Archive for October, 2010

Tell It To Jesus (Hymn)

Tell It To Jesus Edmund Lorenz (1876) Are you weary, are you heavy hearted? Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. Are you grieving over joys departed? Tell it to Jesus alone. Refrain Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus, He is a Friend that’s well known. You’ve no other such a friend [...]

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Isaiah 53:12

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12 We end Isaiah 53 with [...]

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Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:11 The first ten verses of Isaiah 53 are mostly negative, dealing with the suffering, pain and agony that our Saviour went through on the cross [...]

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Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Isaiah 53:10 In reading and thinking about the first nine [...]

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Isaiah 53:9

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Isaiah 53:9 This verse continues the chronicles of Jesus’ suffering for us on the cross and beyond.  As we read this chapter and see the awful things [...]

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Isaiah 53:8

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation?  for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. Isaiah 53:8 This verse continues the story of the sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  He came to [...]

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Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Isaiah 53:7 After telling us in verse 6 that “all we like sheep have gone astray; we have [...]

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Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 We have seen several verses about Jesus in this chapter.  We have seen the fact that, while He loved us and gave Himself for us, [...]

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Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 This verse continues the thought from verse 4: “surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten [...]

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Isaiah 53:4

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4 Again, this is a verse that should cut us to the quick.  It is a tiny glimpse of what Jesus did for us on the cross.  It is also a tiny glimpse [...]

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