Jesus, the prophesied Messiah of the godly prophets, the CHRIST who was crucified for the sins of men, rejected and beaten, the risen King, the Son of God who is God in human form, God with us.
Glory to the Lamb who was slain for our sins. He is now risen. He is exalted in the highest place, seated at the right hand of the Heavenly Father.
The firstborn among those who have risen with Him and are in the family of God.
The reason you have failed to believe is that you loved darkness more than light. He has only asked that you believe. The message of this gospel is truly simple but powerful; thus, it is foolishness to those who are perishing, and the MIGHTY POWER of GOD for those of us who have been saved by placing our trust in Jesus.
Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,nothing to attract us to him.He was despised and rejected -a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.(Read Isaiah 53)
Glory to God in the highest for the love He has shown to us, sending His Son to die for our sins and to raise us from the dead after He resurrected on the third day. The empty tomb is proof that He, Jesus, has risen.
Where do you see a man rise from the dead and continue to live? He has risen; therefore, He has defeated death, and if you believe in Him, He gives eternal life. He is the only God who has defeated death, and there is none like Him (nor man or god)
When He was crucified, my old self was crucified.
When He died, my old self died.
When He was buried, my old self was buried.
And when He rose on the third day, what mighty power raised Jesus from the dead? This same power is in me and has raised me from death to life, this new life which I now live in Christ.
Glory to God in the highest. What manner of love is this?
Today, when you hear His voice and the knock at the door of your heart, respond. Hear, believe, and receive Jesus. Come to Him, and He will give you light.
Glory.
That They May Receive True Light 