Christology 7 (Isaiah 52-53)

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“Jesus Our Savior: The Servant of the Lord”

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Outline adapted from

Dr. Danny Akin, SBTS

I. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Exaltation (52:13-15)

1. He is exalted because of His Success (13)

• Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.

• Philippians 2:9-11

I. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Exaltation (52:13-15)

2. He is exalted because of His Suffering (14)

• Just as many were astonished at you, so His visage was marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men.

• A picture of the ugliness of the crucifixion• How long was Jesus on the cross?• 6 hours

I. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Exaltation (52:13-15)

3. He is exalted because of His Salvation (15)

• So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; for what had not been told them they shall see, and what they had not heard they shall consider.

• Idea: His death will “startle” many nations when they correctly understand it.

II. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Rejection (53:1-3)

1. The Proclamation about the Servant was a cause of rejection (1)

• Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

• People won’t believe, won’t listen.

II. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Rejection (53:1-3)

2. The Incarnation about the Servant was a cause of rejection (2)

• For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.

• Viewpoint of the cross

II. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Rejection (53:1-3)

3. The Reception given the Servant was a cause of rejection (3)

• He is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

• John 1:1• Peter

III. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Passion (53:4-6)

1. There was a perverse Evaluation of the Servant’s mission (4)

• Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

• Romans 3:23 and 6:23

III. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Passion (53:4-6)

2. There is penal Substitution in the Servant’s passion (5)

• But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

• 1 Peter 2:24

III. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Passion (53:4-6)

3. There is a pointed Illustration of the Servant’s redemption (6)

• 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.

IV. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Submission (53:7-9)

1. He was submissive in His Silence (7)

• He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.

• Matthew 27:12-14

IV. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Submission (53:7-9)

2. He was submissive in His Suffering (8)

• He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

IV. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Submission (53:7-9)

3. He was submissive in His Shame (9)

• And they made His grave with the wicked but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

• Matthew 27:57-60

V. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Vindication (53:10-12)

1. He is vindicated by a word of Revelation (10)

• Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

V. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Vindication (53:10-12)

2. He is vindicated by the wondrous Resurrection (11)

• He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.

V. Isaiah Speaks of the Servant’s Vindication (53:10-12)

3. He is vindicated by His worthy Reward (12)

• Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

• Mark 15:27-28; Luke 23:34