THE GREAT FACE-OFF
INTRODUCTION: ISAIAH REVEALS THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF GOD’S JUDGMENT AND SALVATION.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: ISAIAH 50:8 (NKJV) HE IS NEAR WHO JUSTIFIES ME; WHO CAN CONTEND WITH ME? LET US STAND TOGETHER. WHO IS MY ADVERSARY? LET HIM COME NEAR ME.
ISAIAH 50:8 (THE BOOK-NLT) HE WHO GIVES ME JUSTICE IS NEAR. WHO WILL DARE TO FIGHT AGAINST ME NOW? WHERE ARE MY ENEMIES? LET THEM APPEAR!
THE ONLY ONE NEAREST GOD IS HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. UPON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION, THE CHARGE OF BLASPHEMY, RAISED AGAINST HIM BY HIS OWN COUNTRYMEN, WAS TOTALLY DISPROVED (HEBREWS 7:26).
THE SERVANT, JESUS CHRIST, DID NOT SUFFER ON CALVARY BECAUSE OF ANY GUILT: HE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THE GUILT OF OTHERS, JEWS AND GENTILES. GOD VINDICATED CHRIST’S INNOCENCE. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 (NKJV) FOR HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. GOD VIEWS HIS SON AS RIGHTEOUS. THIS PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED IN CHRIST (1 TIMOTHY 3:16).
CHRIST’S REDEMPTIVE WORK ON CALVARY IS COMPLETED. HE NOW OCCUPIES A SEAT OF AUTHORITY AT THE RIGHT HAND OF HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. HE HAS THE SAME AUTHORITY HIS FATHER HAS (EPHESIANS 1: 19-23). WHEN THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES IS COMPLETE, CHRIST’S ENEMIES WILL BE MADE HIS FOOTSTOOL. ALL PROPHECY IS FULFILLED AND TIME IS NO MORE (ROMANS 11:25).
APPLICATION: CHRIST WIN’S THE FACE-OFF. THIS REALITY IS A BELIEVER’S GREATEST HOPE!
