The Ethiopian eunuch’s passage #1

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September 11, 2011
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GRAB YOUR BIBLES Isaiah 53:1-12
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Today I am starting....a “mini-series” of messages:
Through Isaiah 53:
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The “Ethiopian eunuch’s” passage! (Acts 8:32,33)
Today is part 1....... (Verses 1-4)
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LETS READ THE TEXT Isaiah 53:1-12
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V.1A “Who hath believed our report?”
-THE ONLY HOPE ANYBODY HAS....OF MAKING IT TO HEAVEN-
(Believing the report of God’s Word
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Those who reject the authenticity of God’s Word:
Can never be saved!
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V.1B “and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?”
-GOD’S ACTIVE PART......IN THIS EXPERIENCE-
(Revealing the truth to them
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Qt. John 6:44 “No man can come..”
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Although everyone..will be drawn....at some point:
Qt. John 12:32 “And I, if I be...”
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V.2A “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,”
-THE EARTHLY APPEARANCE....OF THE LORD’S RIGHT ARM-
(As a “tender plant”
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Being born in a barn:
Then living.....a simple life:
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-A PROPHETIC REFERENCE....TUR LORD JESUS CHRIST-
As........“tender plant”:
See Isaiah 11:1
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V.2B “and as a root out of a dry ground:”
-THE SPIRITUALLY DRY CONDITIONS....OF HIS TIME-
(Because of the hypocrisy ...of it’s Spiritual leaders
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The LORD...won’t have anything to do:
With people...who are just going through the motions!
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V.2C “he hath no form nor comeliness;”
-THE JEWISH LEADERS....TOOK NO NOTICE OF HIM-
(Even though they should have
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Note: How the Lord taught...at 12 years old:
When He was in the Temple:
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This....should have gotten their attention!
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V.2D “and when we shall see him,”
-THE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS......OF THOSE LEADERS-
(Even after the Lord started His ministry
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They should have turned their backs on “religion”:
And accepted the Messiah!
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V.2E “[there is] no beauty that we should desire him.”
-THE SOURCE......OF THEIR SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS-
(The wrong expectations
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They had no interest in anyone from Galilee:
Qt. John 7:41 “Others said, This is the Christ.
But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?”
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-BEING BLIND....TO THE WAY.... “GOD” WORKS-
How He always uses....those who we don’t expect:
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Qt.1Cor.1:27 “But God hath chosen the”
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V.3A “He is despised and rejected of men;”
-THE TRUE DEPTH.....OF THIS SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS-
(Reaching even to his disciples
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Who criticized the woman...with the box of oil:
See Matthew 26:7,8
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Not fully realizing...who the Lord was!
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V.3B “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:”
-THE LOGICAL ARGUMENT....FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS-
(The kind life...the Lord had lived
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Being born in squalor:
Then having to run and hide.....at 2 years old!
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V.3C “and we hid as it were [our] faces from him;”
-A WAY OF LIFE....THAT OFFENDED MANY-
(The life of a carpenters son
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The religious hierarchy...looking down their noses:
At anyone....who was not up to their standards!
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V.3D “he was despised,”
-THE WAY....JESUS WAS SEEN....BY MOST OF THE WORLD-
(Just incase you missed it before
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He was “despised” Lit.(contemptible)
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He was seen...as a despicable person:
Not even worthy....of their attention!
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V.3E “and we esteemed him not.”
-NNE EXPECTED....ANYTHING OUT OF HIM-
(Like the way...most people look at a homeless person
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And a matter of fact...He was homeless!
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V.4A “Surely he hath borne our griefs,”
-THE “EARTHLY” REASON HIS LIFE....HAD TO BE THIS WAY-
(Because....of His Father’s plans for Him
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He was going to take our sins upon Himself:
On the cross:
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And no wealthy prince...would be nailed to a cross!
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V.4B “and carried our sorrows:”
-THE “PERSONAL” REASON HIS LIFE....HAD TO BE THIS WAY-
(Because He was going to...carry His cross
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He knew....what was going to happen to him:
And 33 years of sorrow....prepared Him for it!
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V.4C “yet we did esteem him stricken,”
-THE SECULAR WORLD’S.....BLINDED VIEW OF HIS LIFE-
(Saying things like.....)
“He sure has bad luck”:
and
“Boy am I glad...I am not in His shoes!”
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V.4D “smitten of God, and afflicted.”
-THE RELIGIOUS WORLD’S.....BLINDED VIEW OF HIS LIFE-
(Saying things like........)
“He must have really...sinned bad:
For the LORD....to allow this to happen to Him!”
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