The Lamb Is Silent When Slaughtered

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