By Pastor Doug Anderson
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As you pass through your weekend, no matter what is on your schedule, may I ask you to spend some time reflecting on events of one year ago. Life was normal in early October 2023 in Israel. In fact, I had been there only one month earlier with a group of 45 friends on a spiritual pilgrimage, visiting Biblical sites as far south as the Dead Sea area and as far north as Dan near the Lebanon border. There was no indication a horrific attack by Hamas was being planned which has shaken our world for this past year. This weekend, while thinking about the pain and suffering of so many people over this past year, we also conclude our look at the pain and power of Isaiah 53. The final verse to this remarkable message, God spoke to Isaiah, is this: “Therefore I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Is. 53:12)
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Let’s worship with this song recorded at a gathering of worshipers who are in awe of Jesus Christ! What words would you use to describe all Jesus has accomplished for you? Today’s Scripture: Is. 53:12. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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Yesterday we spent some time at a sheep pen, considering God’s perspective on how people are so much like sheep! God spoke through Isaiah 53:6 to remind us that “We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way…” We’ve done it as children and teenagers rebelling against our parents, and we’ve done it as adults resisting the right we know we should live and too often choosing the risky wrong path.
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 53:6-10. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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Have you ever spent much time around farm animals, particularly sheep? Sheep are among the strangest of all animals. They absolutely need a shepherd for they don’t do well without someone watching over them, guiding them to water and food, protecting them from wolves or other predators, and especially protecting them from what I’d call a panicked ‘mob mentality’. They spook easily and then run frantically in any direction even running into barbed wire or running over cliffs to their death. Did you know that sheep appear in many places in the Bible and several times God draws parallels between sheep and people! Do you wonder why? I’ve not spent much time around sheep, but what little I have and what I’ve read about them, oh yes, we people sure can be like sheep!
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Today’s Scriptures: Is. 53:6; John 10:2-5. Choose below to read or listen.Is. 53:6John 10:2-5Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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Have you ever seen an avalanche? It’s one of the most frightening of all natural phenomena. Snow cascading down a mountain sometimes at speeds up to 100 mph! The power of an avalanche can uproot trees like little weeds or rip boulders off the sides of mountains. It can tumble mountain side cabins or even ski lodges like tinker toys. And when finally, it settles, there’s usually a deep fresh blanket of snow, sometimes 10 or 20 feet deep, covering everything with pure white. I’ve only seen it as recorded by video tape, but it sure seems like a frightening transformation of the landscape. I’ve chosen that avalanche image to begin our time together today because we’re continuing our look at one of the most powerful verses in the entire Bible written by Isaiah the prophet about 2700 years ago: “He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him and by His wounds we are healed.” (Is. 53:5) We’ve looked at the graphic, horrific crucifixion of Jesus Christ as the outpouring of God’s Justice wrath on the sins of humanity, in which Jesus was immersed by God as He hung on the cross as our atoning sacrifice. We’ve looked at the reality that perfect, holy Jesus paid the full sin debt death price for all humanity.
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Today’s Scriptures: Is. 53:5 & Romans 10:9,10. Choose below to read or listen.Is. 53:5Romans 10:9, 10Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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Horrific violence and widespread suffering are not new to our world. In fact, with each generation, it seems methods of inflicting pain and fear are more sophisticated, now including technology and even digital devices. 2700 years ago, Jerusalem was a place of pain and terror similar to today and Isaiah was there writing messages He was receiving from God. Over the past few days, we’ve been looking into Isaiah 53, one of God’s most powerful messages to humanity.
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 53:4,5; 1 John 1:8,9. Choose below to read or listen.Is. 53:4,5Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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When you hear the word “Punishment” what do you think of? Maybe children and reprimands from parents, right? Most of us are probably of the generation when parents took discipline and punishment seriously and we have memories of bare bottom spankings or such, am I right? But what is it like when God punishes? Have you ever felt you were being disciplined or punished by God?
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 53:4, 5. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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How many times have you found yourself in a situation where you spoke the truth, but you wondered if anyone believed you? Our friend the prophet Isaiah found himself there often! In fact, do you remember God warned Isaiah about that when Isaiah had his encounter with God which resulted in receiving his commissioning from God? God had said “Go and tell this people” ‘be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving…” (Is. 6:8,9)
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Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-3. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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When you think of Old Testament Scripture which speaks of Jesus as the Messiah is there any Scripture that is more graphic, more specific than Isaiah 53? In our journey with the prophet Isaiah over these past several weeks, we’ve now come to this famous and very powerful chapter. But did you know Isaiah’s portrait of the forthcoming suffering Messiah begins three verses earlier in Isaiah 52:13? Over these next three or four days we’re going to take our time in this remarkable chapter, perhaps one of the most significant in the entire Bible. Do you know its message well? Isaiah 52:13 begins our look at Jesus as God’s promised Messiah with these words: “See, My servant will act wisely, He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.”
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 52:13-15. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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From the time we were children, most of us have loved parades, right? But as adults, we know parades, especially big ones, don’t just happen by accident. They are not spontaneous events. Parades with inflatable huge balloons and floats and marching bands and thousands of people require LOTS of planning and preparations. While I’ve never been to the Rose Bowl Parade, I’ve heard that the design work for some of those magnificent floats begins years before and then flowers are ordered months before. Even the assembly of the floats requires hundreds of volunteers working several days till finally it’s sunrise in Pasadena, California on New Year’s Day, and the almost indescribably beautiful flower floats parade by for the world to watch in amazement! Come with me, back in time to Jerusalem in the days of wicked king Manasseh when a courageous voice, the prophet Isaiah, was speaking God’s messages of hope.
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 52:7-12. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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How appropriate is the title I’ve selected today, “Beautiful Feet”, since we are “Walking with Jesus”!? So, a simple question… Do you have ‘beautiful feet’? Of course, I’m not talking about toenail polish or manicured feet, am I? So, what does God mean in Isaiah 52:7 when He said through His prophet “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings…”?
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Today’s Scripture: Is. 52:1-7. Choose below to read or listen.Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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