This is a midweek Lenten sermon, first delivered on Ash Wednesday. It is part of the WELS Lent series titled "It Is Finished: The Holy Week Prophecies of Zechariah." Listen to Pastor Caleb Gustafson's sermon on Zechariah 13:7-9.

We get a glimpse of Jesus as our shepherd who gets struck for us. We deserve the punishment for sin, and yet our Good Shepherd takes the punishment for us.

Additional Scripture references include: Matthew 26:30-31; Ezekiel 34:2,10; Isaiah 53:6; John 10:11; 1 Peter 1:6-7.