presented April 17, 2011, at Palm Desert Church of Christ, by Dale Wells.

1. Old Testament Vistas

2. Old Testament Promise of a Savior

3. Starts in the Garden Genesis 3:15 NIV And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

4. God’s Promise to Abram Genesis 12:1-3 NIV … "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

5. God’s Promise to David 2 Samuel 7:12-13 NIV When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

6. Virgin Conception Isaiah 7:14 NIV Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

7. To Us a Child is Born Isaiah 9:6 NIV For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

8. A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse Isaiah 11:1-3 NIV A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD—and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

9. The Gospel in the Old Testament

10. Exaltation of the Servant Isaiah 52:13-15 NIV See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness—so will he sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

11. Philippians 2:5-11 NIV Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!

12. Philippians 2:5-11 NIV Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

13. Humiliation of the Servant Isaiah 53:1-3 NIV Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

14. Work of the Servant Isaiah 53:4-6 NIV Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

15. Work of the Servant

16. Took up & Carried Isaiah 53:4a,5a NIV Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows … But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities… 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

17. John Bunyan “Grace Abounding” “Sinner, thou thinkest, that because thy sins and infirmities, I cannot save thy soul; but behold My Son is by me, and upon Him I look, and not on thee, and shall deal with thee according as I am pleased with Him.” At this I was greatly lightened in my mind, and made to understand, that God could justify a sinner at any time; it was but His looking upon Christ, and imputing His benefits to us, and the work was forthwith done.

18. Rejected & Crushed Isaiah 53:4b NIV … yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

19. Peace & Healing Isaiah 53:5b NIV … the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Hebrews 10:10-14 NIV And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. … (14) because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

20. Romans 5:6-10 NIV You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

21. Universality of Human Sin Isaiah 53:6 NIV We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Romans 3:10-23 NIV As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. … (23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

22. Final Two Stanzas

23. Humiliation of the Servant Isaiah 53:7-9 NIV He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants?

24. Humiliation of the Servant For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

25. Exaltation of the Servant Isaiah 53:10-12 NIV Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

26. Exaltation of the Servant Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

27. As Clear as the Gospel Gets

28. As Clear as the Gospel Gets Admit your sin Believe in the Cross Commit your life to Jesus in obedience

29. Yahweh is Salvation Acts 4:12 NIV Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

30. How Will You Respond to God’s Servant?