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Lesson 102 – Isaiah 53-54

Lesson 102 – Isaiah 53-54. A Man of Sorrows. Isaiah 53.

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Lesson 102 – Isaiah 53-54

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  1. Lesson 102 – Isaiah 53-54 A Man of Sorrows

  2. Isaiah 53 As our New Testament now stands, we find Matthew, Philip, Paul, and Peter all quoting, paraphrasing, enlarging upon, and applying to the Lord Jesus various of the verses in this great 53rd chapter of Isaiah. How many sermons have been preached, how many lessons have been taught, how many testimonies have been borne – both in ancient Israel and in the meridian of time – using the utterances of this chapter as the text, we can scarcely imagine (Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah, p. 235).

  3. Let’s get some mechanics out of the way • Isaiah 53:2 • “there is no beauty that we should desire him” • Physically, He was no different than any of us. There was nothing that stood out to the fact that He was the Savior, the King of the Jews. • So, why did He suffer? What is the purpose of the Atonement? • The Book of Mormon covers this best. • 2 Nephi 2:11-13 • Opposition, Law, Sin/Righteousness – The Law of Justice • Isaiah 53:4-6 • The Law of Mercy • Alma 42:21-23 – Fits it all together

  4. Law of Justice Evil Good Agency Law Disobey Obey Law of Mercy If we repent If we don’t repent Blessing Christ pays We pay Joy Punishment Misery

  5. The Atonement was all encompassing • Was the Atonement a single event? • The Atonement was the entire life of Christ • It didn’t just cover our sins • Isaiah 53:3 – How was Christ “acquainted with grief”? Institute Manual: Jesus experienced tragedy and sorrow throughout His life. Members of His own family did not accept Him as the Messiah at first (see John 7:5 ). People in His hometown sought to kill Him (see Luke 4:16–30 ). His countrymen, the Jews, rejected His messianic calling (see John 1:11 ). One friend betrayed Him; another denied knowing Him (see Luke 22:48, 54–62 ). In the end, “all the disciples forsook him, and fled” ( Matthew 25:56 ). His enemies demanded His crucifixion (see Matthew 27:22–23 ).

  6. What did He bear? • Find all of the descriptive words that show the pain Christ experienced. • Emotional pain: despised, rejected, sorrows, grief • Physical pain: wounded, bruised, stripes • Spiritual pain: (our) transgressions, iniquities, sin • The only way He could truly be our Redeemer, our Savior, was to know every pain that we may feel in our life. • “borne” and “bare” are have the same Hebrew root as “forgiven”. He paid for our sins before we were even born. • v6 – “All we like sheep” • After all He has borne, we so easily wander into sin.

  7. And He did it alone

  8. What about the Father? • Isaiah 53:10 • Better translation “..it was the will of the Lord” “In that hour I think I can see our dear Father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles until even he could not endure it any longer; and, like the mother who bids farewell to her dying child, has to be taken out of the room, so as not to look upon the last struggles, so he bowed his head, and hid in some part of his universe, his great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his Son. Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his Son, I thank him and praise him that he did not fail us, for he had not only the love of his Son in mind, but he also had love for us. I rejoice that he did not interfere, and that his love for us made it possible for him to endure to look upon the sufferings of his Son and give him finally to us, our Savior and our Redeemer. Without him, without his sacrifice, we would have remained, and we would never have come glorified into his presence. And so this is what it cost, in part, for our Father in Heaven to give the gift of his Son unto men.” (Bryant S. Hinckley, Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard, pp. 154–55.)

  9. “A portion with the great” • Isaiah 53:12 • All is part of the plan. In the end, because of the Atonement, we can all partake of the full blessings of the Lord • The Atonement is eternal, all-encompassing, and an absolutely necessary part of our happiness.

  10. Notebook Ideas • Describe the feelings of gratitude you feel for the Savior, that He atoned for your sins. • How can we continue to remember His sacrifice in our daily lives? How do we not become sheep that go astray?

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