WHY DID JESUS CHRIST DIE? (6 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Isaiah 53:12
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Why Did Jesus Christ Die? (6 of 6)
Series: In the Shadow of the Cross: Isaiah's Portrait of Jesus
Scott Maze
Isaiah 53:12
William Holman Hunt worked on one painting for four years (media note: show Hunt's photo on screens). On the roof of a house during an extended stay in Jerusalem, Hunt painted Jesus as a young man, working as a carpenter. In the painting, Jesus rises up to stretch, after sawing wood, with outstretched arms at the center of the portrait. Stripped to his waist and with his eyes looking toward the heavens above, the late afternoon sun casts a shadow upon the back wall showing a man hanging on a cross. The cross cast its shadow over Jesus for all of His days.
Why Did Jesus Christ Die? It was Judas who delivered Jesus to the priests. In turn, the priests delivered Him to Pilate and then, Pilate to the soldiers. Yet, all of this is above the surface for when we look below the surface, we discover that it was none other than God the Father who delivered up Jesus to the cross AND it was also Jesus, who voluntarily gave Himself up to die on the cross.
Introduction to Isaiah 53
To help us better understand what precipitated the first Easter I invite you to turn to Isaiah 53. The Bible says Jesus was ordinary in so many ways. It is Isaiah shows us Jesus Christ and how people were drawn to Him because of his eternal character not his external features (Isaiah 53:2). Yet, when Mel Gibson choose a character to play Jesus in the movie, The Passion of the Christ, he choose a man who People magazine would call the one of the sexiest men alive.
Now before I read Isaiah 53, let me prepare you for what you are about to hear. It's often been referred to as the fifth gospel. This is a HUGE chapter in Scripture. Ask yourself as I read it, ''Who is this Man?'' I read you a document from 700 BC, tell me if you don't see Jesus behind every syllable.
''Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall ...
Series: In the Shadow of the Cross: Isaiah's Portrait of Jesus
Scott Maze
Isaiah 53:12
William Holman Hunt worked on one painting for four years (media note: show Hunt's photo on screens). On the roof of a house during an extended stay in Jerusalem, Hunt painted Jesus as a young man, working as a carpenter. In the painting, Jesus rises up to stretch, after sawing wood, with outstretched arms at the center of the portrait. Stripped to his waist and with his eyes looking toward the heavens above, the late afternoon sun casts a shadow upon the back wall showing a man hanging on a cross. The cross cast its shadow over Jesus for all of His days.
Why Did Jesus Christ Die? It was Judas who delivered Jesus to the priests. In turn, the priests delivered Him to Pilate and then, Pilate to the soldiers. Yet, all of this is above the surface for when we look below the surface, we discover that it was none other than God the Father who delivered up Jesus to the cross AND it was also Jesus, who voluntarily gave Himself up to die on the cross.
Introduction to Isaiah 53
To help us better understand what precipitated the first Easter I invite you to turn to Isaiah 53. The Bible says Jesus was ordinary in so many ways. It is Isaiah shows us Jesus Christ and how people were drawn to Him because of his eternal character not his external features (Isaiah 53:2). Yet, when Mel Gibson choose a character to play Jesus in the movie, The Passion of the Christ, he choose a man who People magazine would call the one of the sexiest men alive.
Now before I read Isaiah 53, let me prepare you for what you are about to hear. It's often been referred to as the fifth gospel. This is a HUGE chapter in Scripture. Ask yourself as I read it, ''Who is this Man?'' I read you a document from 700 BC, tell me if you don't see Jesus behind every syllable.
''Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall ...
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