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We all live in hope. Hope that tomorrow will come. That we will get out of bed. That we will get our paychecks. Hope that life will get better, that the war will end, that our health will improve. All these expectations are based on something. Often, their basis is nothing more than good wishes. God's hope is fundamentally different. It is guaranteed by His unchanging promises, inexhaustible power, and unfathomable purposes.

In His third song, the Servant of Jehovah not only speaks about His nature and the path He will follow. He calls on others to follow Him, explaining that His path is the only true way of life. Those who fear God will surely follow His path, trusting in the Lord and finding their strength in Him. But those who light their own fires will inevitably fall, inheriting eternal destruction.

As we begin the New Year, we return to the most interesting part of the book of Isaiah. We study the third song of the Servant of the Lord presented here, and we have the opportunity to focus once again on the personality of the Messiah, on the character of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The songs of the Servant of the Lord are brief prophetic, poetic statements by the Messiah about himself and his ministry, conveyed through the prophet Isaiah. In the passage we are studying, the Servant of the Lord explains the practice of his victorious hope in the Lord. We will talk about this in this sermon.

By bringing light to earth at Christmas, Jesus gave us the privilege of being his witnesses, reflecting that light and spreading it around us. John the Baptist, one of Jesus Christ's closest relatives, was one of the first such witnesses. His life and ministry are a wonderful lesson for each of us during the Christmas season. 

The light that Jesus Christ brought into the human world is of a heavenly nature. Therefore, it is accessible only through the restoration of man's vital contact with God. This is precisely what the Son of God accomplished by taking on human flesh, living a full human life, and dying on the cross for our sins. Today, true light is necessary and accessible to each of us in Jesus Christ. Only by being filled with His life can we truly walk in the light. 

The songs of God's servant, recorded in the book of Isaiah, help us to understand more deeply the greatness, power, and significance of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Born of an ordinary young woman, the Son of God became a real human being. He did this for several reasons. First, it was necessary for Christ to become our representative on the cross of Calvary in order to redeem people from their sins.

But there was another reason. Jesus lived a full human life to show what it means to be a real human being. One of these qualities was expressed in the fact that Jesus Christ studied. This is one of the key aspects of the incarnation of the Son of God. He shows us that a true Christian life begins with a willingness to learn.