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A Powerful Servant is Coming

A Powerful Servant is Coming.

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A Powerful Servant is Coming

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  1. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Acts 8:32-34 (NKJV) - The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 33 In His humiliation Hisjustice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life istaken from the earth.” 34 So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?”

  2. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Israel needed comfort after Isaiah revealed the great judgment of God.

  3. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Israel needed comfort after Isaiah revealed the great judgment of God. • Babylon would destroy Jerusalem and take them into captivity. (Isa 39:5-7)

  4. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Isaiah 39:5-7 (NKJV) - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord. 7 ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

  5. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Israel’s restoration was also spoken of through Cyrus. (Isa 44:28)

  6. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Isaiah 44:28 (NKJV) - Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,” And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”’

  7. A Powerful Servant is Coming • These events while unparalleled in human history would pale in comparison to the coming servant.

  8. A Powerful Servant is Coming • These events while unparalleled in human history would pale in comparison to the coming servant. • We need to see the incredible power of the word of God and how He works His ways. (Isa 44:6-8)

  9. A Powerful Servant is Coming • Isaiah 44:6-8 (NKJV) - “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God. 7 And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them.

  10. A Powerful Servant is Coming • 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’”

  11. A Powerful Servant is Coming • I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike to look into this powerful message.

  12. A Powerful Servant is Coming • I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike to look into this powerful message. • To the human eye that child born in a manager seemed less than insignificant.

  13. A Powerful Servant is Coming • I challenge the unbeliever and the believer alike to look into this powerful message. • To the human eye that child born in a manager seemed less than insignificant. • You need to look again at what the servant of God can do.

  14. The Fullness of Time • This servant was for a time in the shadow of God’s hand. (Isa 49:1-2)

  15. The Fullness of Time • 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.

  16. The Fullness of Time • 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.”

  17. The Fullness of Time • He was like a concealed weapon, hidden from the enemy until the right time.

  18. The Fullness of Time • He was like a concealed weapon, hidden from the enemy until the right time. • Satan was a willing tool in his own demise. What he thought was a victory was a defeat! (Heb 2:14; 1 Cor 2:7-8)

  19. The Fullness of Time • Hebrews 2:14 (NKJV) - Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

  20. The Fullness of Time • 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 ofglory.

  21. The Fullness of Time • This is the significance of the “mystery” in God’s plan. (Eph 1:9-10)

  22. The Fullness of Time • 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.

  23. The Fullness of Time • Mystery- “the content of that which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency”

  24. The Fullness of Time • Mystery- “the content of that which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency” • This mystery has now been revealed!

  25. The Fullness of Time • Mystery- “the content of that which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency” • This mystery has now been revealed! • Consider the power of reveling Jesus at this time. (Gal 4:4-5)

  26. The Fullness of Time • Galatians 4:4-5 (NKJV) - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

  27. The Fullness of Time • The hypocrisy and ultimate destruction of Israel was obvious.

  28. The Fullness of Time • From the earlier captivity Jews were scattered all over the world and would be a base for the spread of the gospel. (Rom 1:16-17)

  29. The Fullness of Time • Romans 1:16-17 (NKJV) - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

  30. The Fullness of Time • The Roman government would provide a common government and language as well as a great transportation system. Paul used this to a great advantage.

  31. The Fullness of Time • The roman government would provide a common government and language as well as a great transportation system. Paul used this to a great advantage. • How did the world respond to this servant?

  32. The apparent failure • The ministry of Christ appeared a failure. (Isa 49:3-4)

  33. The apparent failure • Isaiah 49:3-4 (NKJV) - “And He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.’ 4 Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the Lord, And my work with my God.’”

  34. The apparent failure • John summarized His reception among the people of God. (John 1:10)

  35. The apparent failure • John 1:10 (NKJV) - He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

  36. The apparent failure • Jesus could look out from the cross and see what appeared to be a failure. (Psa 22:1-2, 6-8)

  37. The apparent failure • Psalm 22:1-2 (NKJV) - My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? 2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

  38. The apparent failure • Psalm 22:6-8 (NKJV) - But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

  39. The apparent failure • At any time men would have said that what they saw with their eyes would amount to nothing. Jesus’ own family struggled with this. (Jn 7:3-5)

  40. The apparent failure • John 7:3-5 (NKJV) - His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

  41. The apparent failure • Jesus knew success would only come one way, in the glorification of God.

  42. The apparent failure • Jesus knew success would only come one way, in the glorification of God. • Jesus is called Israel in verse 2 because he was closely identified with that nation and would deliver that nation. (Isa 49:2, 5)

  43. The apparent failure • Isaiah 49:2 (NKJV) - 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.”

  44. The apparent failure • Isaiah 49:5 (NKJV) - “And now the Lord says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, And My God shall be My strength),

  45. The apparent failure • Jesus wanted only one thing, to glorify God. (John 7:18; 8:50-51)

  46. The apparent failure • John 7:18 (NKJV) - He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

  47. The apparent failure • John 8:50-51 (NKJV) - And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”

  48. The apparent failure • How was Jesus able to face the cross? He wanted only one thing! (John 12:27-33)

  49. The apparent failure • John 12:27-33 (NKJV) - “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”

  50. The apparent failure • 29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.” 30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.

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