Opening Question

Why did God allow Jesus to suffer so much?

Introduction

This week, we finally take time to focus on Jesus Christ’s own suffering. In reality, this subject should be the guiding principle of the entire quarter. It is God’s experience of suffering through the person of Jesus, and the Father’s pain in giving Him up, that give us the greatest example to follow. We know our pain is understood, that our Creator is not separated from our or griefs and pain.

The Servant

More than 600 years before Jesus was born, Isaiah prophesied that God’s “servant” would suffer and bear the sins ...