INTRODUCTION:
1st Peter 2:21-25 can be identified as the New Testament equivalent to the Suffering
Servant passage in Isaiah 53.
The central idea of the passage starting back at verse 13 is based on an
admonishment for us to accept suffering following the example of our Savior. The
passage is set in the historical context of Jesus earthly life and ministry.
It is impossible to speak of the suffering of Jesus without mentioning the cross. Our
conversations about Jesus would be horribly incomplete and insignificant with no
mention of the cross. Jesus cannot be understood clearly with no mention of the cross.
His reason for coming was the cross.
The incarnation has no purpose without the cross, Matthew 1:18-21. And what would
be the saving act of Jesus for His people’s sins? His death upon the cross!
The purpose and aim of His earthly ministry was the cross, Mark 10:45. And where
would He give His life as a ransom for many? On a hill far away on a rugged cross!
The Sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross was in fact predetermined in the council of
the Godhead, Hebrews 10:5-10.
Notice the similarity between 1 Peter 2:24a and Isaiah 53:
Isaiah 53:4, 11-12:
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. (v.4)
As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear
their iniquities. (v.11)
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with the
strong; because He poured out Himself to death, and was numbered with the
transgressors; yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the
transgressors. (v.12)
By borrowing from Isaiah 53, Peter sees the prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
He is tying the truths of the both testaments into one grand and magnificent story. This
is why for the word cross Peter uses the word tree, which is an expression borrowed
from the Old Testament. PETER INFORMS HIS READERS THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT
JESUS CAN BE DOCUMENTED FROM SCRIPTURE.
Deuteronomy 21:22-23.Galatians 3:13
This is how Phillip explained it to the Ethiopian eunuch in the desert, Acts 8:32-35.
Peter and Philip are not alone in this understanding of prophecy fulfillment and
continuity of Scripture as seen in the redemption mission of Christ. FOR EXAMPLE:
John 1:29.Hebrews 9:28.Hebrews 10:10.1 Corinthians 15:3.Luke 24:17-27, 44-45
ALL OF SCRIPTURE ZOOMS IN ON CHRIST AND HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH.
Peter, John, the author of Hebrews, Paul, and Jesus make it perfectly clear that his
(Christ’s) Sacrificial Death is the key to unlocking the meaning of Scripture. One does
not understand the message and meaning of Scripture absent a firm grasp of the
Sacrificial Death of Jesus. Why would the meaning of Scripture hinge on understanding
the death of Christ? Look at the second half of 1 Peter 2:24. Christ’s Death reverses
the dastardly deed done by Adam and Eve…“for He himself bore our sins in His body
on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by his wounds
you were healed.”
OH HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT LORD, HELP ME TAKE IT IN.
WHAT IT MEANT FOR THEE, THE HOLY ONE, TO TAKE AWAY MY SIN.
1st Peter 2:21-25 can be identified as the New Testament equivalent to the Suffering
Servant passage in Isaiah 53.
The central idea of the passage starting back at verse 13 is based on an
admonishment for us to accept suffering following the example of our Savior. The
passage is set in the historical context of Jesus earthly life and ministry.
It is impossible to speak of the suffering of Jesus without mentioning the cross. Our
conversations about Jesus would be horribly incomplete and insignificant with no
mention of the cross. Jesus cannot be understood clearly with no mention of the cross.
His reason for coming was the cross.
The incarnation has no purpose without the cross, Matthew 1:18-21. And what would
be the saving act of Jesus for His people’s sins? His death upon the cross!
The purpose and aim of His earthly ministry was the cross, Mark 10:45. And where
would He give His life as a ransom for many? On a hill far away on a rugged cross!
The Sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross was in fact predetermined in the council of
the Godhead, Hebrews 10:5-10.
Notice the similarity between 1 Peter 2:24a and Isaiah 53:
Isaiah 53:4, 11-12:
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. (v.4)
As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear
their iniquities. (v.11)
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with the
strong; because He poured out Himself to death, and was numbered with the
transgressors; yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the
transgressors. (v.12)
By borrowing from Isaiah 53, Peter sees the prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
He is tying the truths of the both testaments into one grand and magnificent story. This
is why for the word cross Peter uses the word tree, which is an expression borrowed
from the Old Testament. PETER INFORMS HIS READERS THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT
JESUS CAN BE DOCUMENTED FROM SCRIPTURE.
Deuteronomy 21:22-23.Galatians 3:13
This is how Phillip explained it to the Ethiopian eunuch in the desert, Acts 8:32-35.
Peter and Philip are not alone in this understanding of prophecy fulfillment and
continuity of Scripture as seen in the redemption mission of Christ. FOR EXAMPLE:
John 1:29.Hebrews 9:28.Hebrews 10:10.1 Corinthians 15:3.Luke 24:17-27, 44-45
ALL OF SCRIPTURE ZOOMS IN ON CHRIST AND HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH.
Peter, John, the author of Hebrews, Paul, and Jesus make it perfectly clear that his
(Christ’s) Sacrificial Death is the key to unlocking the meaning of Scripture. One does
not understand the message and meaning of Scripture absent a firm grasp of the
Sacrificial Death of Jesus. Why would the meaning of Scripture hinge on understanding
the death of Christ? Look at the second half of 1 Peter 2:24. Christ’s Death reverses
the dastardly deed done by Adam and Eve…“for He himself bore our sins in His body
on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by his wounds
you were healed.”
OH HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT LORD, HELP ME TAKE IT IN.
WHAT IT MEANT FOR THEE, THE HOLY ONE, TO TAKE AWAY MY SIN.
| Good Friday Evening, April 6, 2007 Sermon Outline THE DEATH OF CHRIST AND THE MEANING OF SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 2:24a Pastor Louis Love, Jr. |
New Life Fellowship Church
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