March 16/17, 2014 (Week 24) "God’s Righteous Servant” Isaiah 52:13–53:12 ======================== DIVISIONS AND PRINCIPLES ======================== ======================== First Division: God foretells the wisdom, exaltation, humiliation, and sprinkling by the Servant. Isaiah 52:13-15 Principle 1: Acting wisely means acting in total obedience to God. ======================== Second Division: God foretells the rejection of the Gospel and Servant by men. Isaiah 53:1-3 Principle 2a: We need to know God’s Word to recognize Jesus. Principle 2b: Jesus is the “He” of Isaiah 53. ======================== Third Division: God foretells the fulfillment of symbolism from the substitutionary atonement of the Servant’s suffering. Isaiah 53:4-9 Principle 3: Jesus so hated sin and so loved you that He sacrificed Himself on the cross. ======================== Fourth Division: God foretells the Servant’s coming Resurrection and Reward. Isaiah 53:10-12 Principle 4: Jesus’ reward for being our guilt offering was His resurrection and throne, and the ability to share them with true believers. ========================