Isaiah 53:7-9

Verse 7 "He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, like a like a sheep that before it’s shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth"! 

The exclamation mark behind that last statement is mine and not part of the text, it only has a simple period, but how many in our world today, including me would subject ourselves
to such unfair punishment in the meek and quiet manner of our Jesus? And yet this is only a prophecy, this is before the fact, again the prophet Isaiah, inspired by God writes an exact account of how things actually took place. The Scripture is indeed inspired by God and every word in it is the truth and bears study by God’s people.

Back to the silent enduring by our Savior, He knew this was His job to do. He knew that to save mankind from the inevitable consequences of their sin was His task and His alone. He

went forth in humble obedience to the will of the Father that so loved us He would sacrifice His only Son for us on the cross of Calvary. At only one point in the Garden of Gethsemane did Jesus pray to His Father “If thou be willing, remove this cup from Me, nevertheless not My will but thine be done.” Even here nearing the awful moment of His betrayal, He was submissive to the will of the Father, a great lesson for us when we suffer, even if we think our suffering is unjust.

But, Jesus did speak, In John 19:30, the very last words spoken by our Lord from the cross; He said, “IT IS FINISHED”!!!!!

Now Jesus had completed His Sacrifice for the sins of Adam and Eve, and every man, women, and child that would follow, including us, until Jesus comes again!!!! What a powerful three words!!! It’s because of that our relationship with the Father has been restored. 

Romans 5:17 says that sin came into the world by one man, how much more did righteousness come into the world by God’s Grace through the one man, Jesus Christ! My prayer for all of us is that we embrace that Grace of God and live for Him and through Him with every day he gives us or until He comes again!!! 

In His Name, Amen
Gary Riedel