The Ministry of the Suffering Servant
“But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5, NASB95)
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King of the Jews
Regardless of public opinion, Jesus is the King of Heaven and Earth.
Dr. Howard Hendrick – theologian, pastor and professor – once said, “There was no identity crisis in the life of Jesus Christ. He knew who He was. He knew where He had come from and why He was here. And He knew where He was going.”
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Proven Faith
“Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.” ― Elisabeth Elliot
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Whom Do You Seek?
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian, once said, “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ.” His point is obvious; man has an internal drive to seek the divine. Because of this void, man will continue to seek and not be satisfied until God fills that void through Jesus Christ. What makes seeking God difficult is that unless God reveals Himself, man never sees Him.
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God’s Agent of Eternal Life
The Father gave the Son all power and authority to provide eternal life to mankind; mankind, who before Jesus came, was eternally dead in sin. Man was separated and fell out of relationship with God when Adam rebelled against Him in the Garden of Eden. But Jesus came to restore that relationship and bring God to man.
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3).
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