Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds 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.
(Isaiah 53:4-6 ESV)
This whole chapter of Isaiah 53 is a revealing of what the sacrificial Lamb, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the Messiah, Saviour, would be like, look like and do for us. My sin should bring me great grief and sorrow, as it brings to my God and Saviour. My sin is the crown of thorns on his head, the wounds in his side, the nails in his hands and feet, the beatings, mocking and rejection he received. My sin did all those things to him.
He bore every ounce of punishment, wrath and fury that was rightly mine. God turned his back on his Son, his one and only Son, and Jesus received the chastisement, the judgement, so that I could be free from the power of sin and death, and brought into eternal life.
Man of sorrows, what a name! For the Son of God, who came, ruined sinners to reclaim. HALLELUJAH! What a Saviour.
Lord, thank you for the sacrifice you made to save me, a worthless sinner. Thank you for conquering the power of sin in my life. Thank you for not thinking twice about how many times I would fall, but instead thinking about your love poured out for me in Jesus’ death on the cross. Til on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied, for every sin on him was laid, here in the death of Christ I live.
