Sin is rooted inside each of us. Humanity naturally runs toward sin because of the sinful nature that is in each of us. We despise what is good. It is hard to imagine, but many of us run away from Jesus and reject his teachings. Jesus came to the Earth to fulfill all righteousness and create a deep relationship with each of us, yet we still despise and reject Him.
Our theme for today comes from Isiah 53: 3 (ESV), “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not”. Isaiah starts off the beginning of this chapter with giving prophetic context that these verses reflect the coming Christ and the servant that He will be for us. Isaiah describes the coming Christ as one with “no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him” in verse 2. The coming servant, Jesus, will be despised by the ones that He came to save. Luke 23:20-21 (ESV) states, “Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, but they kept shouting, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’”. Our true comforter and redeemer was despised by those that He came to save.
Jesus wasn’t just surrounded by the physical Jewish residents at that time asking for Him to be crucified, but he was surrounded by us. Jesus experienced a death that nobody could ever imagine. He took on all of sin, hatred, and rejection by everyone. However, Jesus did this because He was the only one that could save us from our sin. Looking back toward Isaiah 53, verse 12 states, “yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors”. Jesus took on all of our sins and pardoned us at the moment he was put to death. He took away all of our guilt and shame and became the only servant that could redeem us. Jesus was only able to be our sacrifice because he was the Son of God.
When we enter into a relationship with Jesus and believe in all that He did for us, we are made new. There is redemption through Jesus Christ. Our past sin and rejection have been forgiven and we are made new. Jesus has served us by sacrificially giving His life to make you a part of His plan.