SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/20/2022 12:05 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
“Intro to God’s Beloved Servant”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
12:15-21
Message of the verses: “15 But Jesus,
aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed Him, and He healed them all, 16 and warned them not to make Him known, 17 in order that what was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying, 18 "BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN;
MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND
HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES. 19 “HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY
OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS. 20 "A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF,
AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY. 21
“AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.’”
Now because this introduction is so short I want to
quote from John MacArthur’s commentary what he has written as he introduces
these verses from Matthew 12:15-21.
“Scripture
ascribes many titles to Christ (Messiah), and none is more fitting or lovely
than My Servant, a title first used by Isaiah (42:1). Just as the prophet predicted of the Messiah,
Jesus came in wonder, beauty, and majesty as the divine Servant, serving the
Father and serving mankind in the Father’s name.
“This
brief passage is an oasis of refreshing beauty in the desert of chapters 11 and
12—which chronicle the first major rejection of Christ, led by the scribes and
Pharisees. After Jesus put them to shame
by showing that their Sabbath traditions were hard-hearted, illogical, and unscriptural,
‘the Pharisees went out, and counseled together against Him, as to how they
might destroy Him’ (12:14). Those
ungodly leaders believed the very opposite of the truth about Jesus, even to
the point of accusing Him of doing His work by the power of Satan.
“In
the midst of his account of that mounting antagonism, Matthew here presents
some of the outstanding characteristics of this Servant whom the world despises
by God dearly loves.”
At
this point of the introduction I want to give the main section titles as we
move through these verses. “Conformed To
God’s Plan,” (verses 12:15-17). “Commended
by the Father” (verse 12:18a). “Commissioned
by the Holy Spirit” (verse 12:18b). “Communicating
the Message” (verses 12:18c). “Committed
to Meekness” (verse 12:19). “Comforting
the Weak” (verse 12:20a). “Consummating the Victory” (verses 12:20b-21).
1/20/2022 12:22 PM
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