Isaiah, Week 3: As A Servant He Must Suffer

Okay? And this theological word is called substitutionary atonement. Okay? And this is at the heart of your salvation and how you are saved. It is the concept that God, and here Isaiah chapter 53 does a magnificent job of Isaiah and God laying this out for us of exactly what substitutionary atonement is. It is the concept that God will accept Jesus' death, the death of the Messiah, as a substitute for ours, friends, as payment for our sin. [00:26:49] (36 seconds)  #Isaiah53Fulfilled

But because he perfectly fulfilled the righteous requirement of the law, he then has the credibility, friends. He has the resume, if you will, to stand before the Father and offer himself as a sacrifice for our sins. So, yes, he is our deliverer, but not in a political, militaristic way, at least not yet, friends. For now, the way he delivers us, friends, is by becoming our substitute, the sacrifice for our sins. And what that simply means is that he took your place. [00:27:54] (39 seconds)  #PerfectRedeemer

And listen, we're all sinners. Amen? Every single one of us that walks the face of this planet, all eight point whatever billion people that are on the face of the planet right now are sinners. And either one of two things is going to happen. Either we are going to receive the punishment that we are due for disobeying God and sinning against him, or our sin is going to be placed on Jesus at the cross and considered paid for there. [00:28:34] (35 seconds)  #SinPlacedOnJesus

Friends, he delivers us, but he delivers us by paying the penalty for our sins and delivering us from death and hell. Amen? Hallelujah. Amen. Right? Praise God for substitutionary atonement. And if you hear a preacher talking about biblical things, he may be using all biblical words. He may even be reading from scripture, friends. But if he does not talk about the fact that Jesus died in your place, he took your place, and that's what allows you to be saved when you put your faith and trust in him, then he's preaching a false gospel. [00:29:16] (42 seconds)  #JesusTookOurPlace

Friends, so even though he was God and could have at any moment spoken the word and gotten out of this horrible situation, friends, he didn't. He willingly went through all this terrible mocking and taunting and jeering and beating and scourging and whipping and pain and suffering and even death for us. And he didn't say a word. [00:32:21] (29 seconds)  #SilentSacrifice

Right? You mean you'll cut my sentence if I tell you who else is involved? Oh, yeah. Well, listen. There's Jimmy and Bobby and Jason and Chris and Matt. You know, we'll roll on whoever. But Jesus doesn't do that. He doesn't try to get out of it. He doesn't argue. Friends, when Herod questioned him, he said not a word. Even though he was innocent, he was willing to be treated as though he was guilty for us. [00:36:19] (36 seconds)  #InnocentButWilling

So by taking our sins upon himself, friends, he justifies us. We use that word in so many ways today that it needs a little explanation. What it means biblically, what this word means is it means that he makes us right with God. The bigger word is called justification. It's another theological word you need to know. And when, because of what Christ did, we are justified, we are made right with God. And one way to think of it is, I heard this years ago, justified means just as if I've never sinned. [00:41:34] (47 seconds)  #JustifiedByGrace

He did what was necessary for our salvation, for our redemption, friends. He made it possible for us to be right with God, for us to be justified, for our name to be written in eternity, friends. That's why he came. It's as if we've been invited to a party. You like parties? I like godly parties. I don't like ungodly parties. All right, this is a godly party. Let me clarify. It's as if we've been invited to a party in which, in order to get in, you must be wearing a certain garment, a white robe. [00:47:04] (46 seconds)  #RobeOfRighteousness