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We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. Proud men often think they can know everything. (Rom 11:33-35). We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

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We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God.

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  1. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Proud men often think they can know everything. (Rom 11:33-35)

  2. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Romans 11:33-35 (NKJV) - Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! 34 “For who has known themind of the Lord? Orwho has become His counselor?” 35 “Orwho has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?”

  3. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Every time they do this God will show them their folly.

  4. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Every time they do this God will show them their folly. • When Jesus was put to death by proud rulers they never conceived that Jesus was indeed “God with us.” (1 Cor 2:7-8)

  5. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 (NKJV) - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  6. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • We do not know what God can do for us right now! (1 Cor 2:9)

  7. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV) - But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

  8. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Who could have known in advance the plan of God?

  9. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Who could have known in advance the plan of God? • This servant was for a time in the shadow of God’s hand. (Isa 49:1-2)

  10. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Isaiah 49:1-2 (NKJV) - “Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.”

  11. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • He was like a concealed weapon, hidden from the enemy until the right time.

  12. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • He was like a concealed weapon, hidden from the enemy until the right time. • This is the significance of the “mystery” in God’s plan. (Eph 1:9-10)

  13. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Ephesians 1:9-10 (NKJV) - having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

  14. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • Mystery- “the content of that which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency”

  15. We cannot conceive what is in the mind of God. • This mystery has now been revealed!

  16. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Isaiah 52:13-15 (NKJV) - Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. 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; 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.

  17. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The Servant would be beaten and bruised to an extreme.

  18. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The Servant would be beaten and bruised to an extreme. • The Servant would be almost unidentifiable as a man. (52:14; Psa 22:6)

  19. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Psalm 22:6 (NKJV) - But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

  20. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Consider the bloody pulp that Pilate presented to the crowd. (Jn 19:1-3)

  21. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • John 19:1-3 (NKJV) - So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 3 Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.

  22. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • What would you think of such a person? Imagine the thought of this being God!

  23. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • What would you think of such a person? Imagine the thought of this being God! • The Servant would be exalted to the very highest place. (52:13)

  24. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Can you imagine the exaltation scene from heaven? (Ps 24:7-10)

  25. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Psalm 24:7-10 (NKJV) - Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

  26. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • He was received to sit at the right hand of God. (Mk 16:19)

  27. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Mark 16:19 (NKJV) - So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

  28. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Jesus understands what it means to be crushed and ignored.

  29. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • He also knows what God can do for us if we will let Him. (Eph 2:4-6)

  30. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • Ephesians 2:4-6 (NKJV) - But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

  31. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The account of the Servant will bring extreme reactions in all men.

  32. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The account of the Servant will bring extreme reactions in all men. • They will hear of that which before was inconceivable.

  33. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The account of the Servant will bring extreme reactions in all men. • They will hear of that which before was inconceivable. • Even the proud will close their mouths and marvel.

  34. The account of the Servant will be one of extremes (52:13-15) • The account of the Servant will bring extreme reactions in all men. • They will hear of that which before was inconceivable. • Even the proud will close their mouths and marvel. • Who will actually believe this report?

  35. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • Isaiah 53:1-3 (NKJV) - Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 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.

  36. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • 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.

  37. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Servant in fact had the “arm of the Lord” with Him. (Isa 53:1)

  38. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Servant in fact had the “arm of the Lord” with Him. (Isa 53:1) • Too many people assume they know where the “arm of the Lord” is working.

  39. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • God reminds us it has to be “revealed.”

  40. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • God reminds us it has to be “revealed.” • Where does God’s power work today? (Rom 8:36-37; 2 Cor 12:9-10)

  41. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • Romans 8:36-37 (NKJV) - As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

  42. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NKJV) - And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

  43. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Servant would be a “root out of dry ground.” (53:2)

  44. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Servant would be a “root out of dry ground.” (53:2) • This was a distinctive description of the Messiah. (Isa 11:1, 10)

  45. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • Isaiah 11:1 (NKJV) - There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

  46. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • Isaiah 11:10 (NKJV) - “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.”

  47. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • “Here it evidently applies to the Redeemer as growing up in the manner of a shoot or sucker that springs out of the earth. It means that he would start, as it were, from a decayed stock or stump, as a shoot springs up from a root that is apparently dead.

  48. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • It does not refer to his manner of life … but to his starting as it were out of a dry and sterile soil where any growth could not be expected, or from a stump or stock that was apparently dead” – Barnes Commentary

  49. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Romans would also struggle at this Messiah from the Jewish nation.

  50. The appearance of the Servant caused many to look down and despise Him (53:1-3) • The Romans would also struggle at this Messiah from the Jewish nation. • Men wrote off the Servant because of His suffering. (53:3-4)

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