#30 – Knowing God Better – John 19

Regarding Jesus’ crucifixion…not only did Jesus know what was going to happen, but many Old Testament prophets had already written about it.

In John 19, you’ll see these statements:

24…This fulfilled the Scripture that says…
28…and to fulfill Scripture he said…
36 These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say…

Isaiah was just one of the prophets who wrote about the coming Messiah. Isaiah lived 700 years before Jesus. Isaiah describes the Messiah’s crucifixion in detail (hundreds of years before crucifixion was invented as a form of death).

Before we look at John 19, in today’s study, let’s just read excerpts from Isaiah, chapter 53.

There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
   nothing to attract us to him.
3 He was despised and rejected–
   a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
   He was despised, and we did not care.

4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
   it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
   a punishment for his own sins!

5 But he was pierced for our rebellion,
   crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
   He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
   We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
   the sins of us all.

7 He was oppressed and treated harshly,
   yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
   And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
   he did not open his mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned,
   he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants,
   that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
   for the rebellion of my people.

9 He had done no wrong
   and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
   he was put in a rich man’s grave.
10 But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
   and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
   he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
   and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
11 When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
   he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
   my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
   for he will bear all their sins.

Next study, we’ll look at John 19. In the meantime, thank Jesus for paying for your sin. He did. Your sins are fully paid for. All of them…”he will bear all their sins.”

It is sobering, because we are guilty…but he took away not only our sins, but our guilt. If we believe in Jesus, and what he did for us, we are forgiven. (See Colossians 1:13-20)

Ok, I was tempted to write out that section from Colossians. Here it is, if you have time to read it: http://tinyurl.com/9sauoqa

John 19 next!

Sincerely,

Marilyn Adamson
director of EveryStudent.com
and StartingwithGod.com