Something About the Name Jesus- Isa. 53:5

 

 

 

 

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred thirty-eighth inspirational message dated Thursday, October 18th, 2018.  The title of this message is, “Something About the Name Jesus – Isaiah  53:5”.

 

The title of this message is also the title of the above uplifting song/video entitled, "Something About the Name Jesus” as performed by “The Rance Allen Group – featuring Kirk Franklin”.

The scripture of this message is taken from the Old Testament book of Isaiah – as written by the prophet Isaiah:

Isaiah 53:5

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

 

This text is surrounded by the below scriptures that tell of Jesus’ suffering “for us”:

 

Isaiah 53:1-6

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

The Sin-Bearing Messiah

53 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

² For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him.
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

³ He is despised and rejected by men.
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him:
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.

 
⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

 

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by RBC Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  This morning, I read the message for the day (dated Thursday, October 18, 2018) and found it to be so beautiful and inspiring, I wanted to share it with you (see the below message). RBC Ministries has the website of:  www.rbc.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. 

 

A Piercing Thorn

10/18/18

 

But he was pierced for our transgressions . . . and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

The thorn pricked my index finger, drawing blood. I hollered and then groaned, drawing back my hand instinctively. But I shouldn’t have been surprised: trying to prune a thorny bush without gardening gloves was a recipe for exactly what just happened.

The pain throbbing in my finger—and the blood flowing from it—demanded attention. And as I searched for a bandage, I found myself unexpectedly thinking about my Savior. After all, soldiers forced Jesus to don an entire crown of thorns (John 19:1–3). If one thorn hurt this much, I thought, how much agony would an entire crown of them inflict? And that’s just a small portion of the physical pain He suffered. A whip flogged His back. Nails penetrated His wrists and ankles.

But Jesus endured spiritual pain too. Verse 5 of Isaiah 53 tells us, “But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him.” The “peace” Isaiah talks about here is another way of talking about forgiveness. Jesus allowed Himself to be pierced—by nails, by a crown of thorns—to bring us spiritual peace with God. His sacrifice, His willingness to die on our behalf, paved the way to make a relationship with the Father possible. And He did it, Scripture tells us, for me, for you.

Father, I can’t imagine the pain Your Son endured to wash away my sin. Thank You for sending Him for me, to be pierced for my sins that I might have a relationship with You. 

Jesus allowed Himself to be pierced to bring us spiritual peace with God.

By Adam Holz  for ODB.org

 

PLEASE ENJOY THE ABOVE VIDEO AND SONG, “Something About the Name Jesus” as performed by “The Rance Allen Group – featuring Kirk Franklin”. (Rance Allen passed away on 10/31/20 - he was 71 years old. He was the founder and leader of "The Rance Allen Group". May he rest in heavenly peace).

 

 (I do not own the rights to this song.)

 

BE BLESSED!