The Passion Narratives No 3 – The Suffering Servant
To bid their hearts rejoice In him who died for all; For all my Lord was crucified, For all, for all my Saviour died! This does not mean of course that all will be saved! But it does mean that the possibility of salvation is there for all who will believe the report of the evangelist concerning the crucified Messiah.
The LORD Speaks of His Servant’s Knowledge and Righteousness, V11 “by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities” (v11). On the first occasion of Christ (the Messiah, Mat.16:16, 20), instructing His disciples about His suffering and death He said that “the Son of Man must suffer many things … and be killed, and be raised the third day” (Mat.16:21). These are facts about Jesus’ impending death and resurrection, but He does not teach a theology of Christ’s death as we have found in Isaiah. Jesus said later to the disciples, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now” (Jn.16:12). The issue is not regarding the extent to which Christ had full knowledge of the theology of the cross but the extent to which His disciples could comprehend His teaching. A crucified Messiah was anathema to them, hence Peter’s rebuke when he first heard about Jesus’ proposed death (Mat.16:22).
New Life Radio – Talk No 23
52 Derrick Harrison
17/03/2021
