Scripture at Sunrise 12.09.2020

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” -Isaiah 53:5

When every unclean thought and every sinful deed

Was scourged upon His back and hammered through His feet

The Innocent is cursed, the guilty are released

The punishment of God on God has brought me peace

-Stuart Townend, from  “When Love Came Down”

Scripture at Sunrise 8.31.2017

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” -John 1:5

Christ gives us true things to think about that overcome the darkness of this life, while others say, “just hum loudly and look away.” -Tim Keller via Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 8.24.2017

“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.” -Job 1:20-22

If God really is God, He is worthy of my worship. It also means His actions are beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. -E. Elliott via Tim Keller on Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 8.17.2017

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” -Psalm 139:23-24

When God exposes your sin it’s not an act of judgment, but of rescue. He is producing in you a desire to run to Him. -Paul Tripp via Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 8.10.2017

“But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed.” -Isaiah 53:5

Sin murdered Christ; will you be a friend to it? Sin pierced the heart of the Incarnate God; can you love it? -Spurgeon via Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 7.21.2014

Sunday Morning | Pastor Steve Wainright | Matthew 26:26-28
But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed. -Isaiah 53:5

Christ’s suffering was not for Himself. Our Lord suffered because of our sins. Christ was made a curse for you and for me. It was because of  sin that He want to the cross.

Our sin is the source of enmity with God. God’s Word shows us how exceedingly sinful sin is and we must see that, lest we start tolerating and condoning sin. When you sin, think, “That’s what drove Christ to the cross.” 

Scripture at Sunrise 11.13.2013

“But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed.” -Isaiah 53:5

“So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured from infancy the men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood.” -Octavius Winslow in The Foot of the Cross via Of First Importance

Scripture at Sunrise 7.21.2010

“But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His stripes we are healed.”  -Isaiah 53:5

“God turned His back on His Son so that the light of His countenance will fall on us.”

– R. C. Sproul, The Truth of the Cross (Orlando, Fl.; Reformation Trust Publishing, 2007), 135.

[via Of First Importance]

Scripture at Sunrise 6.10.2010

“…upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.”  -Isaiah 53:5

Jesus was willing to face the unthinkable pain of separation from his Father, so that as his child I would never see the back of God’s head.  -Paul Tripp via his Twitter

Scripture at Sunrise 4.10.09

“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.”  -Isaiah 53:5 (You are encouraged to read Isaiah 53 today.)

It is Good Friday.  One blogger deemed today “GREAT Friday” and it certainly is!  Without Christ’s death, we would have to take our own blame, bear our own wrath and die for our own sins.  BUT GOD…thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! 

The cross should constantly be in our view, not just once a year.