Mid-Week Lenten Series on Isaiah's Suffering Servant. This sermon is based on the material of Pastor Rolf Preus.

This sermon attempts to weave together the themes of darkness, grief, mourning, and suffering and connect them to the death of Christ for us.

The Wounded Healer[1] Matthew 14:13-23 Kyle Brooks Calvin Theological Seminary 4/12/10 Before reading the text, remember to mention the placement after the John the Baptist narrative. In the 2007 film Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless has just graduated from Emory University. Memories of utter brokenness…

Introduction Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said this regarding Christmas, “And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil and dark is really good…

32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep…

“God’s Perfect Servant” Introduction: Usually when you hear the term “Suffering Servant” you are drawn immediately to Isaiah 53 Rightly so because that is the most vivid description/prophecy of what Christ went through In fact I have heard that Jewish people are not even allowed to read that chapter…

Jesus suffered untold humiliation on our account. We as sinful mortals cannot even begin to understand the emotional, spiritual and physical pain Jesus endured on our behalf. Yet, it is the suffering Savior that provides our redemption. In today's message we have a glimpse into the depth of suffering endured by Christ on our behalf.

The Weight of the Word Who has believed what we have heard? And who has the arm of the Lord been revealed to? The truth is that a relatively small number percentage wise would believe in Jesus, the Suffering Savior. Jesus Himself said “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road…

This Scripture divides the Galilean ministry from the passion. Preparing the disciples for his death. “It is necessary,” not just merely future revelation , but important instruction for his followers. We are in a continuous battle. Jesus means his followers to share in Peter’s confession: to share too…

Palm Sunday For Jesus is the consideration of the agony of the cross

The rejected servant knew human sorrow and suffering, but his suffering had purpose, because he bore punishment for our sins to bring us peace.

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Humanity needs the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Without His death and resurrection we cannot be free from the guilt of our sin, neither can we be adopted into God’s family. If Jesus’ Predictions have not come true then we are all still in our sins and bound for hell ( 1 Cor. 15:12-19 ). THE…

God often prepares His servant to do His will and work by sending him/her into a wilderness experience of suffering to teach him total dependance upon God.

Jesus tells his disciples he must suffer, be rejected by the cultural, political and religious leaders, and that he must die. Jesus spoke plainly so that his words could not be mistaken. But, Peter pulled him aside and rebuked Jesus, speaking for all disciples present. To take hold of him; To bring him…

Isaiah 53:1-12 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.…

God’s people suffer because Jesus suffered, yet the good news is is that Jesus has been exalted and we reign and are exalted with Him.

INTRODUCTION: Christianity begin as a small community of believers in Jerusalem, but quickly spread across the world. Christianity begin as a small community of believers in Jerusalem, but quickly spread across the world. Eventually, Ethiopia, Egypt, Rome, and even the British Isles all become center’s…

Glorificando a Cristo Jesus 1 Peter 4:14–15 (RVR60) 14Si sois vituperados por el nombre de Cristo, sois bienaventurados , porque el glorioso Espíritu de Dios reposa sobre vosotros . Ciertamente, de parte de ellos, él es blasfemado, pero por vosotros es glorificado. 15Así que, ninguno de vosotros padezca…

How do we live joyful lives in such a seemingly joyless world (at times)

Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem to shouts of "Hosanna", but this King does not ride in for his own glory. He journeys deeper into being the suffering servant, the Lamb of God, coming more initmately acquainted with our suffering and entering into death itself as a protest to its power.

At Christmastime we sing carols about the incarnation of Jesus. But why did he come to earth in the first place? He answers this very question for us in Mark chapter 10. On this Good Friday, let's consider the mission that drove Messiah’s earthly life and ministry.

SLIDE "Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the Lord, "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?' You have said, 'It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts? The book of Malachi is written to…

God calls you to suffer now so He can restore your future.