The Lamb Is Silent When Slaughtered
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
3/25/2012 PM
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Text:
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Isaiah 53:7
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Psalters: |
225, 248, 34, 144 |
- His silent suffering.
- Jesus suffered in a specific and horrible way.
- ?Oppressed? is to be hard pressed, driven by pressures, as sheep before a bear or fox before hounds.
- ?Afflicted? is to be afflicted in the sense of humiliated, mis-treated and mis-handled.
- He was silent, not defending Himself before all the earthly judges.
- Such silence is not normal for man who was created to speak, and especially for Him Who is the ?Word.?
- But He never attempted to deliver Himself from the way of suffering and death.
- This lack of complaint and resistence (during His whole ministry) baffled His enemies.
- Why did Jesus not speak?
- If one is guilty, then silence is acknowledgment, but the holy Son of God was sinless, and they found no fault in Him.
- Silence is admission of guilt.
- Jesus never was a lone individual; He was always aware of those the Father had given Him (John 6:38,39).
- Though He had no personal sin, He did very really bear the sin (guilt and shame) of His people.
- Further, Jesus? silence was the silence of love.
- His silence in suffering produced wonderful fruit.
- First, His silence condemned those who condemned Him Who was innocent.
- Jesus? meek submission to unjust treatment is a powerful example for us to emulate.
- The silent Sufferer has appeal only to those who humbly confess that their sin condemned Him.
- Let us learn.