“His Appalling Appearance Makes You Look Good before God”

April 4, 2010 Easter Isaiah 52:13-15,53:8-12; Heb 10:12-14,19-23   Play AUDIO (mp3)  Play VIDEO (320x240 wmv, 218 kbps)

LOOKIN’ GOOD?

THE SERVANT’S BELITTLING, BURDEN, AND BLOOD

●    Has there been a time in your life when you were ridiculed or treated unfairly in a major way? How does it help knowing Jesus can relate to you in that sort of experience?
●    What heavy load have you been struggling with lately? Do you believe the Lord wants to help you with it? - that He CAN help you with it? Is it something you could share with another Christian so they can pray for you in that regard?

POSITIVELY: THE SERVANT’S PROSPERITY, POSTERITY, AND POSITION

●    How does this throw a different light on what society commonly understands as ‘prosperity’? Do you see God’s will prospering in your life as you serve Him?
●    How might it affect our self-esteem to see ourselves as Jesus’ brother/sister, the ‘posterity’ He died to make possible?
●    Are we honouring Jesus in our lives, acknowledging His position? Would an outsider observing our lives say, “There’s somebody in whom Jesus is highly exalted”?

JESUS COMIN’ THROUGH THE LINE