THE SUFFERING SERVANT
Isaiah 51–53
Kevin's Commentary
You are encouraged to go through steps or process scripture in these steps:
- Pray = in anticipation of what God wants you to discover. Lord, it’s amazing to me how rich the Bible is with the story of Your wonderful work in the world.
- Read = with purpose look for what God is trying to communicate. You may want to read out of several translations and highlight keywords.
- Reflect = on the context and put yourself in the shoes of people at that time. There is both “bad news” and “good news” in this passage. What is the bad news and the reason for it? What foreshadowing of “good news” do you see?
- God is ... What do we learn about God?
- We are ... What do we learn about people?
- In what ways does the passage from Isaiah 52:13—53:12 seem to describe what happened to Jesus Christ hundreds of years later?
- Why do you think that the servant of God described by Isaiah had to suffer?
- Apply = information without application is fruitless. Decide on some practical steps you can take to fulfill what God wants you to do. Compare these verses with what you know about how Jesus suffered. Note the striking similarities. Thank God for the Good News that resulted from that suffering.
- Pray = yielding to God to empower you to do what the word convicted you to do. Good God, thank You that Jesus suffered for my sins so that I could be free of their penalty.
For deeper Bible study and more resources go to my Commentary Blog notes.
For other parts of the Essential 100 Scripture Series, click on the link with topic #E100.
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