The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-01-30
Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN. Pastor, Rev. d. Mcmillan
. At Bottin.au every sabbath at pm
- Kippen school house Jan "a, " liza. m
Peabody I" Jan. II" liza. m
THE SUFFERINGSAVIOUR
LESSON v, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 81.
DRY Verses. 3-5-Goiden Text. lisa. Hi.
documentary By II Rev. d. NJ.
Stearns. ,-Eet
l. "Who hath believed our report2 And
to whom Ia the arm of the Lord revealed
Some one has said that this section, chap
ter Iii, 10 to lii, IL, reads as il written he
meath the cross on Golgotha. It is the TN
raveling of Psalms xii and OK: and is the
most central, deepest and Hottest portion
of Old Testament prophecy. From the
first intimation Of a Deliverer (Gen. iii, l5)
onward, He is repeatedly foretold as a suf-
fering Saviour duke xiv, 26), but here
we have the most complete description OF
His sufferings in the whole Old Tesla
ment.
2. "He hath nc form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire Him" Like the
tabernacle In the wilderness, there was no
outward beauty to the surrounding M.
tions, but Israel could tell Of the holy
place, and the holy Of holies, with vessels
Of pure gold, and the glory of God between
the cherubim. To the unsaved Jesus is
still unattractive. while they eagerly fol
low the attrHctious OF the world, the flesh
and the devil.
B.. "He is dcspised and rejected OF men,
q man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief" He was so unlike other men; He
never considered himself: did not His own
will; sought not his own glory; never
sought to be made much of, but was
always honoring His Father. Self sacri
fee consumed him as 4 fever; q man oil
constant and painful endurance misun.
derstood, slundered, despised and rejected;
how all this will come home to IsraeI
when they see Him coming in power and
glory (Zech. xii, 10y
4. "Surely He hath borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God and af
6icted." He was our substitute, in oul
stead, a vicarious sacrifice; but We, like
Jobs friends. thought He deserved it; thus
will Israel confess in that day.
s. But He was wounded for our trans
gressions, He was bruised for our iniqui
ties, and with His stripes we are healed.
Could there I've any stronger expressions tt
denote a violent and painful deathr The
precise manner of it is more fully described
in Ps. xxi, 1G, ''They pierced My hand,
aud my feet" Read this verse with my
instead of "our" in the first three clauses
and read 81 am" instead of 1--WE are" in thu
fourth clause, and with all your heart
thank Him that it is 30.
g "All we. like sheep, have rome astray
We have turned every one to his own way
and tine Lord hath laid on Him the iniquit,
of us ALL" Many readily believe the frs
two clauses. hut how few receive the last,
Z. "He is brought as a lamb to TIT
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shear
ers is dumb, so He openeth not his mouth
Shorn Of comfort, honor, good name. life
a lamb led out to die, see how He was OPP
pressed and afflicted, aud still let yon,
heart say, "AlI for mes" When He suffer
ed He threatened not, thus leaving US al
example. q -
8. "He was taken from prison and from
Judgment, and who shall declare his gen
erationr" Taken away by distress ant
Judgment ia the marginal reading. whicl
agrees nearly with the n. v.
8. "And He made His grave with tn
wicked, and with the rich in His death, be
cause He had done no violence, neither wa
any deceit in His mouth" Not only d.
we read of His cruel treatment, sufferings
and death as if recorded by al eye witness
but also the events Of His burial: and no,
literally all was fulfilled we know. TIL
kindness and devotion OF Joseph of Ar
mathea rescues His body from the authori
ties and from the grave prepared wit
those of the m~alefactors, aud gives it buria
in His own new tomb John xix, 8 42).
TO- "Yet it pleased the Lord to bruis
Him. He shall prolong His days, and tn
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in Hi
hand" Not only His sufferings, death an,
burial, but also His resurrection is here re
corded; for how could ones days be pre-
longed who was dead and buried excep
by resurrection. See the same great trutl
in Ps. xvi, Sill; Acts Ii, 1851. Observe il
the first sentence of this verse from
whence came His greatest sufferings. Al
though the sinless one, he became our sil
offering, and our sins being laid on Him
God spared not His own Son. The wratl
Of God against sin fell on him.
II. "He shall see of the travail of Hi
soul, and shah be satisfied" Not only Hi
resurrection, but His future glory clearl
foretold. He shall in due time see the ful
result of all His sufferings inc He shal
be satisfied. This Is all clear to Him, an
He is not discouraged by things a. the
have been or are now, for He is sure c
final triumph Mum. xiv, al; Rev. ri, Is
Let US with eyes and heart fixed on Hir
go calmly on, diligently serving Him, an
like, Him rejoicing in the consummatto
lisa. xiii, 4 Pet. ", l3l
Ia Therefore will | divide Him q DO
ton with the great, and He shall divid
the spoil with the strong; because He hat
poured out His soul unto DEATH" Obsery
, how often He is spoken Of in this lesson q
t suffering for iniquity. transgression an
sin Compare the blessing Of Ps. xxi,
2, and see In Acts viii, $3.50, how 4 certai
man entered into this h~lessednsss by til
opening mp to him Of this very chapter /
Isaiah. II we enjoy the forgiveness Of sin
through His finished work (and there is n
other wayA then we shall share with Hi
the glory Of His kingdom dan. vii, Q
r Rev. Y, 8, 10. i'll, 81. Blu ii not hid j
Him who suffered in our stead, then thel
must come to all such the everlastin
torment Of Math. XIV. Il: II Thess.
10; Rev. xiv. Oil; H, Is; xxi. s. II
sufferings Of the seed Of the woma
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