Isaiah 53:4, 5

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed ~ Isaiah 53:4, 5

 

Many other faiths believe in Jesus Christ in some way. For the Isalm, He is a most-beloved prophet; the Druze faith (an Arabic-speaking ethnoreligious group) believe Jesus is one of God’s important prophets and the Messiah; the Baha’i Faith believe him to be one of the manifestations of God. Buddhism and other world faith’s have no real interest or view of who Jesus is. Christianity is the only faith group which sees Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah and Redeemer, the Lamb that took our sins and was slain in our stead. We as Christians are the only faith group to have a Saviour which died for us; no other religion lays such a claim to their leader. We are indeed saved by grace. Jesus suffered as an innocent man and the religious leaders, Satan himself, believed His death was the end. This “rebellious” man, put to death, would never see his group of misfits again, his story would end, he would fade into the history books as a false Messiah. His death though, was only the beginning of our life! For in His death, in his punishment for our sins, he defeated death through His resurrection, and He defeated sin in the believer. We can now stand face-to-face with God the Father, enter into His throne room with our prayers, our pleas, our waywardness and seek His answers, His heart, and His forgiveness. We have peace in our heart, the promise of eternal life with Him, and the healing of our soul all because of the sufferings of Jesus Christ, who looked on our condition and had pity. Thank you, Jesus, for dying for me, for those who believe in you, and for this whole world!

Pastor Julia



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