SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/2/2017
9:51 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “Servant”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Acts 3:13a
Message of the
verses: “The God of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant.”
Peter uses a description of God that would be very
familiar to those Israelites who would be listening to this sermon that he was
about to preach to them. “Peter claims
continuity with the Old Testament prophets, since he is declaring the same God
they preached and the Messiah they promised.”
John MacArthur writes “Peter proclaims that the God of
the covenant, the God of the patriarchs and the prophets, ‘has glorified His
servant.’ Pais (‘servant’) is an unusual title for our Lord, appearing only
here, verse 26, Acts 4:27, 30; and Matthew 12:18. It describes Jesus as God’s personal representative
or ambassador.”
In the remainder of this first part of this SD we will
look at a portion of Scripture that probably is very familiar to most
readers. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is probably
the fullest exposition of the Messiah found in the Old Testament. In our next SD we will look at a couple of
other OT passages that speak of the Messiah, and of course we know the Messiah
as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
“13 Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. 14 Just as many were
astonished at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men. 15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what had not been told them
they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand. 1 Who has believed our message? And to whom
has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2
For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of
parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. 3 He was despised and
forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from
whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely
our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves
esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced
through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The
chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are
healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his
own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. 7 He
was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb
that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land
of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? 9
His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His
death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. 10 But the LORD was pleased To crush Him,
putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will
see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD
will prosper in His hand. 11 As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will
see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will
justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore, I will allot
Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the
transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the
transgressors.”
This Passage depicts
Messiah as the Suffering Servant, obedient even to the point of death, death that
He died for us to purchase our salvation.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: It has been far
too long since I read this passage, something that believers perhaps should
read more often in order to see and to understand just exactly what Jesus
Christ has done for them and for me, to reflect on what He did to purchase our
salvation so that one day we will be able to live with Him forever.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust that the Lord will use what I have
prepared for our Sunday School class tomorrow as we begin to look at the book
of Revelation. May He truly bless our
time together tomorrow.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Matthew, Mark, Luke.”
Today’s Bible
question: “How did Moses obey God to
obtain water at Messah?”
Answer in our next SD.
9/2/2017 10:21 AM
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