All because Jesus loved us.
Isaiah 53: 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.
Isaiah 53: vs 3 - 6
ISAIAH 53:4
Surely He has borne our grief
And carried our sorrows
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God and afflicted.
He bore your grief
He carried your sorrows
Smitten by God so that you will not be smitten.
Isaiah 53:5
He was wounded for our transgressions
He was bruised for our iniquities
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him.
And by His stripes we are healed.
The more I start reading this verse my hearts melts in the presence of God and know the true reason for His resurrection.
Isaiah 53:6
And we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned every one to his own way
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Once we were sinners who will be sent to hell. But because of His love he took every of our sins upon Him.
Matthew 27 45-46
Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
Vs 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying, “Eli,Eli lama sabachtani ?” that is My God My God why have you forsaken Me?
This is the first time Jesus addressed His Father as God. All the time Jesus called Him Father.
Habakuk 1:13
You are of a purer eyes than to behold evil.
And cannot look on wickedness
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours.
One more righteous than he?
The Father turned His back on His son. Today He will never turn His back on you.
All our sins were on Him. All our sickness on Him.
Heb 13:5 I will never leave you nor forsake you.
The son was forsaken so that you will never be forsaken.
AS a judge God turned His back on His Son. He cried His heart was broken because Christ was never more pleasing to Him than when He was on the cross. Christ suffering was a sweet smelling aroma to the Father.
Ephesians 5: 2
And walk in love as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma.
He made one offering for the remissions of sins.
There shall be no more offering for the remissions of sins.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who being sanctified.
Do you Remember what Jesus said?
“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. (John 10:17)
If you are a parent you love each one of your children equally. But when one of them does something special for you out of love, it touches your heart and you just want to run to him and hug him. That was what happened at the cross, except that that the Father could not embrace His son. Instead He had to turn His back on His Son because our sins had to punished in His Son’s body.
Romans 4:25
The Reason for the Resurrection
Vs25 who(Jesus) was delivered up because of our offences and was raised because of our justification.
The bible tell us that Christ was delivered up for our sins and raised from the dead for our justification. You may already know why Jesus died for our sins but do you know the significance of God raising Him from the dead?
Let me give you an illustration to help you understand the significance of Jesus resurrection.
Let us say you are living in a foreign country. One day, you happen to break a major rule of the land. You appeal to the king for mercy. He says, “A rule is a rule. I cannot bend the rule for you. What will others say about my integrity?
How ever if you can find a substitute to take your punishment – three months in jail- I will allow it.
By God’s grace you find a willing substitute. He goes to prison on your behalf and you don’t see him for some time. The day week and months pass by.
When you know that your crime has been fully paid? When will you be able to rest easy regarding your crime? When you see your substitute walking in freedom again! When you see him out of the prison you will know the sentence has been full served. You will know that you are now justified and no one can bring a charge against you for your old crime. No longer will you be afraid of the king or his guards coming after you because you know that the one who was punished in your place is now walking free.
Close:
Beloved, Jesus your substitute paid the dept you could not pay. On the cross He bore the sins of your entire life. God put it all on Jesus and then He punished Jesus for every single one of those sins until He was fully satisfied. And because He was so pleased with what Jesus had done, He raised Him from the dead.
Today, Jesus tomb remains empty. He is not there for He has risen! His resurrection and empty tomb will be forever be our assurance that we have been fully justified!.
