Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Sorrowful in His Life, Part 1 (TMF:495)

Friday, September 16, 2016
Peace to Live By: Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Sorrowful in His Life (TMF:495) - Daniel Litton
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       God knows what it is like for us, as people, when we face abandonment by others. Perhaps a person has let us down, showing us that they are not the person we thought they were. Perhaps we put our trust in the person, only to have him or her disappoint us. But Jesus was sorrowful in his life I am sure for many reasons. After all, he had this great secret that he carried with him that we was God. No one else knew the secret, at least for awhile. His disciples knew he was the Christ, but did they know he was God? We see Jesus’ emotions at their pinnacle when he goes to Bethany to visit the grave of his friend Lazarus. Remember the shortest verse in the Bible is found here, in John 11, which says, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35, ESV). Was this weeping, though, just over his friend Lazarus who had died? Jesus knew we was going to raise him from the dead—for he had already hinted this to his disciples. No, I think the scene here of Jesus weeping was more a culmination of feelings that had built up inside of him. He was sad to see the heartbreak that death causes for those who love the person.