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| Summary: The servant of the Lord sounds like a great success at the beginning of our text, but then the picture changes abruptly. He is seen as ugly, hated and thrown away, a complete failure. The failure, however, is ours rather than his, and his terrible condition is a result of his bearing of that failure. He takes it away, unburdening us of the garbage of our sin so that we are restored to our proper relationship with God. And the end of the reading points to his victory. |
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| Summary: Both on Good Friday and during the exile, what looked like total defeat became a stage for God to do redeeming work. |
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| Summary: We are people of the old, rugged cross. We proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God, even in the midst of struggle and what appears to be defeat. |
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| Summary: The silence of God is deeper and richer than any human words. |
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| Summary: God is a master engineer whose plan demands a great cost. The well-designed system of salvation that was implemented on Good Friday is one that is not easy to comprehend. Still, it is a system that gives us abundant life for today and for all eternity. |
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| Summary: The prophet describes a servant whose suffering brings redemption. The prophet introduces the understanding that the suffering of another can heal. Christians hear in this description of the servant one who helps us understand the ministry and death of Jesus. We find healing for our own suffering, compassion for the suffering of others and gratitude to God for redemptive suffering. |
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