Isaiah 53- Jesus Understands our Weaknesses (TMF:499)

Thursday, September 22, 2016
Peace to Live By: Isaiah 53- Jesus Understands our Weaknesses (TMF:499) - Daniel Litton
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       First, let us consider, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4, ESV). So, we start here with a summary, which is a basic understanding of what Jesus has done for us, as people. Jesus even said in the Beatitudes that the mourning person should be happy. That is, the person who mourns over sin—both his or her own sin and how sin has affected the world. But we could also, and I think this gets more at the point, understand this text to be talking about the fact that Jesus can relate to grief and sorrow that we face in our lives. Remember, grief and sorrow in and of themselves are not sinful. Just several verses up we saw that Isaiah called Jesus the “man of sorrows,” for he definitely knew what sorrow was all about in his life. To further understand Jesus’ acquaintance with our griefs and sorrows in this life, let’s consider a couple verses from the Book of Hebrews. The writer of Hebrews penned the following at the end of Hebrews chapter 4: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15, ESV).